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Subject: 
Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Thu, 12 Feb 2004 20:03:34 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Matthew Miller wrote:
Bruce Schlickbernd <corsair@schlickbernd.org> wrote:
lugnet.castle posts are later repeats of Classic-Castle.Com posts - it's
become a mere duplication of effort. One starts to wonder if
lugnet.castle shouldn't just be a link to Classic-Castle.Com. The

Classic-Castle is a nice site, but its forum software is nasty. How did
this "BB" style forum software take over the web? Ugh. It's a lot like a
trying to have a conversation using a *literal* bulletin board and post-it
notes. And Young People Today don't know any better. *sigh*. Anyway, I
appreciate that stuff gets posted to Lugnet too.

"Lugnet is a nice site, but the forum software is ugly. How on earth are you
supposed to read all this text? It's ugly, there's no attempt to make it
interesting or highlight what's important..."

Not that I actually think that, but remember that not everybody has the same
tastes. That's why there are different sites for different audiences. What's
appropriate for Lugnet may not be appropriate for a site targeted toward younger
audiences, and vice versa. Kids like the visual cues and color.

- Kelly



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  Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
 
(...) Oddly, the things you pick out are exactly the reasons I think Lugnet's design is superior. It uses color well to pick out meaningful information, and it's got a very clever graphical representation of each thread. (...) Plently of color, few (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
 
(...) Classic-Castle is a nice site, but its forum software is nasty. How did this "BB" style forum software take over the web? Ugh. It's a lot like a trying to have a conversation using a *literal* bulletin board and post-it notes. And Young People (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)

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