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Highplains_d
4 weeks ago
Bi-curious Male, 69
United Kingdom
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Quote by Gufuncouple
much prefer the old chat format ........new one is very childishly laid out and having to click on all sorts just to get to read a profile!! .......... In fact the old chat format was probably the best on any site (thats why people used it).
Sorry S/H ....... but the new format is not very good or user friendly - its swingers and ordinary everyday people logging on to use it ....... not PC experts.
We've been using the 'new' chat for nearly 10 weeks now and lots of members have provided feedback and suggestions to the development team. Not only on the testing bugs but also on the 'look & feel' and new functions.
One can only ask - where was your feedback during the beta stages???
http://www.swingingheaven.co.uk/swingers-forum/viewtopic/316764.html
That really takes the biscuit, you expect regular users of the site to do the beta testing for you? Most users of this site are going to where the other people are - the regular site. Yes I do applaud you for inviting regular users to try out the beta site but that isn't enough. Did any of the developers read an elementary UI design book before they started hacking code? Did you stress test the new code before you made it the default?
What prompted you to make changes to the site?
- complaints from users?
- server side problems?
What was your design rationale?
How did you evaluate user perception of the new site? A questionnaire? Or did you just go along with comments along the lines of "this is good innit"?
Highplains
Admin keep calling it a 'beta' release. If that is the case why does the main button launch the beta rather than the old chat rooms? This really hasn't been thought through. Any new software needs to be stress tested before it goes live - but not with 'live' users!
I'm a software engineer by trade and I've watched the development of this site. Changes have been fairly arbitrary, moving UI items around, often to non logical places. Changing navigation buttons from uploading new content to the current window, to launching new windows (and vice versa). The development plan seems to be "hey we can do it - so let's give it a go". Has the site improved? Not in this user's experience.
I understand the wish for change - the site is looking a bit dated - but it works just fine. Dicking around with something you don't really understand will not improve the site.
Highplains
I'm a software engineer by trade and I've watched the development of this site. Changes have been fairly arbitrary, moving UI items around, often to non logical places. Changing navigation buttons from uploading new content to the current window, to launching new windows (and vice versa). The development plan seems to be "hey we can do it - so let's give it a go". Has the site improved? Not in this user's experience.
I understand the wish for change - the site is looking a bit dated - but it works just fine. Dicking around with something you don't really understand will not improve the site.
Highplains
39 views and not a single suggestion - any way it's fixed thru trial and error. So if it is of any help to other Mac users here's what I did,
Logitech QuickCam Express with the Macam driver.
Updated to Flash 9, still no luck - launched the Flash Player app - then like magic everything worked fine.
Logitech QuickCam Express with the Macam driver.
Updated to Flash 9, still no luck - launched the Flash Player app - then like magic everything worked fine.
I did a search on 'Apple Mac' and came up with the following:
In chat room click the camera icon to show and it should just show. If not, then click the camera icon WHILE HOLIDNG DOWN Ctrl key and select settings. In settings use the drop down box to identify the camera. Once done come out of settings and reclick the camera icon to transmit your pictures.
I selected 'QuickCam' and still no joy!
In chat room click the camera icon to show and it should just show. If not, then click the camera icon WHILE HOLIDNG DOWN Ctrl key and select settings. In settings use the drop down box to identify the camera. Once done come out of settings and reclick the camera icon to transmit your pictures.
I selected 'QuickCam' and still no joy!
I've got a PowerBook running Mac OS 10.4.5 and a Logitech Quickcam Express. I can't get this combination to work in the chatrooms. My name appears in the list of cammers but selecting the name just gives the spinning arrow.
Any help would be much appreciated. BTW everything works just fine on !
Thanks in advance,
Highplains
Any help would be much appreciated. BTW everything works just fine on !
Thanks in advance,
Highplains
