I hate to see a good contributor leaving, as it doesn't help Joeuser moving forward.  However, I hope you decide to come back and share your thoughts again.

 

 

Hey Peter, good luck and thanks for being a great addition to us here at JU!  I definitely will miss you being on here, and I do understand. Like Jill said, I'm glad you haven't sworn off us!

I'll be sure to bookmark you! I used to pop in now and again since I have you on my IM but I've not even been on MSN in a while!  Take care of you and that lovely family!

Peace out, and good luck

Thanks Ted.  I appreciate it.

Yeah, I know.  That is a huge part of what makes it too tiresome to come here to read.  I have to sift through 3 pages of chaff to find the wheat.  Let me know if you get something set up at Voodoo Chat for us JU refuges.

Thanks FC.  I appreciate it.

I will still check your blog out Tova, so I won't be completely absent.

I know IslandDog.  I really do.  But how can that be considered an acceptable response when there are plenty of other free options that are more feature rich and don't accost the user with a minimum of 3 obnoxious image ads and a handful of text ads?  I support Stardock's decision to subsidize the cost of running the site with ads.  That is fine.  I just hate it, and so felt the better solution, rather than incessantly whine about them, was to use one of those other free sites.  No loss to Stardock, no loss to me.

But I will say, the previous version of JoeUser was not even remotely as heinous in its ad presentation as this current version.

Many thanks Elie.  Peace to you through your life as well.

Naw, I don't want to do that.  Too much drama.    I just wanted to let those who might care know I intend to continue blogging, just elsewhere.  Thanks for your support FS.

I don't blame you one bit. I hate the "new and improved" JU intensely and for the same reasons you cited. But I, for some weird reason, just keep hangin' on.

Anyway I for one will miss you here. I wish you Good luck and good fortune in all you do.

I agree on the "sameness" of the blogs. I keep on wishing and hoping some sort of customization options will become available.

Best wishes to you. Honestly, I hope this isn't the last time we see ya around. It's always kind of sad to see a well liked regular leave.

Echoing Jill's "sorry to see you go," in a way, I'd just add that JU is like a fast food restaurant.  You come by, order a burger, and drive off.  Eventually, you don't want burgers everyday, so you go somewhere else.  It's cool.  Who wants the same meal every day?  (Unless it's pizza hut and waffle house, but I digress...)

 

JU has its own menu, and I hope you drive through once in a while.  Perhaps after you've eaten at the other place for a while, you might just get a hankering for JU home cookin' .  When you do, we'll be here.

 

Until then, best wishes, and be very well.

Ock

I understand how you feel, I'm not posting all that much these days myself. Good luck and hope to see ya around.

I seldom post articles, but I check the article list almost every day and frequently reply to topics of interest to me. But I must agree about both the failure of SD to follow through on their promises of blog customization options and the cross-posting of articles between JU & WC. I seem to remember a lot of complaints about the cross-posting early on during the launch of JU & a very quick & pointed response from SD - "That's the way it is and forever shall be. Quit asking about it." That's fine, since it is their nickel, but it seems fewer & fewer people constitute the 'community' anymore, so I, too, am sad to see you bail, BlueDev.

Would a 36 sound sharp to the forehead help?

Best of luck to you.

 I'll spill some out 4 my homie

Hey Pete, I'm am sorry I didn't see this sooner.  You were one of the very first 'friends' I made here and I value your intellect, your humour and your opinions.  I hope you do drop by occasionally and say g'day.  I too am not really feeling JU like I used to do.  I don't like the bland look of it and, like others above, don't really want to confront a whole lot of widget/desktop etc., articles to find a few by my friends.

I will be checking out your blogspot regularly.  Stay in touch, mate.

Peter, all the best, mate.  You were one of the first friends I made here and I've always valued your honesty, intelligence and wit.  I will miss you around here, mate.  I too have been put off by the over-abundance of widget/desktop etc articles and having to trawl through them to find something interesting to read. 

I will be checking out your other blog regularly.  Stay in touch, mate.