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#1 2008-07-08 12:45 pm
- RobertoBaldwin
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MacLife.com Reboot
Hi Everyone,
Until Wednesday morning, July 9, MacLife.com will be in sleep mode. That means no new content will be added to the site while we work on the brand-spanking-new site that will launch Wednesday morning. You can still comment on the site, check out the articles and use the forum.
Just a quick warning, the forums may act a bit strange for the next 24-hours. Don't be concerned.
We're all really excited about the new site and once you see it, we hope, you'll be just as excited.
Some of the new features of MacLife.com 2.0 are:
- Printing of articles
- Improved navigation
- User accounts
- And much, much more.
Until MacLife.com returns, you can check out the Mac|Life Twitter feed for the latest Apple news. If you're curious what's going through the mind of someone trying to get a new site launched, you can check out my Twitter feed.
See you all on Wednesday morning!
Roberto Baldwin
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MacLife.com
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#2 2008-07-08 12:53 pm
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Re: MacLife.com Reboot
Oh my!
Lions and tigers and bears!
Now I am afraid, very afraid.
I hope my account remains during the upgrade.
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#3 2008-07-08 12:58 pm
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Re: MacLife.com Reboot
All forum accounts will be fine during the transition.
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#4 2008-07-08 1:00 pm
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Re: MacLife.com Reboot
Whew!
Thanks.
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#5 2008-07-08 2:31 pm
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Re: MacLife.com Reboot
Reset everyone's post counts!
Grandfatherly advice: You can drink 'em pretty, but you can't drink 'em smart.
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#6 2008-07-08 2:46 pm
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Naw, just pretend to reset one person's postcounts so we can laff while he freaks out.
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.
Unless you become as little children, there's no way you will believe this crap.
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#7 2008-07-08 3:24 pm
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lol
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#8 2008-07-08 4:08 pm
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Thank you for volunteering to be the reset target, user!
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#9 2008-07-09 2:09 pm
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Re: MacLife.com Reboot
Hi all,
We are working on an issue with the avatars. Hopefully it'll be fixed soon.
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#10 2008-07-09 3:00 pm
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Can you do something about sturner's?
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.
Unless you become as little children, there's no way you will believe this crap.
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#11 2008-07-09 3:20 pm
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No one can.
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#12 2008-07-09 6:05 pm
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THe new site looks pretty nice. Good job.
What is the difference between Vista and OSX?
- Microsoft employees are excited about OSX.
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#13 2008-07-09 9:03 pm
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Thanks!
It was a huge group effort and I'm really happy with the end result.
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#14 2008-07-09 9:09 pm
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I like the changes, subtle.
Except that it won't play Yankee Doodle Dandy for me.
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#15 2008-07-10 12:02 am
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Re: MacLife.com Reboot
Some thoughts from the "everyone's a critic" department...
Comments = good.
But comment integration with forum threads is a missed opportunity. That could be a way to pull more current topics into these forums, and a way to create longer session times.
Wider site = good.
But stories feel crammed on the home page, and long lines of text are a usability no-no in the forums. (people can get lost while tracking their eyes from the end of a long line, to the start of another.
New nav = much improved
But that banding has been around long enough. That's your site's show pony, fix that gradient already. 
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#16 2008-07-12 11:44 am
- safarirss6394
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Re: MacLife.com Reboot
May I just say that the flat gray background is driving me insane!
Also, the welcome page at maclife.com is a little bit cluttered and disorganized.
Plus, the ads that appear right below the upper navigation bar make the site look like crap.
-david
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#17 2008-07-12 11:52 am
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What? You don't like the Pinstripe to Unified gradient?
I've seen worse.
Ads? What Ads?
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#18 2008-07-12 1:41 pm
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safarirss6394 wrote:
Plus, the ads that appear right below the upper navigation bar make the site look like crap.
-david
yeah very porn siteish
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#19 2008-07-12 3:41 pm
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Re: MacLife.com Reboot
Just can't please everyone.
"There were places in the world commemorating those times when wizards hadn't been quite as clever [as to refrain from doing magic when you knew how easy it was], and on many of them the grass would never grow again." Terry Prachett
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#20 2008-07-15 8:17 pm
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Yeah, but when everyone has the same critique, that's a different story.
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