What do you think of the new board features?

[dumbluck]

I like all the new features. What I don't like, though, is the side effect: s - l - o - w load times. On my 700mhz cable modem computer, it takes the main SE4 page (displaying only the Last 2 days) almost 30 seconds to load up. Before the new features, it came up in at most 5 seconds. I shudder to think how long you dial-ups have to wait; and that's just to see the main screen. I turned off viewing the avatars in my profile in an attempt to speed up load times, but there was no joy there. [ Edit] Well, it did speed up individual topic load times. That helped alleviate the pain somewhat...[ /edit]

All the new features are nice, but they are really just "eyecandy". The most useful would probably be the polls, but even that is only marginally useful. I have yet to participate in one.

So, my final opinion? I don't think the new features are worth the severe lag in loadtime. I liked the old Version better. Sorry if I'm stepping on toes, but that's how it goes.

Heh. I'm a poet and didn't know it.

[ May 18, 2002, 09:16: Message edited by: dumbluck ]

[Richard]

It shows who has been on in the Last 30 minutes, I can tweak the value but I think it is a fair measure.

Again the load time is probably increased by the features but that isn't the real problem. The problem is our server. It has been increasingly hit by Space HoRSE downloads and is under a lot of strain. Once we move to the new server that will fix that. I have tried the new forums under a lot of different browsers and connection speeds and I have noticed little difference since the switch.