[nadreg]

Originally Posted by PeakXV

This is a big concern but an unfortunate nature of the beast with budget travellers. You can try to control it but you can't eliminate it.

True! Let's hope the coming changes will make it a little more easier for newbies... before they ask the same question over again!

Originally Posted by PeakXV

I've noticed that "3 letter words" are now an acceptable search entry. That should help the savvy newbie from asking already asked questions.

Yes! That's right! Forgot to mention that. One of the benefits of the new server!

[nadreg]

Originally Posted by webtraveller

nadreg,
The LATEST THREADS was available without logging in. Now, to access the Quick Links we need to log in. Is it not possible to provide the Latest Threads without logging in?Thanks

Done! The Quick Links, and some of the Forum Navigation links, are now available even if you're not logged in.

Originally Posted by dzibead

What happened to the Members list? If it's still here, I can't find it.

The Members List link has also been added to the Quick Links drop down.

[Nick-H]

One way to prevent duplication of information is for the moderation to be a bit stricter.

I also frequent a very busy Indian motor site, and if we had their mods, every new malaria or visa thread would get a very quick Do not post new threads without searching for existing ones first response. And it is not a less-friendly site than this one.

As a mod, I'm very pleased to see the members list just one click away. Not that we check up on people, of course. Oh no....

[nyraghu]

Thank you very much, nadreg, for the forum, and for all the good work you are putting into it. I have been lurking regularly in it as a member for nearly three years now, visiting just a few sections --- mostly the forums related to trekking in Garhwal. It has been consistently of great help whenever I wanted information on such things. Because I don't know anything about the site as a whole, I don't have any remark to make on the recent changes, apart from the fact that I don't have any difficulty getting about in the new setup. In that sense, this posting is OT on this thread. Please excuse :-)

I don't have any experience maintaining large Web sites, but I can guess that it must be an arduous, and often unappreciated, task. Thanks again, and thanks also to the mod team.

Raghu.

[capt_mahajan]

Originally Posted by PeakXV

I've noticed that "3 letter words" are now an acceptable search entry.

Fortunately my vocabulary is better than that; most of the words I know are four lettered

[Nick-H]

Back to the complaints

I thought you were enlarging the shoutbox?

Just went for a shout, and it's pretty small.

[machadinha]

Originally Posted by PeakXV

I've noticed that "3 letter words" are now an acceptable search entry. That should help the savvy newbie from asking already asked questions.

Hey! Good news indeed! Now we can finally use it to search for stuff like "Goa" or "gay"! Opens up a whole new world of possibilities!

Originally Posted by nadreg

Thanks so much for those kind words, Janice. I'm sure the mods appreciate them as well.

You can very well say that thrice yes.

Originally Posted by Nick-H

Back to the complaints

I thought you were enlarging the shoutbox?

Just went for a shout, and it's pretty small.

It's smallish but has a scroll bar that (I think) seems to cover about its original size Nick. Or am I getting you wrong?

[Nick-H]

I found I even had to scroll left/right, and I like to be able to read more than a shout or three without having to scroll.

[capt_mahajan]

I just shouted there.

It looked like more of a whimper in that small space

[Nick-H]

Yep... I used to love the echo we used to get in that big, empty shoutbox

[nadreg]

Originally Posted by Nick-H

Back to the complaints

I thought you were enlarging the shoutbox?

Just went for a shout, and it's pretty small.

I've changed the display a bit. Easier to read, I think, and no horizontal scrollbars.

[dhans]

Oops, this thread turns into mod chatbox .

Hans

[Nick-H]

Hmmm... Pretty big change there.

I'll have to sleep on it

[nyraghu]

The bottom navigation bar is pushed to the right of the page, unlike the top one which is centred. I think a centred bottom bar would look better, but YMMV. (The trouble seems to occur because all the items in the bottom bar are bundled into one right-aligned `TD' element, whereas each item in the top bar is in a `TD' cell of its own, and the entire top bar is aligned to the centre.)

Another thing is that the FAQ mentioned in the bottom bar is a general document about the forum software. I don't know if there is an FAQ for the content of the forum, on the lines of the FAQs of Usenet newsgroups, e.g., like the Usenet physics FAQ. If there is one such, perhaps it should be more visible. If there is none, is there any proposal regarding it?

Raghu.

[Nick-H]

An FAQ for using the site would be a very good idea!

I'm sure that many of the people who eventually find that link, want to know about IndiaMike, not vBulletin