This may be ahuge pain, but I'll suggest it anyways.  It would be cool if there was a map where you could click on a country, and see all the members in that country.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

My screen is 1024 by 800 and everything looks fine here except for the User Preferences page.  The boxes for different choices extend into the right-hand column, overlapping the other info there.

I also think we need to get a FAQ written in the big four or five languages but that's something that will come in time... if only to say (in German, etc) that this is predominantly an English-language site, how to register, etc. because some of the initial stuff is confusing and uses a lot of technical English (like "Display preferences" etc).

Pax

Night and day you can find me Flogging the Simian

I'm pretty excited about this new site.  Just taking in the feel of it, and the differences in content and style from the American sites, it feels like this site is going to be something special.  

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It's cool in the US @BMT - wow another nation exists, using the Internet to meet us.

Just watch out with the EU, still not over it, we may not wage another war in the near future! The EU getting in some difficulties because citizens have a sense losing their identity.

The travelers to visit different cultures and/or well educated have voted Oui to the EU charter in France and the Netherlands.

Perhaps better to avoid nationals issue, consider the eTrib community as a true European Blog Forum. Remember the recent pie gender war? Your suggestion could lead to major rifts in Strasbourg and Brussels! Think of the matrix of cross-translations!

Unless you intended that all foreign visitors to the Europe Tribune make themselves known: 40% USA and 10% Canadian and another 8% from other countries. That would be an idea. LOL

EU Peace  ◊  Vote Oui!

USA WELCOME: Make Yourself Known @BooMan Tribune and add some cheers!

'Sapere aude'

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Did we lose this feature this morning? Temporarily, or was software update not ... spelling checked?

USA WELCOME: Make Yourself Known @BooMan Tribune and add some cheers!

'Sapere aude'

This site is a nice place to hang out!

I do have one wish though: Would it be possible to make the country abbreviation show up at the bottom of the browser when I move my cursor over it? (That information would be more meaningful to me than the uid.)

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

For now, only a question:
Why are the 3 hidden comments hidden?
They have one, two and two 4-ratings respectively, and are definitely not trollish.

Could you gather all the diaries about each country's political system--there have been 3 so far I think: France, Netherlands and Switzerland--and have then always available?  Then when you are reading about a poltical development in a specific country you could check them quickly for some background.  It would be especially good for we uninformed Americans.  I have only had a chance to read one so far--Jerome's--but I know I could learn a lot from each of them.  Maybe each diary writer could include a link to the relevant one at the bottom of his/her diary, if it would not be too much trouble

La vie n'est de soi ni bien ni mal, elle est la place du bien et du mal selon que vous faites.

I put my country in my signature. Although I'm not sure if Canada belongs here, or Australia, or South America. Maybe I should start a Salon des refuses. :-)

To thine ownself be true. W.S. CANADA

I was born in one country, immigrated and became a citizen of a second country, have lived in four other countries in the past, and live in another country altogether at the moment.

Any chance of getting beyond the choose-one-country option?

Pogo: We have met the enemy, and he is us.