73 replies to this topic

[Paul Marcus]

Da Bat Man, on Sep 5 2009, 10:09 PM, said:

Tis a common problem that all upcomming VA's face . It's either not having a big enough roster or a roster filled with inactive pilots. You'll get up there though.  

At least most of them are active. In the 2 years of service this is the best. Smaller but very active roster.

[THBatMan8]

Paul Marcus, on Sep 5 2009, 10:12 PM, said:

Da Bat Man, on Sep 5 2009, 10:09 PM, said:

Tis a common problem that all upcomming VA's face . It's either not having a big enough roster or a roster filled with inactive pilots. You'll get up there though.  

At least most of them are active. In the 2 years of service this is the best. Smaller but very active roster.

Keeping the roster updated counts, and that is one of the biggest reasons which attracted me to the VA I currently fly for. With PR's like the one you just posted, the new look, etc, you will get more pilots.

[Paul Marcus]

Posting before/during the start of the school year internationally is tough as well. We have many more things to be posted about in the next few months. The constant editions and updates should only help, I'd like to think.

[THBatMan8]

Paul Marcus, on Sep 5 2009, 10:27 PM, said:

Posting before/during the start of the school year internationally is tough as well. We have many more things to be posted about in the next few months. The constant editions and updates should only help, I'd like to think.

Yup. As a virtual pilot, that is one of the items I look for in a VA. Updates and editions adds to the experience, and attractiveness and keeps your current pilots interested in the VA. I like to think as from a staff prospective myself that the more you put in, the more you're going to get out.

Edited by Da Bat Man, 05 September 2009 - 09:44 PM.

[Monte]

Good luck Paul - looking good!

Monte

[Fourtyfreak]

Paul Marcus, on Sep 6 2009, 02:59 AM, said:

I am not going to lie, membership is flat. We posted on over 30 FS forums and we still only have 40 pilots. Some people cannot read and don't see the BIG red warning popup that IE users get that tells them to download firefox. Firefox is preferred by many large VA's to enjoy the full functions of the site.

But why exclude a huge percentage of users by demanding the use of Firefox? (site doesn't render properly in Opera either)

I'm fairly sure if your webmaster fixed the validation errors on the site to make it properly standards compliant and added a few simple CSS hacks, the site would render properly in *all* browsers. May help improve your membership numbers, who knows.

Just seems a little short sighted to me that's all...

Just my tuppence worth..

Apart from that however, great looking site, best of luck.

Paul

[ukmatthew]

Firefox only shows lazyness. There are plenty of ways around making the website operatable in all browsers.

[Peter797]

luxServ sounds like it would be serving luxembourg. Could be misleading

βцziεł-411, on Sep 6 2009, 09:36 AM, said:

ukmatthew, on Sep 6 2009, 07:10 AM, said:

Firefox only shows lazyness. There are plenty of ways around making the website operatable in all browsers.

It also shows speed, stability, and customization.

Definitely not speed. FireFox is one of the slowest browsers out there. Stability isn't too true either. Customization however is true.

But I honestly don't find a point in customizing a browser, in terms of AddOns.


CHROME ftw

[Mr. Schutte]

Keep up the good work Paul

[Paul Marcus]

ukmatthew, on Sep 6 2009, 08:10 AM, said:

Firefox only shows lazyness. There are plenty of ways around making the website operatable in all browsers.

Peter797, on Sep 6 2009, 09:41 AM, said:

luxServ sounds like it would be serving luxembourg. Could be misleading

βцziεł-411, on Sep 6 2009, 09:36 AM, said:

ukmatthew, on Sep 6 2009, 07:10 AM, said:

Firefox only shows lazyness. There are plenty of ways around making the website operatable in all browsers.

It also shows speed, stability, and customization.

Definitely not speed. FireFox is one of the slowest browsers out there. Stability isn't too true either. Customization however is true.

But I honestly don't find a point in customizing a browser, in terms of AddOns.


CHROME ftw

I and my staff stand by our decision. So far the comments I have gotten from people off this forum about the IE and Firefox issue are from very new pilots that know nothing about VA's.

Listen when you have a FULLY CUSTOM system, template, and site; it is a whole other ordeal. VAbase and all the other premade stuff may work on IE, but when you have to code things on your own, it is totally different.

[LukeK]

Paul Marcus, on Sep 6 2009, 11:58 AM, said:

Listen when you have a FULLY CUSTOM system, template, and site; it is a whole other ordeal. VAbase and all the other premade stuff may work on IE, but when you have to code things on your own, it is totally different.

I've never had a problem making a site that renders reasonably well on IE, Firefox, and WebKit. That's the whole point of making a custom site, so you can control the HTML emitted at such a fine level?

You can make your choice, but don't say it's caused by a custom system, because it isn't.

Cheers!

Luke

[ukmatthew]

LukeK, on Sep 6 2009, 05:19 PM, said:

Paul Marcus, on Sep 6 2009, 11:58 AM, said:

Listen when you have a FULLY CUSTOM system, template, and site; it is a whole other ordeal. VAbase and all the other premade stuff may work on IE, but when you have to code things on your own, it is totally different.

I've never had a problem making a site that renders reasonably well on IE, Firefox, and WebKit. That's the whole point of making a custom site, so you can control the HTML emitted at such a fine level?

You can make your choice, but don't say it's caused by a custom system, because it isn't.

Cheers!

Luke

Because like i said. Its lazyness and theres no excuse. Either that or he doesnt know what hes doing.

[Paul Marcus]

Alright guys end it here.

Hopefully the site will look great in the web browser of our IFE system. Oh did I just spill the beans on something

[ukmatthew]

That doesnt mean the whole website is not configurable with IE etc. Im sure theirs ways to work around the IFE system you just said aswell. It just seems silly and unneeded. Im sure somebody coming upon you website using IE and not reading this on here will be mighty confused and will put them off.

Anyway good luck.

Edited by ukmatthew, 06 September 2009 - 11:34 AM.

[ukmatthew]

Firefox has and will be for a while the fastest and most easy to use browser out there. Especially when paired with OpenDNS.

From investigation chrome is just safari with a diff look and few extra features.

Edited by ukmatthew, 06 September 2009 - 11:38 AM.

[Paul Marcus]

Last time I checked this topic was about a VA going public again.