I won't use Facebook. They expect you to sign up sight unseen and I object to that.

I do look at MySpace from time to time, mainly to find the page of a specific person or band. I find their search so awful, that I don't do it that much.

I do look at You Tube and although I have signed up, I have never uploaded anything.

I am a member of Chiff and Fipple and Concertina.net forums as well as various help forums. Chiff and Fipple seems to assume that "everyone" plays Irish music and I don't so I find it frustrating. Also I find threads discussing the merits of JoeBloggs (TM) latest whistle tedious. I like the tin whistle tunes site which is kinda linked to Chiff and Fipple, though separately maintained. I post files there from time to time.

Concertina.net I like and there are some interesting discussions with threads on playing and on maintenance which can be very useful.

As to Mudcat, a quote facility in the reply would be useful. I know there are workarounds but being able to select "reply with quote" below a message would be helpful in trying to make more sense of the thread. Too many people reply to a message without making it clear who they are replying to which can make a discussion difficult to follow at times.

The other thing I would quite like is a sig file which you can have automatically attached to your message. I know I really ought to sign my name at the bottom of my posts, but I tend to forget.

On the whole, though keep mudcat simple. It's great virtue is that it requires little bandwidth and is easy to use.

Geoff Walker