Please Keep the Old Format!!!
 

I much prefer this good ole format! It's easier on the eyes, easier to navigate and MUCH faster!! Fodor's, please consider not fixing what wasn't broken in the first place, and leave Travel Talk the way it is now. If anyone else agrees, please chime in! <BR> <BR>Thanks Fodor's!

Ditto, emphatically, Sam. I have already posted on US forum because I was completely fooled for a moment, thinking this was yet another, new version, which I much preferred to the last one they tried. All I miss is the "jump to most recent" feature. But this is so much better.

Another vote for the return of the older and better Fodor's! Have to agree with the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" comment, what was wrong with it that it had to undergo such revisions?? Seems great the way it is now.

Yes, yes, yes . . . Please keep the old format, what was wrong with it anyway? <BR> <BR>This was an awful three days for me without Fodor's . . . it was easier to quit smoking! <BR> <BR>Sandy

YES! yes, yes, bring back this original format. Just keep the tool that automatically fills in name and e-mail.

Fodors: <BR> So glad you are back -- you were missed. Sometimes the old ways are best - Travel talk is wonderful just the way it was - and hopefully it will stay that way.

Emphatically disagree. the new format had so many advantages. Problems getting through the transition should not be confused with the superior possibilities of the new format. <BR>

Agree! This feels like coming home again, and I was thrilled to see the restored site today. Please keep it just the way it is now. Fodor's has the best travel site on the web, why change it? <BR> <BR>P.S. Sam asked for those who agree to chime in, not for Rex's incessant opportunings. Please do not bother to respond again (and again and again) and overpower yet another topic with your insatiable desire to argue.

Another vote to keep the OLD format.

I, too, prefer the old format primarily because it is SO much faster. I found the new format took so much time to load that I lost interest in getting onto the site. I appreciate the attempts to improve it; however, the only change that I was able to benefit from was the "jump to most recent" feature. Whatever other benefits there are did not balance out the slowness of loading, however. So unless the new format can be speedier, please keep the old one!

My vote is for the old format. It is so much more user friendly. And much easier to read without all the fuss and muss of the "new and improved?" format. I have absolutely no problems in finding my way around the "old" site and, when I use "search", it gets me just what I need. <BR> <BR>FODORS, PLEASE LISTEN!! THANKS AC

Another vote for the old format, so much quicker to load and I prefer the font size to the 'new' version.

I too have always found just what I needed from the search function, and I've never had problems with server speed or loading time until the "improved" format came along. Too many graphics and links just increase load time and are, IMO, basically nonessential and somewhat confusing. Everything you need is on this format, and it IS much nicer to navigate and read. <BR> <BR> <BR>And just to throw in my additional two cents, I for one didn't really appreciate the constant censoring that went along with the new format. Didn't Fodor's poll its users about that and determine that most people did NOT want increased censorship? Yet there it was. I saw completely benign posts deleted as soon as they had a few responses. Who was making those arbitrary decisions to delete? I noticed that people started complaining about how boring Fodor's was during its "new and improved" phase as well. <BR> <BR>Start the chant....keep the old Fodor's, keep the old Fodor's.....

I think the 'new' version should be given another chance - if they can sort the bugs out - from the Editor's post on the US forum it sounds like the glitches were due to third party software. Talking about glitches I've has a shedfull of these messages today:- <BR> <BR>"We're so sorry, we're currently unable to display the page you requested. That URL...." etc. Had Some before but nowhere near this many ( More traffic due to Easter break ??? ). I even got the left hand list of postings 'mirrored' in the right hand frame ! Never had THAT before - bizzarely, it worked fine ! <BR>

<BR>The old format is better. <BR>It looks better. <BR>It feels better. <BR>It reads better. <BR>It is better. <BR> <BR>AH

I loved the new format - found it much more convenient to navigate & find information. <BR> <BR>Once Fodors irons out the technical glitches, I'm sure performance will improve.

I too have always found just what I needed from the search function, and I've never had problems with server speed or loading time until the "improved" format came along. Too many graphics and links just increase load time and are, IMO, basically nonessential and somewhat confusing. Everything you need is on this format, and it IS much nicer to navigate and <BR> <BR> <BR>And just to throw in my additional two cents, I for one didn't really appreciate the constant censoring that went along with the new format. Didn't Fodor's poll its users about that and determine that most people did NOT want increased censorship? Yet there it was. I saw completely benign posts deleted as soon as they had a few responses. Who was making those arbitrary decisions to delete? I noticed that people started complaining about how boring Fodor's was during its "new and improved" phase as well. <BR> <BR> <BR>Start the chant....keep the old Fodor's, keep the old Fodor's.....\par <BR>} <BR>

I like the look and feel of the old! BUT LOVE the jump to latest reply + I like that it automatically filled in name and e-address. Plus the chance to jump to another window, while viewing posts was great! Maybe they could take best of both worlds? Judy ;-)

I'm on the fence here. On the one hand, I disliked the new format so much that I just stopped visiting the site entirely. Yes, certain features were better, but I thought the balance tipped in favor of the old format. The new format was much easier to resist. <BR> <BR>Now that the old format is back, I'll have to battle the addiction demons again. (By the way, you can jump to a bottom of a post on the old format with CTRL + Page Down).

Please oh please oh please oh puhleeeeeeeze leave it this way! I love Fodors but I hated the improved version too. I was weaning myself away from the site because it just wasn't fun to me any more. You'll always have those who will complain no matter how much you try to accomodate them with new features, so don't worry about it. You have a great product just as it was and now is!