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Looks like DN got a new look.

HBJ

Very minimalist?

The dumbnovels forum is officially toast!
(Anyone copy any of threads and posts?)

Bugger... like a stubborn skidmark it's still there.

VERY well hidden though ... Probably because it's such an embarrassment.

http://forum.dunenovels.com/phpBB2/index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

first off, please don't do that.

it was fun to make folks run & see if Hyppo had actually re-opened Arakeen,
but this is a cruel waste of time. I actually thought for a moment Over There
had been re-vamped. All I see is a re-ordering of the forums. (&BTW, it's either
that shifting-IP thing, or Dunefish's link is magic - I got in w/o proxy. Or, Dunefish's
link is cursed - I got in.)

Then I guess I had some kind of stroke, I actually clicked around & read some posts.

The first post I read was from "Uncle Zip", and the obtuseness & ridiculous spelling
screamed "sockpuppet". Read some more & remembered, nah, these people are just
STOOPID. Thank the little baby j-sus I bailed out before I ran across a post from
Merritt ....

So the only link to the forum is at the bottom in small font that says, "contact forum"? What the fuck is wrong with them? Uncle Mike at it again.

Wow, a look that doesn't scream "designed with Netscape Composer in 1999" ... way to go, HLP!

And could they be giving any bigger of a middle finger to Byron? Bottom of the page, in 4-point type? It's clear the HLP has just punted on the idea of forums. Someone there realizes that it's just Byron and three drooling idiots and that nothing of importance will ever be said there.

Back to the design real quick: I'll give them credit for leading with the cover design. Let's face it; that is one fine behind!

DuneFishUK wrote:Bugger... like a stubborn skidmark it's still there.

VERY well hidden though ... Probably because it's such an embarrassment.

http://forum.dunenovels.com/phpBB2/index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

and the jury says.......

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I don't know, I rather like it.

It's perfect for the website of the Herbert Leech Parasites: ALL FLASH AND NO SUBSTANCE.

http://www.ciplex.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; is the company responsible for the atrocity. I wonder if this was another KJA/Uncle Mike recommendation.

What am I thinking?! Of course it has to have been: KJA is the one in control!

SR, sorry, I meant the DN site, not the forum. They've changed the style and layout of the info pages, blog, etc.

I wasn't doing an "arakeen".

HBJ

Methinks they're having some teething troubles Not loading good again... and I think I saw bits of the old site for a second there too .

I do actually like the new design.. I think they've got a new art bloke at Tor or something: everything since the WOD cover change has been pretty competent, even the TV ad.

They still haven't fixed that god-awful myspace page yet though

(Media>Images )

And getting the ass up there nice and big was a good call, too. That onion is so fine it makes my eyes water.

Anyone take a look at Janet Herbert's photos of BoBo and KJA? All I have to say is... ass to ass.

I still get a "you are banned" with that red planet background.

Did they upgrade to phpbb3?

The forums? Those look exactly the same to me.

(Another middle finger for Byron: "Hey, we're upgrading the whole site ... except for your little corner. Tool."

Omphalos wrote:I still get a "you are banned" with that red planet background.

Did they upgrade to phpbb3?

Fuck no. It's just as ugly as ever. The dunenovels site has changed though. Looks like all the photos I used to make demotivators are gone, as is Dune Genesis. Maybe I just haven't found it yet. The site's even worse than it was before.

They've switched over to the Drupal content management system (CMS). The old blogs are missing, as is the Torkos timeline page. Basically everything seems to have been moved or deleted.

WAY TO GO, DUMBASSES!!!

Tleszer wrote:Anyone take a look at Janet Herbert's photos of BoBo and KJA? All I have to say is... ass to ass.

Oh, dear. Not a good selection of images.

Also, could one of Byron Merritt's spies please pass along to him that the plural of "photo" would be "photos"? It's not "photo's" ... that would be the possessive.

Or whatever. I mean, hey, it's no big deal at all that the people responsible for a literary legacy cannot use basic English, right?

TheDukester wrote:

Tleszer wrote:Anyone take a look at Janet Herbert's photos of BoBo and KJA? All I have to say is... ass to ass.

Oh, dear. Not a good selection of images.

Also, could one of Byron Merritt's spies please pass along to him that the plural of "photo" would be "photos"? It's not "photo's" ... that would be the possessive.

Or whatever. I mean, hey, it's no big deal at all that the people responsible for a literary legacy cannot use basic English, right?

Coudn't it be a contraction for "photographs"?

Those pics are fucking awesome!

"This is obviously some strange usage of the word "awesome" that I wasn't previously aware of."

HBJ

"We adventure hard, so you don't have too!"

you know, for a second there, I felt sorry for them.

Dont worry, it passed.

Those "photo's" are like...um...well...romantic...

Cheek-to-cheek

The lower left one is just ... creepy.

HBJ