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don't be a bimbo
2. If she's got it going on, she can wear sweats to the big dance and steal the show; the old site was frumpy but the content was hot and the UI worked great.
3. What you have now is like wearing your skirt on your head and your high heels on your buttocks; doesn't meet the needs of intended audience and interferes with appreciation of the great back end (content).
Oh, and drop the costume jewelery chosen to make you look like the boss's bimbo*. Get one of today's best designers to see your best qualities and design a clean, elegant, ensemble that brings out your best and gives the company a great public image.
*BikeRadar
1. Point taken; agreed 100%.laura.weislo said:
2. If she's got it going on, she can wear sweats to the big dance and steal the show; the old site was frumpy but the content was hot and the UI worked great.
3. What you have now is like wearing your skirt on your head and your high heels on your buttocks; doesn't meet the needs of intended audience and interferes with appreciation of the great back end (content).
Oh, and drop the costume jewelery chosen to make you look like the boss's bimbo*. Get one of today's best designers to see your best qualities and design a clean, elegant, ensemble that brings out your best and gives the company a great public image.
*BikeRadar
manolo said:
Well, you could download Firefox for windows: http://www.getfirefox.com or if you can't do that (because you're at work etc) then try greasemonkey for IE: http://www.gm4ie.com/ - never used it myself so I don't know if my little script will be compatible.
Bookmark gone
I have just trashed the bookmark for cyclingnews.com, I'll check again in a few months to see if the website has improved.
Ciao folks
I have just trashed the bookmark for cyclingnews.com, I'll check again in a few months to see if the website has improved.
Ciao folks
Unlike may I don't think the old site was perfect, it was very cluttered and untidy, but nothing that a simple clean-up couldn't have solved. The new site is rubbish. It's horrifcally slow, nothing works, dead links, no results, multiple clicks - same as all the million other complaints really.
To say the old site was frumpy and needed tarting up is an amazingly crass comment. Nothing more than Future Publishing looking to maximise profits and putting that before the community.
That's me done here, I'm off to find something that works.
To say the old site was frumpy and needed tarting up is an amazingly crass comment. Nothing more than Future Publishing looking to maximise profits and putting that before the community.
That's me done here, I'm off to find something that works.
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Results
Thanks Laura Weislo
I found the results of the "Tour of Malopolska". As far as i am concerned, the Names are spelled correct.
So when the UCI-Calendar comes, i think everything will be all right again.
Thanks again
Thanks Laura Weislo
I found the results of the "Tour of Malopolska". As far as i am concerned, the Names are spelled correct.
So when the UCI-Calendar comes, i think everything will be all right again.
Thanks again
Out of steam
I was nearly out of steam, but I have got may second wind!
On the 'if is not broke' well our good doctor (the so called IT guy at Future) said the old site was broken and replaced it with a site only a very few can use I can not bring myself to even look at it, even if the guys have been working very hard to hatched the site. One has got to ask, why they rolled out the site before it was tested??
I am not sure about the posting of the new staff at cyclingnews, ie Laura as she seems to think a 900 post forum could be 'putting us out of business' once again it seems no one has instructed the staff how to reply, if at all to this forum.
I tried roadcyclingnews.co.nz. The first cyclingnews for 10 days. I did read about Jazz Apple girls, as we are blessed to have them here in Monterey every year...I guess on cyclingnews it is...flash...and features, and newsflashes as normal....I wouldn't know I can not yet see myself going back and learning to live without cyclingnews. The forum has given me some contact, but I am aware that logging on here counts as a site visit...so the good doctor is getting his clicks (for now)
Kr
Peeps
edmo18 said:
I was nearly out of steam, but I have got may second wind!
On the 'if is not broke' well our good doctor (the so called IT guy at Future) said the old site was broken and replaced it with a site only a very few can use I can not bring myself to even look at it, even if the guys have been working very hard to hatched the site. One has got to ask, why they rolled out the site before it was tested??
I am not sure about the posting of the new staff at cyclingnews, ie Laura as she seems to think a 900 post forum could be 'putting us out of business' once again it seems no one has instructed the staff how to reply, if at all to this forum.
I tried roadcyclingnews.co.nz. The first cyclingnews for 10 days. I did read about Jazz Apple girls, as we are blessed to have them here in Monterey every year...I guess on cyclingnews it is...flash...and features, and newsflashes as normal....I wouldn't know I can not yet see myself going back and learning to live without cyclingnews. The forum has given me some contact, but I am aware that logging on here counts as a site visit...so the good doctor is getting his clicks (for now)
Kr
Peeps
I'm trying to find Results/Recap on the following....
National Ultra Endurance (NUE) Series #3: Lumberjack 100Date range:
Is just a bunch of dead ends.....really sucks. Thought new site was supposed to be easier to maintain....?......plus the even getting to the dead ends is slow !!!
National Ultra Endurance (NUE) Series #3: Lumberjack 100Date range:
Is just a bunch of dead ends.....really sucks. Thought new site was supposed to be easier to maintain....?......plus the even getting to the dead ends is slow !!!
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The goals to maximize profits and to serve the community should be one and the same. If you're not serving the community, then you're reducing hit counts and thus not maximizing profits, etc.Jarvis said:
It's silly to criticize them for trying to maximize profits.
They should be criticized for squandering profits by creating a terrible website, and we should be focusing on helping them fix it, not leaving. We're all on the same team.
Formula One can change
I am sure if Formula One (a little bigger than Future and cycling its self) can go back on a decision on things written in stone then cyclingnews (Future) can remove spoilers and return the old site until a new site can be properly built and tested taking all the best of the feedback on this forum.
This feedback is so valuable I hope the bigwigs are saving it so they can make good decisions when the traffic begins to fade as Tdf users come to the site an a couple of weeks and then leave in disgust because even with the tweaks in the last week or so the site is still unusable.
For me the flash at the top of the page is utter rubbish. If you see how other websites do this it is less obtrusive, I don’t know why designers like this flash stuff, but they do….troubled childhoods? But if you use flash and revolving news banners, make it less conspicuous.
The whole look of cyclingnews is that it was done as a college project, trying to force everything on the front page. (Ok students see how you can force so much onto the front page that it can not be read and next week I will show you how to do it correctly. Except that next week never came!)(that’s what you get when you employ a defunct college professor to design (term used loosely) a website for you, time to bring in the professionals.)
igamogam said:
I am sure if Formula One (a little bigger than Future and cycling its self) can go back on a decision on things written in stone then cyclingnews (Future) can remove spoilers and return the old site until a new site can be properly built and tested taking all the best of the feedback on this forum.
This feedback is so valuable I hope the bigwigs are saving it so they can make good decisions when the traffic begins to fade as Tdf users come to the site an a couple of weeks and then leave in disgust because even with the tweaks in the last week or so the site is still unusable.
For me the flash at the top of the page is utter rubbish. If you see how other websites do this it is less obtrusive, I don’t know why designers like this flash stuff, but they do….troubled childhoods? But if you use flash and revolving news banners, make it less conspicuous.
The whole look of cyclingnews is that it was done as a college project, trying to force everything on the front page. (Ok students see how you can force so much onto the front page that it can not be read and next week I will show you how to do it correctly. Except that next week never came!)(that’s what you get when you employ a defunct college professor to design (term used loosely) a website for you, time to bring in the professionals.)
fourstagesinoneday said:
Thanks for posting this here! : ) Great! Now all I need is for them to add a small link to Results as in Stage 9 Results after the link to the Live Report - with no mention of the winner - so I can go enjoy the race report and results later! Beautiful!
My home page would either be http://www.cyclingnews.com/news or http://www.cyclingnews.com/live-reports, and, for now, I can get my stage details at http://tour.cyclingfever.com/. Three different places, when it used to be just http://www.cyclingnews.com, but, what the hell?
Put the "spoiler-less" results link on http://www.cyclingnews.com/live-reports, have less purple on the site and you'll hear much less from me here!
Yep! Less purple on the site. I feel so strongly about the purple, I posted a poll on it:
http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=1512
(By the way, how'd you find this? Was it posted elsewhere? Is there a link on the home page?)
Thanks for all the work, I have no problem with the new site, few hiccups are not unusual, you'll get them sorted out.
What I don't get is almost 100 pages of people complaining!
It is obvious some people hate changes.
Been reading CN for the last 8 years, like the new fresh look, keep up the good work! I'll be reading!
What I don't get is almost 100 pages of people complaining!
It is obvious some people hate changes.
Been reading CN for the last 8 years, like the new fresh look, keep up the good work! I'll be reading!
pedrospeeps said:
pedrospeeps said:
I have to admit I love the ranting and raving on this subject. I never imagined so many people were that attached to CN the way it was. I never imagined a website would mean that much to me!
Anyways, Pedrospeeps (Kr), thanks for the kudos! I laugh every time I read your posts... And just when I think I've heard the last of you, you pop up again! You gotta admire the fire, the passion and the persistance...
I'm glad the forum was put up here. I can't imagine writing email after email and wondering if you're the only loon tormented by the change to the site...
And here it is again, a link to The Color Purple Poll:
http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=1512
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manolo said:
I've talked to several of my friends who are cycling fans and frequent CN visitors. None of them has even discovered the forums yet or know where to email complaints, but they sure have shared them with me. Everybody absolutely hates it.
Everything used to be so tight and professional. Now it's slipshod and unprofessional. The thing I hate the most, I think, is I can't come here and immediately tell what changed since the last time I was here. I used to visit several times a day, each time looking for a new update to the news editions. I could be in and out in seconds. Now I have to scroll to even find the damn things - half the screen being taken up by that god awful and completely useless "today in cyclingnews.com" Flash box.
dimspace said:
That's' so funny! Ha ha! I actually used to look at the full results to see who didn't start, who didn't finish, who came in with the grupetto on mountain stages and who was the last one in! Ha ha! Useless information, but what fun to have it available.
Going back to spoilers: I guess that was what was fun about the old site. Who won? Oh my God! I'll have to read the Live Report to feel the suspense! Ha ha! That was fun! It was like a thrill ride! Good old CN! I hope it comes back like it used to be.
Even with all the purple!
http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=1512
Purple pitchfork
You guys have given me strength (Manolo, Dim etc) I never knew that others felt the same as me.
I have voted on purple. This year you might find me running along side the riders in the Tdf wearing a purple cape and a pitchfork with the new website on the end…that might do it. On the other hand wearing team clothing (Cal Giant) is pretty adventurous for me. They get good value as the strawberry is twice the size it should be on the real racers.
Cyclingnews might get the news eventually, but I think it will either get sold, of combind with BR, we should have seen this coming as the quality of the site went downhill after the take over. I dug up some blogs from when it was sold and they were talking about Future messing it up then!
You guys have given me strength (Manolo, Dim etc) I never knew that others felt the same as me.
I have voted on purple. This year you might find me running along side the riders in the Tdf wearing a purple cape and a pitchfork with the new website on the end…that might do it. On the other hand wearing team clothing (Cal Giant) is pretty adventurous for me. They get good value as the strawberry is twice the size it should be on the real racers.
Cyclingnews might get the news eventually, but I think it will either get sold, of combind with BR, we should have seen this coming as the quality of the site went downhill after the take over. I dug up some blogs from when it was sold and they were talking about Future messing it up then!
are you blind
I saw your icon at the bottom of your quote. You have darkglasses on. Are you blind? You must be getting cyclingnews in brail. Please don't worry about 100 pages of complaining...most of it is disgust, some of it good feedback, some even comes from the staffs family (I am really sure of this, although I could never get my mother do support me). Do you wear purple and green cycling clothing? it dosen't make you a bad person and you can have you own opinion, but I think this a little more than a few hiccups, looks like full on purple yawn.
peloton said:Thanks for all the work, I have no problem with the new site, few hiccups are not unusual, you'll get them sorted out.
What I don't get is almost 100 pages of people complaining!
It is obvious some people hate changes.
Been reading CN for the last 8 years, like the new fresh look, keep up the good work! I'll be reading!
I saw your icon at the bottom of your quote. You have darkglasses on. Are you blind? You must be getting cyclingnews in brail. Please don't worry about 100 pages of complaining...most of it is disgust, some of it good feedback, some even comes from the staffs family (I am really sure of this, although I could never get my mother do support me). Do you wear purple and green cycling clothing? it dosen't make you a bad person and you can have you own opinion, but I think this a little more than a few hiccups, looks like full on purple yawn.
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Dear cyclingnews/bikeradar (sorry I can’t tell the difference)
I read with interest the reasons behind the recent changes and understand the business decision behind the change. Unfortunately very few people seem to like the new look.
You don’t seem to be on a winner when dislike of the new site is discussed over a post ride coffee before the result of the training ride sprint or the latest bit of bling purchased by one of the boys.
Your problem seems to be if you don’t get people back on board quickly you will preside over the destruction of the goodwill and value associated with the cyclingnews brand.
As with any service we all have the capacity to vote with our feet and money and choose another option.
Regretfully it’s goodbye cyclingnews, hello pez.
I read with interest the reasons behind the recent changes and understand the business decision behind the change. Unfortunately very few people seem to like the new look.
You don’t seem to be on a winner when dislike of the new site is discussed over a post ride coffee before the result of the training ride sprint or the latest bit of bling purchased by one of the boys.
Your problem seems to be if you don’t get people back on board quickly you will preside over the destruction of the goodwill and value associated with the cyclingnews brand.
As with any service we all have the capacity to vote with our feet and money and choose another option.
Regretfully it’s goodbye cyclingnews, hello pez.
pedrospeeps said:
nice bait.
I honestly have no problem with the new site, I don't get it why people are complaining so much.
and no, I'm not blind.
I I'm the road tab looking for races and there's a flash advert in the middle of the creen for lucozade and I can't get rid of it!!! it's over the races I want to read about but i can't get to them because of this flipping advert.
I'm loosing patience with this site that used to love.
I'm loosing patience with this site that used to love.
block it
tbh not sure why there are so many complaints about the ads on this site. i looked on archive.cyclingnews.com and they appear to be running the same ads there.
justmeagain, sounds like you might benefit from a flash killer extension from our good friends at firefox.
tbh not sure why there are so many complaints about the ads on this site. i looked on archive.cyclingnews.com and they appear to be running the same ads there.
justmeagain, sounds like you might benefit from a flash killer extension from our good friends at firefox.
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