View Poll Results: Do you like the new DRF.com?
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Yes - I like it
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No - it doesn't impress me
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54.03% |
It's ok - still finding my way around
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08-01-2010, 05:11 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 14,569
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DRF.com - new and improved?
As online horseplayers, drf.com is a daily staple for most of us.
They recently updated their website.
Do you like the new version?
My first impressions are not favorable, but maybe it's teething troubles.
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08-01-2010, 09:25 PM
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#2
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Ohio
Posts: 1,307
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IMHO a much improved site. Makes it a destination for accessible & interesting information instead of just a place to access Formulator. I have not made much use of their web content--although back in the day I used to read the paper product cover to cover. For example having a visible link the charts and videos of stakes races on the home page is really useful. I never bothered to try to find the links in the past.
Users hate change--I think horseplayers are particularly reactionary.
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08-01-2010, 09:50 PM
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#3
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Out-of-town Jasper
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 2,364
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It sucks for reading news. Other than that I'm ambivalent.
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08-02-2010, 10:35 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 955
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Like anything new, it'll take some time to find one's way around, & until then I'm kinda ambivalent. But I understand why they did it- In business you don't want to stagnate, one needs to innovate or be overtaken by your competitors.
(Aka BRIS, Trackmaster, etc. )
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08-02-2010, 01:43 PM
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Bet small...win BIG!
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Nevada
Posts: 2,072
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They want me to log in just to view results and entries. Looks like they're phishing
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08-02-2010, 03:14 PM
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#6
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Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 2,277
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A suggestion for the DRF mgmt. team. The DRF has gone through many changes in form and style the last ten years. All to improve its' on line audience market. (Note) All attempts have failed miserably, including this latest attempt. Millions of dollars spent for more and more mediocrity.
Now pay attention mgmt., here's your answer. Make your on line version just like your print version. The fans love the print version but hate your on line version. Stop trying to reinvent the wheel and start trying to build your web site with the look and "feel" of the paper version and keep the best of the on line version. Until you learn to wrap the old around the best of the new....fahh git bout it!!
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08-02-2010, 03:26 PM
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#7
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Ohio
Posts: 1,307
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Quote:
Originally Posted by redeye007
They want me to log in just to view results and entries. Looks like they're phishing
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No they don't. They are free and don't require log-in. (And I don't want to be put in a position of defending DRF--just getting the facts straight)
And BTW, the standard definition of Phishing is an e-mail fraud scam conducted for the purposes of information or identity theft.
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08-02-2010, 08:20 PM
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Veteran
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 832
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Quote:
Originally Posted by garyoz
No they don't. They are free and don't require log-in. (And I don't want to be put in a position of defending DRF--just getting the facts straight)
And BTW, the standard definition of Phishing is an e-mail fraud scam conducted for the purposes of information or identity theft.
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I just tried to get the entries and they wanted me to log-in.
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08-02-2010, 08:57 PM
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#9
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 2,960
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jelly
I just tried to get the entries and they wanted me to log-in.
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Me too. They always have.
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08-02-2010, 09:19 PM
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#10
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Ohio
Posts: 1,307
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Don't get it. Honestly, I'm not asked to log in nor do they automatically log me in. Is this cookie driven?
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08-02-2010, 10:33 PM
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Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 5,138
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Quote:
Originally Posted by garyoz
Don't get it. Honestly, I'm not asked to log in nor do they automatically log me in. Is this cookie driven?
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I think once you apply for a free subscriptuon, and then log-in to establish a cookie, you are not asked to log-in when accessing news, entries, and results unless it's a piece (like a Davidowitz article) that requires a DRF plus subscription (which also comes with PP subscriptions).
For some reason the new version keeps displaying new drop-down lists after I make a selection and they hide the selected information until I scroll downward.. Not crazy about the new fonts, either, but I can see where new users might take to the revised site more readily, especially since they aren't used to getting to the same places with fewer mouse clicks,
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08-02-2010, 10:42 PM
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#12
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Lacrimae rerum
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: at my house
Posts: 7,308
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I used some jacked up username and pw that I can never remember (hmmm where else have I done that?) for DRF, that combined with my overall laziness and lack of caring means they are dead to me.
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08-03-2010, 03:13 AM
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#13
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2 outta 3 aint bad
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Lehigh Valley,PA.
Posts: 2,217
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As from previous post's,some know I use Formulator 4.1 direct(Off drf website).
I just went 8 days without being able to access it,freeze up city.
After many letters to customer service,no fix,they said problem was on my end after all these years of no problems.
So taking it upon myself I used system restore,pre-drf upgrade approx 7/27/10 that I knew of.
Doing this corrupted my anti virus had to reinstall it.
Redownloaded 4.1.1 formulator direct also.
After 8 days and the 3 hrs of messing with comp.
Everything is working for now.
PS,Pace we really need a cross your fingers emoticon....(SIC?).
Last edited by KingChas; 08-03-2010 at 03:15 AM.
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08-03-2010, 10:28 AM
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#14
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 580
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jelly
I just tried to get the entries and they wanted me to log-in.
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I use equibase.com for this reason
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08-03-2010, 02:15 PM
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#15
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Off the Turnpike
Posts: 2,930
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fingal
Like anything new, it'll take some time to find one's way around, & until then I'm kinda ambivalent. But I understand why they did it- In business you don't want to stagnate, one needs to innovate or be overtaken by your competitors.
(Aka BRIS, Trackmaster, etc. )
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They haven't.
They raise the price of the printed version very often.
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