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An alternative name for Everyday Tech/Help -> Panic Room - When everything else fail

Putting desktop computers in Everyday Tech feels a bit misplaced. It's like saying that using a laptop isn't an everyday tech thing though some people use theire laptops as stationary macs too (me not included, I'm stationary)

Put all the hardware in one section as it is today but maybee move over the Hardware hacking section to general modding or something since it's also very posible to hack the software and gui.

It becomes really noticeable around the summer to fall transition and then picks up a bit for the holidays. Then it repeats again.

I do think some of it had to do with the transition to maclife though.

WTF happened?

I log on to M|lf and KABAM!  Shot in the face.  I dunno what's going on anymore.

As if "Balloon Help" wasn't cryptic enough for newbies, now we have "Everyday Tech."

How about a forum titled "OMG help, my smurf is broken"

Last edited by Aqua OS X (2007-09-10 7:33 pm)

Aqua OS X wrote:

As if "Balloon Help" wasn't cryptic enough for newbies, now we have "Everyday Tech."

How about a forum titled "OMG help, my smurf is broken"

Agreed. I liked the old system much better but I can adapt do the new one.

Okay, you spent the effort to redo the forum alignment but kept the "All we need is a little energon and a lot of luck." slogan? Sheesh.

Seeing as the Rant Room got sacked, why do we still have the student lounge?  Its just an Unplugged clone.  Why is FFF stuck at the bottom?  Trying to hide it so people can't complain?

The problem with the RR being gone is that now when you read a thread in Unplugged, you have to try and decide if they are asking for help, if they want advice, or if they are simply trying to vent and blow off some steam.  Sometimes when people rant, they really don't want people posting with offerings of advice.

justine wrote:

Orion wrote:

Seeing as the Rant Room got sacked, why do we still have the student lounge?  Its just an Unplugged clone.  Why is FFF stuck at the bottom?  Trying to hide it so people can't complain?

Student lounge tends to be more school/teen/young adult oriented. They should have their own forum

I already brought up the burying of FFF. Hopefully it'll get moved back up top where noobs and everyone else can find it.

Can we have a "Geezers with Macs" forum?  You know, just so we're not discriminating...

FFF is just down here while we sort out what to be do with it. Currently it seems the most popular option is just to rename it "Forum Feedback", update the description, and return it to it's previous location. However, that plan may or may not change.

It's still here.

ScifiterX wrote:

It's still here.

So Desktops is under Everyday Tech? How's that logical and how do you expect newcomers and oldtimers for that matter to find it?

If you still want to use Everyday Tech a s a headline then it should be a headline the subgroups "Desktops-Stationary is more than paper and pencils" and "On-The-Go-Running with..."

Also I wonder how this new order can be any better administrationwise than the earlier version. More subjects in one group can't hardly be better than divide and conquer...

Last edited by Mymac4ever (2007-09-11 12:18 am)

Simple deduction. There are two significantly large support and discussion topics below the news topic. One is for portable devices. The other must therefor be nonportable devices which includes desktops.