Have to agree with Dillen on this one. Based on the feedback I have received from some of the old timers, the GUI will have to be improved and perhaps then the old "warm and friendly" atmosphere will return, too?

Roger

Dillen!   My sentiments too, only you put it so eloquently (as usual)🙂

Dillen wrote:

Beoworld is no longer what it once was

Dillen wrote:

dreadful new look and navigation
of the forum (the worst I've ever seen on the net),

Dillen wrote:

Beoworld needs
an Apple specialist to comment on threads

Dillen wrote:

I miss the good old days but there's a time and a place for everything.

Dillen wrote:

What happened last year is history.

Hear, hear!

jandyt wrote:

Dillen!   My sentiments too, only you put it so eloquently (as usual)🙂

Dillen wrote:

Beoworld is no longer what it once was

Dillen wrote:

dreadful new look and navigation
of the forum (the worst I've ever seen on the net),

Dillen wrote:

Beoworld needs
an Apple specialist to comment on threads

Dillen wrote:

I miss the good old days but there's a time and a place for everything.

Dillen wrote:

What happened last year is history.

 

Hear, hear!

Oh No!!😉........... He's back!!!😮

Seems to be developing into a 'Whatever happened to the forum' thread!

My personal view is that there were a lot of enthusiasts really backing the previous forum. With the change to the new forum several enthusiasts seem to have backed-away. This may have always been an intention as a forum needs to reach a critical mass of contributors to keep it going. I think that Beoworld did not quite have enough critical mass to allow it to simultaneously allow previous main contributors to take a back seat, whilst at the same time introducing a new platform with navigation quirks.

It is also a fact that some previous contributors have simply sold their B&O collections.

Graham

vikinger wrote:

With the change to the new forum several enthusiasts seem to have backed-away. 

I think trying to create a modern discussion forum based around "enthusiasts" will only ever be a short-medium term solution, much like creating a forum and attracting vinyl record collectors. The interest will diminish with few new users to replace them.

But it does show the struggle B&O have to attract new customers. On one hand they are still clinging on to the old-school customers who walk in and buy a B&O TV, with the intention to keep it for a few years. On the other hand, they are trying to reach out to the much younger digital generation who are more care-free and flippant with their spending. Ironically though, it's these guys who are driving down the prices of technology (as they want to pay less and less...). It's a bit of a catch-22 knowing and finding your future market.

My 2p woth from someone who has been away a while.

• Forums change. They ebb and flow based on the forum itself, the topic the forum is discussing, the membership and (I think crucially) where the people on the forum are up to with their lives. Forums  will go through busy periods and periods when people drift away as life events take away their time or new interests emerge. This doesn't mean that it's anyones fault, it's just the way it is.
• I have had a lot of changes in my life, spearation from ex, period of being single, new busier role at work, the new relationship and engagement. I haven't had time for forums nearly as much as I used to. Can't blame it on the layout, B&O the topics or the people here.
• The role of forums  as a place to hang out as opposed to a source of expertise has been pushed to one side by services like facebook and twitter. I don't twitter, but if I only have a few minutes I am as likely to check facebook as I am a forum.

There were some good people on the old forum, there are (I am sure) some good people on the new one. Change is part of life.

Simon

One month on ...... and it seems that several of those who reappeared in response to this thread have gone again. 👍

[EDIT it has taken several attempts to get this post posted!]

Graham

Whatever happened to soundproof ?

vikinger wrote:

One month on ...... and it seems that several of those who reappeared in response to this thread have gone again. 👍

I was going to post the same thing! I did wonder if it was one of the mods creating accounts spoofing as the users we all love and miss, to keep us happy :)

moxxey wrote:

vikinger wrote:

One month on ...... and it seems that several of those who reappeared in response to this thread have gone again. 👍

I was going to post the same thing! I did wonder if it was one of the mods creating accounts spoofing as the users we all love and miss, to keep us happy :)

Oh, come on, Martin would never do something like that.

Mika, on the other hand......