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Re: General Discussions

Reply #2460 –
Quote from: LP – on
Quote from: Lods – on
I'm not sure what was wrong with the old one.
Seemed pretty reliable and easy to understand.
I think the main problem with the old site was the growing cost to maintain it, the problem with all this technology is the minute you let it age it becomes expensive to keep functioning and secure. It's like a boat with a hull full of holes, keep patching and eventually you have no hull left and you're floating on a raft of patches. It's not dissimilar to our own website's problems.

The problem with the new site isn't really the design, once you get your head around the Favourite Locations concept it works pretty well. It could be a bit easier for new users to navigate, they needed a better onboarding experience. To me the main problem was that the high cost of the replacement basically gave people political ammunition to rally against change.

I have to work with arrange of age groups across the technology sector, my older segment is anchored in the desktop experience, we think of web experiences in terms of a keyboard and monitor first. Pretty much everybody under 40 thinks about phone first, some of them have no interest in the desktop and will sit at a workstation reading from their phone. To the oldies it looks like the youngies are bludging, the youngies think the oldies are Luddites.
I'm a Windows desktop oldie, just prefer the larger screen and keyboard.
 

Re: General Discussions

Reply #2461 –
Quote from: Baggers – on
Well that wasn't fun! Power outage here for 5 hours last night. Enter the before mentioned 8kva generator - purred for the duration. Glad I serviced it couple of months ago - new plug, oil and all filters cleaned.

Fortunately, no fires. Thoughts and prayers to those in affected areas.

Yep copped the same here.

Was 40c when the power went out, and didn't come back on until just before midnight.

Luckily, my previously mentioned large collection of milwaukee tools helped me out.
Had a few lights which doubled as USB chargers to ensure all our devices were good to go.....and gave us light.
Even had a milwaukee fan to help me get to sleep and take the edge off.

Re: General Discussions

Reply #2462 –
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
I'm a Windows desktop oldie, just prefer the larger screen and keyboard.
I'm predominantly a PC person too, simply because my arms aren't long enough, if I can reach the screen it's blurry!
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: General Discussions

Reply #2463 –
Quote from: LP – on
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
I'm a Windows desktop oldie, just prefer the larger screen and keyboard.
I'm predominantly a PC person too, simply because my arms aren't long enough, if I can reach the screen it's blurry!

Likewise. HP Laptop with HDMI cable to a 16" large screen!
Only our ruthless best, from Board to bootstudders will get us no. 17

Re: General Discussions

Reply #2464 –
Used to be a dyed in the wool laptop user but finally my old laptop ran out of gas! After some deliberation I finally settled on a combination of iPad and phone. Going OK so far!
Reality always wins in the end.

Re: General Discussions

Reply #2465 –
Quote from: LP – on
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
I'm a Windows desktop oldie, just prefer the larger screen and keyboard.
I'm predominantly a PC person too, simply because my arms aren't long enough, if I can reach the screen it's blurry!
Im a tinkerer and like to upgrade sound/video, memory/network and even motherboard where possible so desktops provide that outlet.