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I also like the ability to "like" posts. It is an easy way IMHO to give certain posts more weight, helpful in a debate

Hey everyone! As you have probably noticed, we've moved over to our new content management system. We're exciting to bring you these changes which will provide more mobile support, easier navigation and more functionality. We're going to be continuing in our focus of making the site better moving forward and are looking forward to what lies ahead. You may notice adjustments, additions or removals of things you're used to, and we realize that it isn't easy having someone come in and rearrange your living room, but we're here to take your feedback and hope that the new website makes your experience better than it was. This has been no small task and there are sure to still be some bugs that pop up, but we're dedicated to resolving them ASAP. The way you can help us help you, is by letting us know of any problems you come across on the site. Errors, broken styling, problems with images etc. Simply comment in this thread with your experience, attaching screenshots where possible, and we'll be sure to make the fixes, and make the site a better experience for you. To make things most effective, you can use this template when reporting problems: Bug Description: URL that it occurred: Time of occurrence: Action being performed (where relevant): To give us feedback unrelated to bugs, please make a post in the suggestions and feedback forums.

Welcome to the new website format for this forum. Operation should be substantially the same, with minor changes (like more formatting options.) Please let me or Meso know if there's anything that looks like it's not working, or that you are having trouble with, and we will take a look. Also please bear with us over the next few weeks as all the bugs in the new system (and there are always bugs) get ironed out. Thanks for your patience.

hover over the person's icon at a post and get a pop up with options to ignore or message the person

youtube link streams right from the post. again NICE

Fortunately, there is now "ignore poster" functionality

Oooh: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/trump-russia-cohen-moscow-tower-mueller-investigation?ref=hpsplash And more Oooh: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-cohen/ex-trump-lawyer-rigging-polls-was-at-the-direction-of-trump-idUSKCN1PB1PZ

Thanks for the feedback. I've adjusted the forum permissions for the archives, which were meant to be hidden and definitely was the last time I tested. But I've found the problem there and resolved that. With regards to the white space, our main focus here now is to ensure that users don't feel like important information is being left out in the white space. The white space is more a result of widening the forum layout, we moved from around 650px widths on pages to nearly double that on desktops, the reasons why mobile may feel more nice and compact is just because the screen width is much lower. But we don't think the white space is a result of removing anything? If it is, please let us know. And we are looking into adding possible forum descriptions on desktop, in order to reduce the feeling of excessive white space on the main forum page.

I do like the more modern feel but the front of the forums definitely has too much white space for a pc. You should be able to distinguish mobile from desktop browsers and make minor adjustments. The forum list is showing archives and its definitely a lot of white space with the topics and posts using one column. The one above the other adds tons of empty space on a pc. It's definitely modern looking but tweaks to make it look good on a pc/laptops while preserving your mobile design would make it better all around. UI is tough but you have to make it look and feel good on a variety of platforms and not cater to just mobile or whatever. Classifieds for example have a lot better overall use of white space and you can see a lot of info pretty quickly

Hey guys, I realize that the change may be something one feels uncomfortable with at first, but there was method to the madness for sure. Mobile traffic is now the majority on the site, so to cater to mobile first is catering to the majority of the users. So OP is very much correct in that getting the site to actually be readable for majority of visitors was the number 1 priority. With regards to the white space, it's a change but it's more in line with what modern design standards are these days. It doesn't make sense to move to a new CMS and then to keep the same archaic 90s design that we had. I realize that the old cramped style is what you guys are used to, but at least give the white space a chance, as it's considered to be far better for readability. "If it ain't broke don't fix it", to be honest it was broken. Very broken. There was no way for anyone other than a desktop user to enjoy the site as it was a complete mess. Not only that but our old CMS was very restricted in terms of technology moving forward. We're hoping to develop new tools and functionality that will make the site far more interesting for users, but we needed a change to make that happen. This will also end up decreasing spam and scammers. With regards to ad block, we're definitely going to be looking to enforce turning off ad block. We designed the site in a way that it will look better with ads than without. And the simple fact of the matter is, we run almost primarily on ads and without them dropzone.com would not be able to sustain itself. We're still happy to hear feedback on problematic ads you encounter that may hinder your experience, and to resolve them serving. Messages are in the large envelop icon on the top right. Posts are automatically previewed, the editor shows a real representation of what the post will look like when posted, so it's providing a real time preview. The edit ability is a bug and we will resolve it. The signature line is the same, there should be a visible breaker between the signature and post, which we will fix too. IMPORTANT: We'd appreciate it if you could post any concerns about functionality to the feedback forums, or the bug forum in the announcements. Having numerous threads reporting issues makes it harder to track and resolve. Or to give you answers about getting used to the new layout.

Sounds like maybe there was an issue with your P7. I havent taken my P7 to terminal, but I dont slow down 'as slow as humanly possible' with my WS either. I like a small amount of speed. I've pitched at air speeds of 100 MPH. Anyway, I found the opposite to be true. The P7 opens too softly in my opinion. It snivels for quite awhile. The WinX opens considerably faster. Maybe it was because I was flying ZP and not LPV. Not sure. I dident notice a large difference in glide between the P7 and WinX at my WL (1.15). The WinX was flatter, but not considerably so. I've taken my P7 back from pretty far spots (just as far as any of my 9-cells I used in the past) and I still made it back fine. But my WL is light (1.15). Some trim is important too. As flat as humanly possible can cause problems, which is evident in my WinX vs P7 comparison. The WinX does not handle turbulence well. It distorts and shakes around a ton in even moderate turbulence. The P7 doesent handle it as good as my 9 cell does either, but it handles it slightly better than the WinX. Airspeed is important to cut through turbulence and remain inflated. Regarding the Epicene and Horizon. They are both kind of modeled around BASE/ reserve platforms. I've flown all four WS canopies and found the Epicene and Horizon were the most reserve-like. The flights are boring, they have square planforms, very low aspect ratios and they fly and open like reserves. The main two difference between the Epicene and Horizon is that the Horizon can actually flare fine without swooping it in where as the Epicene does not flare nearly as well. The new Epicene Pro is supposed to address that. I'd say they are probably the best two opening canopies on the market for WS though. The manufacturers put everything they can into getting them to open correctly with a WS and they hung their entire line on that premise. Having flown all 4 I'd put it like this: Epicene: Reserve-like openings. Poor flare performance without hooking it in. Probably the best opening canopy on the market (10/10) short of buying an actual BASE canopy. Boring flight (intentionally so). Probably best for WS only. Not intended for terminal. Horizon: Reserve-like openings. Good flare. Boring flight (intentionally so). Very good openings (9.5/10). Probably best for WS only. Not intended for terminal. WinX: Made by a BASE canopy. Good openings (9/10). Opens faster than most canopies. Probably not the best choice if you want something you can do lots of terminal jumps with. Semi-eleptical planform (As far as I can tell). More boring than most canopies, but not as boring as the Epicene and Horizon. Very flat glide. The best glide of any of the WS canopies. Good flare. Probably the best flare of any of the WS canopies. Might open a bit too hard for terminal use regularly. P7: Opens very soft (mine does anyway). Semi-eleptical planform as far as I can tell. The most 'sporty' of the four options, but still good openings (8.5/10) and reasonable flare. Flies steeper than the other four canopies, but still less steep than many others out there. Can be used on WS or terminal. Another option is to buy a Triathlon. They are not marketed toward wingsuiters, but they are probably the best non-WS marketed canopy out there for wingsuiting. It's extremely docile and flies like a reserve. It has a very low aspect ratio and it looks like it has a square planform from the material on Aerodyne's website (cant confirm though). Regarding the WinX. I found the manufacturer to have very good customer service. They mostly make BASE canopies and seem to have a good reputation. My friend has a WinX, complained the openings were too hard and they sent a replacement slider for free without question. They offered to send me a demo for free (which I took them up on via a US dealer). One thing to note is that the canopy is smaller than marketed. The 170 is actually a 163 and the 150 is I think a 144. It says this in the manual. Here is a copy of the WinX user manual reposted from someone here on DZ.com: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6kex0zdkrl2ttbe/WINX MANUAL.docx?dl=0&fbclid=IwAR3Z6K7OP5gc5j449kyr5tNB9kWqRzO3L4M8ucEcRSzcaNVWqKzp4ecqRFA

Thanks for all the feedback guys, our priority first is to resolve the classifieds submission problem. Then get started on the rest. Will update you.

I don't really get where the problem of checking-in after a jump is and why people are arguing against it. E.g. tapping on a screen during walking back to the packing area, should be no biggie at all for everybody. Or what do I miss? I can say that we had some off landings and nobody really recognized sometimes.