Friday, February 20, 2004

v7. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly [err.. Beautiful]

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[6:25AM, Friday the 20th of February] As I expect most of you will be doing in your mO’s, I am going on a v7 rant, where I will cover what I think the improvements are, and some things I find disappointing. OK. The Pro’s first. I love the layout. As some people have mentioned, it is rather skinny… but you can not say that it looks that bad really, can you? The ‘Liquid’ colour scheme, the only one I have tried, is excellent. I might check ‘Geisha’ later on and see if it too rocks the socks. I am happy [enormously so] with the ability to collapse forums, especially since they put two forums I never visit at the very top of the page :p. I don’t really think I like the name of ‘Prefecture’ for those forums like Lounge and stuff…. But then again, it is a kind of cool little name. The self-made title you can have is kind of awesome too, but I feel that how they have rigged up the mO attatchment kind of detracts from it myself. I also find pro’s and con’s with the post thing… seeing as I was getting high up, I liked the post counts. However, I remember being new… and thinking something very close to ‘OMG theez ppl r so big!1!!1 ill neva b able 2 b as good as them an hav so meny posts!!!111!’ With the 20 posts and you become a member deal… you lose that. Which is cool. However, I don’t like the total disappearance of levels. ;_;. Raiha had only a few thousand more to go and she would have broken 10,000. And I really wanted to know what the level was. And I didn’t quite make it to No Life level in time either. Aah well. The Moderating ‘Teams’ has got to be the coolest thing I have ever heard of in my life. How damn funky is that? Con’s: I don’t [currently] like the layout of the info on top. It isn’t that bad… but I also feel that avatars have been shunted off to the side a bit. I’m not sure what I think about the ‘Quick Reply’ box now. Kind of awkward to have to click on a link and stuff… but hell, who am I to complain? I mean. Two seconds of time to move the mouse and click. And I complain. Detestable, really. I also don’t like how maze-like the Rules and FAQ have become. Sure, I could follow it for a while but then I seemed to com back in a circle… or something. If James or someone happens to read this, I think a bunch of links up the top of the FAQ page which linked to various places on the page would have been a lot better, and easier to navigate. I do understand however, that there is a mountain of little things to go through in the Rules and FAQ, and having it all on one page could be impractical, maybe even daunting to some. There are other things that I like and dislike, but I would imagine a lot of it is just knee-jerk reaction to change. I found it somewhat weak that people were already complaining about v7 in the Suggestions Forum. As Tony wisely said, it had been up for two hours. I understand that most people what a certain level of continuity in their lives… but we knew v7 was going to be big and new. I just think people should have at least given it a chance. Also, I don’t think Ryu_sakura is the best kind of Ober. I don’t really know her, but her post quality seems a bit low. Probably just the shock of having to come back after.. hell. It wasn’t even a week. How sad am I? Felt like a fortnight or more. Speaking of which, you should check out Sara’s Rant which is hilarious. Overall, v7 is great. I still miss v6, but that will fade. Farewell my beloved v6. For, v7 have arrived! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Now, what did I do yesterday? I… went to school, feeling only slightly sore from Wednesday night’s hockey. Nothing particularly interesting happened at school though. I did however first see v7 at school. Sadly, the monitor I was using was… blown. It was all foggy and crap. So I had no idea… well, some, but not much of an idea, anyway. I got home, and the power was off. Damnit. Was everything conspiring against me seeing v7? So I took the dog for a run. About twenty minutes after I got back the power came on. I decided that I would finish the next chapter of my book, then go online. But my mum had to ring a school teacher about something [No, I am not in trouble] but he wasn’t home yet, though his wife said they would be home soon. So, we wait. For an hour and a half. He rang back. So, I didn’t get online until something like 6:20PM. And then, I only had an hour to check it out. Why me? Mood: In good spirits Song: The People by The Music Births: 1898: Enzo Ferrari, Italian car manufacturer Deaths: 1437: King James I of Scotland, assassinated Occasions: Feast day of St Eleutherius of Tournai, St Eucherius of Orléans, St Tyranno, St Zenobius, and St Wulfric. On this day in…: 1811: Austria declared itself bankrupt. [Clarification here. I originally got the History Component from Boba and took it for my use. However I have added enormously to it’s base. So, there you go. The real deal. Thanks for the idea Boba, but I think it belongs to both of us now. :p] E D I T After school now. Nothing more to say. Your average day, really. Here is a little test I took. Thanks for the link Shinmaru Congratulations, Joshua! Your IQ score is 129 This number is based on a scientific formula that compares how many questions you answered correctly on the Classic IQ Test relative to others. Your Intellectual Type is Visionary Philosopher. This means you are highly intelligent and have a powerful mix of skills and insight that can be applied in a variety of different ways. Like Plato, your exceptional math and verbal skills make you very adept at explaining things to others — and at anticipating and predicting patterns.

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