Ratebeerian Spotlight and other changes.

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Message beastiefan2k P beers 5008 º places 294 º 13:42 Sat 7/25/2015 Originally posted by X I Just discovered that my monitor has a brightness feature and it works well.
Message michcam8 beers 593 º places 34 º 14:01 Sat 7/25/2015
Message Christos beers 6111 º places 110 º 14:54 Sat 7/25/2015 Originally posted by tdtm82 I like the new skin and the style but there is always an e-mail in my inbox now. Dang I’m popular. Yes they need to do something about that. I know the new BM is still the pink envelope with hearts but as it is now, it seems like you always have an unread one.

Message Smaskifa beers 136 º places 70 º 15:05 Sat 7/25/2015 This is an improvement on the 2000 edition, but nothing compared to the layouts between 2002 and now - after a quick look through the wayback machine. This shade of white can’t be serious right?
Message UDBeernut beers 2883 º places 348 º 15:59 Sat 7/25/2015 Anyone want to send me a pair of sunglasses?
Message KansaiBeerLvrs beers 8474 º places 567 º 18:18 Sat 7/25/2015 I like that in 2000 this was the RB Top 10 Beers: Top 10 Rated Beers (Must have 5 ratings or more) Beer Name Average Rating Rate Count Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock 4.58 8 Rogue Mocha Porter 4.39 7 Rogue Shakespeare Stout 4.39 8 Guinness draft 4.38 32 Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout 4.37 6 Samuel Smiths Imperial Stout 4.35 6 Anchor Brewing Company Porter 4.28 9 Guinness Draught (can) 4.27 30 Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout 4.27 12 Fuller’s ESB 4.26 7 And looK at those rate counts!
Message SudsMcDuff beers 8597 º places 190 º 21:13 Sat 7/25/2015 I feel faint

Message Benzai beers 20020 º places 321 º 04:24 Sun 7/26/2015 Originally posted by Sigmund If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Design was fine. There are technical issues (site working slow at times) that should be addressed, rather than screwing with the design. I’m going with this.
Message BlackHaddock P beers 15433 º places 1050 º 11:26 Sun 7/26/2015 Originally posted by Benzai Originally posted by Sigmund If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Design was fine. There are technical issues (site working slow at times) that should be addressed, rather than screwing with the design. I’m going with this. Yip, struggling to see the benefits of the new design yet: hopefully all will become clear once everything has been ’changed/altered’. <*))))))><
Message puzzl beers 3258 º places 138 º 12:29 Sun 7/26/2015 Originally posted by BlackHaddock Originally posted by Benzai Originally posted by Sigmund If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Design was fine. There are technical issues (site working slow at times) that should be addressed, rather than screwing with the design. I’m going with this. Yip, struggling to see the benefits of the new design yet: hopefully all will become clear once everything has been ’changed/altered’. <*))))))>< I fear that this will be it. It seems that every major change on RB in the past few years has promised "more to come," but nothing further ever happens. Ratebeer has become a site of unfinished features, half-implemented designs, and lazily implemented hacks to patch aging architectural instabilities. To put it quite frankly, there is no light at the end of the tunnel with the current owner. Ratebeer today is a decidedly worse site than it was 5 years ago, be it in functionality, design, reliability, or what little remains of the community (not that the people here are bad, just that there is practically no community left). The site has been thoroughly trounced by all of its competitors, both old and new, be it BA, Untappd, various subreddits, or any of those trading forums. We still have the best database, and we probably always will. I do hope that one day, Joe will realize that what is best for the future of Ratebeer is to sell it to someone who will properly maintain and grow the site and the brand. The database deserves a better website.