Return-Path: <TPierce@goldengate.org-DeleteThis> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis [130.29.244.179]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id MAA14189 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:16:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msgbas1x.cos.agilent.com (msgbas1.cos.agilent.com [130.29.152.58]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id MAA19249 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:16:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ggexsf.golderngate.org (proxy19.ggbhtd.dst.ca.us [199.88.72.19]) by msgbas1x.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 292B11D2 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 22 Aug 2000 13:16:07 -0600 (MDT) Received: by GGEXSF with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id <QPNVNGQ8>; Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:15:05 -0700 Message-ID: <87372ECCA42DD3118E3200508B2E1146310058@GGEXSF> From: Tracy Pierce <TPierce@goldengate.org-DeleteThis> To: "'wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis'" <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis> Subject: RE: community pages (was: iws) Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:15:03 -0700 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
1) don't expect realtime wind reports to be free for long; this is basically
your carrot for putting up with these BLOATWARE iW pages.
2) don't expect there to be much content at all anywhere at iWindsuffer -
the load time for each page is so idiotic (at least for anybody with less
than a SUPERIOR modem), and the fluff content so high that nobody's going to
wade through any content to add their own.
Won't it be nice when (yeah, right) iW gets down to the business it OUGHT to
be in: custom DELIVERY (to my celphone or pager or wristwatch or...) of wind
info (and for a pipe dream, let's make that wind info OWNED BY SOMEBODY
ELSE!).
Thank Gawd we can go to other sites for features like tide reports, surf
reports, buoy reports, NWS wind reports, without ever involving iWindsuffer
OR Zulusports!
Tracy (but still a pager subscriber) Pierce
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jae W. Chang [mailto:windtalk@jline.com-DeleteThis]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 12:05 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: re: community pages (was: iws)
>
>
> I don't have much against the iws site - and esp. like the
> free real-time
> wind info (cofw only provided delayed reports for free).
>
> However, another aspect of the old cofw site i liked alot
> was the community
> rage pages for the various areas. I thought there were some
> mighty hilarious
> posts that were worth a laugh or two - esp. since I was
> already browsing the
> site for wind info. I agree, the current set of community
> pages just doesn't
> contain the same level of relevant content.
>
> Is there interest out there for resurrecting something
> similar to the old
> rage pages? Basically, an online discussion forum more finely
> relevant to
> each windsurfing region. And of course, it'd be entirely free!
>
> jae
>
> > I sent website feedback to iws/Zulusports. The signal to
> noise ratio
> > when you get down into the community pages (for example) is
> incredibly
> > low.
> >
> > Maybe for those who are willing to PAY, we could subtract
> some of the
> > ads! I pay for an ISP so that I'm not forced to always
> being looking
> > at ads (seems kind of Clockwork Orangeish), and so I don't
> send ads out
> > with my email. Free + ads is one thing, but paying to see
> ads sucks.
> >
> > _____________
> > Tom von Alten http://pobox.com/~tva
> > tva@pobox.com-DeleteThis
> >
>
>
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