Question Feedback Poll - Which forum format do you like (Old Style or New "Motoring Alliance")

Change is normally a good thing. While I am a complete idiot when it comes to doing anything technical, even I can appreciate the time and effort that went into changing this site for the BETTER! That said, the ONLY thing I miss from the old site is the caterwauling, moaning, and general bitchiness between the members...hahahahaha...NOT! I don't post pics of my cars because I don't know how to do that, and that's OK by me, so I don't mind when others show off their own cars. Nope...I'm here to read what is going on in the MINI world and in the world of the members in the "new posts" section. There, I can post replies when I feel I can make a comment or a joking response.

So, WELL DONE, Sully and Crew!

 

You forgot to mention the azzholes who constantly weave in and out of traffic without using point outs or at least a freaking turn signal!

By the way, you're welcome!

 

Stay in the right lane & that won't happen to you my old friend.

Oh one other thing, a middle finger point by isn't the correct method.

 

I tend to stay in the "slow" lane except when passing. Then, I use my signal to get into the lane I desire and to get back to the lane I just left.

When some idiot cuts me off, I "signal" him/her by hand...crude, yes, but they seem to get the point.

 

Wow only 15 votes. So the Russian's haven't voted yet.

 

New new site is much better than the old site. Period

 

I really miss the how-to library. It was easy to find all of those articles in one place. The old site seemed much easier to navigate.

 

Yeah... I saw it, but I guess it's a presentation issue. When I'm looking to browse a newspaper website casually (for MA, something like MINI press releases, etc), I like headlines, caption photos and teaser paragraphs with links so I can 'read more' if I want. When I'm digging in for a how-to article, I'm looking for the words 'how to' or 'library', not an article. I want a list by topics, more like a table of contents.... I want to see all of the possibilities presented in one page (or a small # of pages), so I can find 'em quickly. I don't need a teaser description or a photo because how do you tease "How to change the oil on an R53" and if you need to see a picture of an oil filter, you probably don't know enough to change the oil.

The old MA was much more like a phone book presentation in forums and how-tos: Names and the phone # only... lots of text info on one page so I can find it quickly.

The new MA has the same information, but it would be like a phone book that has everyone's pictures next to the name and a 1 paragraph biography... cool if you want to browse everyone in town, but not so nice if you are just trying to find Bob J. Smith's phone number quickly.

The bitch of it is that you have different types of content here... some I want to browse and be teased (MINI news, press releases, etc) and others where I want information quickly and efficiently. It makes your job tough (and maybe it's not even possible) as you would have to think about each forum, how it is best presented for the user and then format particularly. It's a UI value decision and it's a tough one.

 

I strongly dislike the colored tag labels. When I look at a list of threads, I want to scan through the thread titles, and bright colored blobs are a big distraction. I would prefer that all tags be the same minimal gray like some of them already are:

 

I don't have a smartphone, so all my site access is through my laptop.