11-19-2023, 06:20 AM
I know I probably don't have the forum cred to jump in here, but the forum is what it is. When it was pointed out in a recent post that the issue was simply newer browsers trying to load HTTPS by default, many people chimed in with numerous simple workarounds across a broad spectrum of web browsers. How great is that!
Here are a few things to put the website protocol/display issue into perspective.
1) We all get to participate here without being pestered to buy a membership.
2) There are really no ads to speak of.
3) An examination of the traffic and processes in the background shows that the site isn't crammed with pop-ups, banners, tracking, social media tie-ins, anti-privacy data skimming, etc.
4) There are no fund drives pestering you to contribute to pay for hosting and bandwidth.
5) In a nutshell, all the other garbage that plagues every other forum on the net doesn't have a place here.
6) Add to that one of the most impartial and cool-headed moderator teams of any motorcycle forum out there and this forum is still one of the best places on the web to visit.
I also think it's amazing in this day of corporations snatching up every online forum they can, that this forum is still privately owned and operated and that offers to sell it were declined. It's even more awesome that it was put up by somebody that loved his bike so much, he dumped his own time and money into making this a place that has stood for over a decade at his expense, and I might add, is one of the definitive sources of information for the CB1100 anywhere on the web. Guth did all this and continues to keep it keep it revenue free for all of us even though his health issues keep him from being able to enjoy the fruits of his labor in the way he used to. I can only imagine how challenging that is for him now.
I could go on and on, but in summary, gift-horse, mouth, etc. I think the minor technical issue is easily worked around and I am grateful he kept the lights on last year. Knowing that the site could be gone at any point with no notice make the display issues (that are a result of having built the site using what was once a standard protocol) seem awfully trivial in retrospect.
Cheers Guth!
Here are a few things to put the website protocol/display issue into perspective.
1) We all get to participate here without being pestered to buy a membership.
2) There are really no ads to speak of.
3) An examination of the traffic and processes in the background shows that the site isn't crammed with pop-ups, banners, tracking, social media tie-ins, anti-privacy data skimming, etc.
4) There are no fund drives pestering you to contribute to pay for hosting and bandwidth.
5) In a nutshell, all the other garbage that plagues every other forum on the net doesn't have a place here.
6) Add to that one of the most impartial and cool-headed moderator teams of any motorcycle forum out there and this forum is still one of the best places on the web to visit.
I also think it's amazing in this day of corporations snatching up every online forum they can, that this forum is still privately owned and operated and that offers to sell it were declined. It's even more awesome that it was put up by somebody that loved his bike so much, he dumped his own time and money into making this a place that has stood for over a decade at his expense, and I might add, is one of the definitive sources of information for the CB1100 anywhere on the web. Guth did all this and continues to keep it keep it revenue free for all of us even though his health issues keep him from being able to enjoy the fruits of his labor in the way he used to. I can only imagine how challenging that is for him now.
I could go on and on, but in summary, gift-horse, mouth, etc. I think the minor technical issue is easily worked around and I am grateful he kept the lights on last year. Knowing that the site could be gone at any point with no notice make the display issues (that are a result of having built the site using what was once a standard protocol) seem awfully trivial in retrospect.
Cheers Guth!