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12 June 2011, 19:02
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: New Milton
Boat name: Jianna
Make: Osprey
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200 E-TEC
MMSI: 235076954
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 1,940
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Originally Posted by jambo
On the whole I like the new site with all the 'bugs', it will take time but worth it. What I don't like is under this site I cannot remain 'signed-in' as I did in the old site and that annoys me, I have logged out using your link John but it has still timed me out
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Ditto. On the positive side I find myself using the 'Recent Discussions' area more and more.
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Dust creation specialist
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12 June 2011, 20:07
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Member
Country: Other
Town: Stanley, Falkland Is
Boat name: Seawolf
Make: Osprey Vipermax 5.8
Length: 5m +
Engine: Etec 150
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 3,726
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I seem to stay signed in OK? Just tick the box - same as the old site.
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12 June 2011, 20:22
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#63
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Glasgow
Boat name: stramash
Make: Tornado
Length: 5m +
Engine: Etec 90
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 5,090
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Originally Posted by BogMonster
I seem to stay signed in OK? Just tick the box - same as the old site.
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me too ?
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12 June 2011, 20:44
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#64
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Administrator
Country: UK - England
Town: Brighton
Length: 3m +
Join Date: May 2000
Posts: 7,108
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Working fine for me as well. Sorry to those who are getting logged out. I'll see what we can sort out.
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12 June 2011, 20:48
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Salisbury
Boat name: Blue C
Make: XS 600
Length: 6m +
Engine: 125hp Opti
MMSI: 235082826/235909566
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,439
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Originally Posted by BogMonster
I seem to stay signed in OK? Just tick the box - same as the old site.
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-1 for me logged out with boring regularatory
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12 June 2011, 21:43
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#66
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Gloucestershire
Boat name: Osprey
Make: Osprey Vipermax
Length: 5m +
Engine: E-tec 300 G2
MMSI: TBC
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,021
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Originally Posted by ashbypower
-1 for me logged out with boring regularatory ![nonono](https://www.rib.net/forum/images/smilies/nonono.gif)
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Which Browser do you use?
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12 June 2011, 21:46
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Salisbury
Boat name: Blue C
Make: XS 600
Length: 6m +
Engine: 125hp Opti
MMSI: 235082826/235909566
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,439
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ie 9 2.25
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12 June 2011, 21:48
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#68
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: New Milton
Boat name: Jianna
Make: Osprey
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200 E-TEC
MMSI: 235076954
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 1,940
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ie 8.
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Dust creation specialist
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12 June 2011, 21:56
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Girvan & Tayvallich
Boat name: Breawatch
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: Mercury 150 F/stroke
MMSI: ex directory!!
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 6,203
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Originally Posted by Chris
Which Browser do you use?
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IE 9 as with the old system
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'Carpe Diem'
Member of the ebay Blue RIB cover club
Member of SABS ( Scottish West Division)
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12 June 2011, 22:19
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Sussex
Boat name: Bombard
Make: Aerotec 380
Length: 3m +
Engine: Mercury Mariner 15hp
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 3,485
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Happened to me when site was updated but deleting history and cookies sorted it.
Regarding the forums changes - as I posted earlier I really think it's no big deal. Seen arguments like this on so many different forums down the years. But forums are like pubs - people come and go, management changes, the odd lick of paint annoys a few old 'bar stool regulars' but life goes on and this is the best and friendliest place on the web to discuss rubbery boats. So a big thanks to all those behind the scenes for creating and continuing this site.
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13 June 2011, 00:15
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Member
Country: Other
Town: Stanley, Falkland Is
Boat name: Seawolf
Make: Osprey Vipermax 5.8
Length: 5m +
Engine: Etec 150
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 3,726
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I'm using Firefox 4, I logged out at one point to see if it would fix the problem when I couldn't reply but no auto-logouts at all.
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13 June 2011, 08:58
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Winchester
Boat name: The Rubber Duck
Make: Avon 3.10
Length: 3m +
Engine: Tohatsu 9.8
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 703
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Originally Posted by Max...
Happened to me when site was updated but deleting history and cookies sorted it.
Regarding the forums changes - as I posted earlier I really think it's no big deal. Seen arguments like this on so many different forums down the years. But forums are like pubs - people come and go, management changes, the odd lick of paint annoys a few old 'bar stool regulars' but life goes on and this is the best and friendliest place on the web to discuss rubbery boats. So a big thanks to all those behind the scenes for creating and continuing this site.
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I am with you there 100%
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13 June 2011, 19:53
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: imposter
Make: FunYak
Length: 3m +
Engine: Tohatsu 30HP
MMSI: 235089819
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 11,626
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Originally Posted by chewy
What was wrong with the old setup?
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I think John has answered that - but there were some technical issues which meant an upgrade of some sort was inevitable - and had been proposed behind the scenes before the site ownership changed.
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Originally Posted by PeterM
I dont logon everytime I look at the site so the 'option' to unselect hings is not for me - I dont want to select to opt out ..I want to select to opt in ...
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One extra step of logging in (if you don't use "remember me") and everything can be almost how you remembered it. The reality is the site needs revenue (to cover running costs - as well as for the owners to recoup their investment) - which inevitably means (1) more adverts, (2) more incentive to register and sign in (3) some encouragement to become a supporter. If you have an alternative business model which doesn't need these things then I'm sure Andy would love to hear about it - as Ad and subscription supported sites are rarely a road to riches.
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Originally Posted by John Kennett
A little while ago I was all set to migrate to IPB instead of vBulletin. Just think how much fun that would have been! ![dance](https://www.rib.net/forum/images/smilies/dance.gif)
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I saw a sneek preview of that site - and its "appearance" was remarkably similar to what we have now (when logged in).
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and on threads the new header still takes up at least 2x the amount the old one did.
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I've just measured and its less than 1.5x the size but don't let that get in the way of your exaggeration!
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Renders the supporter subscription rather worthless
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John was always clear that supporters weren't buying avatars... however supporters are still being "rewarded" - bigger avatars, more PM space, no embedded google ads in things they write when viewed by guests, and the ability to avoid adverts (although this privilidge will also exist for old members even if not supporters) *note this is all my understanding of the current situation and may be wrong or subject to change.
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It is one of the clearest signs that ribnet is loosing its way. As kitten says, "facebooky". And gimicky. Certainly not ribnet has been in the past.
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really just ignore the features and use the forum stuff like everyone else - its hardly intrusive. Or are you just upset you've no friends?
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Originally Posted by gotchiguy
Possibly a consultation with the masses would have provided a good basis for knowing what to change and what not to. There are a number of new things which I think are really good: eg. the rotating album pictures.
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I personally don't like the album pictures, so in your dillusions of democracy would that get eliminated?
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There are unfortunately a number of other things which are significant regressions: eg. ...multiquote...
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I'll confess to having sneaked than in when JK was away at the toilet! The button must occupy less than 1% of your screen space. Encouraging people to multiquote (selectively) potentially means less scrolling - as otherwise I might reply to each poster separately. The irony that your own post contained half a dozen quotes has not been missed!
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I've got mine set up so it's almost exactly the same as it was, just a couple extra buttons and a different colour.
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As have I. I've been away for a weekend and when I logged in today everything seemed normal rather than "new"...
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13 June 2011, 21:14
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Girvan & Tayvallich
Boat name: Breawatch
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: Mercury 150 F/stroke
MMSI: ex directory!!
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 6,203
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It really seems to be all over the place!! I never had ads before tonight I have come on! I have tried all the fixes but I am still being timed-out, not on. I can only speak frorm experience and I am no happy it has changed and nobody seems to care thasts what annoys me, where are the fixes to bring it back to what we were enjoying bedfore all the frills. I just want to log on and stay on with no ads. Pleases JK help.
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'Carpe Diem'
Member of the ebay Blue RIB cover club
Member of SABS ( Scottish West Division)
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13 June 2011, 21:30
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#75
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: imposter
Make: FunYak
Length: 3m +
Engine: Tohatsu 30HP
MMSI: 235089819
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 11,626
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Originally Posted by jambo
It really seems to be all over the place!! I never had ads before tonight I have come on! I have tried all the fixes but I am still being timed-out, not on. I can only speak frorm experience and I am no happy it has changed and nobody seems to care thasts what annoys me, where are the fixes to bring it back to what we were enjoying bedfore all the frills. I just want to log on and stay on with no ads. Pleases JK help.
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Billy, I'm guessing you are referring to the banner ad. I might be wrong but I think it is a setting that is wrong behind the scenes. Ideally this would all have been ironed out before the upgrade but then things might have been more cast in stone - whereas this way at least there is the chance for tweaks and improvements. It has been flagged up to those in charge.
The timeout fault is under investigation - but it seems is only affecting internet explorer users (my experience of such bugs is that usually Microsoft have reinterpreted the official standards in someway and therefore whilst it needs fixing its wrong to blame the developers). I'm sure a fix will come, but bear in mind that whilst the "team" is now much bigger than when it was just JK it is still a small team looking after lots of sites - Ribnet just isn't big enough to have full time technical support!
As for the "speed" issues it is not entirely clear why some people are experiencing this and not others (e.g. neither at home or in the office have I seen a significant change) - but the technical team are aware of the issue.
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13 June 2011, 21:34
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Girvan & Tayvallich
Boat name: Breawatch
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: Mercury 150 F/stroke
MMSI: ex directory!!
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 6,203
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Originally Posted by Polwart
Billy, I'm guessing you are referring to the banner ad. I might be wrong but I think it is a setting that is wrong behind the scenes. Ideally this would all have been ironed out before the upgrade but then things might have been more cast in stone - whereas this way at least there is the chance for tweaks and improvements. It has been flagged up to those in charge.
The timeout fault is under investigation - but it seems is only affecting internet explorer users (my experience of such bugs is that usually Microsoft have reinterpreted the official standards in someway and therefore whilst it needs fixing its wrong to blame the developers). I'm sure a fix will come, but bear in mind that whilst the "team" is now much bigger than when it was just JK it is still a small team looking after lots of sites - Ribnet just isn't big enough to have full time technical support!
As for the "speed" issues it is not entirely clear why some people are experiencing this and not others (e.g. neither at home or in the office have I seen a significant change) - but the technical team are aware of the issue.
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Tx neil for yopur quich reply appreciated. I will await quitely for the fixes as I really want to enjoy..
Billy
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'Carpe Diem'
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13 June 2011, 21:35
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: midlands
Boat name: robeena
Make: honwave
Length: 4m +
Engine: twatsu 40
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 172
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The timeout fault is under investigation - but it seems is only affecting internet explorer users
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Mines fine on firefox.
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13 June 2011, 21:36
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Ashton-under-Lyne Lancs
Boat name: IMOGEN
Make: Air-Craft 5.4
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki df70a
MMSI: 235087492
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 7,078
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I have deleted all my cookies and browsing history and re booted my p.c. and have started to use google chrome and everything is now working fine. I used to use explorer but my son said its crap and to use chrome, and he was right. All okay now
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13 June 2011, 21:44
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: imposter
Make: FunYak
Length: 3m +
Engine: Tohatsu 30HP
MMSI: 235089819
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 11,626
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Originally Posted by kerny
I have deleted all my cookies and browsing history and re booted my p.c. and have started to use google chrome and everything is now working fine. I used to use explorer but my son said its crap and to use chrome, and he was right. All okay now ![thumbs up](https://www.rib.net/forum/images/smilies/thumbs.gif)
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![thumbs up](https://www.rib.net/forum/images/smilies/thumbs.gif) Your son is wise!
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Tx neil for yopur quich reply appreciated. I will await quitely for the fixes as I really want to enjoy..
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Billy - We will get there in the end - but in the meantime you could follow Kerny's example and switch browser, I'd be surprised if you choose to go back to IE after using Chrome for a few days.
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13 June 2011, 21:52
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Ashton-under-Lyne Lancs
Boat name: IMOGEN
Make: Air-Craft 5.4
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki df70a
MMSI: 235087492
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 7,078
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Originally Posted by Polwart
![thumbs up](https://www.rib.net/forum/images/smilies/thumbs.gif) Your son is wise!
Billy - We will get there in the end - but in the meantime you could follow Kerny's example and switch browser, I'd be surprised if you choose to go back to IE after using Chrome for a few days.
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I know he gets it from me
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