the new SAB.

[rugeleyboy]

hi ED,

you have stated recently that the new sports section is staying but my question is.

why cant you have it as the same layout as the previous SAB but keep the colour?........ this would keep the people you have said "like it" (your co workers)happy and make the people who have said they "dont like it" (the users) feel a little better?

i just cant get into this new one as much as i have tried, its all to .........wrong???

[-Zorro-]

Can we just use AB Suggs as the Sports Section Miss Ed.

Otherwise I wont be using the propper section coz its crap

[ELVIS68]

I must admit ...I miss the old sports section, the new one is sh!t, they should`ve changed the gaming section, they`re used to snazzy colours

[Marvelman]

Totally agree with rugeleyboy, i too have tried, but it just is not the same, what is the point of keeping it as it is when most ABs dont like it, and dont use it,

[AB Editor]

Hmmm this issue does keep arising but like I said SAB is here to stay.

Do you not even like the chat facility?

And no -Zorro- the AB sugg cannot be used as the new Sports section :o )

[Town Crier]

Ab Ed - why is it you keep saying Sports AB is here to stay when it must be clear that it is the format that just is not liked? I may be proved wrong by actual statistics but it seems to me that there are more questions on sport appearing outside of Sports AB than there are within it.

As for pub chat, you surely have to admit that the idea has been a waste of time - there have been just 23 questions asked in this category in the 35 days since the first question was asked, and of those, less than a handful are genuine chat questions - the remainder should be in other categories.

The Olympics 2012 category has just TWO questions, one of which is a FOOTBALL question!

Boxing has had just 26 questions throughout the life of AB, Cycling just 19, and Athletics just 17; (and that is going back well over THREE years!)

Please do not just ignore those who are complaining about Sports AB, do something about it.

[mrrobbo15]

the sports section reminds me of that carlseberg ad a few years ago.......do you remember ? the one with where a guy goes into a room and its full of cobwebs, he finds a sign saying 'complaints dept'.....

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[rugeleyboy]

hi ed thanks for the response.

its all so BIG in there and i get a headache just looking, in the normal Ab you can have a look and when you see something that needs an opinion you jump in but it's not working for me, or most others (even though i dont want to voice the opinion of everyone).

so could it be changed with a more user friendly layout?

or if anyone else wants to add why its not good please feel free to do so as i suffer with the lack of ability to use big meaningful words?

[cascarelli]

Did we ever get told why the Sport category had to look different and indeed why it is a completely different site?

I can't understand the logic of that, unless the SportsAB is now under different ownership? Doesn't make any sense to me.

Most suppliers of a service listen to what their customers or users are saying. Obviously that doesn't apply here though!

[jno]

you aren't a customer, cascarelli. The site's provided free by AB. Use it or not as you please; but if you want a different site why not start one yourself?

[rugeleyboy]

jno................. we are users of a free site that survives on the providers advertising revenue.

if there are less hits that means that the potential customer base has been reduced therefore the it will be a lot less attractive for any potential advertisers?

[smudge]

That makes good sense Rugeley!

What would be the point of companies advertising on a site that wasn't used much?!

[Craig007]

3 words required really.... CHANGE IT BACK!!!