Thread: Been a couple of weeks, and still having problems with new and improved site.

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

I'd bet that not near as often or for as long as the old software did!!!! I'm not a computer guy, if the guys who are say the old stuff was antiquated to the point of being beyond fixing, and soon there would be no support available for it, that's good enough for me!!!! Heck, is anything ever perfect, let alone does anything ever make everyone happy???

Your right, nothing is ever perfect, but if someone asks if we're having any problems,were going to mention it in hopes of making it easier for all..
I don't think there is anyone here who doesn't apperciate the hard work gone into this site(Big Thanks here!!!)
Brian

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Bill, maybe I did come across a little strong, and I apologize for that. However, I think you would have to admit that the majority of what I have tried to contribute during my time here was toward the betterment of the forum. Possibly I didn't say some things in the most diplomatic way, but I called it as I see it. No matter how I have looked at this new format I think it is not nearly as good as what we had. It is harder to navigate, to post pictures, and the colors are harder to read. I know it has been said we can personalize the appearance, and I have tried that, still with no good outcome IMO.

I also respect and appreciate the countless hours you and Brent put into the forum. How and why you both do it so unselfishly is beyond me. That doesn't negate the fact that all of us on here have our opinions about things. Some of us are just more vocal than others, perhaps.

No disrespect was intended.

Don

Don,

Brent puts in far more than I do, even though I stop in to check out new posts every few minutes/hours(I'm just the driver, Brent is the engineer/builder ). It is by far harder to do all of the background work than it is for me to do the moderating. I too meant no disrespect in my post, quoting you. It's all good in the long run.

Bill S.

Bill I don't get the pop-ups other people mentioned, and only occasional ads between posts. I like the fact we can get read of the side bar easily. I'm using Firefox to browse with for several reasons which may be the reason I don't have the same viewing problems. Firefox is much more stable than windows explorer, and seems to have much less problems in general on browsing on the web. It's free and takes up relatively little to no space to use, and seems to load pages faster. That being said, occasionally it does funny things on certain websites, where I can't figure out what the heck is going on so I switch to Google Chrome, or Explorer to see if it is a software problem. Other than the lighter color causing glare making it harder to read, things are relatively fine. I have had a heck of a time finding certain tools like "subscribed threads" on here. That one always takes a few minutes to find. I can't imagine what it must be like trouble shooting some of these things, given the number of operating systems and browsers out there. Also the versions of operating systems seems to limit the browsers some people can use! Thanks for your feed back and continued help with this change. Steve.

Brent or Bill after searching again through all the tabs I found quick links hidden under Forum tab, and found subscribed threads there. How hard would it to make a tab for quick links and put in things that were under the old software quick links button? It would be far easier to navigate with that function easily found. I also miss the who's online link there as well as the friends online side bar, if those are options we could have back. Don't know if anyone else has a problem with these things,it just seems it would help the navigation issues I have.

x 2 for me, I get popup ads, I don't like them at all.


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Originally Posted by mrmustang

Don,

Second, (and this is my personal observation as an end user and not as a moderator) I do realize that you have resisted the change(s) but your recent posts seem far out of character for you.....Just a little too harsh towards Brent compared to the countless days, weeks,months he puts into keeping this place up and running. Again,just a personal observation.



Bill, maybe I did come across a little strong, and I apologize for that. However, I think you would have to admit that the majority of what I have tried to contribute during my time here was toward the betterment of the forum. Possibly I didn't say some things in the most diplomatic way, but I called it as I see it. No matter how I have looked at this new format I think it is not nearly as good as what we had. It is harder to navigate, to post pictures, and the colors are harder to read. I know it has been said we can personalize the appearance, and I have tried that, still with no good outcome IMO.

I also respect and appreciate the countless hours you and Brent put into the forum. How and why you both do it so unselfishly is beyond me. That doesn't negate the fact that all of us on here have our opinions about things. Some of us are just more vocal than others, perhaps.

No disrespect was intended.

Don

Originally Posted by stovens

Brent or Bill after searching again through all the tabs I found quick links hidden under Forum tab, and found subscribed threads there. How hard would it to make a tab for quick links and put in things that were under the old software quick links button? It would be far easier to navigate with that function easily found. I also miss the who's online link there as well as the friends online side bar, if those are options we could have back. Don't know if anyone else has a problem with these things,it just seems it would help the navigation issues I have.

I'm sorry, I'm not programed to give you that information

Originally Posted by roadster32

x 2 for me, I get popup ads, I don't like them at all.

If you are getting pop up ads, they should not be coming from CHR or the advertisers within. I suggest deleting your system and browser cache (two different items), removing your cookies, and relogging in as it appears that you may have an advertisers cookies located in your system that you should not.

Bill S.

By "pop up ads" he might mean the ads that are between the first and second post on a page and the ads that are at the bottom of EVERY picture (although you can x them to close the ad). Very annoying. I make it a point to not support any company that slugs me with ads that I dont want to see.

mike in tucson

As I'm looking at everyones post reply that has a picture, a pop up add appears,an advert from amazon, by GumGum

Originally Posted by mrmustang

I'm sorry, I'm not programed to give you that information

Oh no that's the problem you guys are running HAL 2000 software!

Originally Posted by Oldmanb

As I'm looking at everyones post reply that has a picture, a pop up add appears,an advert from amazon, by GumGum

That is most certainly an infection on your local system. There are no scripts running for ads on CHR that would cause this, none at all.


Bill S.

Interesting....gumgum advertises themselves as a revenue generator for web sites.....if it is a malware or virus, why does it only pick on CHR?

Originally Posted by robot

Interesting....gumgum advertises themselves as a revenue generator for web sites.....if it is a malware or virus, why does it only pick on CHR?

I see qoogle leads in the background, but I see nothing from gumgum. If you can view page info in your browser, you can see and block all sorts of advertising......

Bill S.

ODD, when you put your cursor on the red light in your earlier post, do you get a box at the bottom of the picture with an ad? It has an X box that closes the ad......

Originally Posted by mrmustang

I see qoogle leads in the background, but I see nothing from gumgum. If you can view page info in your browser, you can see and block all sorts of advertising......

Bill S.

Hi Bill,
I just did a quick right click view source on this thread and in the script section (the 6th script section of the html) I found in the following:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://g2.gumgum.com/javascripts/ggv2.js"></script>

I still have the source code open.