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Pennywise: This is not about having difficulty getting used to something new. I didn't have any problem adjusting to the old Nairaland when I signed in. I doubt it if I would have stayed beyond a few days had the website been like this. The new NL is almost a week old yet the site still looks like a kaleidoscope of white and gray. It is amorphous, it doesn't look right and it doesn't feel right even if it appears to be the best 'web interface' in the eyes of the site owner.

I'm sorry that it doesn't look right or feel right for you. But I don't really understand what it means for a site to not "feel right" or to be "amorphous". When people said it was too bright, I made the greens darker than the former site. When people said the colors were too loud, I desaturated them, even though I prefer the more saturated look. Specific feedback is helpful.

The old NL was good and everybody loved it. If that was the case why change a good thing? There may have been a few complaints from the 'webmasters' and 'internet denizens'. But they were few and far between and mostly unserious. The vast majority loved things the way they where.

We didn't change Nairaland for the purpose of modernizing the look. We moved from PHP and SMF to a new platform that we understand very well, Python and CherryPy, so we can start adding new features regularly. We had to change the look because the old look doesn't belong to us and we used the opportunity to create a theme that looks alright on mobile phones and PCs. I made a bet that a uniform look on mobile and web will give us unique advantages. It was my call.

There are many different ways the site can be modernized. What has been done is a complete no no. Other changes like the exact date and time that posts were made should be retained rather than a user having to research for it. Again it is really not necessary to have a separate record for all the posts that were initiated by a particular user. It takes something away from the anonymity the site is supposed to give.

I feel that this feature is an extremely important one whose benefits outweigh the risks.

I know several threads have been opened on this same topic, it will be insensitive for Seun to continue to ignore the opinion of users on this matter. The new Nl is difficult in fact it is impossible to love.

I'm very sorry that you feel this way. We will invest more time and effort into irresistible features.

Odunnu: Is it particular to this thread or thats how it is all across the community? I cant quote a post!
@Seun: I rejected your friend request because I dont like you again

Aww. Why now? You can quote a post by clicking on "quote post".

Apparently, this Airtel Ad is offensive, according to the Twiterrati:
https://a.yfrog.com/img878/6397/x2seg.jpg

millionaire at 29. that's too late

fast is an attitude

We know the pace you set for yourself. hThat's why we set our Internet speeds to challenge that. So that you never have to slow down, even for a moment.

3.75g in all 36 states in Nigeria.
Speed up to 42mpbs

What's offensive about it? I'm not very sure. I don't get it.

How many Mother's days do we have in a year?

Eyah

zebudaya: Anyone who does millions of naira in business daily and does not want to move to cashless would soon be out of business. Get with the times.

Why do you think it's great that the CBN is trying to put some people out of business?

Back to the topic please; the tribalistic disrupters have been banned from the Politics section

PHP is the easiest to get started with, but on the long run Python could serve you better in some cases.

It's definitely a sports topic. That's where a visitor looking for this is likely to check

There are no notifications for acceptances or rejection of friends requests

Wait o,so if i send a message to one of my friends,everyone on my friends list\all my friends see it?

No. But if you send a message to a moderator who is not your friend, other mods will see it.

I would support him.

Odunnu: . . . and while at that i observe we all get to read it. Where is my effing privacy? Now i cant send "I Love You, I miss You..." messages to my beloved here anymore. Rubbish! . . . and while at that i observe we all get to read it. Where is my effing privacy? Now i cant send "I Love You, I miss You..." messages to my beloved here anymore. Rubbish!

You can send private love messages to your friends, other moderators, and the beloved admin. But you cannot use your moderator privileges to send private love messages to members who are not your friends, which is not allowed for regular members! That is your effing privacy!!

lonamy: "Who in the world are you?" she asked. He replied, "Don't tell me you don't know me." "I am telling you that I don't know you." She replied. "I am your husband." The man replied. "You are not my husband. My husband is in New York." Was her reply.

He was defiling her in her dreams for years, yet she couldn't recognize him. Does that make sense?

Never click a link to log into a secure account like a bank account. Type in the url yourself.

Who is the reliable source?

blank: Its so difficult to login. 504 or 502 gateway error whatever that means. Also, what does hidden posts mean?

It happens for some seconds whenever I update the server to increase the speed or add a new feature.

We are not professional designers, but we are damn good programmers. Have you not noticed this?

More pictures of Nmachi, please.

Can't they just ammend the CBN Act and take away most of his powers? Afterall, they make the laws.

Interesting. What's the source?

We changed the backend completely. We switched from SMF. But yeah, we could have duplicated the look if we wanted to, but I felt that it was best to use the opportunity to target the fast-growing mobile demographic, so we built a flexible theme that works on both mobile phones and personal computers. It's a pity that we have not been able to test the theme well on some phones.

denzel2009: Who starts a forum page from zero sef? I'd have started from -50

Computer programmers: we count from zero! The New Nairaland is a computer program, so ... that's why!

Can you send me your friend's username by PM? You can send it directly from my profile. Cheers.

Nairaland's Auto section is extremely good for this: www.nairaland.com/autos

slimyem: [size=20pt]seun,since i can add friends,i should be able to delete them too but there's no option of that.could you please provide one?[/size]

Yes we will.