Some one's been busy-New layout

[Brad Smith]

I personally like the new layout, it seems to 'flow' better.

[Noel Weaver]

So do I, it is easier to use. Good job guys!!!
Noel Weaver

[Ken V]

Well, I suppose it is an improvement. I had gotten used to the previous format and got around pretty well with it. I'll get used to this one too, unless it changes again before then.

[keeper1616]

now all the forums i visit are at the bottom

[git a holt to it]

I think the employment section shoul be back towards the top.

[Otto Vondrak]

[UPRR engineer]

SWEET.......

[stilson4283]

How about:

Please Pardon Our Digital Dust

Or similar to the signs on the NYS thruway:

Construction Ahead
Your Donation Dollars at Work

Chris

[umtrr-author]

As long as it's not:

"The improvement is temporary
The inconvenience is permanent"

As some wag once posted near a perpetual construction site many years ago...

[pgengler]

Best roadway sign ever: "Sign under construction".

I have two thoughts (one positive, one negative), and while I understand that it's still a work in progress, better to get these out while things are still in flux.

Act I, wherein I render praise: I like that the actual railroad forums appear near the top. I'm sure it looks better to a new visitor see that the railroad forums are near the top, with the Amtrak forum just peeking up "above the fold" on my laptop (1024x768 res.).

Act II, whereupon we find out hero mumbling quietly in the corner: I don't really like that the "Active Railroads" category (a misnomer, really) is immediately followed by the "Fallen Flags", with the "Short Lines & Industrials" behind that and "Commuter & Transit" in a distant third. For one thing, it breaks up all the active ones by including fallen flags in the middle, but mostly it pushes the second, third, and fourth busiest forums (NJT, LIRR, MBTA) further down. I'd suggest putting the "Commuter & Transit" category right after "Active Railroads", then then you're best judgment about whether "Fallen Flags" or "Short Lines & Industrials" comes next.

[Intermission]

[Otto Vondrak]

I think you're right. If you're not a "Fallen Flag," you're "Active."

-otto-

[RearOfSignal]

Yeah, I think the fallen flags should be a little lower, it would be nice if the Commuter & Transit section could follow the Active Railroads section, then maybe the shortlines, then the Fallen flags. The most used forums should be towards the top.

[Otto Vondrak]

Forums are NOT ordered based on popularity.

-otto-

[RearOfSignal]

Forums are NOT ordered based on popularity.

I didn't mean that the forums should be listed by their popularity. But I don't think that having Fallen flags ahead of the Commuter & Transit and the General Operations down at the very bottom works well. Unless by moving them around you're trying to promote activity in seldom used forums or ones that people may not have noticed, hoping that this will lead to less off-topic threads?

Can you please explain the reason for the change in layout? (Yes Otto I used an emoticon )

[Brad Smith]

Everything is relative. What's important to one person is often irrelevant to another and vice versa. For example, I always go to the fallen flag forums and have never stopped at any of the commuter sites, and I know I'm not the only one.