V3
kencarroll
April 13, 2007, 07:01 AM posted in General DiscussionWe made it! V3 may take a little getting used to, but give it a week and I'm sure everyone will be glad we made the changes. After all the talk and all the preparation, it's time to start learning with it. Obviously you're welcome to keep the comments coming.
Ken Carroll
kencarroll
April 13, 2007, 10:07 AMFYI, Almost 5,000 visitors to the site since we uploaded just over 2 hours ago. Hey!
bazza
April 13, 2007, 07:31 AMExcellent, I like it. I notice we don't seem to be able to use Chinese characters in our usernames though.
John
April 13, 2007, 07:33 AMIt's really looking good... We made it, Ken! WE MADE IT!
hugorestall
April 13, 2007, 08:25 AMHumbug! I liked the old interface better. The only improvement I can see is that the advanced lessons are integrated with the rest. As a basic user, I now seem to have lost access to the media lessons. I reserve the right to change my opinion as I become aware of other improvements you might have made, but as of now I say, don't do me any more favors.
henning
April 13, 2007, 08:27 AMuser29320, the Media-access seems to be a bug. I already reported that and I was probably not the first one...
anne
April 13, 2007, 08:39 AMCongratulations! You made it!
henning
April 13, 2007, 08:42 AMuser29320. I just saw that the "Media-bug" is already fixed.
richyfrost
April 13, 2007, 08:45 AMlooks really great, especially like the schedule, good work
mahouer
April 13, 2007, 08:52 AMYou've convinced me to subscribe for another half a year of premium subscription, but yeah, I second the suggestion to allow Chinese characters in our user names. Regards,
coljac
April 13, 2007, 07:17 AMVery positive impression so far! It was really worth the wait.
bazza
April 13, 2007, 08:58 AMMy conversations says no posts now.
bazza
April 13, 2007, 09:00 AMIs the online status feature not active yet? It always says 'I'm not telling'
AuntySue
April 13, 2007, 09:21 AMI'm going to stick my neck out and say I don't mind not having Chinese characters in the user names, in fact, I like it this way. A lot of students can't read Chinese characters, and some have no intention of learning them, while others know quite a few but still can't read the names easily. It's a hell of a lot more friendly to present with a name that people can perceive and remember. There's a bunch of people I talk to on the Forum who use Chinese names, and I can only remember them by their English taglines (quotes or sayings added to each message) or their avatar. If those ever change, I won't ever recognise the people again, and that effectively nameless friend will be lost for ever.
steve
April 13, 2007, 09:29 AMHi Bazza, To get your on-line status working just visit this link. http://www.skype.com/share/buttons/status.html
bazza
April 13, 2007, 09:39 AMOh right, it's a Skype thing. The option to quote, edit or delete comments would be nice.
anne
April 13, 2007, 09:49 AMAm I right, that the Pinyin chart isn't functional yet?
mahouer
April 13, 2007, 10:00 AMWill there be an option in the future to delete entire sets of vocab all at once in the (near) future? It used to be simple but now it seems I will have to delete all my archived vocab one by one. That's going to take me a long time... :) So also for the lessons that I had kept in several lists in v2. Now they all show up on the right of my schedule, even though I have no intention of learning them again just yet. Will there be an option to get rid of them all at once or mark them all as studied? That will save me from having to visit each and every page and mark them as studied or removed.
kencarroll
April 13, 2007, 10:05 AMAnne, The pin yin chart (new and improved) will be up and running in a few days. Please bear with us.
f1b1
April 13, 2007, 08:58 AMNice job. :)
AuntySue
April 13, 2007, 07:13 AMCongratulations on a job very well done!