OK these boards are stupid


Aerones

 

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I can't see all sections with out clicking to find subsections. On top of that I have to log in every time a page refreshes, even though I have pw saved and have remember me checked.

I'm not impressed.



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I have to say I agree.

It's kind of silly for it to be collapsed. This was painful.


 

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I'm liking the things we can choose to get or not get. I like the look... but having trouble with the "jump to last unread post" like it did on the old ones.


 

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And I HATE not being able to subscribe to a BOARD, and not just a thread. *shrugs* Lotsa clickin' to get to Protector board.


 

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There's an arrow near the thread title that points downward that sort of works as a 'new post' button, but it doesn't work very well. As far as the collapsed threads go, if you look at the top of the page there's a bit of text that looks like this:

City of Heroes Forums > English > Servers > Protector

Hit the English link, it leads back to something a bit more familiar for us.


Meanwhile, I find that the new boards turn off Firefox's inherant spellcheck.


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Up at the top, if you click on "English" (City of Heroes Forums > English) and bookmark that, it will bookmark it with the sections expanded.

But apparently I've been beaten to the punch.


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*nods* It's still very clunky in several ways - thanks for the trick to show everything expanded. I was going insane having to click, then click to get to a normalish view.


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Now if only there was a way to be able to jump to the first unread post in a thread like the old forum. Not being able to do this is driving me CRAZY!


 

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Originally Posted by Panzerwaffen
Now if only there was a way to be able to jump to the first unread post in a thread like the old forum. Not being able to do this is driving me CRAZY!
There is a way it is the little triangle off to the left of the thread name.


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Yeah...not impressed with the new boards at all yet.



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All in all, given all the hype about the transition, I have to say I am underwhelmed thusfar. Here's hoping my perception improves over time and as I use them more. I certainly have time on my hands what with Protector down... ah the angst, it is a plenty, no?


 

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Originally Posted by brokenprey View Post
there is a way it is the little triangle off to the left of the thread name.
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!


 

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Originally Posted by Ice9_ View Post
All in all, given all the hype about the transition, I have to say I am underwhelmed thusfar. Here's hoping my perception improves over time and as I use them more. I certainly have time on my hands what with Protector down... ah the angst, it is a plenty, no?
Agreed. I am getting more used to it with the discovery of the little triangle thing, but...I can't put up an avatar or anything. Maybe like wolfie and them have said...with time. They def should haev the upload an avatar instead of hosting it...



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And at least we can add images directly to the threads now.












That won't last long, though, I'm sure, so spam those .jpgs!


 

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i actually sorta like them.... there are alot more settings to tweak but once i mess with it.. i think i will like it even more


 

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Dumb. The only plus side is now when someone on EU screws up and posts info before the US i'll know. But now i have a stupid _Na next to my name.


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Handy tip for those who've not already figured it out, the time displayed for posts and whatnot can be adjusted in your Control Panel under Edit Options. There's quite a few other handy options there too. As for your NA Elric, look at it like this, you're an Elric, the North American variety. Very rare I hear.


 

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lmao, I just figured out the whole Reputation deal here, that's funny, that thing will be abused like a (utterly inappropriate under-age girl reference deleted). Click on the scales below anyone's name/avatar and you can give them a Reputation point. Take that One-Star Bandit.


 

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Wow, I got to stay logged in to make this very post!


I'll just say give it time. It's new, so of course there's gonna be some hiccups. But um, if this (crap) goes on for a week or so, we have a problem.


 

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I gotta say..it has a very "High-Def" feel to it.

I dunno why. It just does.



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Originally Posted by Rastafari_Man View Post
I gotta say..it has a very "High-Def" feel to it.

I dunno why. It just does.
Do the quotes look hidef?

It's not bad and ya that granite in the pic is very impressed he's showing these boards what he thinks.



 

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Okay, I'm not exactly a huge fan of these boards either.
Something like PHPBB or SMF might have been more flexible for the users, but the community development wonks needed something they could get adapted for their purposes.

I just wish I could get a flat board display again instead of the silly nested boards.

Devs! This feature SHOULD be available in the admin control panel! Turn it on please!

Also, going to have to fart around with the search system a bit to come up with a decent new post search that ONLY grabs the English boards.

Ah well. Learning curves. Ain't they a female dog?

One thing I do NOT like is the new board logon schema. A compromise of the board potentially allows someone to dump our logon data. Think about it, what could someone ELSE do with the "new" user logon data you have to provide?



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I'd like to thank PCC for giving me a quick and easy site to get a sig banner made!



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