Welcome to the new Pocket PC Thoughts!

[Jason Dunn]

I'm hoping this new site layout will be mildly exciting to at least a <i><b>few</b></i> of you, since between the URL guessers posting the URL to the public Pocket PC newsgroup, and the snoopy people who wandered into the forums before the site was open, y'all kinda' stole our thunder! :roll: Like kids at Christmas trying to peak at their presents... :wink: Still, I'll take it as a compliment that our little change was at the root of so much curiosity. I hope you like what you're seeing! I would have had it up sooner, but I had to finish the front matter <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0735618739/jasondunn-20/">for the book</a> (dedication, acknowledgements, etc.). I even thanked all of you for your patience while I worked on it!<br /><br />There are still a lot of holes I need to fill in (the "about" info, advertising info, writer bio, etc.), but the heart and soul of the site is alive and better than ever...have fun exploring, and over the next few days I'll be explaining how things work.<br /><br />As always, our greatest wish as a team is to provide Pocket PC users with the best resource for Pocket PC news, views, rants and raves. This is Pocket PC Thoughts - it's what we are, and it's what we do.<br /><br /><b>UPDATE:</b> ...and it looks like our first bug is that the site thinks it's Tuesday already. Did I mention the genius behind the design and functionalty of all of this was in Italy? I think I need to have a chat with him. :lol:<br /><br /><b>ANOTHER UPDATE:</b> I know there are lots of little glitches and bugs, so post everything you find in this thread, including suggestions or things you might want to see changed. I can't guarantee we'll get to all of them, but I'd like to hear everything you have to say! But please, be nice - this site is like my child. 8)

[Ed Hansberry]

WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

First post to the new front page!

GREAT JOB!

[spg]

8O WOW! Very nice job Jason. It looks great, and has some cool new features. Great job! 8)

[ipaq-PHD]

WOW !!!

[CUShane]

Looks nice. Too many ads drowning out the content on the front page though.

[brntcrsp]

It looks great, Jason! Congrats to all of you!

[Foo Fighter]

Looks awesome! Great job, to those who worked so hard to build it.

[Boxster S]

It's purdy :P

[EricMCarson]

Very nice. You've done a very good job of integrating the new "GUI" throughout the site, it appears. The front page is just a little cluttered, but if I can get used to Dale Coffing's site, I can definitely get used to this look.

[Mark (NL)]

Looks nice. Too many ads drowning out the content on the front page though.

Well i rather have ads and have the site as a free access site than anything else ;-)

Looks good guys keep up the good work...

[Ed Hansberry]

The Article link in the upper right is awesome. All the reviews we've done wrapped up in one page. Sweet!

testing article edit

[Rob Borek]

Looks like you need to change the time on the server... or change the timezone in phpBB.

[Sslixtis]

Very nice! Hey maybe the webpage is on Italian time :wink:

[brntcrsp]

Just a follow up, I love the new navigation on the content pages! I'm discovering new things all the time.

[Boxster S]

nevermind

[jlp]

Really looks good.

Now if only we could have an easy access to past news/thoughts, etc. items with page numbers at the bottom of the main page like quite a few sites do, like www.Mobigeeks.net for example.

[EricMCarson]

First and foremost, we're an opinion site, and our views our passion for everything that is Pocket PC

Slight grammar issue with the byline on the front page here. "Our views our passion"?

BTW, I just discovered that reviews link. That is awesome!

[Jeff Rutledge]

Nice........

I like the new look. Good colors, features look great (what I've found so far). Definitely worth the wait!

[michael]

I have a suggestion:
If a user is logged in then do not display the "Welcome to PocketPCThougts" banner - it is too big and takes up too much space. It's reasonable to think that if the person viewing the site has created an account then they already know the philosophy and don't need to be reminded. This could be the first stage in allowing users to customize the front page a la Slashdot

[Foo Fighter]

avatar upload doesn't work.

[Macguy59]

Two thumbs up for the new site design :D However, emoticons don't seem to display correctly on the front page. I am on my Mac right now, but that shouldn't make a difference. Anyone else seeing (or not seeing) this?

[Jonathan1]

Jason. I don't mind ads because they give lifeblood to free sites but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make them static! I think I'm gonna go into an epileptic seizure from all the blinking lights and strobes on the front page! 8O

Other then that very nice transition. Goes well with the motif of the default Pocket PC theme

[fmcpherson]

I like the fresh update guys. The front page loads about the same as before on my Pocket PC. Perhaps this is a step towards getting a liter front page for mobile users and a template for forums?

[brntcrsp]

the site looks great under PIE, too.

[Macguy59]

Hmmmmm I am getting an "index.php" not found error when I click on your banner to. Ahhh growing pains :wink:

[Chris Forsberg]

WOOOOHOOOO

It looks really great! Congrats to you and the team.

It almost looks even better on a PPC since I only get the "real" content. With some trial-and-error I managed to get to the full content by a detour over the forum. My next wish is a nice way to access the forums on my PPC.

[byehl]

Where's the RSS feed? I want an RSS feed! Please :D

[Mike Wagstaff]

Looks awesome! Nice work to all involved! :)

And is it just me or does the new server feel faster? I certainly hope that's the case because I'm actually switching my site over to the same company fairly soon. Great minds think alike, I guess... ;)

[mgd]

Very nice. Worth the wait.

[tonyv]

Hi,

It looks nice, but takes forever to load with my 52kbps modem connection.

[chrisnian]

avatar upload doesn't work.

Is that just your avatar FOO?? Maybe they're plotting against you! :lol:

Great job on the new look Jason & Co.! :mrgreen:

[fmcpherson]

Gee... Reviews, Columns, Step By Step, Tips....

Where have I seen *that* before?

*grin*

[entropy1980]

Very nice I am jealous... back to drawing board for me! :oops: :D
You've really have made a killer looking and functioning site! Congrats!

[spg]

I just found the "news filter" feature, very nice. Love being able to view the latest news that interests me the most! 8)

[WillyG]

I hope you like what you're seeing

Like what im seeing? I love what im seeing. (dot)

1. Its Classy
2. It looks professional
3. Tasty choice of colours
4. Its well organized and easy to navigate
5. It formely says Pocket PC at first glimpse (i dont know excactly what but somthing reminds me about the Pocket PC-ui)
6. I like the fact that my favorite Pocket PC is in the logo. The LOOX :wink: dont try to tell me it isnt. Im already convienced
http://support.fujitsu-siemens.de/PDA/Pocket_LOOX_www/Bilder/HintergrundBild.jpg
7. Its still fast
8. Its still all Pocket PC with some poke fun at Palm (Wich i love too :lol: )
9. Its Classy (oh did i say that already)
10. And last but not least: Its still "our" same excelent editors running the site (as opposed to some other sites i seldom wisit now)


Thanx guys. Great job and congratulations with the "new" site.

Kindest regards
Willy G.

[Jason Dunn]

Looks like you need to change the time on the server... or change the timezone in phpBB.

Yup, noted on the front page. :-)

[Jason Dunn]

Looks nice. Too many ads drowning out the content on the front page though.

Especially now that we're on a new server that I have to pay for, that ads are neccesary. The question is, would you be willing to pay $2 to $3 a month to have a version of the site free from ads?

[Jason Dunn]

Now if only we could have an easy access to past news/thoughts, etc. items with page numbers at the bottom of the main page like quite a few sites do, like www.Mobigeeks.net for example.

Yes, a more full-features archiving system is on the way. Thanks for the input!

[[Cruzer]]

the site looks great under PIE, too.

except for the forums.. but it didn't work that great with the older
one either. I hope Jason is going to get that feature up. Or is working
already????

RC

[Jason Dunn]

Slight grammar issue with the byline on the front page here. "Our views our passion"?

Ooops - thanks, I'll take care of that!

[Foo Fighter]

Ah..it works!

Update: no it doesn't, false alarm.

[don dre]

Me Like. oh, the logo certainly resembles the loox and maybe the new Dell.

[van_mierlo]

Looooks great

Keep up the good work

[Jason Dunn]

I have a suggestion:
If a user is logged in then do not display the "Welcome to PocketPCThougts" banner - it is too big and takes up too much space. It's reasonable to think that if the person viewing the site has created an account then they already know the philosophy and don't need to be reminded. This could be the first stage in allowing users to customize the front page a la Slashdot

A good suggestion - that zone will be used for a few different things actually, so stay tuned...

[Mr. Anonymous]

Hate all the ads making the front page look like Times Square, but I do understand the need for them.

I'm just glad there's still a Pocket PC Thoughts to visit :)

[Jason Dunn]

Ah..it works!

Update: no it doesn't, false alarm.

Sorry Foo - we have a permissions issue with the Avatar folder. Try again tomorrow. :-)

[pt]

outstanding. simply the best pocket pc site.

cheers,
pt

[Jason Dunn]

Two thumbs up for the new site design :D However, emoticons don't seem to display correctly on the front page. I am on my Mac right now, but that shouldn't make a difference. Anyone else seeing (or not seeing) this?

That seems to be a Mac-specific issue right now - we're looking into it.

[WillyG]

OMG u guys are posting fast. Esp. Jason. Each time i hit refresh there is 4-5 new posts/answers (once a minute) 8O
I forgot somthing in my orginal post, ill add it here

11) The new design makes me happy :D

[van_mierlo]

Way too fast

Jason,

Is the adrenaline still flowing well

[Jason Dunn]

I think I'm gonna go into an epileptic seizure from all the blinking lights and strobes on the front page!

Don't they have medication for that? :lol: I hear what you're saying, but that's a tough one. Let me look into how other sites are doing this - as a Web designer I know that multiple animated GIFs break a lot of rules, but as a webmaster with bills to pay...I think you know where I'm going with this. :-)

[Jason Dunn]

Perhaps this is a step towards getting a liter front page for mobile users and a template for forums?

Um - your Pocket PC should re-direct to the mobile version....no?

[Foo Fighter]

"I was like, uploading a new avatar to PPCthoughts from my PC,...and it was like..bleep, bleep, bleep, BLEEEEP. And then, like....half my avatar was gone. And I was like.......HMMMM? It devoured my avatar, it a was really good avatar. And then I had to make it again, and I had to do it fast so it wasn't as good. It's kind of a........a bummer."

- My name is Foo Fighter, and I'm a PPCthoughts poster.

[John Cody]

Great Job on the new site - especially the cool blue theme :wink:

[Jason Dunn]

Hmmmmm I am getting an "index.php" not found error when I click on your banner to. Ahhh growing pains :wink:

Hmm - purge your cache and try again. It should work...

[Zensbikeshop]

Nice new design - but still you guys are unable to see beyond the Atlantic.

The deals and the are seemingly all US/Canada stores.

Is PPC Thoughts really a US/Canada only site? Why can't you cater for Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East.....the list is huge..

[van_mierlo]

Great Job on the new site - especially the cool blue theme :wink:

AS BLUE AS THIS (http://www.pocketpc-club.nl).

[spg]

"I was like, uploading a new avatar to PPCthoughts from my PC,...and it was like..bleep, bleep, bleep, BLEEEEP. And then, like....half my avatar was gone. And I was like.......HMMMM? It devoured my avatar, it a was really good avatar. And then I had to make it again, and I had to do it fast so it wasn't as good. It's kind of a........a bummer."

- My name is Foo Fighter, and I'm a PPCthoughts poster.

Uh oh, he is suffering from an extreme case of "avataritis". :lol:

[Jason Dunn]

]the site looks great under PIE, too.

except for the forums.. but it didn't work that great with the older
one either. I hope Jason is going to get that feature up. Or is working
already????

RC

Yes, forum support isn't finished yet - we can't do everything at once. :-)

[arkman]

A very small thing...

Images aren't working on the 'Shop' page. Placeholders are there, but no images.

Looks frickin awesome though.

[Jason Dunn]

A very small thing...

Images aren't working on the 'Shop' page. Placeholders are there, but no images.

Looks frickin awesome though.

Uh...yeah. That's one VERY messy area at the moment. ;-)

[Jason Dunn]

Is the adrenaline still flowing well

I feel like Neo from the Matrix on speed. Trying to track/trace/tag/crush the bugs, but it will take a while. Plus the genius in Italy who made all this possible is SLEEPING! The bugger. Haha. ;-)

[spg]

Is the adrenaline still flowing well

I feel like Neo from the Matrix on speed. Trying to track/trace/tag/crush the bugs, but it will take a while. Plus the genius in Italy who made all this possible is SLEEPING! The bugger. Haha. ;-)

Isn't that all italians do? :wink: j/k You are doing a great job Jason, keep it up.

[buddr]

Site looks GREAT! Way to go! I'm sure everyone will agree. Congrats.

[brntcrsp]

]the site looks great under PIE, too.

except for the forums.. but it didn't work that great with the older
one either. I hope Jason is going to get that feature up. Or is working
already????

RC

I actually noticed a great improvement in the forums, but that could just be the server too. And when I say that they are improved I'm speaking about render time, not scaling to the 240/320. At this point I would rather deal with the scrolling and having fast render times than wait forever to see anything.

[Jason Dunn]

Nice new design - but still you guys are unable to see beyond the Atlantic. The deals and the are seemingly all US/Canada stores. Is PPC Thoughts really a US/Canada only site? Why can't you cater for Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East.....the list is huge..

Good concept, but hard to implement. First off, we don't sell anything ourselves. We post deals that people send to us. Since 90%+ of our readership is in the US or Canada, the deals we get sent are for those areas. Most of the time, I have no idea WHERE these companies ship, nor do I have the time to research them. If you find a great deal at Amazon.co.uk - send it in! The reality is, most people don't - and it's not like I can visit all these shopping sites myself looking for great deals...

Ultimately it sucks seeing a great deal on something and not being able to take advantage of it (I lose out a lot being in Canada) - so I wonder if there's a way for us to do "geographical screening"? Maybe I can tag "deals" with a shipping geography and based on the location that people put in the profile, only show them things they can access. Yet that would require people putting their REAL location in their profile, which I'd estimate 50% of people don't actually do.

See how complex this is? :-) I'm open to suggestions...

[Macguy59]

"I was like, uploading a new avatar to PPCthoughts from my PC,...and it was like..bleep, bleep, bleep, BLEEEEP. And then, like....half my avatar was gone. And I was like.......HMMMM? It devoured my avatar, it a was really good avatar. And then I had to make it again, and I had to do it fast so it wasn't as good. It's kind of a........a bummer."

- My name is Foo Fighter, and I'm a PPCthoughts poster.

LMAO !!!!!!!! :lol: Having recently added a Mac to my computer lineup, I find this hysterical. For those not in the know. . .it is a spoof of a female student doing an Apple switcher ad that looks VERY HIGH.

[spg]

...so I wonder if there's a way for us to do "geographical screening"? Maybe I can tag "deals" with a shipping geography and based on the location that people put in the profile, only show them things they can access. Yet that would require people putting their REAL location in their profile, which I'd estimate 50% of people don't actually do.

See how complex this is? :-) I'm open to suggestions...

As I programmer, I would say this could get very, very complex. There are so many factors involved. Neat idea though, it could be a good challenge for some great PHP programmer. (which is not me, I'm ASP) :D

[hrianto]

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. Specially when you use 1024x768 resolution. Keep up the good work. 8)

[Dave Conger]

The site looks great. Jumped on while testing my new Wi-Fi card on campus and had to run home to see it on my desktop.

[Jason Dunn]

"I was like, uploading a new avatar to PPCthoughts from my PC,...and it was like..bleep, bleep, bleep, BLEEEEP

Ellen? ELLEN? What are you doing on my site??

http://www.ellenfeiss.net/

http://www.ellenfeiss.net/images/ellen.cover.gif

[Foo Fighter]

http://www.aurorawebstudio.com/ellen.jpg

[lord_darkside]

Jason, you've gotta point me in the direction of some sort of an article on how to sniff for pocket IE vs regular browsers! I'm looking at pocketpcthoughts on my iPAQ right now, and it's all sweetly degraded down to a nice little thin site, while on my desktop, it's all phat and sweet the way it should be!

Okay, you don't HAVE to tell me how you do it, but I'd really appreciate it as I would love to implement this sort of thing on TSN.ca!

[klinux]

Looks great! Thanks to Jason for having this site and everyone for their hard work!

[Qman]

Damn it even looks great with Pocket IE! :lol:
I like......it.

[miradu]

omg.. This is the best redesign I ahve ever seen in my life. Amazing all the life, color, energy, readability that has been added o this site. If only I could find a way to use my Jornada as easily as I can use my Treo.. ;) (just messin' I'm NOT trying to start palm-ppc wars here... I use both and use both equally though freeware apps for PPC are less to be found IMHO heh;)

BUT BACK TOTHE SITE.. WOW!

this is jsut simply amazing..

[van_mierlo]

Is it also Mazingo Ready?????

[brntcrsp]

One suggestion, as I've already done this once, and I would hate for others to fall into the same trap. It might be a good idea to move the LOGIN/LOGOUT link that sits next to the NEW POSTS link. I managed log myself out without really trying. But, it could just be my stupid fingers.

[Theo]

Sweet - well done folks :D

[Jason Dunn]

Is it also Mazingo Ready?????

Give it a try and YOU tell ME! ;-) (it should work beautifully)

[st63z]

Three thumbs up!

Very trendy style reminiscent of recent Microsoft web designs...?

[Paragon]

It looks much more professional. It can only help the image of Pocket PC Thoughts.

Oh no! I didn't think I would ever have anything in common with Foo Fighter....It swallowed my avatar as well :-(

Dave

[van_mierlo]

Is it also Mazingo Ready?????

Give it a try and YOU tell ME! ;-) (it should work beautifully)

hmmm let's see........the previews in Mazingo are the full site, so not viewable...and on my ppc.....yes it looks great...just a missing image link on the top of the page.

Job well done

[scottmag]

avatar upload doesn't work.

HAHAHA ... If that's a feature, I love it! A babbling Carl block.


Two thumbs up for the new site design :D However, emoticons don't seem to display correctly on the front page. I am on my Mac right now, but that shouldn't make a difference. Anyone else seeing (or not seeing) this?

Same problem here. No emoticons on the front page (only) and I'm using a Mac.

Good job on the site, Jason and gang.

Scott

[Speed Racer]

Jason. I don't mind ads because they give lifeblood to free sites but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make them static! I think I'm gonna go into an epileptic seizure from all the blinking lights and strobes on the front page! 8O

Other then that very nice transition. Goes well with the motif of the default Pocket PC theme

My sentiments exactly. My tired eyes are starting to go buggy due to all of the animated ads. Other than that minor gripe I think that the rest of the site looks great. :D

[Speed Racer]

Looks nice. Too many ads drowning out the content on the front page though.

Especially now that we're on a new server that I have to pay for, that ads are neccesary. The question is, would you be willing to pay $2 to $3 a month to have a version of the site free from ads?

I'd be willing to pay a few dollars a month if it (particularly the bulletin boards) was optimized for PIE.

[ThomasC22]

Bug (sort of) - If you come to the main page by clicking on the link in the upper left hand corner of the forum (which links to the IP Address) and vote in a poll, you can then vote again by going to the URL.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to go skew some results :D

[sponge]

I like how the graphics are a lot cleaner, but I feel cramped.. too much wasted horizontal space - and I'm at 1280x1024! :\

[jdhill]

Good job !!!

For those of you suffering from animated GIF seizures, you may want to just turn off the animations in IE. Mine have been off for years. Haven't had a seizure in years !!! :wink:

[spursdude]

jason has done it again! great job!

on the bottom of the right column, the pocketgamer.org link doesn't work (it tries to go to www.pocketpcthoughts.com/2)

sweeeet.....

[Mike Wagstaff]

on the bottom of the right column, the pocketgamer.org link doesn't work
Right, I'm boycotting this site until further notice! ;)

[st63z]

What the heck flashing thingamajigs are you guys carrying on aboot?

[daninnj]

on the bottom of the right column, the pocketgamer.org link doesn't work

Now it's on the left, top...Now it's on the left, 2nd down...Now it's on the right, 3rd down...now it's...ahhh...forget it!

Really sweet site design!

DanInNJ

[Rob Alexander]

Excellent job, Jason! The new design is great. The animated ads are a bit distracting, but if that's what it takes to pay the bills, then it's a small price to pay.

On the discussion about filtering deals by location, I live in New Zealand, but wouldn't want the US deals filtered out. I pretty much know that none of them will apply to me, but it helps me keep track of what's going on there and how badly ripped off we are here.

For example, in the latest issue of New Zealand PC World, they introduce the "brand new" Toshiba E310 (no, that's not an error; they brought it here after it was obsolete there) at a low-low price of NZ$1,200. That's US$550!!! Now if I didn't keep track of the US market, I'd never know when they were trying to rip me off here.

Also, lots of people will ship overseas, so we aren't necessarily excluded from all of the deals. I think it's better to just let things go the way they are and express willingness (as you have) to also include deals elsewhere if someone wants to send them along.

Anyway, a big thumbs up on the new site. :beer: (And you know I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it!)

[Jonathon Watkins]

Nice, very very nice. (Apart from the chewed up avatars though). :wink:

Blue is my favorite colour - a nice way to come back from holiday to a new design!

[sweetpete]

Jason and gang,

The site looks greater than ever. Haven't tried it on PPC yet (forgot it at home today :evil: ), but I'm looking forward to it!

Some suggestions:
Filter link at the top of the front page rather than the bottom. That way it can be accessed quickly when necessary. Maybe even a link toggle it on and off on the front page (not reset though)

Reducing the animated banners to a single one would be great. I understand the need for them and I try to visit some, but being surrounded by them is pretty distracting. You've discussed it so I know you're looking at things.

Keep up the great work

[pschultz]

I love the look of the new site. It's awsome! I have been checking the site just about every hour to see if it had been updated. Keep up the great work!

[Gator5000e]

Please just add back the Printable Version button for the discussion pages so I can read the forums while surfing om my iPAQ. Thanks. Love the new look BTW!!

[st63z]

What the heck flashing thingamajigs are you guys carrying on aboot?

Ah never mind, darn AdSubtract wouldn't let me see the nice ads. I'm disabling all filtering for PPCThoughts now so I can get the full experience.

[Mobile Bob]

Excellent job Jason (and crew). Looks good on my desktop. Will try it on my T-Mobil PPC Phone from the comfort of my bed once the Monday Night Football game ends.

Thank you! And keep up the great work.

Bob

[st63z]

"I was like, uploading a new avatar to PPCthoughts from my PC,...and it was like..bleep, bleep, bleep, BLEEEEP. And then, like....half my avatar was gone. And I was like.......HMMMM? It devoured my avatar, it a was really good avatar. And then I had to make it again, and I had to do it fast so it wasn't as good. It's kind of a........a bummer."

- My name is Foo Fighter, and I'm a PPCthoughts poster.

Oh man I just saw her on the tube a few minutes ago!

[Merlion]

ME LOVE!!! YA'LL LOVE!!! & WE ALL POST!!!!!

And post we did! Look at all these responses in just the day of launch!!! Spoke volumes about your site!!! Congrats man!!!

PS. I love your color scheme! ;)

[Merlion]

Me Like. oh, the logo certainly resembles the loox and maybe the new Dell.
I thought it resembles the Jornada 56x.

Nice new design - but still you guys are unable to see beyond the Atlantic.
The deals and the are seemingly all US/Canada stores.
Is PPC Thoughts really a US/Canada only site? Why can't you cater for Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East.....the list is huge..
This is afterall a PPC community site, so I guess if we all try to spot great deals internationally & either post them here or bring them to the PPCThoughts team's attention, we could help make this site more relevant world wide. Even better if ya'll could procure international deals for PPCThoughts; Jason & Team did their parts for us, we could help them make this site even better on the WWW. :D

[kennyg]

Hate the fixed non-resizable font. Otherwise nice.

[JonnoB]

I will add to the chorus... mobile version of forums and this site is near 100%

[chrisdavies]

Two thumbs up for the new site design :D However, emoticons don't seem to display correctly on the front page. I am on my Mac right now, but that shouldn't make a difference. Anyone else seeing (or not seeing) this?


Same here with Netscape 7 on OSX. Smilies work in the forums tho.

[schwuk]

i like the new site. a bit busy with the flashing ads, and a shame it's still based on a nested tables design, but still...

oh, and it still doesn't render right under mozilla (plus it has the missing smilies on the front page) and the ppct logo at the top-left of the forums is a bad link.
--
schwuk

[Philip Colmer]

A bit of feedback ...

* It looks like there is either a small bug in the voting system or a grammatical error.

I voted on the appearance of the site and it came back and said you have already voted in this poll ... or something like that.

Nice that it doesn't let you vote again, though, and replaces the vote button with the results.

* When posting to the forum, the topic review looks ugly compared with the rest - it looks like some styling is missing.

* The site doesn't seem to be consistent about when you are logged in or out. When I first visited the site, it automatically logged me in. I then voted on the appearance and I guess that logged me out because I had to log back in again to post.

Great overhaul though. Well done.

--Philip

[swhitlow]

Cool new site layout! My only suggestion would be instead of the "Top Pocket PC Programs" - I would like to see the "Most Recently Released" programs for your PocketPC. Keep up the great work!

[ricardoescobar]

avatar upload doesn't work.
FELICITACIONES, SUPER LINDA Y CHEVERE. HACEN MUCHA FALTA, USTEDES SON PARTE DE UN ESTILO DE VIDA.


DE COLOMBIA CON MUCHO AMOR Y SABOR :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink:

Ricardo Escobar A.

[paqman_lover]

Maybe it's because I'm useing Mozilla 1.1 on a PC but when I click on the pocketpc thoughts banner it no longer directs me back to the homepage it gives me an error message.

Also the frontpage smileys are not working.

[scottmag]

The PocketPCThoughts image at the upper left of this page links to "http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/..\index.php" which generates an error.

[CUShane]

Looks nice. Too many ads drowning out the content on the front page though.

Especially now that we're on a new server that I have to pay for, that ads are neccesary. The question is, would you be willing to pay $2 to $3 a month to have a version of the site free from ads?

It's one thing to have ads to support the content which I support. I think that the front page is now too cluttered a la Pocket PC Passion. It seems like you're trying to cram too much stuff between the ads, "reccommended" items from Amazon, etc. into the front page at the expense of the content I come here for in the first place.

[nliokal]

It is fantastic!!!!

Content was always the great asset of the site but this facelift was needed. Sky is the limit!!

well done!

[e310]

The new site looks really cool 8)

Congratulations!!

[orion]

:oops:

Thank you Jason from a long time lurker. Very nice on the eyes!

Love the blue...but really you should have done pink :P

(teasing)

[mparous]

Great Job. ESPECIALLY the color scheme :D

[ThomasC22]

Ok, one minor complaint, why do the topics move up and down on the main page. It seems to have something to do with the # of replies but whatever it is it's driving me crazy.

Anyone else notice this?

[TeQuilYa]

I love the new site and the way it automatically switches to the PocketPC version. However, it only seems to go back 1/2 to 1/3 as far as the desktop version of the page.

Any chance you could make how many days it goes back a profile setting? I think I'd like it to go back at least two days.

Thanks!

[kagayaki1]

I'm having problems reading the hyperlinks. They are a VERY slight difference in color from the background. Any help on this?

[paqman_lover]

Looks nice. Too many ads drowning out the content on the front page though.

Especially now that we're on a new server that I have to pay for, that ads are neccesary. The question is, would you be willing to pay $2 to $3 a month to have a version of the site free from ads?

yes.

[msprague]

I know that I am a bit late for this thread, but I have recently installed Opera 7 on my laptop because IE runs so slow (P133/32MB). Well I am loving the browser and it is way faster than IE on this machine, but the pocketpcthoughts forums don't display right. I have traced the problem to the body tag
&lt;body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#"
IE renders this as black but Opera renders it as grey and it is barely readable. If you could please remove the text attribute or specify #000000 it would make my browsing experience much better.
Thanks.

[Ed Hansberry]

I know that I am a bit late for this thread, but I have recently installed Opera 7 on my laptop because IE runs so slow (P133/32MB). Well I am loving the browser and it is way faster than IE on this machine, but the pocketpcthoughts forums don't display right. I have traced the problem to the body tag
&lt;body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#"
IE renders this as black but Opera renders it as grey and it is barely readable. If you could please remove the text attribute or specify #000000 it would make my browsing experience much better.
Thanks.
That is the background, and FFFFFF is white. 000000 would turn the page black.

[msprague]

I was referring to the text="#" part.

[msprague]

I know that I am a bit late for this thread, but I have recently installed Opera 7 on my laptop because IE runs so slow (P133/32MB). Well I am loving the browser and it is way faster than IE on this machine, but the pocketpcthoughts forums don't display right. I have traced the problem to the body tag
&lt;body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#"
IE renders this as black but Opera renders it as grey and it is barely readable. If you could please remove the text attribute or specify #000000 it would make my browsing experience much better.
Thanks.
Thanks to whoever fixed this. Much better now. :D

[Kati Compton]

This thread seems like a good place to post my Pocket PC Thoughts "wishlist" for after the server issues are fixed...

Okay, there's really only one item.

I'd like to be able to easily find unread posts and/or all posts within an entered time range. (let me know if there's a way already)

I say this because on more than one occasion I've used the "New Posts" button, read some of the posts, then accidentally closed the browser. Then when I hit "New Posts" again, it doesn't show me the unread posts from the previous time, and I have to go hunting. The search requires a keyword, so I can't just list all posts in descending time order. And I'm really lazy and don't want to click on every discussion area to see the threads in there.

Yes, I know there's the icons next to the discussion areas and the threads. I'm just saying that if this is something relatively easy, I think it'd be useful and appreciated. After the server issues are fully resolved. :)

[msprague]

I'd like to be able to easily find unread posts and/or all posts within an entered time range. (let me know if there's a way already)

ditto