Has anyone tried the new features on LbNA? Just wondered what others thought.

It's great for my daughter (who lives far away) and me who are having a contest to see who can find the most boxes because not everything we find is listed on AQ.

Not everything is listed on LbNA either. ;o) There are more boxes listed, but there are no complete listings.

Happy trails!

-- Ryan, waving at you from Panama!

I just completed "logging" my Finds. The only thing that irked me was having to go back to the map page to continue accessing the box clues. After just a few, I added a GA_LBX link to my Internet Exploder Toolbar.

Other than that, it's nifty.

I'm missing six boxes that just aren't up there.

It's great the LbNA site is trying to add new features but I wish they would have fix the many problems they already have before adding new problems. I just checked out the new found feature and noticed several boxes already checked as found but I don't think I even printed clues to them and boxes that I have found that aren't checked. I wonder who checked them?

Boxdn

How do you record your finds on LbNA? I don't see anything different.

Weyrwoman

Ryan,
We should have known you couldn't stay away for too long!!
You just have to check up on us.

I think LbNA is trying to be more like AQ! ;o)

Waving back from GA.
bzmom

Yippee, that last post gave me a new star!

I have the same problem Boxdn. It has a place to change the status, but if you try to change it, it won't let you. It looks like they could use Ryans' help when he gets back. :)

Weyrwoman

"I have the same problem Boxdn. It has a place to change the status, but if you try to change it, it won't let you. It looks like they could use Ryans' help when he gets back. :)"

Hey! Cut the guys over there some slack. There are bugs over here that Ryan has to iron out, too, when he does updates. Choi just fixed the update status function and it's working just fine. I really don't want to see some kinda competition starting between AQ and LbNA (which is the Mother Ship, after all.) The two work beautifully together. Funhog

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It has a place to change the status, but if you try to change it, it won't let you.

I think I have figured out why all those extra little flags are on there...

The boxes that show those flags are ones that have their clues hosted somewhere else besides the LBNA page. The little green flag is the link to update your status on that box. Normally, they are located on the clue page, but because these boxes don't have the standard clue page, they had to put it somewhere....why not right beside the box name link?

You can't take it away because there would be no way to log that box as found.

I think I explained myself...maybe

Raellyn
TTF

"Hey! Cut the guys over there some slack."


I was joking! (thus the smiley face). Besides I don't see the problem with a person having a preference. I know a web site must be a lot of hard work. I just find AQ easier to navigate. I list boxes there too.

No hard feelings?

Weyrwoman

"Hey! Cut the guys over there some slack. There are bugs over here that Ryan has to iron out, too, when he does updates. Choi just fixed the update status function and it's working just fine. I really don't want to see some kinda competition starting between AQ and LbNA (which is the Mother Ship, after all.) The two work beautifully together.

Funhog"I hear what you are saying Funhog and I agree...
However, I don't believe it is a competition at all! LbNA IS THE MOTHER SHIP and that's what bothers me. I would like to see it made MORE user friendly. As it is - it's a pain in the hiney!
For example I should not have to go back to the home page to get to GA letterboxes page. I can get around all this but there are those who can't (don't know how).
I appreciate the work Wes does and I love the home page of the site. However I disagree that LBNA & AQ work well together. Although I use them both - quite frankly I feel that the 2 combined makes for an unorganized mess!
I don't see anything wrong with discussions on how it does not work for some... this allows website designers the ability to make necesssary changes if they feel the need to do so!
NO one is bashing Wes' ability or his hard work - I don't have the time to do what he does for us!

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I really don't want to see some kinda competition starting between AQ and LbNA....The two work beautifully together

You have a point, Funhog

I don't want an "us vs. them" either. I go to LbNA for their cool map. And AQ for the very excellent message boards

S~N~K

I guess I've watched the LbNA site get better and better over the years. Talk about a pain in the posterior... what about the site before you could enter your own boxes and had to wait for one of the incredibly generous webmasters to enter them for you? Sometimes we had to wait for weeks for them to appear on the map. Then, if you wanted to edit them... wait again! What about when there was no way to search for boxes at all? You could search the Talk List archives if you wanted.

This latest update apparently has all kinds of techno stuff involved that I do not understand at all, geek stuff we never see. The addition of the found function is something that has met with great debate over the years. One of the things that I think is wonderful is the ability to turn it off at the new LbNA site for those who don't care to have it on their clues. I am fine with having those dates listed on my clues but anyone who objects to a found listing is out of luck at Atlas Quest.

I think Ryan has created a terrific website for us with all kinds of cool bells and whistles. However, he has the luxury of not having a full time job and can respond to our every whim at almost a moment's notice... if he isn't off galavanting around Central America, that is. Yesterday, when the update function wasn't working, an email to John/Choi got equally swift service.

Incidentally, the front page of the LbNA site is the work of Mitch Klink/Der Mad Stamper. I also think that Wes, with his upcoming nuptials and tumultuous family life, is less involved in the current update. Other webmasters are carrying the baton. I know it was meant as a joke to imply that they needed Ryan's help at LbNA but it seemed to me a bit hurtful to those who have done sooooo much work over there.

Maybe I'm just humor impaired??? Funhog

Maybe I'm just humor impaired??? Funhog

No funhog - I think just protective of others feelings... definately not a bad thing!

Hey I have a question, When I logged in earlier, my login name was spelled backwards, whats up with that?
Homeschoolmommy

Oh wait, it's april fools huh?

Oh wow, I was wondering why I had such a weird trail name. I never realized it was backwards until you mentioned it! I am a little slow today. Good april fools!
Beachcomber

Hey Funhog,

I loved telling the story of days gone by around the campfire at the TX gathering. I do agree things have gotten 1000 times better since the 'good' old days and didn't want to put any of the LbNA webmasters down. I can't even manage my simple little web page with an update once a month so I can't imagine keeping up with a site like LbNA or AQ. I will always stand by the original clue site even with it's little imperfections. So to all the past present and future LbNA WM thanks and keep up the good work.

Boxdn the Boxing Nut of Metairie,LA