Look like kind of complicated at first impresssion compared to the old format which was much simpler. I guess it' s always the case for any attempt to change what more with the additional features which need some getting used to. Anyway, it's ok with me and my utmost appreciation for the great effort to make the change.
Now, we are unable to know what connection we used and our e-mail addresses. (in the old format we are able to observe "telkom.net.id", "tm.net.my", "cache.pol.co.uk",etc or just numbers but now they are lost)
I think they must have been deleted.
Once a while ago we must use the "red ice" interface.
But at last, we use the blue one as default instead of being pink everyday.
This blue is much nicer ... as for the other features, yes, change often equals disruption but there are some really nice features like being able to jump to any given page of a long thread instead of having to wait for it all to load and then scroll down. I think we're better off now than before ...
Yes, I'm getting used to this (slowly!), and the blue is a huge improvement!
Still, I miss easily seeing which topics have new posts, and I wish there was either 1) a way for it to remember "newest first" for all topics and for every time I log on to the forum, or at least 2) a way to set "Newest first" from top of each topic, if it refuses to remember.
At the moment, for each topic, I have to scroll down to the last reply on page 1, set newest first, before I can see the new replies.
BTW, I saw news in Hokkien on CCTV the other day (not Taiwan, but PRC!).
Someone has probably mentioned this on the Forum before, but it only really sank in when I saw and heard it myself. It was nice to know that Hokkien is getting some space in the PRC, but also sad for me to conclude that I could only pick out particularly phrases. I couldn't even say I understood the "general drift" of the news articles. This is pretty shocking, I know, but I suppose when the topic is "Nuclear Submarines" or "Trade Agreements", then it's natural that I would understand practically nothing. If it was "The Nuisance of Dogs Barking in the Neighbourhood" then I guess I might be able to get a general idea of what is being said.
sim,
It is all about mandarin phrases for the news report.Without proper mandarin knowledge ,I can't see english educated minnan people can understand it.
sim,
You can ask around in malaysia how many people know how to pronounce Oo5 Kim2 To5 china's chairman.Seldom people know it in minnan but you can get only mandarin sound
The malaysian minnan news surely is too hard for english/malay educated minnan people.
Like ----Huan5-bun2-liok8(jiok)-ciat4 is always mentioned meaning bureaucracies.Even chinese educated can't figure out the words
The result is encouraging---koo2-bu2 鼓舞.This is not a normal minnan daily words.
I have to explain to a penang buddhist who still unaware of what is the minnan word for rebirth after 10 years as a buddhist tau5-the1 or too5-thai1.Normally he just use english word for it.
You are right. The dictionary gives both gim2 and kim2 for the word pronunciation. I think gim2 is more commonly used. The dictionary only uses gim2 for all the terms and phrases.
s always the case for any attempt to change what more with the additional features which need some getting used to. Anyway, it's ok with me and my utmost appreciation for the great effort to make the change. 