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Thank you! OK, this is

pattyfab — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:39:59 -0700

Thank you!

OK, this is going to sound WAY nitpicky, but on the home page where it shows the most recent post it displays my full name rather than my nickname. Can it be the other way around please? If not, I may delete my full name from my profile.

The scalable comment window is nice - but it’s also possible that feature existed before and I never noticed it.

Edit links are back ;)

Christian Robertson — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:55:00 -0700

Edit links are back ;)

Hopefully not being able to

SuperUltraFabulous — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:29:21 -0700

Hopefully not being able to edit posts is a ’bug’.

:-/

Thanks for the feedback,

Zara Evens — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:14:00 -0700

Thanks for the feedback, all. There are a number of reasons why the upgrade was made, but I’d just like to point out that the effort is on-going. We could have very well left Typophile offline for a few more days to work out the kinks, but we wouldn’t want anyone to miss out on opportunities to discuss various typographic issues :) I will let Christian or Jared speak to details regarding code related and server based problems we are currently facing, but I can assure you that everyone is working hard to fix the bugs and create a better experience for everyone. We recognize the prolems and it is very frustrating for all.

The slowness we are experiencing is related mostly to our server and again, we are exploring options for upgrading to a server package with enough muscle to support the thousands of users on the site, as well as the millions of pages that Typophile serves up. Here is a comment by Christian from a different, related thread:

“During the upgrade millions of cached records were dumped from the database. It will take a little bit for these caches to be rebuilt. In the mean time the server is taking a beating.”

Thanks for your patience.

The load time is painfully

jselig — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:22:33 -0700

The load time is painfully slow for me right now, on top of having slow internet access, so the avatars at the bottom make me sad. Also I noticed, for people like me who don’t use one, I won’t if they are online anymore or not.

Text text input resize is nifty however.

Where's the RSS for the

BradB — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:17:46 -0700

Where’s the RSS for the individual thread?

I do like the nav at the top

pattyfab — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:03:15 -0700

I do like the nav at the top for multi-page threads. Still that seems like the only feature that could reasonably be considered an upgrade. The icon parade is just bells and whistles.

i've tried twice to post an

paul d hunt — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:32:24 -0700

i’ve tried twice to post an article for Bulgaria, but my postings won’t take. no wiki for me. :(

I love the "featured face"

weinziet — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:15:09 -0700

I love the “featured face” feature.

I agree, the edit post should come back.

i also miss the listing of

paul d hunt — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:11:57 -0700

i also miss the listing of recently edited wiki entries, i actually found that very useful, esp as someone trying to keep the wiki well-organized.

is that image supposed to be attached to the main wiki page? it seems out of place.

and for the positive: i like being able to jump to the last page of commenting from the first comment in a thread, very nice!

is this the version of the

paul d hunt — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:55:34 -0700

is this the version of the bug thread for 2007? If so, i have to say that the wiki articles aren’t linking as they did in the previous iteration of typophile. i tried “fixing” the Designers 2 page, but just made things worse, luckily i was able to revert everything to how things were, but the linking is still broken.

I liked the IM too. So much

hrant — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:50:56 -0700

I liked the IM too. So much of what I have to say should not be preserved. :-)

hhp

Also, and this is a biggie,

pattyfab — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:45:07 -0700

Also, and this is a biggie, you can’t edit your posts anymore. Otherwise I’d have gone back in and added this to my earlier post rather than putting up a new one. I think the type IDers are gonna be pretty pissed at that one - we love going back in and adding links to the IDs.

I'd rather have names than

Linda Cunningham — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:42:16 -0700

I’d rather have names than the parade of avatars at the bottom, but what I really miss is IM: not everyone has iChat or something comparable....

Why no IM's? The page is

pattyfab — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:42:04 -0700

Why no IM’s?

The page is still excruciatingly slow to load.

And I think the Beorcana on the main pages doesn’t have to SCREAM. It’s much nicer on the thread heads, although still a bit big. I hope the “featured face” will change.

I’m getting used to the thumbnail avatars now that I can see the rollovers but it’s still a little laborious, and if you can’t IM then what’s the point? I really liked the IM feature.