Members Verne Andru Posted January 10, 2013 Members Share Posted January 10, 2013 So Mr. Anderton has announced they're moving to a new platform yet again. IMHO the biggest issues with the last time this was tried wasn't so much the fact it didn't function, but many users didn't like the user-interface. So what are we getting this time around?And I must admit to a bit of confusion - it appears many, many other people are able to keep vbulletin forums running without issue. Why can't the people running HC do the same?What do you all think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted January 10, 2013 Members Share Posted January 10, 2013 A very clever ploy. Intentionally break it til everyone riots for a return to HC2.0. Every dictator's first move BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted January 10, 2013 Members Share Posted January 10, 2013 A very clever ploy. Intentionally break it til everyone riots for a return to HC2.0. Every dictator's first move BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bjcarl Posted January 10, 2013 Members Share Posted January 10, 2013 No matter how bad it is, it couldn't be worse than it's been the past week or two... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bjcarl Posted January 10, 2013 Members Share Posted January 10, 2013 No matter how bad it is, it couldn't be worse than it's been the past week or two... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grantus Posted January 10, 2013 Members Share Posted January 10, 2013 As BJ said, it can't get any worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grantus Posted January 10, 2013 Members Share Posted January 10, 2013 As BJ said, it can't get any worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Verne Andru Posted January 10, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 10, 2013 I don't think you people quite remember HC2.0 if you're saying anything is better than this.Me wonders how much of the current issues are the result of neglect because "they" want to foist another "improved" forum on this community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Verne Andru Posted January 10, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 10, 2013 I don't think you people quite remember HC2.0 if you're saying anything is better than this.Me wonders how much of the current issues are the result of neglect because "they" want to foist another "improved" forum on this community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gdsmithtx Posted January 10, 2013 Members Share Posted January 10, 2013 I'm all for it, because most anything short of outright catastrophe would be an improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gdsmithtx Posted January 10, 2013 Members Share Posted January 10, 2013 I'm all for it, because most anything short of outright catastrophe would be an improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jpnyc Posted January 10, 2013 Members Share Posted January 10, 2013 Hopefully they Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jpnyc Posted January 10, 2013 Members Share Posted January 10, 2013 Hopefully they Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members allthumz Posted January 11, 2013 Members Share Posted January 11, 2013 It seems as if the budget has been slashed for this place.There will be promises of improvement followed eventually by a pile of polished turds for HC Forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members allthumz Posted January 11, 2013 Members Share Posted January 11, 2013 It seems as if the budget has been slashed for this place.There will be promises of improvement followed eventually by a pile of polished turds for HC Forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skibob Posted January 11, 2013 Members Share Posted January 11, 2013 Hmmm. Sounds like a lot of what was said before 2.0.We'll see. Hopefully they don't make the mistake of trying for a bunch of useless bells and whistles over what really matters (content) again. Keep it simple, stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skibob Posted January 11, 2013 Members Share Posted January 11, 2013 Hmmm. Sounds like a lot of what was said before 2.0.We'll see. Hopefully they don't make the mistake of trying for a bunch of useless bells and whistles over what really matters (content) again. Keep it simple, stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wagdog Posted January 11, 2013 Members Share Posted January 11, 2013 We shall see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wagdog Posted January 11, 2013 Members Share Posted January 11, 2013 We shall see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kulardenu Posted January 11, 2013 Members Share Posted January 11, 2013 I have never seen a more difficult forum as this to use. There is no way this Vbulletin site should crash so often. What makes anyone have any confidence that a new one willbe run any better. And here we go again losing search functions etc... Still pissed about the lost reviews that made HC thee goto site for gear reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kulardenu Posted January 11, 2013 Members Share Posted January 11, 2013 I have never seen a more difficult forum as this to use. There is no way this Vbulletin site should crash so often. What makes anyone have any confidence that a new one willbe run any better. And here we go again losing search functions etc... Still pissed about the lost reviews that made HC thee goto site for gear reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted January 11, 2013 Members Share Posted January 11, 2013 No matter what, I doubt this forum will ever be the same. It used to be that the only time this forum dragged was on a Friday night - as it then should. GAS seems more passe', redundancy seems more redundant, a cast of characters have been chased away through one means or another, and not since the fire of the library of Alexandria has a greater wealth of info been burned as with the loss of HC User Reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members genesis3 Posted January 11, 2013 Members Share Posted January 11, 2013 Problems aside, I'd like to see a radically updated look with cool options like mouseover users name which could pull up thumbnail views of uploaded pics of their guits that reside in a cool HC library that you can page flip through, much like the album covers in iTunes,etc....ten times more smilies, hi def even .....an internal search as good as googles with results listed chronologically, a jam forum with downloadable MIDI and audio tracks and beats, a rightclick-username-to-realtime chat option..multi-person even, include option to include soundcloud graphic clip in signature, a 'deal of the day' html thingy that flashes in a box , the greatest deal posted that day by calculating greatest difference between the posted sale price and the normal price, with a thumbnail pic and link , yes I'm thinking big here... . All that is problems aside as I said hah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grantus Posted January 11, 2013 Members Share Posted January 11, 2013 Originally Posted by Verne Andru I don't think you people quite remember HC2.0 if you're saying anything is better than this. Me wonders how much of the current issues are the result of neglect because "they" want to foist another "improved" forum on this community. 2.0 wasn't any worse than the last week or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Verne Andru Posted January 11, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 11, 2013 As far as tightened budgets, reading between the lines I'd be inclined to say monies are still there, they've just been diverted to a "new" system and not maintaining the current one.As far as keeping the site KISS, the administrators seem bent on "moving to the next level" - whatever that entails. That means, based on HC2.0, exactly the opposite of KISS. User interface design has not been demonstrated as a strong-suit among HC administrators.What I would like to suggest to anyone who is listening is, if you really want to come up with a web-experience that's truly "next level," then implement it as a "phased-changeover." That means MAINTAINING both sites for a transitional period of 6 months minimum. If the new site is stable and something the user community wants, then we will move over with little coaxing. If not, kill it and leave us to talking about music, which is what I come here for.HC traffic plummeted during the last attempt at this and the community has suffered greatly IMHO. Doing it wrong yet again may just spell the demise of what was once a special oasis in the vastness of cyberspace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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