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Quote:...I continue to be underwhelmed at the "improvements". Definitely gives a lot of credibility to the old saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
I agree with the Duds feelings that the new site has not impressed. Yet.
I don't agree with the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
While outward appearances may have said that the former site was function without problems, that may not have been the case for what was going on inside. As with any software application, the prevalence of malicious code requires administrators to patch and update software - even when the end-users think "it ain't broke". At some point, a "major" upgrade is a necessity, to the shagrin of all users. A necessary evil, it is.
The transition to the new site has come with plenty of problems - that is very well evident. Multiple logins, security failures (ie: porn silicitations), poor initial layout, the loss of the treasured floattube forum along with all it's pictures, step-by-step instructions, and loquacious discussions of a sesquipedalian nature concerning all things pvs., etc., all suggest that the upgrade plan was not as well thought out and tested as it could have been....
....nonetheless, here we are having a discussion. You mentioned that some members have written BFT off for good. That's unfortunate. I would dare guess that if they were a valuable asset to the forums, they'll venture their way back eventually.
I have had the wonderful oppportunity to lead a number of projects involving software upgrades. The largest involved 12 months of work and a bill to the tune of $1,000,000. I've heard the very same complaints on every single one of those upgrades that I've read concerning BFT's upgrade. This is natural. It is expected. It is normal human nature. We don't like change. However, just like in every upgrade project I've taken part in, given time, users will begin to accept the changes as "normal". The new site will become the new normal. The sun will once again rise in the east, and set in the west. We'll all forget our common enemy (the upgraded site) and start focusing our angst in a different direction. The target will change, and BFT will once again revert to a common place for all of us to partake in infelicitous forms of velitation with one another.