Official Forum Feedback Thread
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8_Ball,
Posted on: 2009-07-31 13:32 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
I dislike that I have to click on someone's post before I can write a Quick Reply. Doesn't seem to be that quick if I have to click reply first anyway...
It'd be nice to have an option to expand the "English" section by default.
Borders around Avatars are ugly.
I don't mind the look of the boards, currently using Villain skin.
I don't mind images in posts and signatures as long as they're limited by size. However, it might be better to have the image options disabled by default, and let those who want to see the images enable them.
I dislike that links aren't colored differently.
I dislike that I have to use the same password as my game login.
Dev and Community Digests are borked and need to be fixed.
I dislike that there's no "Preview" option when posting.
How do I set this up for classic view? I liked the way it used to look. I find this one harder to read.
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There is, but it's one step removed. Instead of clicking "Post Quick Reply," click "Go Advanced" instead. From there you'll be able to preview your post. (I may be misremembering the exact button names, but you should get the idea.)
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Originally Posted by Kyasubaru
I dislike that there's no "Preview" option when posting.
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I'll answer what I can, but someone may be able to clarify what I say.|
Originally Posted by FatherXmas
In no particular order
1) Needing to hit quick reply in someone's message before being able to type in the editor box. 2) Gray bar above square avatar. 3) Needing to add background image to ad block (at least bouncing Posi was blocked auto on my system by flashblock. 4) Links not being highlighted in color but underlined instead. 5) No obvious way in editor to add color ... never mind found it. 6) Truly dislike use of game password to login to the forums. Ripe for "harvesting" since I don't even get a secure login icon in my browser on the login page. 7) We can have a signature image now but no more than five lines of text in our sig, not a character count, five lines. 8) No preview, just post. 9) No way to stealth edit for grammar/spelling. 10) No way to jump to new posts without a 2nd click. Not a big thing when the new post is on the first page, annoying if the thread is multi-page. 11) "New Post" isn't clearing reliably after loading the thread. Hopefully within a week I'll get use to the quirks. |
1. Use the New Reply button instead in the lower right corner. It will open to the default editor you have selected in your UserCP. I have mine set for the WYSIWYG editor.
The Quick Reply box here really isn't a Quick Reply box. It's just named that. It's more of a Same Page Reply box since you have to click a Quick Reply icon in a message first. A true Quick Reply box wouldn't need you to click anywhere else first.
2. Will come back to later.
4. Does make it a bit difficult to tell what's a link and what's just underlined text. Needs to be HIGHLY differentiated that it is a link.
7. Griped in Beta, as did others, apparently fell on deaf ears.
8. Only if you use the Quick Reply box and don't click Go Advanced. If you use the New Message or use the Quick Reply with the Go Advanced feature, you get a Preview Post button.
10. If I am looking at a list of threads and see a thread with new posts, I click the white downward pointing triangle. It takes me to the first unread post. No 2 clicks. Just one click.
11. Not sure I follow that one.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
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If memory serves (been a while since I was an admin), the Quick Reply settings can be changed so that it's globally enabled by default. If that's the case, hopefully it'll be done.|
Originally Posted by Kyasubaru
I dislike that I have to click on someone's post before I can write a Quick Reply. Doesn't seem to be that quick if I have to click reply first anyway...
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| It'd be nice to have an option to expand the "English" section by default. |
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| Borders around Avatars are ugly. |
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| I dislike that there's no "Preview" option when posting. |
Positron: "There are no bugs [in City of Heroes], just varying degrees of features."
Any chance of getting threads to automatically jump you to the last appropriate place you were?
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If a thread has new posts, there will be a little white down-arrow at the start of the thread title. Clicking on that will take you to the first unread post.
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Originally Posted by Talen_Lee
Any chance of getting threads to automatically jump you to the last appropriate place you were?
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"The Hamidon is a what what of what?" - Brian the mission guy.
My feedback:
Images in signatures = NO NO NO NO
KILL IT NOW!
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You can do that now, but it's counter-intuitive compared to the old boards and easy to miss. Stealing an image from one of Vivace's post|
Originally Posted by Talen_Lee
Any chance of getting threads to automatically jump you to the last appropriate place you were?
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[edit: The button could stand to be bigger.]
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I actually rather like that feature and will be adding my own when it's not 2.30 in the AM
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Originally Posted by Frost_NA
My feedback:
Images in signatures = NO NO NO NO KILL IT NOW! |
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It's all fine and dandy with little slivers of images. But it only takes a couple people to put a big-**** image in there to ruin it.|
Originally Posted by Scarlet_Shocker
I actually rather like that feature and will be adding my own when it's not 2.30 in the AM
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Forum signature images can die a slow death.
And no, turning off all images is not an option
The FORUMHOME template needs work. It is way to awkward to use in it's current state.
Lack of animated avatars means I am going to have to find a new one 
Not to thrilled with Red buttons on a blue based theme but it could work.
Minor issues. I am a big fan of vBulletin so most of them can be overlooked. Forum home needs to have sub forums displayed, possably with new threads showing at that level. There is a mod to do it but I do not know how well it scales up.
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I, and others, have animated avatars. You should be able to have one as well. What are your desired image's dimensions, file size, and format?
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Originally Posted by Calash
The FORUMHOME template needs work. It is way to awkward to use in it's current state.
Lack of animated avatars means I am going to have to find a new one |
Positron: "There are no bugs [in City of Heroes], just varying degrees of features."
I'll need to play/look around more but...
I don't like the bulletins so far.
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But, that'll be 5 minutes of my life wasted making my sig =(|
Originally Posted by Frost_NA
My feedback:
Images in signatures = NO NO NO NO KILL IT NOW! |
And, image support should be useful as long as it isn't abused. Unlike the "user rating" system which tends to be really just very useless.
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As mentioned, you should be able to get animated stuff, just make sure it's the right size and proportion (see my Av) |
Originally Posted by Calash
The FORUMHOME template needs work. It is way to awkward to use in it's current state.
Lack of animated avatars means I am going to have to find a new one Not to thrilled with Red buttons on a blue based theme but it could work. Minor issues. I am a big fan of vBulletin so most of them can be overlooked. Forum home needs to have sub forums displayed, possably with new threads showing at that level. There is a mod to do it but I do not know how well it scales up. |
I agree on the home issue. I just make sure I go through the "English" link at the top of that page and the layout ends up looking similar to the old boards. It does need addressing.
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My DA Profile
Good catch on both points. I am going to set myh link to take me to the english link by default...simple fix on my part.
Avatars seem to have a rough time loading. For example, after editing, my avatar won't display until I refresh. Friends have a box that appears to be meant for an avatar, but the image is coming from image.php?u=XXXX, and the generated image is a transparent pixel. Etc.
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The only real issue I have is that the Dev/Community Digest isn't working.
In the Arena of Logic, I fight unarmed.
A couple of things. Do we really need to click a "Quick Reply" button to quick reply?
Additionally, the Quick Reply box isn't automatically spell checked by Firefox, gotta turn it on manually. Any way to fix this?
Edit: Oh and the "go to the first new post" button only seems to work if it wants to 
I don't like this.
Now we have the forum style of Champions Online....
I prefered the old forums. They were the first forum setup I greatly enjoyed and found easy to move through.
Oh well, guess we are trying to go with a style like other games (including other comic book superhero games).
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Loving the new forums much much more. Though I wish I didn't have "_NA" at the end of my name.
*Shakes head*
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I don't remember any warning about backing that up like your sent/received. Swell.
I found that rather odd, so thought I'd look at the Villain skin even though I prefer blue. The gray avatar border goes all the way around the image and doesn't stop part way through like it does on the Hero skin.
Weird.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.