Swag

I'm a huge fan of any new technology, not least because that is my profession, but the new library is a complete car crash. I'm sorry to say but it's a slow, clumsy, complicated mess. Listen to your users! Listen to the library contributers, without whom this site would be nothing! If you don't believe me then look at what the competition does. Flightsim, Simviation, avsim.ru, just to name a few. Do they use an awkward forum software for their file library? No they don't. Do they have a simple and complete list view? Yes they do. Are their sites fast with no bloat? You bet they are. Is (was) the new AVSIM library any of the above? Nope. Losing the AVSIM library would be a major blow to the community, but you still seem to be hellbent to go ahead and destroy it regardless. If not today then tomorrow. Why? What for? What is the point? Who is asking for all those useless features? Do I really care who was top uploader last November when it takes me ages to scan the files that were uploaded since my last visit, because all the information is scattered on countless pages now? Also, just because it is free (not regarding donations for a second), does that mean that users have no right to care? Either you volunteer your time or you don't, and I truly appreciate your effort, but volunteering doesn't give you the moral right to carelessly kill a major pillar of the community! Sometimes I wonder if any of the AVSIM staff is actually using the library. It seems like it is treated as more of an afterthought of the forum. Yours truly, a daily user of AVSIM for 15 years (who hasn't donated in a while - mea culpa)