Hello,

You are pretty much wrong on every point. Let's break it down.

Now_and_Then wrote:

 

Yes indeed, BIG congratulations to Line 6, because this is the third forum they have had since I have been registered, and not once, that is to say, not one single time, has changing the forum layout and software actually improved anything at all. All the changes have been for the worse.

 

You are most welcome to your opinion and we respect that here so thanks for the feedback.

There used to be specific forums dedicated to specific families of hardware and those too have been abolished. And the reason I came here was to give some further thought to a possible purchase of the Pod X3 Pro; I wanted to see what kind of opinions current users had, and if, inter alia, there was any word on adding the very basic and necessary sync-to-DAW-tempo function. But no, those forums too no longer exist. Yay!

 

Compoletely untrue. Did you notice the SUPPORT link in the red banner above? Here, let me leave you the link:

http://line6.com/community/community/support

Hopefully that helps. Oh, also, I did a video tutorial on how to get around the forums complete with tips on how to find what you're looking for. You should probably watch that too..

http://line6.com/community/docs/DOC-1522

Hey, guess what I have just decided not to buy!

 

PS This interface here is dog-slow. And the whole forum in its entirety is confusing and difficult to navigate.

Nice choice of software, guys!

That's too bad that you decided not to buy the X3 Pro. It rocks, I own one and I love it. Oh, if the interface is slow then it must be your computer. Just a quick reference. I'm currently on an Intel Pentium 4 PC (not even a dual core) running at 2.8 GHz and the forums are nice and fast.

Thanks again for your post.

Line6Miller

I stopped helping people a long time ago, all I do is hang out in the lounge.

Just because you don't like a sandwich does not mean you have to keep eating it...You are free spit it out and try another sandwich shop.

i have to concur with the dislikers  of this forum.

Here is an example of surfing in from the net (rather than bookmarks which i have at home) - how confusing is this for a first-timer?

i would like Variax Bass Support, here are the steps:

Community>User Discussions>Support

Now at this stage i reach a blank screen. Luckily i know that i need to scroll down to the bottom to see further options.

Variax Support>Variax Guitars/Bass/Workbench

Now i'm presented with a load of info i don't want - oh i see i have to click on Discussions to see the forum that i originally wanted.

Oh, and there's no separate V Bass section, yet i have to navigate an extra step to get to the forum for no reason - there are no separate forums.

Come on that's awful. Now from here i want to go to the Line 6 Lounge:

Community>General Discusion>Line 6 Lounge - again i have to click on Discussion to actually see the forum. Jeez what a mess.

In the old days (and on any other forum i go to) the steps would be:

Community>All forums displayed>Choose forum

That's a whopping two steps. C'mon guys.

On top of that multi-page threads do no display the pages on the Discussion page, so you always have to click the topic to then go to the last page, rather than being able to click on the last page from the Discussion front page. Plus when you post a reply it goes back to the original post page rather than showing the reply you just made, so you then have to navigate to the last page to see if your comment went in, how it looks etc.

I used to read and comment on most of the forums. I dont anymore. Probably a good thing. I have 3 points on this forum.

I agree, the initial layout choice is not at all intuitive. Just like the original poster I went to the Line 6 website to access user forums to learn about the X3. I clicked the Community link at the top of the site, then chose User Discussions which takes you to this page http://line6.com/community/index.jspa?s=b   It's this very first page which is the problem. I want some user forums for the products, but there's nothing at all here that indicates where they are. I certainly didn't click "Support" which I assumed would take me to some company driven support page, not general forums.

Additionally, once you know to click Support it's still not easy to find the actual forums since the forum links are a full page down, at least on my 22" monitor.

When you need to have a video tutorial to use a WEBSITE (or even a piece of software) you know you've done something wrong developing the interface. Seriously.

When I clicked the User Discussions link from the main Line6 site it should have taken me to a list of all of the discussion forums right then and there. Like every other forum in the world. That's the problem.

Luckily I found this post so I can finally go read some forum info on the X3.

I must agree.  I left the previous forum because of an overrun of hostility, and was hoping this new forum had one feature: IGNORE USER.  I was attached to a community that was damaging to me.  The best course back to happiness was just to give it up.

Instead of improving this new one it's become a miserable mess.  You just can't find a single logical place to browse or post!  In the old forum I could click on a heading like "POD" and see everything from Floor PODs up to X3 Pro (I liked that option!), now you absolutely have to drill down to a specific model

Now I'm curious about the new FBV MK2 family.  Where do I go?  What category is it under?  Do I use it "In the studio" or "on stage"?  Do I need "Support" for an item nobody has yet?  Is this a "Lounge" topic?  Nope... I can't be bothered, if it's easier to go to the music store and try it, then forget using the forum.

Well, I think this marks the end of my participation in Line 6 forum v3.0.  Maybe v4.0 I'll come back...  I just don't miss it!