Hi everyone,

I've just created a new Document with the same title. Feel free to add your comments there.

Thanks in advance.

BTW, now Pros become much more valuable, than Cons :)

>>I think, we can summarize our impressions about new UT design so far.
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>>Pros:
>>1) Static content could be easily accessed by clicking on Forum main page at the top menu.
>>2) Forum main page opens in the new IE window.
>>3) New unanswered button appears on the left panel.
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>>Cons:
>>1) While writing a message in 'messages area' it's hard to find necessary File/FAQ, etc.
>>2) Files/FAQs lost their categories.
>>3) Files/FAQs lost their numbers (IDs).
>>4) Files/FAQs lost their author info (!) in the list.
>>5) Lots of people were confused with these changes.
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>>Could you add something to these lists?
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>Well, since you asked for it:
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>Pros:
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>1. UT ongoing evolution and ongoing existence
>2. Search ability on every static content and accessible for all members
>3. Summary field everywhere to help obtain an overview of the item and useful for search
>4. One click access to same content to another forum
>5. Overall view of the forum static content offering one click access to another content within the same forum
>6. Main entry pages direct access without requiring backend database handling
>7. Ability to bookmark any static content page
>8. Ability to use your own login page as per your own interest (it might not change anything in your life but think of a VB user or a Palm Pilot user who can now feel more at home - those are members we need to keep in order for the exitence of UT)
>9. Increase of UT visibility across the Web on search engines as static content pages are indexable
>10. Same layout format in every static content (shouldn't it be like that all the time)
>11. Content not squeezed in a smaller window anymore thus improving reading ability
>12. Threading environment dedicated to messages area thus simplified and easier to understand for new users and existant ones as well as opening the door for improving its layout by concentrating on the messages area only (thus, it includes members search and documents - but, we figure it kinda relates to it, so...)
>13. Oh, I forgot, no need to login to access static content (unless, you want to modify your own entry) - basically, this is a standard. No login shouldn't have been required to access that content before
>14. FAQ and Downloads forum relationship establish - thus, a file can now relate to VFP and VB forums for example - same for FAQ
>15. Revision of all existing entries to better define them (over 2000 entries have been revised)
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>I'm not in Montreal but my list of advantages was over 50. This is what I can think of right now.
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>BTW, all item ID are still in effect as well as authors. Of course, we're not that crazy to remove those fields. :) They are vital for record references for us and for all.
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>You may think of it as a vision. Of course, I didn't wake up on a certain Jan day and say, oh, I'll change the entire design so all will be mixed up. Seriously, we do know what we are doing. We poll the users on important stuff and where appropriate. Some other changes are our decision. That's the way it is.
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>Now that you are at it, I think that the transition when pretty smooth. It was not our goal to please everyone at first. We do not that this is impossible. If we would try to achieve that goal, we would never do anything.
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>If you wish to start it over again, please, do create a document on UT because this is getting annoying to have the same thread over and over again. However, I do appreciate you posted it in the right forum. This is the best place to put it in regards to create a new thread.