Okay guys and girls, now that we have played with this for some time, what are you impressions? what do like? what do not like? what would you like to see changed? do we have too many seperate areas? should we combine everything back togther like it used to be?
Let me see some input from you
Scott
the new forum style--your thoughts
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Impressions
I like the current idea which is much more organized---the selective areas are easier to work with as you don't have to wade through posts that are not of interest. I like it and don't fix it, it ain't broke. Thanks for hosting this site---I check in a few times a week.
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Randy Bimrose
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impressions
I like it, now that I'm familiar with it. It does look like most others. I was also fond of the old site. The threads seemed to get more discussion, or is that just my imagination?
I would like to see and buy, sell or trade section, perhaps with a built in 30 day, or whatever arbitrary length of time drop off.
My 2 cents,
Southpaw
I would like to see and buy, sell or trade section, perhaps with a built in 30 day, or whatever arbitrary length of time drop off.
My 2 cents,
Southpaw
Looks great, much more organized. Easier to find topics you're interested in and ignore ones you aren't.
I think some topics aren't getting as many posts because instead of rehashing the same question every two weeks (like "is the Toz competitive", "Morini 162 vs. Steyr LP-10 vs. LP-1", etc.), someone can just do a search and find the topic they're interested in.
I think some topics aren't getting as many posts because instead of rehashing the same question every two weeks (like "is the Toz competitive", "Morini 162 vs. Steyr LP-10 vs. LP-1", etc.), someone can just do a search and find the topic they're interested in.
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Dan Hankins
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Forum comment
Scott,
I am thankful that this forum exists at all. So, as I see it, you should make a form that is most easily managed and takes the least of your time.
Someone mentioned a classified section might be of interest. As forum owner, you could also post your merchandise that does not make it to your web page, due to time constraints. If you think that you might step on some ones toes advertising your merchandise on the web page that you host, just remember they could have or could start their won web page too. So, I see no problem.
Just what ever is the easiest, to make sure Target Talk continues.
respectfully,
Bubba
I am thankful that this forum exists at all. So, as I see it, you should make a form that is most easily managed and takes the least of your time.
Someone mentioned a classified section might be of interest. As forum owner, you could also post your merchandise that does not make it to your web page, due to time constraints. If you think that you might step on some ones toes advertising your merchandise on the web page that you host, just remember they could have or could start their won web page too. So, I see no problem.
Just what ever is the easiest, to make sure Target Talk continues.
respectfully,
Bubba
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Rustam Bana
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Appreciate the ease-of-use with this format (active topics go to the top of list) and the reduction of useless comments from the peanut gallery. Gives our sport the demeanor it deserves.
If you could stand to do more tweaking, a Buy/Sell area would be helpful, and one just for listing events, like matches, shows, etc.
If you could stand to do more tweaking, a Buy/Sell area would be helpful, and one just for listing events, like matches, shows, etc.
Nice to see only new items
To me, the greatest feature is the ability to select only the threads that have new items added. That makes for a very quick read and directs me to what interest me, and not having to cull through all entries.
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Victor
I like it!!
It's great- the forums are logically organized and it is easy to find the threads you might be interested in. Thanks a lot for taking the time and effort to provide this service to the target shooting community-- TargetTalk is much appreciated and enjoyed.
Forum- AWESOME
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The site is great. Keep it up!
Bill
The site is great. Keep it up!
Bill
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Steve Swartz
Slower, Cumbersome, But Compared to What . . .
Scotty:
1) Keep up the great work- thanks for hosting this effort. Mega-Kudos!
2) Compared to a standard "Newsgroup" viewing with a newsreader, the format is much slower, cumbersome, cluttered, and does not appear to me to be any improvement at all (well, it looks prettier, but is less functional) than the old format. Fort what it does, it is no improvement (except in "oprettiness") over the old format AND is slower, harder to navigate.
3) With a newsreader, the topics are automatically threaded together, you can quickly navigate, you can customize views to hide already read/too old/uninteresting topics; you can select/deselect posts from certain posters, etc. etc. And- best of all- newsgroups/newsreaders are FAST!
Me personally- my participation has gone down because it just takes so &^%$^@#! long to get on the site, load up the page, then load up teh subpage(s), then every time you want to switch topics its back to waiting for pages to load etc. etc.
Sorry to be the one lone voice here. And thanks for asking.
Steve "Speed is Life" Swartz
p.s. AND i got another *!&@^# error message the first couple of times I tried to post this (happens frequently)
1) Keep up the great work- thanks for hosting this effort. Mega-Kudos!
2) Compared to a standard "Newsgroup" viewing with a newsreader, the format is much slower, cumbersome, cluttered, and does not appear to me to be any improvement at all (well, it looks prettier, but is less functional) than the old format. Fort what it does, it is no improvement (except in "oprettiness") over the old format AND is slower, harder to navigate.
3) With a newsreader, the topics are automatically threaded together, you can quickly navigate, you can customize views to hide already read/too old/uninteresting topics; you can select/deselect posts from certain posters, etc. etc. And- best of all- newsgroups/newsreaders are FAST!
Me personally- my participation has gone down because it just takes so &^%$^@#! long to get on the site, load up the page, then load up teh subpage(s), then every time you want to switch topics its back to waiting for pages to load etc. etc.
Sorry to be the one lone voice here. And thanks for asking.
Steve "Speed is Life" Swartz
p.s. AND i got another *!&@^# error message the first couple of times I tried to post this (happens frequently)
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Fortitudo Dei
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Took me a while to used to it, but I now think it's great. Though I may be wrong (and i don't think I'm the first to say this), it seems that the old board was more "active" - though dividing the board up into separate disciplines is probably responsible for making this appear so.
What would be nice would be to see some enhancements similar to what I have seen on other boards using similar (the same?) open-source BB software. It would be great to have the option of an ID photo next to the posters name (be it a genuine photo or silly one - we could do with more humour on the board).
Even better would be the ability to import an image into a posting directly from one's own computer. The only way of currently doing this is if the image already exists on the web (using the "Img" tags and inserting a URL - correct me if I'm wrong on this) . This would enable those with digital cameras / scanners to easily post images of items they have for sale, or close-ups of parts giving problems, or whatever. If possible, set the image size limit to (say) 100k, and the board could reach a whole new level of usefulness.
What would be nice would be to see some enhancements similar to what I have seen on other boards using similar (the same?) open-source BB software. It would be great to have the option of an ID photo next to the posters name (be it a genuine photo or silly one - we could do with more humour on the board).
Even better would be the ability to import an image into a posting directly from one's own computer. The only way of currently doing this is if the image already exists on the web (using the "Img" tags and inserting a URL - correct me if I'm wrong on this) . This would enable those with digital cameras / scanners to easily post images of items they have for sale, or close-ups of parts giving problems, or whatever. If possible, set the image size limit to (say) 100k, and the board could reach a whole new level of usefulness.