iFanboy 3.0 is here!

[conorkilpatrick]

Hey everybody!

The newest version of iFanboy.com is live! (http://www.ifanboy.com/) Come join uis for all kinds of new functionality and some new contributors whose names you might recognize!

To read all about the new features go here (http://www.ifanboy.com/content/articles/Welcome_to_iFanboy_3_0_)!

We'll still be here, but we'll be spending a lot more time over there. Join us, won't you?

[kwok_talk]

good times in the chat.
Where is this "chat" that everyone speaks of? I can't seem to find it on the site, but granted I just woke up and my brain isn't quite functioning yet.

[paper]

It was on the temporary placeholder site as they transitioned into 3.0. Started as just the three guys on individual live video feeds and then they added a chat window for us. Eventually Gordon got a video feed as well.

This was around 11:30 EST last night.

[kwok_talk]

It was on the temporary placeholder site as they transitioned into 3.0. Started as just the three guys on individual live video feeds and then they added a chat window for us. Eventually Gordon got a video feed as well.

This was around 11:30 EST last night.

The things I miss for being an old man and and going to bed early...

(welcome back)

[paper]

Good to be back!

Missed my paper anniversary by a couple of days.

[acomicbookgirl]

Paper, I forgot to tell you last night but better late than never.. Welcome back.. :)

[gineration]

Liking the site. :)

[kahunablair]

Welcome back indeed, Paper.


In your face, Kahuna.
I despise you, Labor!
;)

The things I miss for being an old man and and going to bed early...

Your name was brought up a couple times in the chat. Your absence was noted.

[esophagus]

Your name was brought up a couple times in the chat. Your absence was noted.As was Freds. As if, you know, it was abnormal for people not to be watching the iFanboy site intently in the mdidle of the night.

[kwok_talk]

Your name was brought up a couple times in the chat. Your absence was noted.
Ha. Thankfully I've turned my text message notifications on my phone off b/c I would have never gotten sleep with the flurry of iFanboy 3.0 texts last night.

[fred]

I was actually in the chat a few times. I never bothered putting in my name though. I wanted to stay incognito as Guest32798723987 so that I could make fun of people. I'm joking, I didn't because I'm lazy.

[luthor]

Oops...slept in...can't imagine why.

[kahunablair]

I was actually in the chat a few times. I never bothered putting in my name though. I wanted to stay incognito as Guest32798723987 so that I could make fun of people. I'm joking, I didn't because I'm lazy.

Fred, you bastard.
If you and Kwok joined we could have formed our Forum SuperTeam!
Without you it was like trying to form Captain Planet without the Blonde Russian kid and the little monkey.

For shame!

[fred]

Can I be the monkey?

[kahunablair]

Can I be the monkey?

....Fine.

[superfriend82]

....Fine.


But i wanted to be the monkey! No fair! :mad:/:rolleyes:

[labor_days]

We seriously need a dedicated chat for the iFanbase.

What a blast it was watching Conor destroy his liver. Or watching Gordon watch us.

And the beards.

[conorkilpatrick]

What a blast it was watching Conor destroy his liver. Or watching Gordon watch us. .

Hey, I earned that! :D

[luthor]

We seriously need a dedicated chat for the iFanbase.

What a blast it was watching Conor destroy his liver. Or watching Gordon watch us.

And the beards.

I don't know if a dedicated chat would be such a good idea...I think sleep is enjoyable from time to time...but doing something on a semi regular basis would be fun.

[labor_days]

Hey, I earned that! :D
Indeed. All three bottles worth.

Wait, it was three right?

Pity those that tried to match Conor last night. For surely they are dead of alcohol poisoning.

I don't know if a dedicated chat would be such a good idea...I think sleep is enjoyable from time to time...but doing something on a semi regular basis would be fun.
You can set up an IRC channel. That way anyone can jump in anytime of day. There are web apps for joining an IRC or you can use your own client.

Of course, we can set one up ourselves and party down. Only the iFanboys can provide the web link to such a chat though.

Unless we host our own. But that would be exclusionary to a degree.

Sleep is for babies and the elderly.

[kahunablair]

All I know about last night is, I woke up around 3 or 4 am and clicked the iFanboy link. Every other iFanboy was disconnected except Conor. That man is a force to be reckoned with.
I, for one, fear him.

[kwok_talk]

All I know about last night is, I woke up around 3 or 4 am and clicked the iFanboy link. Every other iFanboy was disconnected except Conor. That man is a force to be reckoned with.
I, for one, fear him.

Somewhere in one of these threads is a pic of him in the dark in front of his computer. Makes me quiver in fear.

[luthor]

Somewhere in one of these threads is a pic of him in the dark in front of his computer. Makes me quiver in fear.

I know the picture you speak of. That's pretty close to what he looked like towards the end of the evening.

[esophagus]

From Jonathan Hickman's website at the beginning of January:In Feb. (maybe sooner, but doubtful) I’ll be starting a bi-weekly column for iFanboy.com. These fine gentlemen do comic webcast (video + audio) and will be rolling out a new website - part of which will be additional content (the me part). So, I have a pretty good idea of what I’ll be doing, but are there any suggestions on what you might like to read about?

Let me know…
Guys, how did we not catch on sooner?

[labor_days]

Um, the Fanboys said it on the POW cast and I commented on it twice last night. And others mentioned it in 3.0 thread...

edit: Paul Dini is writing for the site as well.

[esophagus]

Um, the Fanboys said it on the POW cast and I commented on it twice last night. And others mentioned it in 3.0 thread...

edit: Paul Dini is writing for the site as well.I know that. I meant sooner than when they announced it with the launch of 3.0. We have been guessing at what 3.0 would be, and were excited to learn about new faces. Meanwhile, on JANUARY 10TH, it was being discussed openly elsewhere.

[paper]

No, he's saying it was leaked by Hickman back in January. Before last night's announcement.

EDIT: Eso beat me to it.

[mikegraham6]

that Hickman announcement is probably the best comic news i've heard in a year. Great job iFanboys!

Question, i don't know if any of the iFanboys are online but maybe the rest of you guys can help me. Im trying to upload an avatar on their new site and everytime i put in a jpg it fails and tells me it needs to be in a jpg, gif or pmp (?) format. i tried 3 different computers with the same result, anyone know what i might be doing wrong?

[paper]

Does the file name have .jpg at the tail end?

[six-gun]

I'm really looking forward to Hickman's column, probably more so than Dini's

[fred]

You need a pimp file? Try this one:

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u116/fredhosley/Glasses-006.gif

[fred]

and that's just my way of saying that you probably mean PNG or BMP

[six-gun]

that Hickman announcement is probably the best comic news i've heard in a year. Great job iFanboys!

Question, i don't know if any of the iFanboys are online but maybe the rest of you guys can help me. Im trying to upload an avatar on their new site and everytime i put in a jpg it fails and tells me it needs to be in a jpg, gif or pmp (?) format. i tried 3 different computers with the same result, anyone know what i might be doing wrong?

yikes, mine uploaded fine. maybe your pic is too big?

[mikegraham6]

no, im just trying to use the same avatar that i have here, in fact i even tried just saving the pic from one of my posts and uploading that and it still didn't work.... weird

[mikegraham6]

is there a difference between a jpg and a jpeg? my pc is telling me it's a jpeg

[paper]

Mine didn't work at first because the file name didn't end in ".jpg"

I added this suffix and it worked.

[mikegraham6]

hmmm, i checked that, it still doesn't work. maybe iFanboy 3.0 just doesn't like me :(

[labor_days]

Question, i don't know if any of the iFanboys are online but maybe the rest of you guys can help me. Im trying to upload an avatar on their new site and everytime
Makes sure it ends .JPG and is between 50x50 and 80x80 pixels. I tried playing with a couple of different pics last night and that's what I found worked best.

edit: Ron suggested the dimensions but also said it was flexible.

I know that. I meant sooner than when they announced it with the launch of 3.0. We have been guessing at what 3.0 would be, and were excited to learn about new faces. Meanwhile, on JANUARY 10TH, it was being discussed openly elsewhere.
Ahhh, I skipped over that. Apologies.

Well, sonuvabitch. I know who not to tell my secrets. Jonathan Hickman, that's who.

[paper]

hmmm, i checked that, it still doesn't work. maybe iFanboy 3.0 just doesn't like me :(

Maybe it heard about your opinion of Runaways?

;)

[mikegraham6]

Maybe it heard about your opinion of Runaways?

;)
always full circle, eh Paper?

[paper]

"Hello?"
"Is this Pol Montgomery of the internet?"
"Yessir."
"Yes, hi. You were listed on Mr. Graham's resume as a reference. That's Mike Graham."
"Mmmhmm..."
"We're ready to offer him a contract. He's really not qualified, but we like him for some reason. This would be a significant step up for him economically."
"Yes, I see...."
"Would you be able to vouch for Mr. Graham?"
"Are you aware of his opinion of Brian K. Vaughan's Runaways comic series?"
"We would assume he likes it just like everyone else in the world."
You know what they say about assuming, don't you?"
"....."
"Sometimes you're just wrong."

[mikegraham6]

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t268/mikegraham6/khan.jpg

MONTGOMERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kahunablair]

You don't like Runaways??
Mike, Are you a communist?

hmmm, i checked that, it still doesn't work. maybe iFanboy 3.0 just doesn't like me :(
It doesn't work for me either.

[mikegraham6]

it did nothing for me. all the Runaways love literally goes right over my head, i don't understand the appeal


*ducks behind couch*

[fred]

It doesn't work for me either.

uh oh .... I smell a recall. It's a good thing these iFanboy guys don't make baby formula. ;)

[kahunablair]

Well, I just went over to the site, and apparently despite my issues last night, my Icon is now there.

Eerie....

[fred]

I smell a conspiracy. The fix is in.

[mikegraham6]

im trying to upload a gif instead now and now i keep getting an Error: Convert Failed message for each gif i've tried

EDIT: maybe im just not destined to have an avatar *sigh*

[fred]

Don't not worry Monsieur Graham for I speak your name.

[mikegraham6]

I've just got to let everyone know how much im absolutely LOVING the pull list/comments feature on iFanboy 3.0

it's like nothing else i've seen and it's a great way to encourage the iFanbase. Great idea guys!

[mikegraham6]

Have you guys heard of Gizoogle (http://www.gizoogle.com/)? It's a snoop dog translator for webpages
i ran iFanboy through it, here's was i got: LINK (http://sites.gizoogle.com/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ifanboy.com%2F)

[dave-accampo]

Have you guys heard of Gizoogle (http://www.gizoogle.com/)? It's a snoop dog translator for webpages
i ran iFanboy through it, here's was i got: LINK (http://sites.gizoogle.com/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ifanboy.com%2F)

Whoa. That's...hilarious.

[mikegraham6]

it had me laughing out loud
Fred, check out Comics this Wizzle (http://sites.gizoogle.com/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisweekincomics.c om)

[idave]

Have you guys heard of Gizoogle (http://www.gizoogle.com/)? It's a snoop dog translator for webpages
i ran iFanboy through it, here's was i got: LINK (http://sites.gizoogle.com/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ifanboy.com%2F)

Best part of this? WHen it translates Booster Gold #0 to Brotha Gold #0 and New Avengers #38 to Avenga #38.

[kwok_talk]

Have you guys heard of Gizoogle (http://www.gizoogle.com/)? It's a snoop dog translator for webpages
i ran iFanboy through it, here's was i got: LINK (http://sites.gizoogle.com/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ifanboy.com%2F)

Get ready for some Kwiznok Rap! (http://sites.gizoogle.com/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kwoktalk.libsyn.co m)

[conorkilpatrick]

I just wanted to let everyone know that we think we have fixed the problem with commenting. I just posted a test comment and it seemed to work okay.

So, have at it and let me know if you have any problems (with commenting).

And thanks again to everyone who hung out last night in the chat. At times it was kinda weird, but Josh, Ron, Gordon and I were talking today and we had a lot of fun.

We'll probably do it again somehow.

[fred]

it had me laughing out loud
Fred, check out Comics this Wizzle (http://sites.gizoogle.com/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisweekincomics.c om)

I'm almost certain that I didn't use the n word in my review of Suburban Glamour. ;)

[thomas-katers]

The new website is ridiculously cool. Nice Job!

[kahunablair]

This Pull List option is unbelievable. You've all really outdone yourselves!

[itsbecca]

This Pull List option is unbelievable. You've all really outdone yourselves!

Oh I agree 110%. It's especially for brilliant with a mush mind like myself. When we're discussing things and I'm trying to remember all the books I got? Bam. And I can print it. No more second trips to the lcs. And it's so pretty. Ohhh I just love it.

[paper]

The new site is fantastic. I'm sorry I didn't leave a comment sooner.

Really excited for you guys. We'll be seeing your names on more comic covers. Newsarama? Never heard of it.

[neb]

I just wanted to let everyone know that we think we have fixed the problem with commenting. I just posted a test comment and it seemed to work okay.

So, have at it and let me know if you have any problems (with commenting).

And thanks again to everyone who hung out last night in the chat. At times it was kinda weird, but Josh, Ron, Gordon and I were talking today and we had a lot of fun.

We'll probably do it again somehow.

Conor, you guys did an awesome job with the website. I actually hopped on to the site last night and saw the streaming video of you guys, but I had no sound! Was there something I missed? I just want to be on the ball the next time so that I can hear all that, supposed, witty banter.

[conorkilpatrick]

Conor, you guys did an awesome job with the website. I actually hopped on to the site last night and saw the streaming video of you guys, but I had no sound! Was there something I missed? I just want to be on the ball the next time so that I can hear all that, supposed, witty banter.

Oh, there was no sound last night. And it was probably better for everyone involved. How many times do you need to hear us yell "fuck"?

Besides, miming and hand scrawled signs are fun.

[esophagus]

I liked pretending I knew exactly what you guys were saying. t usually ended up being either

a) "I need to shave"
b) "This DB problem's a bitch, I need more wine"
c) "I think i'm going to run around the house with a dog over my head
d) "Ron, you haven't moved since this started."

[esophagus]

Have you guys heard of Gizoogle (http://www.gizoogle.com/)? It's a snoop dog translator for webpages
i ran iFanboy through it, here's was i got: LINK (http://sites.gizoogle.com/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ifanboy.com%2F)To Tad or iFanboy:

Whenever you are talking to Mike Mignola at any future point in time, you can refer to him as nothing but "Mizzy Mignola".




By the way Mike, I'm having avatar troubles too. Don't worrrry.

[jimski]

b) "This DB problem's a bitch, I need more wine"

I saw that there were problems and I thought, "Um, are the problems related to the fourteen Long Island iced teas? Check for typos in the code."

[tad]

To Tad or iFanboy:

Whenever you are talking to Mike Mignola at any future point in time, you can refer to him as nothing but "Mizzy Mignola".

.

You posted it before I could. That specifically had me chuckling. But I'm going to suggest that the iFanboys refrain from the salutation if they're going to interview him at Wondercon.

[spock-tm]

The chatting last night really was alot of fun, but it would be hard to make it a regular thing me thinks, unless it was just a neat community thing that was on the main page of the site.


I think I ended up staying on for like 4hours or so, then another 2 hours afterwards sending e-mails about bugs I found on the site, was alot of fun thou :)

[tad]

Although I missed Josh completely and Ron's visual (is it true he does his best debugging naked or was that an excuse?) it was fun in a strange way. Strange because by the time I found it, the guys were really concentrating on getting the site up while the rest of us chatted unnoticed.

I still wonder how many screens Conor has, or is it one giant screen like all heroes have so that villains can cackle at them?

I think any video chats should be kamikazee events. They should just pop up, unannounced. But next time sound!

[humphrey-lee]

Sweet mother of Christ!!!


... you fucks are on waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy too many social networking sites. At least five links for each of you? What the hell? That's just Internets excessiveness on almost a Warren Ellisian level....

[mikegraham6]

I just wanted to let everyone know that we think we have fixed the problem with commenting. I just posted a test comment and it seemed to work okay.

So, have at it and let me know if you have any problems (with commenting).

And thanks again to everyone who hung out last night in the chat. At times it was kinda weird, but Josh, Ron, Gordon and I were talking today and we had a lot of fun.

We'll probably do it again somehow.

wait.. so people weren't kidding, there was ACTUALLY a vid-chat? how'd i miss that? where was it on the site?

[spock-tm]

it WAS the site ;)

[s1lentslayer]

I've checked the remember me checkbox but it never remembers me:( How rude;)

[conorkilpatrick]

wait.. so people weren't kidding, there was ACTUALLY a vid-chat? how'd i miss that? where was it on the site?

As Spock says, it was the site. We had to take the old website down to migrate over the new site so we put a place holder site up that was just four video feeds and a chat room. It was up for about four hours.

[fred]

I've got a question. Can I rate a book without reviewing it? I couldn't figure it out.

[conorkilpatrick]

I've got a question. Can I rate a book without reviewing it? I couldn't figure it out.

You can rate a book without reviewing it, but you can't rate it without pulling it.

[mrugly]

Damn, I love the new design. I am very close to abandoning Comixology.com. The only thing they have over you, is their iPhone/iPod Touch friendly version of their site that holds your pull list.

I like how the new design encourages more activity and interaction with the community. I think I may partcipate more in the weeks to come.

[dave-accampo]

As Spock says, it was the site. We had to take the old website down to migrate over the new site so we put a place holder site up that was just four video feeds and a chat room. It was up for about four hours.

I was bummed that I missed it. Right when I was about to log onto the chat, a friend came over. You guys should definitely consider a chat like that again some time. Seems like fun.

The new site is fantastic, if I haven't said that already...

[conorkilpatrick]

Damn, I love the new design. I am very close to abandoning Comixology.com. The only thing they have over you, is their iPhone/iPod Touch friendly version of their site that holds your pull list.

That's something we definitely have planned.

[fred]

You can rate a book without reviewing it, but you can't rate it without pulling it.

For example, New Avengers. I pulled it. I go to Your Comics and see it, but I don't see "Rate it" or something like that. I do see the review link, but if I put a rating into that without putting anything into the review editor, it throws an alert saying the box is empty.

I'm sure that I'm just missing something.

[dave-accampo]

That's something we definitely have planned.

Oh, that is excellent. Very cool.

[conorkilpatrick]

For example, New Avengers. I pulled it. I go to Your Comics and see it, but I don't see "Rate it" or something like that. I do see the review link, but if I put a rating into that without putting anything into the review editor, it throws an alert saying the box is empty.

I'm sure that I'm just missing something.

When you've pulled a book once the clock strikes Wednesday five blanks stars appear below the pullbox. That's how you rate the book without reviewing it.

There's a bug right now that we're working on where if you've pulled book on the comics page it is marked as unpulled in the individual book page. Just pull it again to make the stars appear - it doesn't effect the numbers.

[fred]

sweet. the bug was messing me up. I've put some in already.

[mikegraham6]

By the way Mike, I'm having avatar troubles too. Don't worrrry.

i noticed CAM doesn't have one either. Could this be a regional thing? I know certain sites don't work properly from Canada.

[comhcinc]

love the new site.

[esophagus]

i noticed CAM doesn't have one either. Could this be a regional thing? I know certain sites don't work properly from Canada.Never thought of that. It wouold make absolutely no sense, but I guess anything is possible.

[conorkilpatrick]

iFanboy hating Canadians since 2000.

Except for Canadian girls, Conor loves them.

[gungadin]

My question? How can a comic get an average of a 5.2 rating on a five point grading scale?

... Just sayin...

[spock-tm]

was wondering that myself ;D

[labor_days]

My question? How can a comic get an average of a 5.2 rating on a five point grading scale?

... Just sayin...

I imagine it works similar to this; if three people rate a comic, two give it a solid 2 stars and one gives it three stars- the average would be 2.5 for that comic.

Or something like that.

[esophagus]

I imagine it works similar to this; if three people rate a comic, two give it a solid 2 stars and one gives it three stars- the average would be 2.5 for that comic.

Or something like that.Right, but it's out of five. If everyone who rated it gave it a five out of five, it still couldn't have a 5.2 average.

[conorkilpatrick]

Bug. It's been fixed for all ratings going forward.

[labor_days]

Right, but it's out of five. If everyone who rated it gave it a five out of five, it still couldn't have a 5.2 average.
That's why I said "or something like that".

It may be a combination of- number of votes and the actual rating. Without knowing the specifics too well, I assume that is the case. Only extrapolated for the number and value of ratings. Could be anything really.

[esophagus]

Bug. It's been fixed for all ratings going forward.
The only problem I've had this entire time has been the avatar problem, which I'm not too worried about, but I'd like to stop and say how impressed I am with how you guys are really keeping on top of things. Going by Jonathan's post at the beginning of January, I'm going to go ahead and guess this has been eatting away at your life for a long while.

[esophagus]

That's why I said "or something like that".

It may be a combination of- number of votes and the actual rating. Without knowing the specifics too well, I assume that is the case. Only extrapolated for the number and value of ratings. Could be anything really.I guess, though I've never seen a system like this work on anything other than averages. Which appears to be the case here, as Conor says it was a bug.

[labor_days]

Right, I was speculating.

As I said, we didn't know the specifics.

But now we do. So that's that.

[gungadin]

My question is... When have you guys slept?

[conorkilpatrick]

My question is... When have you guys slept?

Our beards are much longer.

[labor_days]

Any day now...

http://i27.tinypic.com/9kut80.jpg

[esophagus]

I'm 90% sure that's the hat he was wearing during the video chat. Eerie.

[conorkilpatrick]

I'm 90% sure that's the hat he was wearing during the video chat. Eerie.

It is, fool.

[gungadin]

Isn't that the same bling and headset too?

[conorkilpatrick]

Isn't that the same bling and headset too?

No, different headset. That one's got no microphone attached.

[gungadin]

No, different headset. That one's got no microphone attached.

Maybe you used it so much it fell off! :eek:

[mikegraham6]

iFanboy hating Canadians since 2000.

Except for Canadian girls, Conor loves them.

I KNEW IT!!!! Don't make me start the Civil War again, Kilpatrick!:D

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t268/mikegraham6/Image-99636-718808-f_untitled2m_432.png

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t268/mikegraham6/Image-99636-718548-smellyhippie2.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t268/mikegraham6/Image-99636-718812-funtitledmf17754.jpg

[kahunablair]

Ah, Memories!

[kahunablair]

Quick querie:
Is there a bug in the rating system? I see that American Virgin has a 9.0 score and Walking Dead has a 5.4. I can only vote up to 5.

[conorkilpatrick]

Quick querie:
Is there a bug in the rating system? I see that American Virgin has a 9.0 score and Walking Dead has a 5.4. I can only vote up to 5.

Discussed in this very thread. :)

[kahunablair]

Bug. It's been fixed for all ratings going forward.

Discussed in this very thread. :)

Sorry.... reading ain't my strong suit!

Thanks, man.

[jaflanagan]

Quick querie:
Is there a bug in the rating system? I see that American Virgin has a 9.0 score and Walking Dead has a 5.4. I can only vote up to 5.

See earlier in the page.

[esophagus]

So how is everyone liking the new site, and how has it affected the way you use it, how much, etc?

I find myself checking it an awful lot, and just generally enjoying the content a lot more (there's a lot more of it!), but I still don't post there a whole lot. Or maybe I do, and it just seems like I don't because I'm over here so much.

[jimski]

So how is everyone liking the new site, and how has it affected the way you use it, how much, etc?

I find myself checking it an awful lot, and just generally enjoying the content a lot more (there's a lot more of it!), but I still don't post there a whole lot. Or maybe I do, and it just seems like I don't because I'm over here so much.

You know, there's soooo much going on over there that it's still a little overwhelming. Every time I look, there are 100 new things to look at. People putting up their comments and pull lists and reviews, and comments about other people's reviews and reviews of comments... today I discovered that the iFanboys are reviewing books in the Reviews section even when it's not their PoW... the content is just unrelenting. I should never be bored again if I ever figure out where to start. Right now, I feel like I'm always missing something.

[esophagus]

You know, there's soooo much going on over there that it's still a little overwhelming. Every time I look, there are 100 new things to look at. People putting up their comments and pull lists and reviews, and comments about other people's reviews and reviews of comments... today I discovered that the iFanboys are reviewing books in the Reviews section even when it's not their PoW... the content is just unrelenting. I should never be bored again if I ever figure out where to start. Right now, I feel like I'm always missing something.
Yeah, at the moment I don't read a lot of the reviews. Just always looking forward to new articles.

[jaflanagan]

Perhaps I'm a biased source, but I'm liking reading the reviews. Most are fairly well written, and it's certainly a more well rounded perspective than just the three of us.

[esophagus]

Perhaps I'm a biased source, but I'm liking reading the reviews. Most are fairly well written, and it's certainly a more well rounded perspective than just the three of us.
Yeah, and I'm biased to mostly reading in trades. I think the reviews are absolutely fabulous. It's the same reason I rarely even enter the discussion thread here. I'm so enamored with everything else going on, I just don't really care. I've read a few of the reviews on the site, and I've been pleasantly surprised at how well done they are. Very little pointless l33tspeak. You three seem to have weeded it down to a good audience, some how. A great task on the internetz.

[s1lentslayer]

I am loving it and find myself checking it quite often. I do wish however it would remember me so I don't have to login everytime I visit.

[mikegraham6]

I am loving it and find myself checking it quite often. I do wish however it would remember me so I don't have to login everytime I visit.
ya i have the same problem, it doesn't save my login on any pc i've used. I still can't upload my avatar either.
Also, i've got a question for you guys (iFanboys), do you have a place on the page where you can see all the members? like say if i wanted to see iSteve or Six Gun's pull lists/reviews is there any place i can easily find it, or do i have do a search specifically for them?

[labor_days]

Actually, I have the same complaint as Mike. The site doesn't remember my login info at all. But it's kinda minor and I didn't know if anyone else had the same problem till now. Squeaky wheels, eh?


I was just thinking that it would be cool to be able to add others as "friends" to your profile. Not to go down that social networking path too much. But I would like to have a nice tab with say Mike, paper, Steve or Six on a friend list thingie and just click 'em and see what each are pulling for the week, their reviews and comments. Bit of a chore having to search everyone out one by one on the site.

Forgive me if I overstep myself here.

[gungadin]

Yeah. It's not remembering my login info too.

.... Just sayin'.

[esophagus]

I was just thinking that it would be cool to be able to add others as "friends" to your profile. Not to go down that social networking path too much. But I would like to have a nice tab with say Mike, paper, Steve or Six on a friend list thingie and just click 'em and see what each are pulling for the week, their reviews and comments. Bit of a chore having to search everyone out one by one on the site.You'd like to follow a certain group of people to see what it is they're reading, and the comments they make?

And you hate Twitter.;)

[s1lentslayer]

Yeah, good idea! We need a members list with friends. Also, I don't think there's a way to see a list of everyone who has pulled a book...it only shows like five I think.

Here's a design suggestion from a non-designer: on the front page, instead of listing two stories side by side and then three below it. Just list the latest five from top to bottom. I think readability would be a lot better. Most people are used to news sites that are formatted that way.

[iSteve]

I love the new site, but it is a bit complicated. It's kinda overwhelming at times. Maybe it just seems that way to me because it's new. I, too, would like to be able to search for folks comments and pull lists with more ease than is now possible.

[labor_days]

You'd like to follow a certain group of people to see what it is they're reading, and the comments they make?

And you hate Twitter.;)

Hehe. I don't hate Twitter. It's just hard for me to follow without context. At least this way I'll know Neb is talking about Superman or Six is commenting on digital comics. =)

I'm sure I would love Twitter if I find someone with compelling commentary not rooted in; "work/school is a drag", "Hey my cat did something cute". Or cryptic musings on people & events I never met or taken part of.

[esophagus]

Hehe. I don't hate Twitter. It's just hard for me to follow without context. At least this way I'll know Neb is talking about Superman or Six is commenting on digital comics. =)

I'm sure I would love Twitter if I find someone with compelling commentary not rooted in; "work/school is a drag", "Hey my cat did something cute". Or cryptic musings on people & events I never met or taken part of.Understandable. This is why I hate Facebook status updates.

"Blank is wondering why he is so mean"

WHO?! WHAT DID THEY DO?! DID THEY READ THIS AND KNOW ITS THEM?!

[mikegraham6]

I was just thinking that it would be cool to be able to add others as "friends" to your profile. Not to go down that social networking path too much. But I would like to have a nice tab with say Mike, paper, Steve or Six on a friend list thingie and just click 'em and see what each are pulling for the week, their reviews and comments. Bit of a chore having to search everyone out one by one on the site.

Forgive me if I overstep myself here.

i second this idea (if it's possible, of course), i think that would be really cool. especially for those of us who know each other off the forumz

[itsbecca]

Understandable. This is why I hate Facebook status updates.

"Blank is wondering why he is so mean"

WHO?! WHAT DID THEY DO?! DID THEY READ THIS AND KNOW ITS THEM?!

Pahaha this almost made me spit. I think the use of caps helped your case and I am the same way. I think I understand the appeal of Facebook, but I went from checking every 10 minutes to checking once every couple days to see if it's my turn on Scrabulous yet. (And it's not. Dude. Get on it. Just beat me already.)

[esophagus]

Pahaha this almost made me spit. I think the use of caps helped your case and I am the same way. I think I understand the appeal of Facebook, but I went from checking every 10 minutes to checking once every couple days to see if it's my turn on Scrabulous yet. (And it's not. Dude. Get on it. Just beat me already.)I am the worlds largest scrabble fan, and I hate scrabulous with a passion that burns in my uterus.

"ITS BEEN FIVE DAYS, AND YOURE ONLINE RIGHT NOW! FUCK! YOURE NOT GOING TO GET THE TRIPKE WORD SCORE! JUST PLAY!"

It makes me afraid to challenge peoples choices. It would be an epic battle that raged for months.

I'll stick to my 30 Rock trivia. Me and Conor are one hell of a team, though he hasn't gained any points in months.

[esophagus]

Finally solved my Avatar problem. Turns out the picture I was using is too small, a problem I never thought I would have.

[paper]

I like this "Friends" idea. That'd be cool.

[s1lentslayer]

Is anyone else having this problem the last few days? Lots of times the new site never loads and I get an internal server error. Other times it's just painfully slow. I need my multiple visits a day fix!

[jaflanagan]

Sorry about that. Can you tell us what kind of OS/browser you're using?

[s1lentslayer]

XP/firefox primarily. Also I use safari on OS X at home. Just right now I got the home page to load but when I click on a link on the site it's just sitting there loading forever. Eventually I'll get an internal server error after a few minutes.

[luthor]

I've been having the same issue. Not so much with the server errors but definitely with the slow down. Also the remember me cookie has never worked for me.

[jaflanagan]

Alright, the browser loading thing on XP/FF is a known issue that we're working on fixing. It affects us too, so we're trying to sort it out as soon as possible.

The "remember me" thing is another thing we're definitely working on.

Thanks so much for your patience guys. The site was built from scratch, and we're on top of getting it working perfectly as quickly as we can.

[luthor]

How about changing this into the official iFanboy.com bug report thread?

[chunkydrunky]

It's been really slow for me on Leopard/Safari as well.

[cormano]

The only problem I've had is the "remember me" thing, so goo to hear that is being worked on :).

[ronxo]

Hey everyone...
thanks for the feedback.

- We're aware of the XP/FF site hanging issue and are working on chasing it down - we're sorry for the inconvenience but hang with us

- speed of the site is a concern as well, we're in our infancy with the new site as well as the tremendous amount of traffic we've been getting, it's a challenge to get the site and the server balanced correctly, so again, bear with us.

- the remember me function is indeed being worked on, and it should be fixed very soon

thanks!

[esophagus]

This isn't as much a bug as it is just a helpful hint. I figured out my avatar problem. It wouldn't allow me to use a JPG, but when I converted it into PNG it worked fine. Just thought that could be helpful to anyone else who was having troubles before.

[jimski]

I just noticed for the first time that on the main http://revision3.com/ifanboy/ page, there is a "community" tab that just shows the last ten posts regardless of thread.

I love it.

Ron, if you have any magic that you can work in this area one day... this is what I wish the RSS feed did. Right now, it just alerts you when a new thread is put up, without even showing you the first post in that thread. This I do not need.

[ronxo]

I just noticed for the first time that on the main http://revision3.com/ifanboy/ page, there is a "community" tab that just shows the last ten posts regardless of thread.

I love it.

Ron, if you have any magic that you can work in this area one day... this is what I wish the RSS feed did. Right now, it just alerts you when a new thread is put up, without even showing you the first post in that thread. This I do not need.

Jimski-
Glad you dig - if you also look, on the individual episodes, there is a "Discussion" tab that pulls in the specific thread about that episode and shows the most recent posts.

I hear you on the RSS feed, we're aware and working on it - vBulletin is tricky when it comes to this stuff...hang in there though, i can promise that it will be getting better soon

[ronxo]

Ron, if you have any magic that you can work in this area one day... this is what I wish the RSS feed did. Right now, it just alerts you when a new thread is put up, without even showing you the first post in that thread. This I do not need.

Actually Jimski, were you referring to the RSS feed for the forums or the RSS feed for iFanboy.com proper? If iFanboy.com's RSS feed, stay tuned as we're going to be overhauling RSS there with a ton more options

[mikegraham6]

This isn't as much a bug as it is just a helpful hint. I figured out my avatar problem. It wouldn't allow me to use a JPG, but when I converted it into PNG it worked fine. Just thought that could be helpful to anyone else who was having troubles before.
i have NO idea how to do that... :(
i just want an avatar....

[esophagus]

i have NO idea how to do that... :(
i just want an avatar....Just open it in photoshop or whatever editting program you use, go to save it, and change the extension you're saving it as to one of the options that isn't JPG (it's PNG and one other one, GIF I think). Also, make sure it's at least the size they mention on the site.

[luthor]

i have NO idea how to do that... :(
i just want an avatar....

Try one of these, Mike.

http://www.pictureresize.org/online-images-converter.html

http://media-convert.com/

[mikegraham6]

thanks guys, i'll give it a shot!

[jumpingjupiter]

... it is not possible to link to a members profile (at ifanboy.com) from the review page of said member. Am I blind or is it a hick-up in the software?

Also, is it possible to get a full list of every member who pulled any given comic? Seems the list is partial.

Thanks!

[labor_days]

Nope. Can't do those things.

[jumpingjupiter]

that's too bad. It would be nice.

[labor_days]

You can however, just use the site search to find the reviewer's profile. Or ya'know, just type http://www.ifanboy.com/users/USERNAME in the addy bar.

I.E. http://www.ifanboy.com/users/labor OR http://www.ifanboy.com/users/PaulMontgomery OR http://www.ifanboy.com/users/conor

All reviews list the member/reviewers name. Its not hard at all to find their profile page and what books they are pulling.

[jaflanagan]

It's on the list!

(It's quite a long list.)

[gobo]

It's on the list!

(It's quite a long list.)

Out of curiosity what language is the site programmed in anyway?

[gungadin]

English. I think they said something about working on a Latin version though, which... You know... I'm down for...

[gobo]

Why I oughtta