# This fucking upgrade SUCKS! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 2, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689 "2008-09-02T15:40:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689/41 "2008-09-02T22:19:00Z")
Is getting a totally blank page when I click on a Forum link a bug or a feature? ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689/42 "2008-09-02T22:21:02Z")
Patience, kittens. Nobody said everything would be as sweet as pumpkin pie on Day 1 of the New Board Order. ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689/43 "2008-09-02T22:24:25Z")
Huh - we can increase and decrease the size of the reply box. Handy for my long, long posts. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689/44 "2008-09-02T22:25:17Z")
I wouldnā€™t say it sucks, but other than margins and the Reply page, i havenā€™t noticed any differences i thought Tuba said were coming. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689/45 "2008-09-02T22:25:52Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > Patience, kittens. Nobody said everything would be as sweet as pumpkin pie on Day 1 of the New Board Order. I wasnā€™t expecting it to be. In fact, today has been surprisingly smoother than I thought it would be. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689/46 "2008-09-02T22:27:19Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > My only problem with the ā€œcreate linkā€ thingy is that, to me at least, itā€™s not obvious that you now need to type the text and then highlight it before clicking on the link to get the popup box. By ā€œother appsā€ I assume youā€™re talking about things like bold or italic; Iā€™ve gotten so used to just typing the coding rather than stop typing to use my mouse for adding it that I donā€™t think of doing it for the ā€œcreate linkā€ button. Naw, by ā€œother appsā€ I mean stuff like Gmail and suchlike where thatā€™s how you do the linky thingyā€“canā€™t use Vb coding there! I figured not everybodyā€™d figure it out right away, thatā€™s why I posted it hereā€¦ Iā€™m all helpful like that! šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689/47 "2008-09-02T23:55:29Z")
So far for me itā€™s been terrible. Up, down, database error, up, then times out again. It seems slower, too. Much slowerā€“so much that if this is going to be permanent weā€™ll need a new rodential metaphor to replace the hampsters. Mouse. Thatā€™s right, I do mean a singular mouse, and a very small one. I invite suggestions as to a pointed respelling of mouse similar to ā€œhampsterā€ (i.e. ā€œhampsterā€ can be interpreted as a portmanteau of ā€œhamsterā€ and ā€œhamperā€ (to hinder, slow down). ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689/48 "2008-09-03T00:11:02Z")
> [@FarmerChick](#): > > I like our new user profiles, those are awesome. I hadnā€™t noticed them until you posted this. Interesting. And hey, spell checker in Reply. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689/49 "2008-09-03T00:18:53Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > I invite suggestions as to a pointed respelling of mouse similar to ā€œhampsterā€ (i.e. ā€œhampsterā€ can be interpreted as a portmanteau of ā€œhamsterā€ and ā€œhamperā€ (to hinder, slow down). Mauwse? ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689/50 "2008-09-03T00:32:50Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Mauwse? Pretty good! Pretty, pretty, prettyā€¦pretty good. I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689/51 "2008-09-03T02:33:26Z")
The OP was right. Board performance sucks. Itā€™s really a black hole. I canā€™t edit, join the social groups, performance is so slow thereā€™s been numerous time outs, thereā€™s no quick reply. Tell me, wasnā€™t this board supposed to improve? And the first poster who tells me to be patient gets a virtual punch in the face. Iā€™ve been patient for months, as we all have. The Lost Weekend sucked, but I put up with it. Hell, back when we went PTP I actually supported it, because I still believed that things would improve. After so many promises Iā€™m out of ā€œpatientā€ ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689/52 "2008-09-03T02:41:03Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > And the first poster who tells me to be patient gets a virtual punch in the face. ā€œHow poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees.ā€ ~~\*William Shakespeare \*(1564 - 1616) ---
**Author:** ![MrBerious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MrBerious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrBerious)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689/53 "2008-09-03T02:43:18Z")
Well I can post again so Best Upgrade Ever! ---
**Author:** ![Diletante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Diletante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diletante)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689/54 "2008-09-03T02:46:25Z")
Woo-hoo, first post in three years. Best upgrade ever!! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689/55 "2008-09-03T03:35:44Z")
I donā€™t know what they did, but I have NEVER seen the board so slowā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689/56 "2008-09-03T03:40:48Z")
> [@Eyer8](#): > > I donā€™t know what they did, but I have NEVER seen the board so slowā€¦ Seems to have sped up a bit. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689/57 "2008-09-03T03:43:50Z")
It seems to come and go. Everything will run fine for a while, then will suddenly grind to a halt, or at least slow down tremendously. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689/58 "2008-09-03T03:45:12Z")
> [@Eyer8](#): > > I donā€™t know what they did, but I have NEVER seen the board so slowā€¦ I guess itā€™s growing pains and itā€™s going to get better, right? Board is slow, connections failing all day. No great shakes over here, but I hope in a week or so Iā€™ll see some improvement. Right now itā€™s the worst Iā€™ve ever seen it, performance wise. Maybe itā€™s just me? ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689/59 "2008-09-03T03:47:52Z")
Howzabout we all go play somewhere else for a while so that Jerry and whomever else has stuff to do around here can get it done with out all the constant bashing of the hamsters in the process, huh? Iā€™ll start. See you guys when they get this thing nailed down. Probably a couple days or soā€¦give it a rest. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689/60 "2008-09-03T03:48:05Z")
> [@Hippy\_Hollow](#): > > Right now itā€™s the worst Iā€™ve ever seen it, performance wise. Maybe itā€™s just me? Nope, not just you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fucking-upgrade-sucks/461689.md?page=4)