(UPDATED) ANNOUNCEMENT: New Forum Software and what to expect. Old layout will be back soon.

[dcfas]

I just wanted to add that the true success of this site is due to the insight, depth of knowledge, helpful comments, and humor brought here by the forum members. Yes, the look and feel of the new software is important, necessary to upgrade, and may deter some from posting in the interim. But imho this community is unlikely to go elsewhere. They’ll hang in there, and so will I.

 

 

[howaboutme]

I may have missed this but will tapatalk integration continue or is mobile site the thing?

[Puttersaurus Rex]

howaboutme said:

I may have missed this but will tapatalk integration continue or is mobile site the thing?

It was mentioned that tapatalk is done.  Something about not being compatible with the new site.

 

[lopey986]

radiman said:

Sef said:

radiman said:

Konklifer said:

portland said: 

For anyone that has ever been on a forum that went through a software upgrade - at first no one likes it, then you use it for a few weeks, forget about the old software and appreciate the new software.  The same will happen here ?

This is vastly different. This is a woefully unfinished product going live to a membership of hundreds of thousands of users. 

Dude, it's a free site for you to use. This isn't some mega corporation. They just came out and said they're still working on it. It's not the end of the world here. 

Dude, the more users they have the more ad revenue they generate. It’s in their best interest to make the interface as user friendly as possible. It’s not like they’re a charity...

They are getting absolutely **** on because the view of the free content needs some tweaking. They already said they're going to be working on it. It's a minor inconvenience and people are just being asshats about it.

they make money off their userbase through ad revenue, saying they are just providing free content is disingenuous. i also pay for clubwrx, i pay 10 bucks to pin ads when i use the bst. we get it's a work in progress, but some major, major functionality is missing that is turning off a lot of people real fast.

[howaboutme]

Puttersaurus Rex said:

howaboutme said:

I may have missed this but will tapatalk integration continue or is mobile site the thing?

It was mentioned that tapatalk is done.  Something about not being compatible with the new site.

Thanks....too bad but I can adjust.

[Forged4ever]

No, they are getting s*** on because most of this stuff just plain sucks. I know absolutely nothing about this IT stuff however in speaking to two individuals who do know a whole lot about it, one of whom has posted his opinion at least once on these “new” pages and he’s been retired since he was 32yo(he’s 37yo) as a programmer after he designed & sold an app and program to Google, and he said that the UI is “bulls***, super bland and so 1990’s,” lol. In full disclosure, he also stated that “this is not the final  version,” though this being life, follow the money Gents, or better, what brings the money, and it ain’t you jabronis, or my dumb arse, lol. Open source= FREE ?. Hey, it keeps the idiots like me off the board though, lolol. I posted once, maybe twice yesterday and as I get bored, that’ll drop, lmao. I’m gonna be good for one post every 3-4 days so for some of you, this was a Godsend???

 

Oh, it’s gonna crash???

 

How many times has that happened since 2005?????

 

But hey, I found one good thing~ 

 

I can’t even find my messages???

 

For you knuckleheads that’re fixin to rip me for my IT idiocy, I’ve already plead guilty to that skip~

 

Peruse my golf related posts, threads & thoughts, read em, think about the serious ones and most of you’ll learn something even if ya disagree with me, and please....

 

STFU?

 

To the rest of ya, stay well, have a great weekend and I’ll see ya next week?

 

 Hey, it’s gonna get better????

 

I  gotta another 58 minutes to correct my typos??

 

Even I can do that???

 

Hahaha, I did it with 54 minutes to spare?

 

I loooooove this place??

 

Fairways & Greens 4ever My Friends⛳️

RP

 

 

 

[uitar9]

The company I work for replaced a complete company wide system in May 2016. We are still trying to discover why it was bought. It is shite. Yes, the original provider only had one 95 year old service guy who could still support it...folks tell us its scalable...but its a beast...most importantly, customers hate their interaction with it. The folks that can sell this crap must be salesman of the year and have + handicaps.

 

[howaboutme]

How do I unsubscribe to a specific thread?

[KevCarter]

@Forged4ever I can't disagree, agree, like, or LOL at you. B)  All I can say is be well, and see you next week!   :)

[harleydavis]

After 8 years on the forums its like a whole new world. I am not used to it yet, but I wasn't 8 years ago either. Looking forward to exploring and figuring things out. Cheers to you (GolfWRX) to taking a step forward!! Good luck with the transition. 

[jmck]

BTmizuno1983 said:

I have been through many network changes and operating system changes.  The upgrade or change is normally better in the long run... but the new forum has to get easier on the eyes.  Going to the forums now gives me a headache versus a stress relief.

Yep, this.  We're on day three now, without any real change to the basic theme.  Theme colors are one of the first choices that get made and are easy to subsequently tweak...and it's still more or less several shades of gray swimming in a sea of white.  That this launched looking like it does and has yet to substantially change makes me very worried that someone at golfwrx actually likes it this way.  It's a little better on mobile, but the desktop version is just about unusable.  It literally hurts after 10 or 15 minutes.  I can't be the only one with an office who previously spent a lot of time on the desktop version during working hours.  Optimizing for mobile is great for the kidz, but large screens aren't going away anytime soon.  If the current appearance and color scheme are intentional that's a major problem.

[HitEmTrue]

Puttersaurus Rex said:

howaboutme said:

I may have missed this but will tapatalk integration continue or is mobile site the thing?

It was mentioned that tapatalk is done.  Something about not being compatible with the new site.

More to it than that.  

 

 

[EricWGolf]

howaboutme said:

How do I unsubscribe to a specific thread?

@howaboutme Go to the top of the thread, or to the My Bookmarks page and click the gold star. It should turn to an outline of a star. 

[HitEmTrue]

bladehunter said:

Thanks @nsxguy ... found the preferences settings.  One question.  What does “ writing on my wall “ mean ?   

I just wrote on your wall.  Look at your profile page at the bottom.  Hopefully this feature gets nixed. 

 

 

[howaboutme]

EricWGolf said:

howaboutme said:

How do I unsubscribe to a specific thread?

@howaboutme Go to the top of the thread, or to the My Bookmarks page and click the gold star. It should turn to an outline of a star. 

Yeah, I already do not have it as a bookmark but I do (did) have general notifications turned on for threads I participate it so I don't have to do an extra click each time and adjust each thread separately. Looks like I'll have to turn off the general notifications and just toggle bookmark star on/off as necessary. Another thing to get used to.

[cav5]

Still white lol

[cav5]

I want to read about the updates but literally can't its so blinding

[ExTrumpet]

Glad my company's website didn't launch like this...the longer this drags on, the tougher it is for me to withhold judgment.

[jorgegm022]

Keep up the good work! Rome wasn't built in a day.

[radiman]

jj9000 said:

radiman said:

Sef said:

radiman said:

Konklifer said:

portland said: 

For anyone that has ever been on a forum that went through a software upgrade - at first no one likes it, then you use it for a few weeks, forget about the old software and appreciate the new software.  The same will happen here ?

This is vastly different. This is a woefully unfinished product going live to a membership of hundreds of thousands of users. 

Dude, it's a free site for you to use. This isn't some mega corporation. They just came out and said they're still working on it. It's not the end of the world here. 

Dude, the more users they have the more ad revenue they generate. It’s in their best interest to make the interface as user friendly as possible. It’s not like they’re a charity...They are getting absolutely **** on because the view of the free content needs some tweaking. They already said they're going to be working on it. It's a minor inconvenience and people are just being asshats about it.I don't think people are being asshats about anything.  People are giving honest Feedback.  If people didn't care, they'd just punch out and not return.  There is a difference between being rude just to be rude, and letting Richard, GX, and crew know that in our opinion they've wrecked what was the best golf forum on the planet isn't being an asshat.  Can they get it back?  Who knows.  But if this is 90% complete, they're going to lose members in droves b/c the site is d@mn near unusable.  Probably a good idea to get rid of the Users Online counter b/c logging on and seeing 845 users online...on a Thursday in Spring...when everyone wants to talk golf and look at new gear...is  disheartening.  Here's the kicker guys.  Members are willing to be patient, but, the longer you string this half @ssed looking interface out the more removed from the "GolfWRX" experience people came her for.  Again...for every member that sticks around for a month or two, you're going to see multiple members check out.  I'd really like to wake up in the morning, go through my normal routine, browse around WRX like I would read a newspaper years ago.  But, each time I log on, I'm hoping to see something vastly different.  I see minor improvements, but the overall user experience is sub-par...which is why I'm commenting on this thread...then likely checking out.  Participating in the Forums...or trying to make heads or tails of the navigation is uneventful.  I think you guys will quickly see the user decline in your data analytics relating to user participation.  Upgrading the back end is great, but, an expanded back end is meaningless without users on the front end.  Just my 2 cents.  Your site, not mine.  I hope you don't take offense to this post...as I'm giving honest Feedback.

 

...aaaand again it took me several minutes to post this b/c words I type correctly like "took" get autocorrected in the interface to "tiik" ... and the word "like" gets autocorrected to "ifft".  No rhyme...no reason.  It took me 3 times the amount of time to post this b/c I'm correcting words I typed correctly from words like "tilk" and "ifft".

I didn't mean to sound as though I think everyone is being a jerk about this. Some of the feedback is indeed constructive and some just isn't.

 

 In my eyes, there is constructive criticism and there is complaining. Bringing up items that we wish were improved upon is constructive. Blaming them for ruining the site and telling them how much they botched the migration is not. It is too late to go back now. This the new platform and the path is forward. There are a lot of things behind the scenes we do not know. Making assumptions that since there is revenue generated by this site so it should be flawless is a broad stroke of the brush.

 

 For those who simply cannot read anything because the page is white, I shutter to think of what happens when you have to type or review a word document.

 

 On the plus side, I was typing on mobile this morning and didn't seem to have the same issues I was in that regard. Also, looks like they added the navigation at the top of the page again. The biggest thing I miss was the threads that had unread comments were bold vs ones that I have already caught up on.

[mmack067]

As someone who works in IT project management I'll say that the decision to pivot to something new isn't always easy but hopefully it's the right choice in the long run. Good luck with the implementation and initial bug fixes! Looking forward seeing the end result.

[radiman]

mmack067 said:

As someone who works in IT project management I'll say that the decision to pivot to something new isn't always easy but hopefully it's the right choice in the long run. Good luck with the implementation and initial bug fixes! Looking forward seeing the end result.

Maybe this is why I so sympathetic.  I work in the IT industry for a small family owned company who is always looking to spend the least amount possible for everything.  Our migrations are always done to get us functional first and customize after the fact.  I have been on the receiving end of an endless stream of "this sucks" comments on cutover days.  I typically filter those out and focus on the genuine questions and feedback.  

[Sabumnim3]

radiman said:

Sef said:

radiman said:

Konklifer said:

portland said: 

For anyone that has ever been on a forum that went through a software upgrade - at first no one likes it, then you use it for a few weeks, forget about the old software and appreciate the new software.  The same will happen here ?

This is vastly different. This is a woefully unfinished product going live to a membership of hundreds of thousands of users. 

Dude, it's a free site for you to use. This isn't some mega corporation. They just came out and said they're still working on it. It's not the end of the world here. 

Dude, the more users they have the more ad revenue they generate. It’s in their best interest to make the interface as user friendly as possible. It’s not like they’re a charity...

They are getting absolutely **** on because the view of the free content needs some tweaking. They already said they're going to be working on it. It's a minor inconvenience and people are just being asshats about it.

“Some” tweaking?? Not sure there’s a sycophant badge but I could be mistaken

[radiman]

Sabumnim3 said:

radiman said:

Sef said:

radiman said:

Konklifer said:

portland said: 

For anyone that has ever been on a forum that went through a software upgrade - at first no one likes it, then you use it for a few weeks, forget about the old software and appreciate the new software.  The same will happen here ?

This is vastly different. This is a woefully unfinished product going live to a membership of hundreds of thousands of users. 

Dude, it's a free site for you to use. This isn't some mega corporation. They just came out and said they're still working on it. It's not the end of the world here. 

Dude, the more users they have the more ad revenue they generate. It’s in their best interest to make the interface as user friendly as possible. It’s not like they’re a charity...

They are getting absolutely **** on because the view of the free content needs some tweaking. They already said they're going to be working on it. It's a minor inconvenience and people are just being asshats about it.

“Some” tweaking?? Not sure there’s a sycophant badge but I could be mistaken

Lol.  Maybe I am easier to please?  From my viewpoint, the coloring could use some adjusting.  Navigation could be streamlined a little bit (which they did adjust a little by adding the forum navigation at the top).  Maybe a better way to separate the topics on each sub forum.  I am still able to get around where I want to go right now.  

[mmack067]

radiman said:

mmack067 said:

As someone who works in IT project management I'll say that the decision to pivot to something new isn't always easy but hopefully it's the right choice in the long run. Good luck with the implementation and initial bug fixes! Looking forward seeing the end result.

Maybe this is why I so sympathetic.  I work in the IT industry for a small family owned company who is always looking to spend the least amount possible for everything.  Our migrations are always done to get us functional first and customize after the fact.  I have been on the receiving end of an endless stream of "this sucks" comments on cutover days.  I typically filter those out and focus on the genuine questions and feedback.  

Ya there's always going to be growing pains when you flip the switch but at a certain point you just have to move forward and accept that there will be some work to get the product to where it needs to be. On top of that, people just hate any sort of change, so even if the launch is super smooth there will be a ton of hate just because it's different than what the users are used to. 

[Forged4ever]

One thing that I neglected to say above though I didn’t want it in the same post as my rant~

 

Besides, my 60 minutes might be up so I couldn’t include it anyways, lol?

 

Richard, Gx, Thrillkill & the mod with the baddest a*** avatar I’ve encountered in the virtual world, the Sheriff?, are the Best!!

 

Top Shelf Class Acts!!

 

This is next to an impossible task and then ya throw idiots like me into the mix?, lol??

 

Nah, I’ll have Maddie or my 8yo step-daughter assist me in getting up to speed, lol

 

Anyhoo, have a great weekend Gals & Gents?

RP

[ironmikes]

logged in after the update and have to say what a change . very difficult to read topics or messages . way too washed out . hoping your guys can fix that .

 

[jj9000]

Suggestion...get rid of this crap.

 

 

[radiman]

jj9000 said:

Suggestion...get rid of this ****.

 

You can change your notification settings to get rid of that. 

 

If you click on the notification icon on the top of the page, you will see an adjustment icon on the top right if the pop-up menu. It'll bring you to a page where you can deselect the email notification option for that.

[golfer07840]

All I want is to be notified when someone likes, quotes or responds to my posts. 

 

Is that too much to ask?