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As you can see, we've upgraded our forum software to the latest version allowing us to take advantage of the newest and greatest features and technology. We have a lot of work ahead of us, but instead of keeping the site closed while we tweak features and settings, we've decided to open it up and solicit feedback.

Things to note:
  1. Permissions, user accounts, and content remain the same as they were prior to the upgrade.
  2. Aside from the items mentioned in item #1, we are essentially starting fresh with features and layout.
  3. Attachments & images may not be displaying correctly at the moment, we're working on it.
  4. Many of the features we plan to reinstate cost money, and we have to purchase licenses for this new software.
If you find problems or have questions about this new software (which is largely similar to what you're used to), please post in this thread and allow us time to respond.

We have full-time jobs and families that take priority over the time we have available to spend on our forum software, so please be patient with us while we address things in a prioritized manner.

We also have to purchase new licenses according to a budget. Operating costs eat up most of our revenue, so we won't be able to restore everything immediately.

Thank you and Happy New Year!
 
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This isn't a big deal and sorry if i missed it (I'm working in a flu induced fog) but the color of my Canyon (Red Quartz Tintcoat) isn't on the list. Its the same as my '03 Envoy, Magnetic Red Metallic.





















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It is just a little heavy on CPU. Adds a lot of typing lag. At least on this PC I'm on...
 
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No, my PC at work here is a AMD Athlon II X4 640 3GHz quad core. Old, but works fine. No other sites lag, and this one didn't either until the snow effect :confused:
 
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The typing did get a little laggy on the desktop where it wasn't at all before. Although I also like the snow, it's not worth it if it affects some users.
Old reliable Acer laptop, AMD Athlon II 2.10GHz, 4GB, Win7
 
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Mooseman said:
The typing did get a little laggy on the desktop where it wasn't at all before. Although I also like the snow, it's not worth it if it affects some users.
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In the old forum, there was a way to turn off the snow effect. It REALLY sucks CPU power and my laptop fan runs constantly.
 
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Even on my i7 at home it does lag a little bit as it causes the web browser to max out a CPU core.
 
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Just coming to the site with the snow going increases my CPU usage up 21%. and the memory usage goes up about 11%. I am on a i7 with 16GB of RAM
 
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Am I the only one who's computer it doesn't affect? lol
Perhaps have an option somewhere to activate/deactivate effects?
 
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They're gone. No more lap heater.
 
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Yeah, cool feature I've seen before but another site that tried it years ago turned them off for the same reason.

You wouldn't think it would be so CPU heavy, but it is.
 
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All I have to do to see snowflakes is look outside, no CPU usage at all :cool:

On another note, I can't find the option to access previously uploaded files and images when posting or replying. Used to be a separate button and would pop up a window with all your uploads.
 
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Sparky said:
You wouldn't think it would be so CPU heavy, but it is.
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Ya,.. I would think any kind of live/video feed would be heavy on cpu . Is there a way to disable it ?
 
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I'll settle this once and for all. Imma pull out the beast. If this can't handle snowflakes nothing can.1515083139501964627054.jpg
 
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I had one of those. Heavy and slow, but dude for a laptop those ported JBL speakers were pretty darn good.
 
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Like I said, the flakes are gone.
 
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It is snowing out my window at work now...
 
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Unable to merge posts, I tried to merge a couple of posts that were replies to multiple quotes.
 
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I just did and no issue here.
 
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Double posting for you to merge.
 
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