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[Steven Hansen]

I think I might be here before this is done, but this new interface is looking pretty snazzy! :) Keep up the good work!

[EvilSmile]

Steven Hansen said:

I think I might be here before this is done, but this new interface is looking pretty snazzy! :) Keep up the good work!

Also, now I have a link to "New Posts" right on the front page. :)

But where did my Avatar go! :eek:

[Mihail121]

Yeah, that new interface is just so cool ^^ Nice work, dear DevMaster staff!!! Please continue with presenting us pleasent suprises!!

[NomadRock]

my poor avatar :(

Most everything I generally use seems to be re implemented here though. This will take a bit of getting used to ;p

[anubis]

Somehow when I want to reply to old posts I get loged out and can't reply to the post. The post in question is Reedbeta's "Optimitzing Raytracing" thread.

edit : Never mind, it worked now. I like the new interface, too.

[.oisyn]

Looking nice, great job

Some minor details though:
- Avatars are missing? I enabled them in my profile
- I can't seem to find my private message center (I've got an email telling me that I have a private message, following the link doesn't work; it brought me to the forum index)
- The "today's post" only shows the post made this day (well, duh ), but I'm not an everyday visitor so I like the old "recent posts" link more. Disregard that, that's exactly what the "new posts" link does
- Quickreply is disabled until you click on one of the clickreply buttons of one of the posts. Can't this be the top-level post by default?

.edit: and it seems that the strikethough tag ([s]) is missing
.edit2: and I found the private messages as well

[Tufty]

Sorry to be a downer on the new interface, but I absolutely, totally, HATE IT.

I've always disliked vBulletin anyway, and now we're using it here, I remember why. It just feels clunky. True, it has lots of features, but it's ugly, slow, and hard to get around. Posts are still showing as unread even after I've clicked into them, the avatars are gone, there's far too much content to see on one page... I'd have been far far happier staying with the old forums.

I used to check this site several times a day, because of the way the forums were a natural extension of the rest of the site. Now, I'll probably visit a lot less often just so I don't have to put up with the crap vBulletin system. Sorry.

[Noor]

as dia pointed out, the forums are still beta. New features are comming soon!

special thanks to Truevision3D for the funding of Licensing for this forum software!

[bladder]

Tufty said:

Sorry to be a downer on the new interface, but I absolutely, totally, HATE IT.

I've always disliked vBulletin anyway, and now we're using it here, I remember why. It just feels clunky. True, it has lots of features, but it's ugly, slow, and hard to get around. Posts are still showing as unread even after I've clicked into them, the avatars are gone, there's far too much content to see on one page... I'd have been far far happier staying with the old forums.

I used to check this site several times a day, because of the way the forums were a natural extension of the rest of the site. Now, I'll probably visit a lot less often just so I don't have to put up with the crap vBulletin system. Sorry.

Aww c'mon Tufty, it's not *all* bad. You'll get used to it after a while, and besides we all know that you can't possibly stay away from us no matter what kind of forum software this site uses

And don't worry about the forums not being a natural extension anymore, it's being worked on and gradually the rest of the site will be resynched.

[.oisyn]

Tufty said:

Sorry to be a downer on the new interface, but I absolutely, totally, HATE IT.

I've always disliked vBulletin anyway

Therefore I think your opinion is more emotional than it is justified. I don't see a lot of difference between vBulletin and the earlier Invision (it was Invision, wasn't it?), surely not the "too much information per page". It's more something getting used to, and "it's bad _because_ it's vBulletin" isn't a valid argument.

[Dia]

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Posts are still showing as unread even after I've clicked into them

That's because the forums just got installed. Give it some time...

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I used to check this site several times a day, because of the way the forums were a natural extension of the rest of the site. Now, I'll probably visit a lot less often just so I don't have to put up with the crap vBulletin system. Sorry.

It is always hard to have everyone satisfied. As I said, over time we'll gradually take away the unnecessary and extra unneeded features. But even before, the old forums weren't really an extension of the whole site. The next phase is to unify the interface of the forums and site.

[Dia]

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Avatars are missing? I enabled them in my profile

Yeah, they are disabled at the moment. They'll be back soon (some things are being sorted out).

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Quickreply is disabled until you click on one of the clickreply buttons of one of the posts. Can't this be the top-level post by default?

Yeah, the click can be disabled, but that would defeat the purpose of sub-threads. If it were enabled by default, most users would natually just enter without considering for which post the reply is for. However, if the majority of here aren't using the 'threaded-view" of the threads, then we can have it enabled by default.

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and it seems that the strikethough tag is missing

It is working now

[.oisyn]

Dia said:

Yeah, the click can be disabled, but that would defeat the purpose of sub-threads. If it were enabled by default, most users would natually just enter without considering for which post the reply is for. However, if the majority of here aren't using the 'threaded-view" of the threads, then we can have it enabled by default.

Yeah, well, I personally don't see the point in threaded forums, you have quotes anyway, and what if you want to combine multiple replies in a single post . But seriously, I think now it's the other way around: people have to click somewhere in order to get the quickreply working, and I think most people tend to move the mouse the least as possible; so the last post gets replied on the most, although it isn't necessarily a reply to that particular post. So instead of the linear thread you suggest, you get the other kind linear thread where every new post is a reply to the last.

[Tufty]

You're right, I won't be able to stay away. But I still don't like it :)

.oisyn, my dislike for vBulletin is a usability thing - every site I visit that uses it, I find it difficult to navigate and just generally use. Maybe part of that's because I'm a regular user of phpBB, but I just think that vBulletin has far too many features that most users will never ever use.

Oh well, if you guys reckon you can make it work eventually, it'll be good to see, and I'll give it a chance, but for the record, I don't think I'll like it no matter what you do to it, because of the things that you can't change about the vBulletin core.

One suggestion I'd like you to consider - put a link at the bottom of the threads to go back to the forum page the threads in - I don't like having to scroll back up a long page to be able to click the link again.

I don't like threaded forums either :D

[roel]

The 'new posts' thing is a real advantage! and I prefer these colors :)

[darqSHADOW]

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special thanks to Truevision3D for the funding of Licensing for this forum software!

I'd like to thank DevMaster for providing such a great resource for game developers, which is the primary reason we decided to sponsor the forums. It will take a bit of getting used to, but I am very happy to see the upgrade has finally started. I cannot wait to see what comes up in the future for DevMaster and the game development community as a whole.

DS

[Ed Mack]

Dia said:

It is always hard to have everyone satisfied. As I said, over time we'll gradually take away the unnecessary and extra unneeded features.

Please be ruthless. Keep no cruft!

[Mihail121]

lol... the "report bad post" option is really cool ^^

[Methulah]

Tufty said:

You're right, I won't be able to stay away. But I still don't like it :)

.oisyn, my dislike for vBulletin is a usability thing - every site I visit that uses it, I find it difficult to navigate and just generally use. Maybe part of that's because I'm a regular user of phpBB, but I just think that vBulletin has far too many features that most users will never ever use.

Oh well, if you guys reckon you can make it work eventually, it'll be good to see, and I'll give it a chance, but for the record, I don't think I'll like it no matter what you do to it, because of the things that you can't change about the vBulletin core.

One suggestion I'd like you to consider - put a link at the bottom of the threads to go back to the forum page the threads in - I don't like having to scroll back up a long page to be able to click the link again.

I don't like threaded forums either :D

I have to say I don't much like the forums either, it just seems hard to navigate. But anyway, congratulations for getting it working, and I hope to see the forums looking like the rest of the site, not the other way round.:lol:

[Dia]

Why is it hard to navigate? Can you explain?
I'm sure it's just a matter of getting use to it.