I really don't like the boards they should have warned folks they were merging them all , I may set up a query page on Wilbarger TX and My Millington and Campbell and put the boards up for adoption I have not decided yet I will wait a bit to see what changes get made Belle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren McCathern" <quohadi@arn.net> To: <TXARCHIVE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 8:39 AM Subject: [TXARCHIVE] Gen Connect > David & Gene, > Yes, they have been merged into one big board. I am having the boards pop > up in a new window, I think that will make it easier for folks to not get > lost from the genweb pages. There were a couple of times I would hit the > back button and get an error, so this way the visitors have something other > than error pages. Boards that are for a locality specific location should > be interactive with the webpage that utilizes the system, this is not the > case with this new system. > > I had over 20 message notifications in my box from the same reply that > stated that I was the author of a reply made on one of the boards, I sure > hope it did not spam everyone on that particular list, there are a few > thousand e-mail addresses on there that may have chosen to be notified. > > I know they will get that bug fixed. LOL! > > I personally do not like the idea of folks having to register in order to > use what has previously been offered by the GenWeb as an "open door" policy > type thing, before Gen-Connect back around 95 we had to use mail merge to > have a query system, or we had to post the individual queries etc into a > HTML page for people to read. None of the previous methods used by the > GenWeb required posters to register to post a query, and I do not believe > that is a good policy when it comes to our established long time visitors. > > People can be funny that way, they see it as a pain, and an intrusion into > their privacy. It is one thing to ask folks to cooperate, it is another to > force them into registering to participate in what was once truly open to > the public. > > I truly believe the "feel" of a system is important, especially in the > family history/genealogy area. This new system is not nearly as friendly as > the gen-connect, and it borders just plain ugly. > > I used to author BBS software long before the internet, while the message > base operation is important, in my experience it was how friendly the system > looked and acted that made a message base a hit with folks. > > Gen-Connect was a sure fire hit with folks. > > This new system is not even close to friendly. When you consider the happy > easy going tone that Gen-Connect portrayed, and then you look that this new > one, there leaves little doubt as to which the public will actually prefer. > > Just my humble opinion, > -Darren > > > > ==== TXARCHIVE Mailing List ==== > 300 MB as of Sept 1, 2000, 400 MB as of Oct 20, 2000, > 500 MB as of Jan 17, 2001, 600 MB as of Feb 28, 2001, > 713 MB as of May 21, 2001. Rah! Rah! Go Upload Files! > >