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post #91 of 184
6/29/09 at 6:36am

Re: Home Theater Forum 2.0 coming soon

You say you're ready??? Look into my eyes...



I didn't think so.
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post #92 of 184
6/29/09 at 6:50am

Re: Home Theater Forum 2.0 coming soon

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...

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post #93 of 184
6/29/09 at 6:55am
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Re: Home Theater Forum 2.0 coming soon

THE COUNTDOWN DOESNT SHOW ON THE IPHONE.
I DONT KNOW HOW MUCH TIME IS LEFT.
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post #94 of 184
6/29/09 at 7:03am

Re: Home Theater Forum 2.0 coming soon

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Originally Posted by TonyD
THE COUNTDOWN DOESNT SHOW ON THE IPHONE.
I DONT KNOW HOW MUCH TIME IS LEFT.

Here, Tony. This shot should make the math easy enough for you!



The time showing on my desktop clock is, of course, ET.
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post #95 of 184
6/29/09 at 7:18am

Re: Home Theater Forum 2.0 coming soon

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post #96 of 184
6/29/09 at 7:18am

Re: Home Theater Forum 2.0 coming soon

Just for the record, my join date is May 2000 and my post count is 1,784 (well, 1,785 now).
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post #97 of 184
6/29/09 at 8:06am

Re: Home Theater Forum 2.0 coming soon

So, what happened? I'm still here. Nothing seems to have changed.
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post #98 of 184
6/30/09 at 9:20am
I'm digging the change. :)
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post #99 of 184
6/30/09 at 9:43am
 TonyD's icon lost its animation.
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post #100 of 184
6/30/09 at 9:48am
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Originally Posted by Dennis Nicholls View Post

 TonyD's icon lost its animation.

Hi Dennis,

Currently animated avatars are turned off and appear static within the forums.  However, on the user's profile page (for example, TonyD's - http://www.hometheaterforum.com/user/tonyd) the animation is still appearing.
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post #101 of 184
6/30/09 at 10:33am
Caution, here thar be lolcats!

And if you have feedback, may I recommend:
http://new.hometheaterforum.com/forum/thread/289628/observations-about-the-new-software
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post #102 of 184
6/30/09 at 10:52am
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Originally Posted by Marianne View Post

Just for the record, my join date is May 2000 and my post count is 1,784 (well, 1,785 now).

My post count is wrong - showing as 764
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post #103 of 184
6/30/09 at 11:43am
Hmm.  Unsure of what to think yet.  Some changes are appreciated.  Some losses are not.. the ability to quickly jump from forum to forum (ie, go from TV to AHL, etc.) now requires about five clicks vs. 1 drop down before.. that's a major PITA. 

But the look is pretty.  I'm sure it's still very much a work in progress.
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post #104 of 184
6/30/09 at 11:46am
I like the look and will get used to the new layout but I definitely agree with you about the forum to forum jump.  I hope they add that back in.

Oh, and my post count is wrong as well, not that it matters.  The avatar is wrong as well.  I imagine they're working out the kinks still.

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Originally Posted by mattCR View Post

Hmm.  Unsure of what to think yet.  Some changes are appreciated.  Some losses are not.. the ability to quickly jump from forum to forum (ie, go from TV to AHL, etc.) now requires about five clicks vs. 1 drop down before.. that's a major PITA. 

But the look is pretty.  I'm sure it's still very much a work in progress.
 
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post #105 of 184
6/30/09 at 12:05pm
You can add your own avatar straight from your desktop Jim, that's what I did.

I see TonyD's annoyingly distracting avatar has been frozen in time, yay.

Marianne you can add your own avatar if you want, straight from[STOP IT STEVE!]
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post #106 of 184
6/30/09 at 12:09pm
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Originally Posted by Marianne View Post



My post count is wrong - showing as 764
 

You think that's bad, I lost 7,000 posts in the move!  :)
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post #107 of 184
6/30/09 at 12:11pm
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Originally Posted by Patrick Sun View Post



You think that's bad, I lost 7,000 posts in the move!  :)
Seriously, though, it was only like 6,379 quality posts. 
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post #108 of 184
6/30/09 at 12:14pm
I lost posts too. I had 13,330 before the move, maybe Parker or the Huddler support can help us.

It probably means some of the old threads or posts we contributed to didn't survive the move to the new forum.
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post #109 of 184
6/30/09 at 12:21pm
Hi Marianne,Thanks for alerting us to the issue with your post count.Our lead engineer has started digging into the issue.  All of the post counts that are being displayed are directly tallied from the number of posts (from a given user) in the current database.  In past HTF upgrades, there had been posts lost from the database so it's possible that your old post count was still counting those (despite those posts, along with others, getting lost).We'll keep looking around and I'll let you know what else we find out.Thanks so much for your patience,Cristina

I had the above PM from stins - hope they can fix it!
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post #110 of 184
6/30/09 at 12:30pm
I prefer simple GUI designs myself, like this one.
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post #111 of 184
6/30/09 at 12:33pm
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Originally Posted by mattCR View Post

Hmm.  Unsure of what to think yet.  Some changes are appreciated.  Some losses are not.. the ability to quickly jump from forum to forum (ie, go from TV to AHL, etc.) now requires about five clicks vs. 1 drop down before.. that's a major PITA. 

But the look is pretty.  I'm sure it's still very much a work in progress.

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Originally Posted by Jim_C View Post

I like the look and will get used to the new layout but I definitely agree with you about the forum to forum jump.  I hope they add that back in.

Oh, and my post count is wrong as well, not that it matters.  The avatar is wrong as well.  I imagine they're working out the kinks still.

The forum jump is definitely on the list of stuff to get taken care of.  I'll keep you posted on an ETA when I hear from our engineering team.

Jim_C, apologies about your avatar.  We're looking into it.
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post #112 of 184
6/30/09 at 12:34pm
HTF 2.0 is absolutely horrible. Just terrible.

All posts are now "centered" in the middle of a bunch of God-awful advertisements (and this "floating" thing that's always on the right-hand side, following you around like a puppy dog). Yuck!

The worst part is: No "VIEW SINGLE POST" pages anymore. Prior to today, every single post could be isolated on its very own webpage. Now, everything has to stay within the "threaded" mode. Yuck!

And, still worse, I had a lot of the "View Single Post" URLs linked on other sites. Now, all of those links are dead and totally worthless/useless. Yuck!

I'm sure this awful new "2.0" design will grow on me, but right now I'm very sad and disappointed about the changes.

HTF was perfect prior to today (IMO). Why in heaven's name does something always have to be "fixed" when it ain't broken? :(

Edited by David Von Pein - 6/30/2009 at 07:51 pm GMT
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post #113 of 184
6/30/09 at 12:52pm
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Originally Posted by David Von Pein View Post

All posts are now "centered" in the middle of a bunch of God-awful advertisements (and this "floating" thing that's always on the right-hand side, following you around like a puppy dog). Yuck!

Hi David,

The layout of the site is a modified liquid layout so it contracts for narrower screens, but also expands out to the layout of the most commonly sized monitors. We know the vB version was infinitely variable width, so that's a big change, but hopefully one that folks can acclimate to. Also, the floating side bar can be turned off at your convenience.  This setting will be "remembered" as you navigate around the forums.  Simply click "Don't Follow Me" in the top right.




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The worst part is: No "VIEW SINGLE POST" pages anymore. Prior to today, every single post could be isolated on its very own webpage. Now, everything has to stay within the "threaded" mode. Yuck!

And, still worse, I had a lot of the "View Single Post" URL's linked on other sites. Now, all of those links are dead and totally worthless/useless. Yuck!

You are correct, there is no longer the functionality to isolate a single post on a page.  However, you can link directly to a post and it will get pulled up at the very top of the page.  As you'll see on each post at the top right corner, the post has a number in the thread.  This number is a link to a post-specific URL.  While the post does remain threaded with the other posts around it, any time you use this link, it will load the page with your post at the top of the browser window.



Additionally, your external links to single post views should all properly redirect to these post-specific URLs.  While these are all on-site, you can see examples of how these URLs redirect in the Primer for Home Theater Forum Newcomers.  Each of the links in the first post were formerly directed to single post views.  While the links are intact exactly as Vince Maskeeper wrote them, when you click them now, the redirect to pull up the proper post in the thread.
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post #114 of 184
6/30/09 at 1:02pm
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Edited by David Von Pein - 7/1/2009 at 10:09 am GMT
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post #115 of 184
6/30/09 at 1:08pm
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Originally Posted by mattCR View Post

the ability to quickly jump from forum to forum (ie, go from TV to AHL, etc.) now requires about five clicks vs. 1 drop down before.. that's a major PITA. 

I'll definitely agree on this...and it just seems slower in general, especially for posting. But I really do want the drop menu back, unless I'm just missing the more efficient way to go about switching between forums.
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post #116 of 184
6/30/09 at 1:09pm
[quote][b]The layout of the site is a modified liquid layout so it contracts for narrower screens, but also expands out to the layout of the most commonly sized monitors.[/quote][/b]

How?

And, of course, as can be seen above, all HTML code is completely different now...so all of my old, archived "ready for edits" HTF code is worthless.

Goddammit!
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post #117 of 184
6/30/09 at 1:19pm
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Originally Posted by AnthonyC View Post



I'll definitely agree on this...and it just seems slower in general, especially for posting. But I really do want the drop menu back, unless I'm just missing the more efficient way to go about switching between forums.

Nope.  You're not missing anything, Anthony.  But the new designers say the drop down menus for navigation's sake are at the top of their "To Do" list.  It's pretty cumberson getting around right now--without a doubt.

DaveVP:  I was always told that (the [quote][b] stuff) was vb code for vbulletin forum usage.  HTML is what's being used here (in a WYSIWYG format).
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post #118 of 184
6/30/09 at 1:22pm
Whatever. But all the code is different now....which equates to another in a large series of "Yucks" for me.
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post #119 of 184
6/30/09 at 1:24pm
Man.  I gotta remember not to let my ball go into your yard! 

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post #120 of 184
6/30/09 at 1:31pm
And get off his lawn! ;)

Smilies don't work like they used to - now you have to select from the list.
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