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what's up with that? and what's myce stand for? all i can think of is mice. and their forum is now club mice.
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.com
- Join Date: Jul 2008
- Location: United States
Video Restorer
- Join Date: Jun 2003
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My Consumer Electronics.
That was announced back in July or August.
They wanted a "name" like Bing or NASA -- apparently they like rodents.
And yes, it is "myce" that sounds like the word "mice"
CDFreaks is very 1990s. When's the last time you burned a CD?
The dangers of naming yourself into a corner.
Remember VCDHelp? DVDrHelp? That was a pickle here, too.
"Freaks" was also a bit against the demographic they seek -- it also attracted a lot of immature 'net trolls.
Joe Bob in his 40s isn't likely to go to a "freaks" site for legitimate advice.
Pros won't touch it with a 10-foot mouse.Answers to Common Video Questions:
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.com
- Join Date: Jul 2008
- Location: United States
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the only thing i used their site for was for info on cd/dvd burner hacked bios's. so the cdfreaks name was fairly appropriate. now....
yeah i guess i should probably update the name of my bookmark for this site from vcdhelp, but that's how i think of it. it's just a name.
Member
- Join Date: Nov 2002
- Location: Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
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They could've changed the name without such a radical alteration of the layout, though.
Sometimes, an "improvement" isn't. (Yeah, I know, I'm an old, resistant-to-change fuddy-duddy, but on the other hand, when something works, why mess with it?)
Don't sweat the petty things, just pet the sweaty things.
.com
- Join Date: Jul 2008
- Location: United States
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hehe. i know what you mean. when i first got a look at where my cdfreaks bookmark had taken me i thought cdfreaks had been hacked and i was re-directed to some weird corporate site.
Video Restorer
- Join Date: Jun 2003
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They've done some heavy mods to vB, it seems. It's very drab now. Sterile, in fact.
Answers to Common Video Questions:
Best blank discs • Timebase Corrector FAQ • Best VCR for capturing • Help restoring video
Unregistered
- Join Date: Jun 2009
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@ minidv2dvd : thanks for the warning.
MHO:
I liked cdfreaks.
Now MyCE sucks — definitely.
DVD Ninja
- Join Date: Jan 2003
- Location: In the shadows.....
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This name change has been many months ago!
Why does it suck? Geez, the content is the same IMHO I see no changes just because of a name change. The members there still provide good information on dvd burners....but then again I am a dvd whore!
Unregistered
- Join Date: Jun 2009
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How many, exactly?Originally Posted by budz
It's not just a change of name. Maybe you have a disease called "selective blindness"?the content is the same IMHO I see no changes just because of a name change.
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- Location: Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
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"Sterile" is precisely the word I was looking for, LS. A website doesn't need to look like a bunch of Disney animators projectile-vomited every color of the rainbow onto the page in order for it to appear friendly and inviting (witness our own VideoHelp.com), but MyCE now looks like it was given a makeover by an accounting firm.Originally Posted by lordsmurf Maybe that'll change in the days ahead, but right now I'm less than impressed (and won't be checking it nearly as often as I used to).
Don't sweat the petty things, just pet the sweaty things.
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- Join Date: Sep 2006
- Location: Central Illinois
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I find it very hard to use!
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- Join Date: May 2005
- Location: Ish-ka-bibble
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it is stoopid...yep spelled just that way!!!
'Do I look absolutely divine and regal, and yet at the same time very pretty and rather accessible?' - Queenie
They did announce this a few months back and I believe it was effective on like the 28th of October. Nonetheless, the new theme for the site makes navigation awkward. I suggest that people who do visit the site just go to the bottom of the window in the forums and select to use the Google theme or the v2 theme. Everything goes back to looking like it used to. I don't visit the site much anymore but it didn't come as a shock for them to rename it and give it a face lift.
DVD Ninja
- Join Date: Jan 2003
- Location: In the shadows.....
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It's been the new name since like July.Originally Posted by El HeggunteHow many, exactly?Originally Posted by budz
It's not just a change of name. Maybe you have a disease called "selective blindness"?the content is the same IMHO I see no changes just because of a name change.
The valuable information on dvd burners is still the same IMHO.
Yuh, the website looks dreary but hell I use a forum for the content and not because it looks cool!
BuskerAlley.com
- Join Date: Feb 2005
- Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains
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Sounds like a teen social network site...Randomus did 18 posts today! Most posts!Author, Producer, Composer, Director - Sony HDV, Konica SLR, LG BD burner
Handcoder: HTML, PHP, JS, CSS - In Production: Busker Alley - The Movie
Get Slack
- Join Date: Apr 2001
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My bookmarks still point to vcdhelp.comOriginally Posted by lordsmurf
Don't care much for the layout at myce either. At the bottom of the forum page, there's a drop down to change the settings.
First one is their myce wide beta Second one is Google Site opp something or another. Too bad you can't change the layout on the front page.
Linux _is_ user-friendly. It is not ignorant-friendly and idiot-friendly.
Member
- Join Date: Dec 2006
- Location: Here,where do you think?
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budz wrote,
Yup, couldn't agree more..I actually like the google version..Nice and clean.. 8)hell I use a forum for the content and not because it looks cool!"I typed the word Google into Google. Guess what came up? Everything."
"What we've got here is failure to communicate"
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- Join Date: May 2001
- Location: New Zealand
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Yesterday..Originally Posted by lordsmurfMy Consumer Electronics.
That was announced back in July or August.
They wanted a "name" like Bing or NASA -- apparently they like rodents.
And yes, it is "myce" that sounds like the word "mice"
CDFreaks is very 1990s. When's the last time you burned a CD?
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Member
- Join Date: May 2007
- Location: reality
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Today...Originally Posted by paulwYesterday..Originally Posted by lordsmurfMy Consumer Electronics.
That was announced back in July or August.
They wanted a "name" like Bing or NASA -- apparently they like rodents.
And yes, it is "myce" that sounds like the word "mice"
CDFreaks is very 1990s. When's the last time you burned a CD?
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Roadrunner
- Join Date: Feb 2007
- Location: United States
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I don't like the new name (it's too bland, has no character), liked the old one better (offbeat, easy to remember), but don't care very much. My old favorite/bookmark links are still forwarded OK, and I'll change them when/if I must.
Otherwise...
I don't like it. It's sterile, needs some lines and divisions and compartments to help guide the eyes, too much whitespace, glares and hard on the eyes, hard to read. Also it's slow jerky vertical scrolling when I use the scrollbar at the right, not smooth like it should be. It takes awhile to fill in my video screen when I move to a different vertical position, a sort of trickle-down effect - as if the data is slowly trickling down the page.
The only style choices I see are MyCE Beta and MyCE Wide Beta, which are both equally as bad. I can't find the google or v2 styles others have mentioned, even on a forum page.
Ooops.... I was just scrolling down one of their forum pages and my browser froze up. So they've got some kind of serious compatibility problems as well.
Added later: After logging in as a member, the V2 and Google styles became available in the dropdown list at bottom of page, which returns things to the old format. That works OK, and my vertical scrolling problems and browser freezeups were fixed thereby. They need to kill the MyCE Beta and MyCE Wide Beta styles, which are terrible styles and buggy too.
Added last... The V1 style works a little better for me than the V2 style. So either the V1 or Google styles are best.
Member
- Join Date: Dec 2006
- Location: Here,where do you think?
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Everytime I purchase a new Audio CD..When's the last time you burned a CD?
Hell when the mood strikes me, I even make copies of my so 1980s VHS tapes..
"I typed the word Google into Google. Guess what came up? Everything."
"What we've got here is failure to communicate"
The Old One
- Join Date: Aug 2000
- Location: Hellas (Greece), E.U.
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Things change all the time, so this change is natural.
Indeed, CD Freaks was so 90s, I second LS for this.
Myce for some reason reminds me Claude Cat (Looney Toons) try to capture 2 specific mice (Hubie and Bertie).
Member
- Join Date: Nov 2008
- Location: United States
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Meaningless name, impossible to remember, perfect!
Last edited by pmars; 27th Feb 2010 at 21:25. Reason: I just felt like it
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