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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Enkhidu" data-source="post: 1933672" data-attributes="member: 351">OK - let me preface by saying something really quickly: I in no way disapprove of the methods being used to test and poll changes to the default scheme (or, in fact any of the schemes). In general, I like them, though I think that even if I didn't like them its not my place as a guest of the board managment to second guess their choice of drapes. In addition, I have been on the receiving end of the gripes associated with IT change more times than I like to remember. So, please take what comes next as constructive criticism meant to help make your (and by this I'm talking mostly to MM, who gets the brunt of the flak - MM, I've always thought you've done professional level design, though I haven't always agreed with your go-live methodology. please remember that when you read this) volunteer filled lives a bit easier...I'm positive that you can make less grief for yourself by implementing two things: 1) public beta testing and 2) one week's lead time warning of a major style change in the default. Both could be handled very easily during the same period - simply make the new scheme available during a "soft opening" and then make it the default one week later. I'm fairly sure that this will ruffle fewer feathers, give you ample time to test the new scheme in different environments far more completely than you can in yout test bed, and provide smoother transitions. I hope that it helps.</blockquote>

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