BirraImperial
Pura Vida!
I find it a bit weird...might take some time for me to get used to it...Having said that, there's a problem with Tapatalk the people in charge might want to check out...
Do you like the new forum?
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Phrossack
Armored Fish and Armored Men
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It's a change, that's for sure. Not sure what to think about it, though. I have to adjust to it, rebuild my ignore list, and change my alert preferences, and I think the whole awards system is silly. Maybe I'll come to appreciate the "like" feature, or maybe it'll turn into a popularity contest.
BirraImperial
Pura Vida!
I like the Tapatalk notifications on my phone...I hope they can make the forums compatible with the app...
schlaufuchs
Break My Heart
Meh, the layout's manageable, I wasn't particularly attached to the old one, and we get like features!
But postcount doesn't show anymore. I expect my activity's going to fall pretty heavily as a result.
But postcount doesn't show anymore. I expect my activity's going to fall pretty heavily as a result.
Synobun
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Why?
BirraImperial
Pura Vida!
It looks like IGN forums in many ways...
Most of the 'new' things are most likely the result of customisation options not being implemented yet. e.g. the like system - there wasn't some conscious decision that now we must have a like system, it was just that it's stock-standard with Xenoforo. It may be continued, it may be turned off. That remains to be seen, but functionality is a bigger priority.
It's useful though to discuss what you like and what you don't like about the new forum.
It's useful though to discuss what you like and what you don't like about the new forum.
I hate it. At least when TrekBBS switched, they gave plenty of notice and had a beta version for those of us who wanted to try it out to see if it was buggy.
1. No collapsible forums. I only play Civ II; why should I have to scroll past all the rest of that stuff between Site Feedback and the Colosseum?
2. This theme is too bright; it literally hurts my eyes.
3. Where are the social groups? Did anyone on staff give a single thought to notifying the people who run these groups that years' worth of posts would just vanish? It would have been nice to have a PM to give us a chance to preserve anything important.
4. I haven't yet had a chance to check out A&E to see how the voting system works and if I can still run Iron Pen as it's meant to be run. What are the limits for PMs and posts (as in # of characters)?
1. No collapsible forums. I only play Civ II; why should I have to scroll past all the rest of that stuff between Site Feedback and the Colosseum?
2. This theme is too bright; it literally hurts my eyes.
3. Where are the social groups? Did anyone on staff give a single thought to notifying the people who run these groups that years' worth of posts would just vanish? It would have been nice to have a PM to give us a chance to preserve anything important.
4. I haven't yet had a chance to check out A&E to see how the voting system works and if I can still run Iron Pen as it's meant to be run. What are the limits for PMs and posts (as in # of characters)?
poom3619
Ping Pang Poom!
Well, I for one would love a bit darker color, or at least any choice about forum's appearance. I also don't see why we need an achievement system in forum.
But at least the new forum save above comment when I accidentally click away from this thread.
But at least the new forum save above comment when I accidentally click away from this thread.
Manfred Belheim
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Not really a fan. I never really like change for the sake of change and I wasn't aware of any problems with the old layout. Plus the writing is all way too big now.
GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
This is my general feeling. Why fix what isint broken?
This has got to be my biggest peeve on the site that I agree with. There are no options for me to collapse the Civ forums for versions that I haven't touched in years.
Unfortunately, the DYOS group that I've founded years ago, got swept away into the void. It would have been nice that the new forum software had groups. Though not all is all lost since we've migrated the group function outside of CFC in dA.
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Manfred Belheim
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Hmm. Also don't like the fact that there's only 20 topics per page instead of 30 now, and no obvious way of changing that. Just means more clicking.
Synobun
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It was broken, just not obviously on the user-end (yet). CFC was running on a laughably antiquated vBulletin version. It's a wonder it made it this long without needing to be switched, and that's evidenced by this switch taking place so abruptly.
Hygro
soundcloud.com/hygro/
Way easier to participate from my phone, so that's bad I guess. I mean good. Yes, good.
I still want the vbulliten back from before the 2004 upgrade if I can be nostalgic for a cfc aesthetic. At least we have thin divides between posts again.
I still want the vbulliten back from before the 2004 upgrade if I can be nostalgic for a cfc aesthetic. At least we have thin divides between posts again.
heresy
Hygro
soundcloud.com/hygro/
I see black text on tan
Lexicus
Deity
I see black text on off-white. I don't get the complaints about the colors, I vastly preferred my blue skin from before but this isn't actively painful to read or anything. I'm also assuming we will get back the ability to change the display skin sooner or later.
