Why do you change the display?

This is the normal boring and confusing off-the-shelf look.

In my opinion, the previous display is much better where you look at the subject, can decide to skip if it is not interesting, look at the numbers that had been watch and know the interest of the forum viewers and you can tell whether it is update or who the latest poster is.

This latest one is very much like a rudimentary programming where you dispay from level to level. The look is confusing and amaturish, and boring to say the least.

Are you also embedding some java applets at the front? It take so long to download and not instantanous like before. When it take so long you loose patience and skip to other sites.

Just a suggestion!!!!!

I wonder how other feels

This new display sucks. I like the previous one better

My 2c

Khinthitsar,

Thank you very much for your comments and suggestions!

As for the speed of the site, I am very much aware that it is too slow. I will discuss it with the developer tonight to see if we can find ways to speed it up.

About the display, I would appreciate comments from more users before we decide what to do. I will look into what can be done within Joomlaboard, which is the discussion board system we use. I want it to be as simple as possible for all of you and have noted your views. Hopefully we will be able to improve it.

Anyone else with opinions on this?

John

PS. Topics like this should actually be in the Asia Observer forum, but I will leave it here for now and move the thread there later when no more people are posting on the topic here. DS.

Dear John,
I agreed that your site is very slow. Even to post a message is also very slow.
What I like the new site is that you can BOLD, UNDERLINE and ADJUST your font to emphasis WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY and you can even posted your picture (I am not aware of the last forum).
Of course there is always be a room to improve and our members will advise which is better. From that I am sure that you will improve your website.

As for me, as long as one can browse ASIAOBSERVER, FASTER THAN THE PRESENT and TO SEE WHO HAS POSTED AND WHO HAS RESPONDED TO THE MESSAGE IS OKAY.
As I see it

We are doing some experimenting. Do you find the site to be quicker today?

John

Hello everyone,

We worked quite a bit on speeding up the site yesterday. Several actions have been taken to this regard. I hope you all notice the difference. Please let us know.

John

Speed! Are you pushing now? Just kidding.

Because we are in the forum for Burma sometimes one gets confused by two types of 'speed'. Not all of us are 'Speedy Gonzalez'. But nowadays people rarely have time to ponder on anything 'good' or 'bad'.

We has a saying in Burmese, "If you want to enjoy a good pickled tea (laphet) then don't let the Palaung make haste when plucking them".

Thanks

It is significantly much better.

If you distribute the access points and reduce the number of hops to reach the destination, it does get better. Then you need to sychronized your server updates also. Your hosting guys could do it.

Thanks again