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| emma*the*bird - 28/2/2007 18:40 What number are we starting at? And what units? Days? Hours? Months? Seconds?  Interactive . . what does that mean? A webcam perhaps? A blog? |
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Location: [Male] East Yorkshire | remaha - 1/3/2007 21:07 Interactive . . what does that mean? A webcam perhaps? A blog? Well, the Invincible chat room costs 5 dollars (3 quid) - worth every cent, IMHO > FlashChat <
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Location: [Male] East Yorkshire | I like 3) ... fully searchable I'm a nerd |
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| deeb - 4/3/2007 11:42
I like 3 ) ... fully searchable I'm a nerd
Lmao!! You make me laugh deeb! xxxx
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| Officially Aisleyne - 5/3/2007 09:55 Counting down..... to a brand new, interactive, site
with: 1. Totally new or expanded sections 2. Flash applets on every page 3. Extra news section, original news section, diary and updated biography all now database driven and fully searchable 4. Gallery - additional section, with all gallery pix now served from a database using macromedia flash via a console. Commencing final checks....
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| remaha - 5/3/2007 19:56
Looking forward to 1 & 3 However, as far as I'm concerned, you can keep your Flash applets though. As far as I can tell, they normally slow everything down without providing any tangible benefit. I look forward to being proved wrong!
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| Officially Aisleyne - 6/3/2007 01:15
Counting down..... to a brand new, interactive, site
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| Officially Aisleyne - 6/3/2007 19:24
Commencing final count down, launch sequence initiated....
LOL - this had better be good, OA.
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| Officially Aisleyne - 6/3/2007 19:24
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| bradley27 - 6/3/2007 22:07
Is there anyone else out there that doesnt understand half the things that are meant to be happening?
Aisleyne's going to flash her apples, I think. |
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Can anyone else feel the throbbing?
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| bradley27 - 6/3/2007 22:07
Is there anyone else out there that doesnt understand half the things that are meant to be happening?
Dont worry Bradley...the truth is that OA is really sitting in the broom cupboard pretending to be an astronaut doing his countdown....best thing is not to disturb him and he will return to normal quite soon I feel....lol |
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| bengos - 6/3/2007 22:22
bradley27 - 6/3/2007 22:07
Is there anyone else out there that doesnt understand half the things that are meant to be happening?
Aisleyne's going to flash her apples, I think.
Apples you say, well I might show her my coxs then 
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| Odm - 6/3/2007 22:42
bradley27 - 6/3/2007 22:07
Is there anyone else out there that doesnt understand half the things that are meant to be happening?
Dont worry Bradley...the truth is that OA is really sitting in the broom cupboard pretending to be an astronaut doing his countdown....best thing is not to disturb him and he will return to normal quite soon I feel....lol
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| Well, i've tried to go to the new bits (all look very nice, i'll say that) 3 times and each time i've lasted about 2 minutes until the site has cut my internet connection (information overload, I presume).
Would be nice if I could see a list of videos without being forced to download/watch one by default, or just pop to the home page to see any news without being forced to download lots of music and a slideshow every time.
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| bengos - 7/3/2007 02:40
Well, i've tried to go to the new bits (all look very nice, i'll say that) 3 times and each time i've lasted about 2 minutes until the site has cut my internet connection (information overload, I presume).
Would be nice if I could see a list of videos without being forced to download/watch one by default, or just pop to the home page to see any news without being forced to download lots of music and a slideshow every time.
I think i'll just be sticking to the forum.
You can always navigate to the News page from the navigation bar on the forum and skip the home page entirely.
Anyway, thank you for your comments and we'll see if we can make some changes for people with slower connections.
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| The gallery is all good/fine (like the way it works too, mate).
Sorry to moan, but as (I think) 71% of homes (which is presumably where most people will visit OA) have slow connections me thinks a large potential audience will be alienated. If I go to a site that has music and video the moment I get there I usually get irritated (or disconnected) very quickly whilst it's all trying to download and I go somewhere else. I appreciate it all has to look good, but it doesn't have to be NASA mission control.
If one person leaves before s/he's looked around because there's music, or a slideshow, or a video, getting in the way of him having a scoot around the site then that's 1 person too many (and 1 person who would have otherwise stayed). A site is judged on its content IMO, and not it's technical wizadry (in the same way that i'd stop reading a book if it started playing tunes at me every time I turned the page).
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| bengos - 7/3/2007 02:58
Sorry to moan, but as (I think) 71% of homes (which is presumably where most people will visit OA) have slow connections me thinks a large potential audience will be alienated.
It's the other way around according to this...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6228367.stm
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| Yep, 69% of net users. IE computers. IE the vast majority housed in offices. I believe I specifically used the term "homes". Anyway, i'm very important and at present represent 100% of your customer feedback.
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| bengos - 7/3/2007 03:16
Yep, 69% of net users. IE computers. IE the vast majority housed in offices. I believe I specifically used the term "homes". Anyway, i'm very important and at present represent 100% of your customer feedback.
We could mute the music by default and use the sound button for turning it on. Also, we could try to simplify the opening animation. Would that be 100% better, 50% better, 0% better?
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Location: [Male] East Yorkshire | bengos - 7/3/2007 03:16 Yep, 69% of net users. IE computers. IE the vast majority housed in offices. I believe I specifically used the term "homes". Anyway, i'm very important and at present represent 100% of your customer feedback. Make that 50% ... I'm stunned in rather a pleasant way /me off to investigate and try to crash this mutha |
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| Don't get me wrong, it looks FANTASTIC. I just don't understand why everything has to be so, erm, "complicated".
I appreciate I might be in the minority, but if 1 person gets cut off who would have not done so yesterday, that's a bad thing IMO, and flashy stuff won't get any more people through the door as people don't know what it's like until they get there.
Simple 2 questions.
a) Have you ever been to a great website and ever said: "wow, that's great - I wish there was some music, though"?
b) Have you ever gone to a non-musician's website and got naffed off with any music?
If the answer to the first question is yes, and the second question no, i'll shut up.
I think i'll shut up anyway. I dunno - live in a nice house that the broadband suppliers won't touch with a bargepole and you're an outcast these days. 
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Location: [Male] East Yorkshire | O/T - on the bottom banner of:
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It is going a bit slower than usual :(
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Location: [Male] East Yorkshire | maringo - 7/3/2007 03:41 I've been trying that with every page that OA has thrown at me. He's done the bulk of the work and I'm just a crash test dummy. It's a great job OA & team Running at 2.2GHz (AMD 3500+), the only problem I notice is when scrolling down a forum page (slightly slower? - could be imagining). The overall content doesn't seem to be much higher (hardly registering on a download bit-meter). I guess there might be more rendering going on in our browsers; that could be catching some people out if they have an aging graphics card in their PC. Newer source compilers use newer optimisation features built into hardware but, for PCs that don't have the features, things can slow down to a grind Thanks for the work, all - it's as HOT as **** |
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| Having been a self-appointed prophet of doom, it is only fair to report that everything is working fine for me. It's not noticeably slower (at least not on a broadband connection), but it is noticeably better looking. Personally, I am not a big fan of videos and music that automatically load. Rather than having a stop button, I prefer a start button. Music doesn't add much to my surfing experience. In fact, I find it irritating if I'm playing my own music through the PC's media player. |
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| I have just been testing out the gallery in Firefox and noticed that you only have to click the Flash applets once. My version of Internet Explorer requires you to double click on any control the first time you use it, which can get pretty irritating as it's not always clear whether a single or a double-click is required. It's Firefox for me in future when I visit OA. |
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| well it seems fine on speed for me, but I'm on broadband. It seems nice and tidied up, but one thing that might be nice is maybe a post (maybe on the Home page) to explain what exactly is new. Being not very bright on the computer, I cant see anything new, just a much neater and tidier website. |
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| Am I right in thinking that there has been a large increase in the number of "guests" on the site today; They seem to have been outnumbering the online members at times. Do we know where they've clicked in from? Maybe some of them are Aisleyne's 1200+ myspace friends? Good news anyway.
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| bradley27 - 7/3/2007 13:35
well it seems fine on speed for me, but I'm on broadband. It seems nice and tidied up, but one thing that might be nice is maybe a post (maybe on the Home page) to explain what exactly is new. Being not very bright on the computer, I cant see anything new, just a much neater and tidier website.
The changes...
1. News feed section added to Ash Fans
2. Biography updated
3. New gallery section added (TV & Radio)
4. News updated
5. TV & Radio section added
6. More videos added
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8. General site look and layout changed
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| ofni - 7/3/2007 17:58
Am I right in thinking that there has been a large increase in the number of "guests" on the site today; They seem to have been outnumbering the online members at times. Do we know where they've clicked in from? Maybe some of them are Aisleyne's 1200+ myspace friends? Good news anyway.
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| dannyk - 7/3/2007 18:52
ofni - 7/3/2007 17:58
Am I right in thinking that there has been a large increase in the number of "guests" on the site today; They seem to have been outnumbering the online members at times. Do we know where they've clicked in from? Maybe some of them are Aisleyne's 1200+ myspace friends? Good news anyway.
The Bliss mag plug could have contributed as well.
Oh yeah, deffo
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My first impression - well having the menu on the side makes the page about 50% wider than my screen which means each time I go to a new page I've got to scroll across, so I don't like that .
sorry , don't mean to be a gripe but it is kind of annoying and I can't see the benefit of it .
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| maringo - 7/3/2007 18:25
bradley27 - 7/3/2007 13:35
well it seems fine on speed for me, but I'm on broadband. It seems nice and tidied up, but one thing that might be nice is maybe a post (maybe on the Home page) to explain what exactly is new. Being not very bright on the computer, I cant see anything new, just a much neater and tidier website.
The changes...
1. News feed section added to Ash Fans
2. Biography updated
3. New gallery section added (TV & Radio )
4. News updated
5. TV & Radio section added
6. More videos added
7. Options to search site, suggest content, email articles etc.
8. General site look and layout changed
We'll be adding more content soon. Also, we'll take into account everybody's comments and make any necessary changes.
thanks for that. It certainly looks much more professional. Congrats |
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| emptybox - 7/3/2007 22:54
It's all working well for me, and looking good.
Glad you haven't changed the layout of the forum.
Yeah, it was going slow for me this morning but its back to normal now. I really like it Thanks so much to everyone who helped with the new website layout xxxx |
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Location: Edgware, Middlesex | I love the new colour scheme - very classy
The slideshow and music are cool too. Perhaps the best way to accomodate non-broadband users is to add an option in the Control Panel to turn flash on or off. Or have some kind of pop-up the first time to ask the user if they want to run the flash stuff and save the answer in a cookie?
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| Julian - 7/3/2007 23:28
I love the new colour scheme - very classy
The slideshow and music are cool too. Perhaps the best way to accomodate non-broadband users is to add an option in the Control Panel to turn flash on or off. Or have some kind of pop-up the first time to ask the user if they want to run the flash stuff and save the answer in a cookie?
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| Hi guys - We don't need a skip intro button. That's only required to navigate beyond a flash introduction, when its all that's visible on page. On OA home page, you can simply click any button on main menu to navigate to another section If you want to stay on home page, then you can either mute the music, or stop the flash applet entirely by pressing either of the two buttons provided along bottom of applet. All the reminder of the flash applets around the site have been specially compressed. The byte size of the flash applet running the main menu is less than most fm's individual signatures; the total size of all four applets running the new gallery consoles is about same as some of the larger individual signatures in this forum. So none will particularly affect download speeds. |
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| Officially Aisleyne - 8/3/2007 00:17
Hi guys - We don't need a skip intro button. That's only required to navigate beyond a flash introduction, when its all that's visible on page. On OA home page, you can simply click any button on main menu to navigate to another section If you want to stay on home page, then you can either mute the music, or stop the flash applet entirely by pressing either of the two buttons provided along bottom of applet. All the reminder of the flash applets around the site have been specially compressed. The byte size of the flash applet running the main menu is less than most fm's individual signatures; the total size of all four applets running the new gallery consoles is about same as some of the larger individual signatures in this forum. So none will particularly affect download speeds.
sorry to be dumb, but what are the Flash applets?
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