Where can I pick it up around Chicago? Any bookstore?

It only took about 6 days to get to me. Ordered on a Sunday afternoon and I got it that Saturday. Their page that you check your order can be a little concerning. My order still says it is being processed but I have it now. Well worth the price for any Cub fan. The photography is great too. Great job Al...

Some of the new features are impressive and were much needed, but there does seem to be a lot of colorful fluff too. It's probably a generational thing - these days I just try to laugh at the stuff that would otherwise make me crabby. I have this fear of turning into my father...

Seems to me there ought to be some way to 'tag' an ID with a blog/team name or otherwise associate you with a specific blog/team if that's all you want, thereby keeping your original ID. Doesn't seem right that two Jessica's who will most likely never cross paths can't peacefully co-exist in cyberspace.

I did check on another possible ID for you however, and MOW is available... ;-)

There are a lot of bells and whistles added just because they could. I really hate that in any software upgrade. The c and z functions I do like, but for the most part I like it because it is the only thing that makes this site run quicker. For the most part, with all the graphics and such, it loads much much slower than before. I got lucky...kaseyi was reserved for me (as if there was another kaseyi) so I don't have that identity withdrawl problem, but if it wasn't there, I don't know what I would have used. THe new fanposts seems to be getting really cluttered (maybe even from me) but I think it's just because people are trying out the features (like me) I don't really think we need view counts but once again, something was added just because it could be added. Anyway, I will probably stay here because this community is the one Cubs board that most closely resembles my feelings toward the team (even if it is a bit too new age stat heavy for me...at least it isn't taken over by the statheads like some other boards I used to participate on) and hope that things will get better with SB Nation 2.1 (or whatever upgrade they do)

Kasey

I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts on the new BCB. We're listening to that input and working hard to improve the experience for everyone as best we can.

This is definitely a bit like moving into a new home after years getting comfortable in the old one. Al has hung up the pictures and brought over the furniture, but it just doesn't feel the same. There is a new look and some things work differently, but hopefully y'all will use the new features to make this place your own. When BCB was first setup it probably looked like the other SB Nation blogs (although there weren't many of them back then) and it took some time for Al and the community to transform it into the unique place it is. Ultimately though it's Al's writing and your participation that make it special. And we want to fix any problems that would be a barrier to that.

Posting - I'm sorry to hear you're frustrated with posting. Are you not comfortable authoring FanPosts or writing comments? We're still working on the FanPost editor so we'd appreciate any input on how we can make that easier.

Reading - What do you find difficult to read? The stories or the comments? We're not done tweaking the design so let us know where you're encountering trouble.

Browser crashes - Is that happening in the big comment threads or everywhere on the site? We're aware of the slow load times on the threads with a large number of comments and we're actively working on solutions to that. We've found it to be a problem primarily in Firefox, so if you're using a different browser and encountering the same issue let us know.

Username - I'm sorry you lost your old name. We tried to be fair about how we determined seniority and who could claim the names. Our goal was to balance the request for easily joining and commenting on many blogs in our network with one login with maintaining respect for the individual communities. And we definitely wanted to make sure you didn't lose your history of comments and diaries. I notice that you haven't claimed your old blog account to associate those with your new name. You can do that right here: http://www.sbnation.com/account/migrate_accounts . Once you do that, it will also show the date you originally joined BCB and your old User ID/#.

I hope you'll remain an active member on BCB and continue giving us this great feedback on the new site.

I just joined VEB and McCovey Chronicles. Made my first post on VEB here.

Most of us drink Dr. Pepper (aka 'Slurm') and pretzels. I have a soft spot for Rock Star.

Originally, pressing C served to both jump to the next comment and unmark it (as Z now does). Our dev team - and many members of Athletics Nation - found that this assumed too much. People wanted the option to unmark or not. So we changed the behavior and paired C with X, as is currently explained above every comments thread. Then we added SHIFT-C so you could jump backward and forward and unmark as you choose.

And someone had the Slurm-inspired idea to make R reply to the current comment. Which we still think is sweet. Power to the people.

So all that worked for a while... but at the expense of freedom came too many keystrokes. Most of the time, as you said, I just want to power through comments, leaving them unmarked in my wake. So we added the Z key and restored the Zorro no-holds-barred power to slice through comments at a mile a minute.

BUT, ballhawk (if I may call you ballhawk) I still find that sometimes I want to leave a comment marked so to come back to it later. Sometimes I want to reply to a few different comments, but I don't have time right now. So I leave them marked and C cycle through them to reply individually when I get a chance.

Case in point, 3 minutes ago the new comment from BlueSox popped in below. I pressed C to jump down there, and C again to jump back up here once I'd read it.

In any case, I do appreciate your point about streamlining our mental toolkits. If we implement more key-fu we'll need to keep a short list, for sure. Anyway, thanks for your ideas and for your patience as we sort out what works best for everyone.

I meant to reply to ballhawk.