Comments on: Now testing: VizEds version 2.0

By: Charles Apple

Charles Apple — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:24:02 +0000

Really, Ernie? Hmm. That's strange. I'm in Firefox and I have no problem at all with it.

If I were Robb, I'd try to troubleshoot. Asking me to troubleshoot a problem with a web site, though, is like asking Jessica Simpson for help with your calculus homework.

I'll let him know...

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Mindy, I hear ya. I've made that same complaint myself, about changing everything around. If I have to hunt for stuff every time I log on, the site loses its functionality for me.
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But Robb feels strongly that our needs are changing, we need to be more aware of multimedia and that the site itself is never a finished product: It's always in beta. Not a bad philosophy, I think.
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Plus, Robb's a whole lot smarter than I am. He's flying around the world on a consulting junket while I stay here and lose my job.
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The new site should eliminate some of that.
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As far as the forums: You should be looking for "Groups." The discussions are going on there. They don't look the same as they did in the old forums. It'll take you a little while to get the hang of it.
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I hope this helps...

By: M. Howie

M. Howie — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:39:14 +0000

Y’know, the biggest reason why I haven’t been around the (now old) site as much is that every time I went back, it had been redesigned again, so I couldn’t find what I was looking for — I’m a creature of habit, what can I say. :) The new site looks snazzy, though I haven’t had much chance to monkey with it yet… the only problem I’ve seen (and as I said, haven’t had much chance to poke around yet) is that I can’t find the message boards, or whatever the equivalent there is.

By: Ernie Smith

Ernie Smith — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:28:51 +0000

One problem with the Ning site: It seems that the top menu, which you need to accept friend requests on the site, is broken in Firefox. Sigh. I had to go into Safari to say hi to all my new old friends.

By: Scott Griffin

Scott Griffin — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:06:08 +0000

If the new site jumpstarts participation, great. My only problem with the old site was the decline in participation. I wasn’t in the chatroom for the “good ole days” but I can say the number of people in there late at night like me plunged dramatically after SND Boston. I’d say posts to the overall site also dropped. With chat, I really didn’t have a problem looking through the window to see if anyone was inside: A click on Forums shows who’s on the site and who’s in chat.
I find some of the thoughts here interesting. VizEds is a lot like newspapers and Major League Baseball teams. When things are going poorly, it’s time to redesign or build a new stadium, and hopefully the content and roster improves at the same time.