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Lightning78 12/22/2010 10:51am
12/22/2010 10:51am
DC wrote:
We are shaking down a new website, would be curious to get some feedback from the board :

Http://beta.racerxonline.com/

Sorry for the spam!
DC
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Can you please show us Android users some love and create a mobile app for us? The iPhone isn't the only smart phone on the market and also if possible keep the mobile site concurrent with the regular site .... a lot of times stuff will be on the normal site but not on the. Mobile site .... new site looks good thanks for updating it Smile
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jasonv43 12/22/2010 11:03am
12/22/2010 11:03am
Looks good. The only thing I noticed was that my name was not listed as a contributor to the website and magazine.

I'm sure it will show up when you launch the new site though.
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FreshTopEnd 12/22/2010 11:05am
12/22/2010 11:05am
bryanstealey wrote:
Also noteworthy -- we'll be launching a full mobile site soon. It should work very well on hundreds of different devices. All video defaults to HTML5...
Also noteworthy -- we'll be launching a full mobile site soon. It should work very well on hundreds of different devices. All video defaults to HTML5, so it's i-friendly, and it falls back on Flash for devices that can't handle HTML5.

The mobile Racer X Online will be very comprehensive. Anything you can do or see on the full site, you'll be able to do on the mobile site. We hope to open beta on it by tomorrow, but it may be early next week.
Excellent Bryan!
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Tbill 12/22/2010 11:07am
12/22/2010 11:07am
bryanstealey wrote:
Also noteworthy -- we'll be launching a full mobile site soon. It should work very well on hundreds of different devices. All video defaults to HTML5...
Also noteworthy -- we'll be launching a full mobile site soon. It should work very well on hundreds of different devices. All video defaults to HTML5, so it's i-friendly, and it falls back on Flash for devices that can't handle HTML5.

The mobile Racer X Online will be very comprehensive. Anything you can do or see on the full site, you'll be able to do on the mobile site. We hope to open beta on it by tomorrow, but it may be early next week.
I like the new site. Took a minute to let go of the old one I was so used to. The new layout is much better, quicker to nav and easier use, IMO.

As far as mobile use is concerned, some of us will never be AT&T customers no matter how awesome the iphone is. Show some love for the windows mobile and droid folks please.

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bryanstealey 12/22/2010 12:32pm
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GuyB -- yeah, I surprised myself a bit!

Guys, the new site should work well on Android and other phones as well. If something doesn't work well at first, we'll work it until it does. We look at this new site as a beginning, not an end.

The mobile site will update at the same time the desktop site does -- there will be no difference, lag time, etc.

As for the site being slow, hopefully that was just an initial caching thing. Our new home page is about half the weight of the old one, it's much more efficiently designed, and feedback has overwhelmingly shown faster load times for people. Hopefully that straightens out for you, Jman277. In the meantime, can you go here:

http://supportdetails.com/?recipient=bryan@racerxonline.com

... enter your name and email address, and send me the details of your machine?
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FIREfish148 12/22/2010 12:38pm
12/22/2010 12:38pm
I dig it. Reminds me of the old site a little
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MBBadgers 12/22/2010 12:41pm
12/22/2010 12:41pm
DC wrote:
We are shaking down a new website, would be curious to get some feedback from the board :

Http://beta.racerxonline.com/

Sorry for the spam!
DC
MX Sports
Much better, not so busy and easier to maneuver. Thank you and Happy Holidays.
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ScottP 12/22/2010 12:47pm
12/22/2010 12:47pm
I do like the layout a little more vs. the current/old one.
However, I have a huge complaint with the banners.
I know advertisers pay the bills but the banners lock up the sight when you try to open them on a computer that wasnt bought a month ago. The same issue on this sight with all the flash adds. I find myeelf going on other sights such as this and following links to articles that may be on your website. So the big flash style adds actually cause less traffic to the site and cause me to go on and see the adds less often. It seems that everyone that builds sites has to upgrade their computers to keep these sites up and running but loose sight of that fact that all the Joe Smo's like me put money into our bikes and not computers so its getting harder and harder to check the news and such on sites such as yours.


There thats my bit. I'm sure Ill hear crack for it.
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Jman277 12/22/2010 12:55pm
12/22/2010 12:55pm
bryanstealey wrote:
GuyB -- yeah, I surprised myself a bit! Guys, the new site should work well on Android and other phones as well. If something doesn't work...
GuyB -- yeah, I surprised myself a bit!

Guys, the new site should work well on Android and other phones as well. If something doesn't work well at first, we'll work it until it does. We look at this new site as a beginning, not an end.

The mobile site will update at the same time the desktop site does -- there will be no difference, lag time, etc.

As for the site being slow, hopefully that was just an initial caching thing. Our new home page is about half the weight of the old one, it's much more efficiently designed, and feedback has overwhelmingly shown faster load times for people. Hopefully that straightens out for you, Jman277. In the meantime, can you go here:

http://supportdetails.com/?recipient=bryan@racerxonline.com

... enter your name and email address, and send me the details of your machine?
Done. I will keep checking back to see if it improves, does look good though. I just didnt want it to turn into another system bogging twmx.com site.
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bryanstealey 12/22/2010 1:17pm
12/22/2010 1:17pm
Thanks, Jman277, got it. You're running an old version of Explorer. If you upgrade from 7 to 8 (or even 9 when it comes out soon), you should have a better experience. Feel free to give that a shot, and if you do, let me know if you notice a difference. Thanks for the feedback!
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FastEddy 12/22/2010 2:12pm
12/22/2010 2:12pm
The new layout looks good.
Sticking with Web2.0/RSS is the way to go.
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Chad McCan 12/22/2010 3:16pm
12/22/2010 3:16pm
Coming from a guy who has felt the pain of website redesign, congrats on all the work you've put in. I don't mind the current site, but I like the new one better.

If it helps, my favorite site is Engadget. It has tons of info and I visit it more often than any other site because the info is still presented in a blog/newest first presentation.
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lafawnduh 12/22/2010 4:10pm
12/22/2010 4:10pm
Looks good, I like the Twitter and Facebook section.. I don't have either and cool to see what guys are talking about.. See DC I can be nice and not all negative..lol Merry Christmas... Hoping to be at A-2, if your there I'll find you...
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ThePipe 12/22/2010 4:33pm
12/22/2010 4:33pm
newmann wrote:
Damn, thought you were announcing the 2011 125cc Nationals. A man can dream, right?? Smile

Merry X-Mas to you DC and the Racer X crew!
That would get me and my crew back to attending Milville and Red Bud
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`ol Ger 12/22/2010 5:21pm
12/22/2010 5:21pm
Seems less cluttered, and easier to read.
thefactorypilot 12/22/2010 5:53pm
12/22/2010 5:53pm
DC wrote:
We are shaking down a new website, would be curious to get some feedback from the board :

Http://beta.racerxonline.com/

Sorry for the spam!
DC
MX Sports
I like this one so much better than the current version. I liked the old racerxill.com the best though!
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bryanstealey 12/23/2010 1:33pm
12/23/2010 1:33pm
Here's a quick spy photo of the new Racer X Online mobile site on a Droid. Should be open in beta on Monday. http://yfrog.com/h4je6kj

What have your experiences with video been on the beta site, guys?

http://beta.racerxonline.com

Anybody experiencing choppiness, poor image quality, etc.? Have you tried on mobile devices, and if so, how has it worked?

I hope this doesn't come across as too smammy -- we just really want feedback so we can get this stuff right. Happy holidays to everyone!
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JW381 12/23/2010 2:47pm
12/23/2010 2:47pm
My favorite feature is that you can actually leave a reply without having to sign in.

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