Originally Posted By GusVenditto

A few of you have noticed -- and commented on -- the changes we made to the page templates in recent days. I'm sorry a number of you aren't happy with the changes or with the fact that we made some of these changes incrementally. But we are done with the current work and things should settle down now.
You're done now?! This is it? Did you happen to realize it still looks bad? Have you? Did you guys do any testing? Market analysis? Figure out what the people want?

Don't tell me..."Since this is a free site, it's not about the people. It's about the money." Well what's the purpose of having a free site that no one wants to go to?

Originally Posted By GusVenditto

The links that are being displayed are to VBwire.com, a website that publishes daily news on VB products and services. This content balances out a space for advertising. When no ad is scheduled to run on a page, the box expands to fill the space.
Fill the space? Did you're "web developers" test it on all resolutions? Because it sure as hell doesn't fill the whole space in my window...

Originally Posted By GusVenditto

I have heard from a number of people who prefer the old look but these changes are being done with the intent of speeding up the site's performance while balancing the needs of advertisers and the workload required to maintain the site.
The advertisers are happy. That's good.

Originally Posted By GusVenditto

One chnage that may disappoint some people is that we have elminated the gold page design. Only one color scheme is now available.
Why? Random changes to piss people off?

Originally Posted By GusVenditto

Some people have mentioned that cookies are being downloaded. These are solely related to the ads; the ad servers are confirming delivery of the ads. Jupitermedia is not monitoring anyone's browsing. Our Privacy Policy is always available if you want to learn more about it. Others have suggested that the site will soon be over-run with pop-ups and other annoying ads; you can rest assured we do not deliver pop-ups and the advertising we accept is aimed at high-tech professionals.
Bull****.

Originally Posted By GusVenditto

Over time, I think you'll find this is consistent with how we will keep the site useful. We will continue to make sure the site's performance is fast and serves the needs of VB professional programmers. I'm gratified to see that membership is growing at a very healthy pace, and serious discussion on VB is as strong as ever.
More people are signing up, asking one question, and leaving, while old members are leaving. By the way, how do you gauge your membership? By the number of members? Do you realize more than half of those numbers no longer visit the site? Go and see how many members have posted 0 or 1 post...

Originally Posted By GusVenditto

If want to voice your opinion on any of these issues, feel free to send me a PM any time.
Heaven forbid the rest of the community sees my opinions.

Send this to your little recycle bin.