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Old 12-27-2010, 09:51 AM
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It would also be nice if they put the name of the stake race in the entries. Not just "150k stakes". Pretty crazy how they left that part out.

They should have left things the way they were.
That's true Pete. And the new formatting makes it impossible (or much harder anyway) to post the Stakes and regular races the way I have for years.
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Old 12-27-2010, 09:56 AM
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That's true Pete. And the new formatting makes it impossible (or much harder anyway) to post the Stakes and regular races the way I have for years.
Good point. The results are also a mess. Before they had the pools/exotics on separate lines. Now it's all jammed up in a paragraph.

The only positive difference is the colors of each horse number. They should just go back tot he old set up and add the colors in.
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Old 12-27-2010, 10:03 AM
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I don't get how they keep throwingthese changes up without a Beta period where people can alternate between to acclimate and provide feedback. Instead, they just make changes without any notice or regard for how true creatures of habit will react.
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Old 12-27-2010, 10:41 AM
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I don't get how they keep throwingthese changes up without a Beta period where people can alternate between to acclimate and provide feedback. Instead, they just make changes without any notice or regard for how true creatures of habit will react.
Are any group of people/fans creatures of habits more than Horseplayers?
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Old 12-27-2010, 10:54 AM
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Agree with all of you. Pull up drf online and bang the changes in place. If nothing else give your customers a heads up. Yes, we horseplayers are creatures of habit for sure! If drf ever quit publishing their paper I might go into fits that would last years.
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Old 12-27-2010, 11:05 AM
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Did Meras scam her way into the new DRF IT director's job?

This can't be the final product. On a laptop it's ridiculous.
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Old 12-27-2010, 11:13 AM
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The new design especially on the homepage is far too complicated, atleast on the old design you knew exactly where to go to access the information you wanted, now you don't know where to start, on the top of the page or the bottom of the page.
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Old 12-27-2010, 11:24 AM
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I don't get how they keep throwingthese changes up without a Beta period where people can alternate between to acclimate and provide feedback. Instead, they just make changes without any notice or regard for how true creatures of habit will react.
You get what you pay for.
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Old 12-27-2010, 11:44 AM
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You get what you pay for.
Fair point Coach... These are free info sections of DRF.com, but there has been a parade of these kinds of unannounced 'innovations' that seem to have no real added benefit to the presentation on the site.
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Old 12-27-2010, 11:47 AM
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i like the old school format..guess im getting old..the classic vs the formulator..pps
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Old 12-27-2010, 12:00 PM
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I'm only one person, but since they changed I don't go to their website at all anymore.

I do like Equibases changes and new features though.
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Old 12-27-2010, 10:32 AM
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Good point. The results are also a mess. Before they had the pools/exotics on separate lines. Now it's all jammed up in a paragraph.

The only positive difference is the colors of each horse number. They should just go back tot he old set up and add the colors in.
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Old 12-27-2010, 10:03 AM
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The design was probably suited to view on a smartphone.
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Old 12-27-2010, 10:08 AM
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The design was probably suited to view on a smartphone.
As it happens, right this minute, you can't even pull results up on your Smartphone.
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Old 12-27-2010, 10:10 AM
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As it happens, right this minute, you can't even pull results up on your Smartphone.
I got them on my smarty phone yesterday but haven't tried today.
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Old 12-27-2010, 10:24 AM
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Probably won't do much good but I emailed DRF to let them know my opinion. I urge all of you to do the same.

Here is the link:
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Old 12-27-2010, 10:51 AM
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As it happens, right this minute, you can't even pull results up on your Smartphone.
Just viewed it on my android phone. I take it back though, it doesnt really look that much better on a smartphone.
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