Suggestions for 1SRC

[rldunn]

As you all come over to 1SRC for the first time, you'll notice a similar look to that seen at ClieSource and PalmOneCity in some aspects but a much different look in others. Mainly, the forums will look basically the same, though with version 3 of vBulletin improvments, but the front page looks different. The front page will change somewhat as we add classifieds and other section back to the front as they are ready for rollout.

But after you've been here for awhile and had a chance to get used to it, please let us know what you like and dislike about the layout. Be specific, and if we start to see certain suggestions getting repeated, we'll consider those as the site evolves.

Thanks and welcome!!

[c0mm0n]

You probably already investigated this, but i think it would be cool if the uppest menu of could be in simple html if the browser can't display it like it is, as it won't appear on NetFront.

[Lance]

Just to list a few problems we know about Cannot logout from home page Unable to search news articles Unable to use the top menu to go to the news (Forums -> Topic Specific -> News).Thanks, and welcome to the one source for all your Palm-Powered needs! :)

Best regards,
Lance

[Halesy]

I said in another post elsewhere I thought the text was too small on the front page and I was straining to read it. I take this back, it seems to be the same size as on ClieSource. However, a light gray font makes it less legible, my preference would be to use the fonts on ClieSource front page, easier to read.

Also, I'd like to see more news on the front page. I can understand the desire to make the front page more visually appealing, but the big pictures take up too much space. So smaller pictures and more news.

That's all for the moment.

[cbulock]

The suggestions I have aren't really vital, but it would be nice to have a mobile version like www.cliesource.com/mobile . Also, it would great to have an RSS feed of the news.

[Reggie]

Cameron, VB3 is RSS ready -- you can get get an RSS feed of any forum or forums. Here's the format:

http://www.1src.com/forums/external.php?type=rss&forumids=xx,yy

where xx and yy are specific forum id's. For the news, it's 119 so:

http://www.1src.com/forums/external.php?forumids=119

Hope this helps.

Oh, as for a mobile version of the forums, for the meantime you can browse the archive page that is used by the search engines:

http://www.1src.com/forums/archive/index.php/

:)

[sfd]

What happened to the clie games forum? Did it not make the transition to 1src?

[rldunn]

What happened to the clie games forum? Did it not make the transition to 1src?It was combined with Apps & Launchers to make the new Applications forum.

[Vidge]

Cameron, VB3 is RSS ready -- you can get get an RSS feed of any forum or forums. Here's the format:

http://www.1src.com/forums/external.php?type=rss&forumids=xx,yy

where xx and yy are specific forum id's. For the news, it's 119 so:

http://www.1src.com/forums/external.php?forumids=119

Hope this helps.

Oh, as for a mobile version of the forums, for the meantime you can browse the archive page that is used by the search engines:

http://www.1src.com/forums/archive/index.php/

:)

Alright so I'm big on RSS so I just tried this on my T3 (news forum). The only thing that's coming thru is the title, the forum name, who posted it and the time. Perhaps you can tweak the setting on this so that more info comes thru?

Oh - and can you fix the quick reply box so you don't have to click on something in order to reply quickly? :D

[Reggie]

Hmm, I'll see if I canf find hacks to get the data of the post. I would imagine that might be hard since you can't control posts that well since you can put rss non-compatible characters there.

As for clicking on a thread to activate the reply box, it was done that way since there is this new VB3 feature that lets you view threads in linear or threaded (see Display Modes option at the upper left of this page). If you can just reply immediately, it won't be able build the threads accurately.

[Vidge]

Hmm, I'll see if I canf find hacks to get the data of the post. I would imagine that might be hard since you can't control posts that well since you can put rss non-compatible characters there.

Great!

As for clicking on a thread to activate the reply box, it was done that way since there is this new VB3 feature that lets you view threads in linear or threaded (see Display Modes option at the upper left of this page). If you can just reply immediately, it won't be able build the threads accurately.

Yeah - but so then what's the point of a "quick reply" if it ain't quick? :(

One more thing - in the user cp, the old system had your buddy list with a PM box next to it (which I found quite handy). Am I missing something here on this or is this another mod you can do? Thanks!

[edeab220]

One more thing - in the user cp, the old system had your buddy list with a PM box next to it (which I found quite handy). Am I missing something here on this or is this another mod you can do? Thanks!
On the blue navbar, click on "Quick Links", then click on "Open Buddy List". That should be the thing you're looking for...

[elf]

I noticed that the forums are a fixed width and force scrollbars if the browser window is smaller than the fixed width. :(

Would it be posssible to make the forums conform to the browser width?

[matrix42]

I've also noticed that if you hit the "home" button you have to re logon, if using Opera 7.5 but not if your using IE6??

[Selachii]

I like the looks of the forum ALOT, haven't found any probs either.

The design of the site (frontpage however) is a bit TO 'open'. I like to see more shape, it's a bit like a blank sheet...
just my thoughts

[Vidge]

On the blue navbar, click on "Quick Links", then click on "Open Buddy List". That should be the thing you're looking for...

Yep - that was it. Thanks!

[Vidge]

I noticed that the forums are a fixed width and force scrollbars if the browser window is smaller than the fixed width. :(

Would it be posssible to make the forums conform to the browser width?

I vote for this, too. I keep having to scroll sideways to read the posts :(

Oh - and the polls on the front page? I can vote as many times as I like :p (probably not your intention BTW)

[rldunn]

I like the looks of the forum ALOT, haven't found any probs either.

The design of the site (frontpage however) is a bit TO 'open'. I like to see more shape, it's a bit like a blank sheet...
just my thoughtsThis is my exact opinion too. The main page looks a little too plain!!

[rldunn]

3) There's no "Top 10 posters" in the members list
Click on Member List, then in the next window, there's a box near the top right that says Search Members. Click on that and a small window pops up. Click on Advanced Search. Then, go to the bottom, order results by Post Count - Descending Order, and put a number in the box below it (10 if you want the top 10).

Not sure on your other items. Maybe ask Reggie when it calms down a bit.

BTW, the Clie line was introduced in October of 2000, so your sig should say RIP Clie, 2000-2004. :)

[Chukar]

What happened to our contributor levels?

[Serendip]

Please add to the Clie Source and Palm One Source pages that if you are already a member of those sites, you do not need to register here.

I didn't realize that, and was refused registration. Finally I tried my Clie Source password, and that worked (I've only been on PalmOneSource for about a week - new T/E - that password didn't work.)

Thank you, and best wishes! :)

[SamuraiCatJB]

I agree... I browsed the users to see if I needed to register, but nothing told me specifically that they kept the user lists from both sites. I know "merge" really means that, but it could just mean merge the software, merge the forums, or just merge the other site news and let everything else be restarted.... so I checked first to see, others might not think of that.

[macpel]

Couple of suggestions:

- Hate the fixed 800 width. It would be nice for a dynamic resize for the web pages.

- No easy way to reset the password, actually had to reset mine and I found an option somewhere hidden on the website.

- The menu is kinda of plain.

Other than that it's great, I like the fact that both have merged. I'm sure Sony's annoucement helped a bit :).

Keep up the good work guys, love this site.

[edeab220]

Yep - that was it. Thanks!
Yup, vB3 is a little tricky at first, but ya'll get used to it :). It makes everything easier, both for the user and the Admin.

[strider_mt2k]

The site looks fresh and new!

Contributor status would be cool, but I'm sure you're working on it.

Best of luck! We're with ya!

[RD100]

Would love to see a few off-topic sub-forums, like Politics, which is often a heavily discussed topic.

Also liked having the "online-users in forum" at the top of page instead of bottom.

Would love to have 50 post limit removed in off-topic. Is this limit still in effect?

Would love a Non-Palm Devices forum. This Topic often comes up.

[gunhed]

Another vote against the fixed-width formatting. I *like* page formatting that has the text conform when the browser window is resized.

AND another vote for improving the size/colour of the front page text for readability. I think it's 9 pt now but it seems more like 8 pt, perhaps because of the colour as Halesy mentioned.

Other than that, it looks sharp! Compliments on the new site. :cool:

[dwig]

The grey font used on the main page is almost unreadable.

[lesliefranke]

A couple of notes about the design of the new forums.
1. Most of the text on the front page is too light. The color does not provide enought contrast with the white background.
2. While the new logo looks cool it is wasting alot of white space. Espeically on the front page, but also on all other pages, you usually want to get as much information as possible above the fold. You are losing a large amount of real estate with the page laid out like this.
3. The font on the first page needs to be larger. If the user has their text size set for anything below the default size, it is unreadable. Set relative font sizes based on the default body size, not hardcoding of values.
4. I agree with gunhed. The site should not use fixed width formatting.
5. A big reason I came to the old forums was the homely feeling. I could quickly look at the latest posts and news easily on the front page. I would like to see those sections stand out more and be moved farther up the front page.
6. Along those lines, the design of the forums look like every other vb forum. Much of the charteristic that the old sites have is lost.

[RD100]

What happened to the ACCESSORIES forum ?

[jledesma]

I believe someone posted this earlier, but can we have the Quick Reply box activated by default? I spent about 2 minutes trying to find out where the heck was that Quick Reply button on the previous posts.

[spiderman951]

Front page needs to be more readable. Fonts are too small and light. Other then that I love it :)

[edeab220]

heh...I like how this site was created (great graphics and index), but I do kinda miss the old portal like at CS. But of course we can't do that since it ain't recommended :p.

Other than that and the grey font...the site looks great! Now how about a non-default style for vB? ;).

Oh, and how are you guys going to take advantage of the Subscription feature of vB3? I remember that you were thinking of it...

[Punky]

Another vote for bigger clearer fonts on the home page please! Otherwise the site looks great, I just don't like change when I've got a good thing going. And I REALLY REALLY REALLY don't like that there won't be anymore Clies!

[doulos12]

I only visited the front page of PalmOneCity for the "Palm News Every 15 Minutes" RSS merge and the "Recent Uploads" list. Please bring them back. It keeps me from having to visit a dozen Palm sites, which I just don't have time for, as much as I'd like to.

[depret]

Add a poll to this thread so we can vote on suggested changes. Grey font on home page should be black font. When viewing a thread, I would set the text font equal to the "username" font size. The message text is just a bit too small when viewing on TH55 in "single column" Netfront option. Show all posts in the "printable version" does not show all the post. I like doing this on great thread so that I can save it memory stick as a "Page Memo" reference.

[LaStigmata]

I know it will prob. take a while to line out the new site. But so far I like the transfer. I think people are missing there old topics and this I miss also. I think it would be wise to build sub topics inside of the topics you have now. It would also be wise to do it fast as with the migration of the two forums you will see a lot of traffic real fast and topics will get out of hand. For example the Applications topic needs to have sub topics such as Skinning, Launchers, New Apps, Medical, and such.

Just some thoughts.

I do like the new board though, very nice. I think you may have pulled me back with this one. Good job guys.

[Cyker]

Is there a mode/option to make the forums less... 'fancy'?

I'm finding Opera 6 is having some trouble and screwing up some of the displays with doubled-over text (means I can't read it ;))

Opera 6 also isn't working properly with the new post editors, and the QuickPost seems to be greyed out (It also keeps telling me to click on some QuickReply thingy but all I see is Post Reply and Quote... there might be another button to the right of Quote but it desn't appear to do anything...?

A simplified version of the site would be great if possible!!

[krispy]

Looks good..., but:

Kill the gray font and fixed page width.

Put the recent news from other sites from PC on top page, (and the other site links!)

Maybe it will settle down after a while, but now, if you go away and come back after an hour or so, the 'forum recent topics' section has already scrolled off and some are missed. Maybe it needs a 'previous 25' link.

[Lupin Addams]

Another vote for clearer/larger front page fonts, resizing width and a more defined front page generally...
...and a very loud vote for the return of a general Off Topic forum. I rarely looked at the political posts as they tended to be far too polarised along US political boundaries, but I have enjoyed many interesting debates on religion and philosophy in the ClieSource Off Topic forum, which I would miss greatly.
Can I also suggest a forum for New Palm Users? My idea is for a kind of 'kindergarden' where people new to Palm as an OS and to the forum in general can go for all the most useful threads for starting up, and a sort of 'safe space' where people won't get flamed for asking the questions that the often cynical older forum members have heard a hundred times before... the amount of posts I saw in CS where what is a perfectly reasonable question from a neo was answered by a very rude shout of RTFM or 'go Google yourself' always struck me as disheartening to the new poster - remember what the word 'community' means, guys!

[n0m0n]

I noticed that my post numbers went down from the 842 to the 610, why?
I had 842 in PalmOne, and 610 in ClieSource.
When I posted to a Tungsten thread "here" I only had 610.
Why???
I would have thought or liked it if the 2 merged but since I have posted for yesars in both, if that is not possible then should I not have the 842 (the higher) when posting to a PalmOne related thread, and 610 when I post to the ClieSource related thread???
Thanks

[sdkat2]

My favorite part so far is the choice of site name. I know this is oversimplifying, but what I would like to see is more of the community look and feel of the old sites. I agree with other posters that the main page is too plain. I would like more news, links to other sites, easier to see text (the gray font on the main page is too light and too small), and maybe a better site logo. All in all, although it's kind of "cold" looking at this point, Reggie did a heck of a job in merging both sites together.

Kat

[gnassel]

There is thread for each device (SONY: UX NX TH etc).
A global clie, palm thread
would be fine

[Univil]

I only visited the front page of PalmOneCity for the "Palm News Every 15 Minutes" RSS merge and the "Recent Uploads" list. Please bring them back. It keeps me from having to visit a dozen Palm sites, which I just don't have time for, as much as I'd like to.
I agree. I enjoyed being able to come to one site and getting all my Palm news from multiple other sites.

-Roberto

[Lupin Addams]

My favorite part so far is the choice of site name.

Hmm... the question that struck me about the site name was how does one pronounce it? I assume the idea is it means "One Source", but at first glance it looked like "One Sock" to me!

[rldunn]

Hmm... the question that struck me about the site name was how does one pronounce it? I assume the idea is it means "One Source", but at first glance it looked like "One Sock" to me!It's pronounced "One Source". Not sure where SRC=Sock comes from - is that a UK thing? :)

[Lupin Addams]

It's pronounced "One Source". Not sure where SRC=Sock comes from - is that a UK thing? :)
It semed a possible phonetic interpretation... but then again, my perspective is warped as I've been bedbound for over 5 weeks after major surgery on one of my feet, so One Sock just seemed apropos!

[iboar]

Will we be able to post images (as in screenshots)? So far, using img tags only provides a cheesy link but no picture.

[iboar]

Will we be able to post images (as in screenshots)? So far, using img tags only provides a cheesy link but no picture.

Nevermind! I was using IMG tags rather than IMGN tags. The IMGN tags seem to work okay.

[Aces]

It looks like you've eliminated the "Wireless" forum that was at CS. So are those posts gone? Or have they been moved to the various hardware specific forums? And if a WiFi post pertains to the WiFi memory Sticks, does it go to "Accessories"?

[SamuraiCatJB]

It's pronounced "One Source". Not sure where SRC=Sock comes from - is that a UK thing? :)

I guess its like SCSI: Scuzzy or Sexy

[SamuraiCatJB]

I noticed a couple of users have images rather than text in sigs... are we going to bring the CS rules of text only, or can we start making sig graphics in banner sizes rather than full sizes of course?

[Reggie]

Still no images allowed.

[iboar]

I noticed a couple of users have images rather than text in sigs... are we going to bring the CS rules of text only, or can we start making sig graphics in banner sizes rather than full sizes of course?

Reggie just removed the image from my signature, so the answer is apparently no. I don't see why we can't, lots of other forums allow it. It doesn't cost them any bandwidth when the image resides on another website. Oh well.....

[Reggie]

We had some tough times handling the images in the signature before. First, we can't control the size of the images -- imagine if a member uses an image 1 pixel wide and 10000 pixels long. Second, many were posting malicious images. Third, a lot were posting ads.

I hope you all understand why we can't allow images in signatures.

[Lance]

When images are linked, loading those images from another site can hinder the response time when viewing a page. The response time can be different for different servers with images sizes varying from small to large. There are basically too many variables out of 1SRC's control. There is enough going on on the pages without any undue problems arising from images used on a signature. Not that anyone would intentionally cause problems, but stranger things have happened. I appreciate your cooperation and understanding.

Best regards,
Lance

[ptc]

Please bring back a Games forum similar to Cliesources ClieGames.

This should be separate from the applications forum...

[SamuraiCatJB]

Still no images allowed.

just checkin'... sorry to be a pain.... :o

[Vidge]

If the fixed width thing can't be fixed right away, can you move some of the stuff to the left side, like the forum jump at the bottom of the page? I'm spending WAYYYY too much time scrolling side-to-side :(

[edeab220]

If the fixed width thing can't be fixed right away, can you move some of the stuff to the left side, like the forum jump at the bottom of the page? I'm spending WAYYYY too much time scrolling side-to-side :(
I remember there is a way to do this on the user side only (aka you do it yourself)...I'm just trying to remember how...

Nonetheless (however you spell it), it ain't that hard to change. The only thing is the fixed length goes along with the top navbar...

[NJL!2016]

We had some tough times handling the images in the signature before. First, we can't control the size of the images -- imagine if a member uses an image 1 pixel wide and 10000 pixels long. Second, many were posting malicious images. Third, a lot were posting ads.

I hope you all understand why we can't allow images in signatures.

I've seen other forums with images in the sig, and they are annoying, some of them are huge!

P.S. Another thing I like is that the thread topic and username are in the same column

[edeab220]

I'm just wondering...What's the diff. between the different display modes (Linear vs. threaded)?

[NJL!2016]

Threaded has a thing at the top that's like, a thing with folders and stuff

[edeab220]

Threaded has a thing at the top that's like, a thing with folders and stuff Ohh....ewww...ok :p.

[LiteBuLB]

Well, i kinda think that the main page is not so nice. Maybe i am just used to the old way in cliesource. Active post are hard to read. Well, i still prefer the layouts in cliesource, as in for the main page.

[NJL!2016]

The main page needs to have more stuff on it, and bigger text

[LiteBuLB]

The main page needs to have more stuff on it, and bigger text

i agree, Main page looks a bit cheapskate. It looks like a low budget site. No offense.

[ClieKun]

The ablity to turn off thread that we don`t want to view.

[Vidge]

I remember there is a way to do this on the user side only (aka you do it yourself)...I'm just trying to remember how...


Did you figure it out yet? :D

[depret]

Will this feature return? It was very nice for explaining concepts and problems. I want to see Joel's cradle!

[depret]

Hmm... the question that struck me about the site name was how does one pronounce it? I assume the idea is it means "One Source", but at first glance it looked like "One Sock" to me! src directory is where source code resides.

[ClieKun]

Did we lose post crossing over?!

[edeab220]

Did we lose post crossing over?! From what I heard/see...our posts from the Off Topic do not count anymore, and if we had posts from POC I don't think they count here since this db is based on CS...but I may be wrong.

[edeab220]

Did you figure it out yet? :D Still trying to remember...:(.

[ClieKun]

From what I heard/see...our posts from the Off Topic do not count anymore, and if we had posts from POC I don't think they count here since this db is based on CS...but I may be wrong.


Not counting from the OT area really does reduce post counts. I like this idea. Did we lose any post crossing over is what I asked.

[edeab220]

Not counting from the OT area really does reduce post counts. I like this idea. Did we lose any post crossing over is what I asked. Ohh...you meant individual posts, not post counts http://www.1src.com/forums/images/smilie/images/smilies/tongue.gif. Well...Reggie? ;).

[SamuraiCatJB]

Not counting from the OT area really does reduce post counts. I like this idea. Did we lose any post crossing over is what I asked.

there seems to be some confusion.... gathering only from complaints, no personal experience, I think the user database merger gave priority to members in CS. Therefore if you had the same name in CS and POC, your post count carried from CS. If you had 500 at POC and 2 posts at CS, you ended up with 2 post count at 1src. This is strictly surmise from the complaints only, both my accounts carried over, since POC did not have JB at the end, they did not overlap. :)

[ClieKun]

Ohh...you meant individual posts, not post counts http://www.1src.com/forums/images/smilie/images/smilies/tongue.gif. Well...Reggie? ;).
Yes I did :D ...Well I guess it does not matte. Never mind :D

[cbulock]

There probably will be a reduction in posts counts eventually, Reggie mentioned that he will have the server recount the posts, meaning the counts will likely reflect all non-off-topic postings on Cliesource and PalmOneCity. Plus, any posts from before the CS 2003 database crash would no longer count.

[n0m0n]

There probably will be a reduction in posts counts eventually, Reggie mentioned that he will have the server recount the posts, meaning the counts will likely reflect all non-off-topic postings on either Cliesource or PalmOneCity. Plus, any posts from before the CS 2003 database crash would no longer count.

I think the 2 forums posting #'s should be combined into one.
The hole purpose of the post count is to reveal those wo have contributed to the community within either ClieSource or PalmOne or both.
In my case I owned and was a member of both CS 601 posts, PO 842 posts.
Now I tried to offer assistance or request assistance for years.
I personally like the posting idea and would support it for reveal posts.
I never posted to building my #’s, but I guess who will decide a god worthy post verse a meaningless one?
Anyway, just my thoughts on this.

[the_iceman]

It seems... there are 2 sets of menus active all the time. We have the top menu (at the top of the browser page) and the 'user type menu'.

I can see... when I come to this site ... that I'm 'LOGGED IN'. I see my little 'welcome' to me .... I see on my 'user type menu' the ability to 'log out' ... and access the USER CP or members list... Calendar...etc.

Even though I'm logged in .... I hilight the 'profile' menu option on the TOP Menu .. and it gives me the options to 'log in, go to control panel, private messaging, and REGISTER. OK.... I think you can see where this is going ..... makes not sense to show me 'logged in' ... and give me 2 options ... to either log in ... or to register. I think maybe that menu should be somewhat .... 'customized' down the road to better reflect the state a user is in and give them the appropriate options.

[cbulock]

I think the 2 forums posting #'s should be combined into one.
The hole purpose of the post count is to reveal those wo have contributed to the community within either ClieSource or PalmOne or both.
In my case I owned and was a member of both CS 601 posts, PO 842 posts.
Now I tried to offer assistance or request assistance for years.
I personally like the posting idea and would support it for reveal posts.
I never posted to building my #’s, but I guess who will decide a god worthy post verse a meaningless one?
Anyway, just my thoughts on this.
I editted my original post. I actually did mean to say that the counts would be combined minus the off-topic postings. So, actually for some people, this would provide an increase in the total posts if you had a number of posts on both sites.

[n0m0n]

Do you know when they are planning to do this?
As of now it has not taken place.
Thanks

[SamuraiCatJB]

I editted my original post. I actually did mean to say that the counts would be combined minus the off-topic postings. So, actually for some people, this would provide an increase in the total posts if you had a number of posts on both sites.

Most of mine outside of OT were before the big crash. Though I will loose posts, I am still for it. :) Tired of being #2. ;)

[ClieKun]

There probably will be a reduction in posts counts eventually, Reggie mentioned that he will have the server recount the posts, meaning the counts will likely reflect all non-off-topic postings on Cliesource and PalmOneCity. Plus, any posts from before the CS 2003 database crash would no longer count.



Ok I understand now........

[gfunkmagic]

Sorry, haven't read through the whole thread so excuse me if this has been asked before but... can you add a discuss tab with post counter to the front page stories like the old sites? It's very convenient to know how many responses a particular story has on the front page without having to click through several buttons... :)

[edeab220]

Sorry, haven't read through the whole thread so excuse me if this has been asked before but... can you add a discuss tab with post counter to the front page stories like the old sites? It's very convenient to know how many responses a particular story has on the front page without having to click through several buttons... :) I mean, anything is possible, but since Reggie used different software for the front page, it may be a little harder to incorporate that.

[NJL!2016]

Most of mine outside of OT were before the big crash. Though I will loose posts, I am still for it. :) Tired of being #2. ;)

What big crash? Are you guys talking about the one over a year ago?

[cbulock]

Yea, that's the big crash, around the beginning of 2003.

[SamuraiCatJB]

What big crash? Are you guys talking about the one over a year ago?

yup, I was under 10k back then, I think...

[n0m0n]

yup, I was under 10k back then, I think...


Did you get all your posts???
I have over 800 in PalmOne and over 600 in ClieSource and I only regainded 620 since the change.
Did they update the post yet or are they still working on combining them???
Thanks

[ClieKun]

So some post from PCO and CS were added together .......I see. No matter I did not have tha many post fom PCO anyways :D

[SamuraiCatJB]

Did you get all your posts???
I have over 800 in PalmOne and over 600 in ClieSource and I only regainded 620 since the change.
Did they update the post yet or are they still working on combining them???
Thanks

I presume they are still working on it. My post count should drop. I had about a 1000 posts outside of OT before the crash, not sure what now. but most of these posts were OT so they will disappear. When my post count drops, you will know they have finished the work. :)

[jledesma]

I presume they are still working on it. My post count should drop. I had about a 1000 posts outside of OT before the crash, not sure what now. but most of these posts were OT so they will disappear. When my post count drops, you will know they have finished the work. :)

I still only have my CS post count. On POC I had about 250 extra posts. I don't really mind :rolleyes:

[meir87]

I like everything with exception to the front page. It looks too compressed horizontally. If you could have stuff be wider and put one above the other rather than having the news squished to one side I think it would be much better.

[ClieKun]

I presume they are still working on it. My post count should drop. I had about a 1000 posts outside of OT before the crash, not sure what now. but most of these posts were OT so they will disappear. When my post count drops, you will know they have finished the work. :)
Yes many of us will drop atlease by 50%. that goo thou !:D

[edeab220]

Yes many of us will drop atlease by 50%. that goo thou !:D I almost ever made any posts in the OT forum so my post count won't drop too much :p.

[ClieKun]

I almost ever made any posts in the OT forum so my post count won't drop too much :p.Well mine will :D but I don`t care :D;)

[jstimson]

I tended to lurk on cliesource and only throw in an occasional comment. The Cliesource home page was well laid out and easy to read and made it convenient for seeing items of interest.

Now I find that I'm missing a lot of stuff. The new home page feels more cramped and harder to take in. Most of this is due to a pretty small font and squeezing things into 2 columns on the page. I run at a high resolution on my desktop and 1src is the only page that makes me squint to see what's going on. And no, I'm not going to change the font size on my browser just to read the one site that gives me eye strain.

[dmxmd]

Why does everything have to be in columns? It's very hard on the eyes.

[Vidge]

Thank you for fixing the width of the colums (yesss! no more side-to-side scrolling to read) and for fixing the quick reply box. I really appreciate it.

(Now can we have more smilies?:D)

[winexprt]

What I miss from CS was the information showing if I had a PM right there on the main page. Now I have to wade into my control panel. Is this something that will be addressed? Thanks.

[ClieKun]

what about the upper right hand side on the forum page. Pm are show here right?!

[winexprt]

what about the upper right hand side on the forum page. Pm are show here right?!

Yeah, but not on the main page http://www.1src.com/, like I said. MUCH more convienent when it's right there on the first page.

[ClieKun]

Yeah, but not on the main page http://www.1src.com/, like I said. MUCH more convienent when it's right there on the first page.I see...........Well I don`t use the front page. So I guwss it does not bother me much.:) But you are correct CS was a little more user friendly.

[winexprt]

I see...........Well I don`t use the front page. So I guwss it does not bother me much.:) But you are correct CS was a little more user friendly.

What page do you use then?

[ClieKun]

What page do you use then?The one that list the forums.......I can see my PMs on the right upper part.:)

[rldunn]

What I miss from CS was the information showing if I had a PM right there on the main page. Now I have to wade into my control panel. Is this something that will be addressed? Thanks.Another workaround that I also used on CS is that you can set your options so that you get a pop-up notification when you have a PM, which allows you to view the PM in the same window or a new window.

[ClieKun]

Over all I like the new home.......I feel at home now.

[depret]

From http://www.1src.com/mobile/showthread.php?t=61482

I would like to read more discussions on palmone devices but I have to go to other places to see those threads.

Reggie and Joel, what is the posslbility of 'trading' some of 1src best Sony Clie threads with some of Brighthand's best Palmone threads? Think of it as 'thread sharing' ala music file sharing model. What do you think?

Just a wild thought.

[the_iceman]

One thing I'd like to see here on 1src.... is the ability to see the 'status' (online/offline) of those I have on the buddy-list.

It seems the only way to 'tell' is to do a 'whos online' ... and really 'wade through' all those online.

It would be 'nice' ... to have a page which shows those on the buddy-list and if they are online/offline. Makes things easier... if you want to quickly PM one of these people ... and not have to 'guess' whether they are online or offline.

:)

[Lance]

One thing I'd like to see here on 1src.... is the ability to see the 'status' (online/offline) of those I have on the buddy-list.

It seems the only way to 'tell' is to do a 'whos online' ... and really 'wade through' all those online.

It would be 'nice' ... to have a page which shows those on the buddy-list and if they are online/offline. Makes things easier... if you want to quickly PM one of these people ... and not have to 'guess' whether they are online or offline.

:)Go to Quick Links at the top of one of the Forum pages, and select Open Buddy List. This should give you the functionality you want.

Take care,
Lance

[the_iceman]

Go to Quick Links at the top of one of the Forum pages, and select Open Buddy List. This should give you the functionality you want.

Take care,
Lance
Lance.... Thanks... I didn't go to that 'buddy list' .... I had 'figured' it would take me to my 'buddy list' in my 'User CP'.

OK.... I'll admit it... I'm a dork.... sheeeeeeeeeeesh.... I appreciate the response!

[Lance]

Lance.... Thanks... I didn't go to that 'buddy list' .... I had 'figured' it would take me to my 'buddy list' in my 'User CP'.

OK.... I'll admit it... I'm a dork.... sheeeeeeeeeeesh.... I appreciate the response!No problem. I had trouble finding it myself. I basically just went through the entire interface clicking on almost every option to find out what was available through the new version of the forum software. It is pretty powerful, but some things are not as obvious as they were in the previous version.

Take care,
Lance

[hansschmucker]

OK, I just returned to ClieSource yesterday and to tell the truth, I was a little shocked. The frontpage is just 100% the opposite of what it was in ClieSource. The ClieSource frontpage looked like a commandcenter... it just looked so, i don't know... bussy. It felt like people changing this whole thing called Cliesource every second, adding to, or just living their lives having meaningless conversations. The CS title page was, from an userinterface point of view far worse that the new 1src page... there was too much information on too little space, but it just felt alive. The new title page looks absolutely static. There's nothing human here. I'm almost surprised when clicking on a link... it feels so unnatural that this thing, this sheet of paper would react to what I do.

So what I'm basically asking. Would it be possible to add The Old cliesource appearence as an optional theme that you could select in your preferences? I would just feel so much more at home when using it.

In general the new theme looks too industrial in my oppinion.

But, enough badmouthing, Now for the good stuff:
I absolutely love the new crawler version at http://www.1src.com/forums/archive/index.php/
1. Because it integrates nicely with my overall KDE theme
2. Because it works beautifully as a Mozilla/Firefox sidebar (If you could removed the spaces before every category, it would even work without changing the sidebar's size) Here's a screenshot (1280x1024 scaled down to 640x512)
http://hansschmucker.free.fr/clie/1src.png

Maybe you could add a recent posts category to the archive option. And maybe a simple post field, because then it would really be usable

[hansschmucker]

OH and one thing I almost forgot. Don't loose any slwwp over it. It's just not worth the effort. For all I care you could reset the counter to 0. Why? Because this is about people helping each other, not competition!

[hansschmucker]

One last thing. Of course we would need a sort option if the current archive system should became a usable sub-version of the forum

[Joel]

...

So what I'm basically asking. Would it be possible to add The Old cliesource appearence as an optional theme that you could select in your preferences? I would just feel so much more at home when using it.



Click Home on top of the page and choose from the two themes. :)

Maybe you could add a recent posts category to the archive option. And maybe a simple post field, because then it would really be usable

There is one too, click on New Posts in the user bar. :) I'm not sure about the simple post field but there's a quick reply button in every message.

Welcome back.

[hansschmucker]

Hmmm... there's not much difference, even the Forum colors stay the same. I was talking about the old ClieSourceLayout iwth its intense colors.

About post/new post ...
I was talking about the http://www.1src.com/forums/archive/index.php version. A standard HTML form would pose no problem to the google crawlers... but a sort option might, because all links would appear multiple times, so you better leave that on out.

[Reggie]

1SRC is still chaning here and there. We picked the white and grey colors to make the site clean. I know not everyone like it but a lot like it too. If we are going to put more colors, perhaps will do it to the classic theme (http://www.1src.com/?theme=2)

As for the archive pages, as you have mentioned, it is basically for the search engine bots. We can't basically do much about its appearance. Most if not all sites that use VB3 has the same appearance. If you like, you can look at the mobile site at: http://mobile.1src.com Perhaps that's the kind of layout that you would like.

Thanks.

[winexprt]

Hmmm... there's not much difference, even the Forum colors stay the same. I was talking about the old ClieSourceLayout iwth its intense colors.

About post/new post ...
I was talking about the http://www.1src.com/forums/archive/index.php version. A standard HTML form would pose no problem to the google crawlers... but a sort option might, because all links would appear multiple times, so you better leave that on out.

I absolutely LOVE your avatar. I miss my Twin Towers SO badly! :(

[hansschmucker]

It's actually one of my wallpapers. I know it's not perfect, but I like it
http://hansschmucker.free.fr/wtc.png

OK, it's a link now

[winexprt]

OH MY GOD that took forever to load. Can I suggest you make it as an attachment to the post, as opposed to embedding it?

It's great BTW! :D

[hansschmucker]

Changed it to a link