MacRumors Forums Theme Change and New Platform

When creating a new posts, and u insert a link from media sites (i.e Youtube.) the "media" tag is automatically used, embedding the video in the post..

if there a way *not* to do this and/or toggle this on/off ?

I realise MR is doing the same thing like embedded images.

 

ya, but after something like a toggle switch or short code..... anyway.. Youtube embed video doesn't look too bad as long as its in new line.

 

Are there any plans to add back the feature that automatically combines consecutive posts from the same user? The options provided by the moderators are both extremely painful to use on mobile devices.

Also, it appears you can no longer respond to moderator PMs? Is this an interface bug in the mobile version or a feature for the moderators.

 

If a staff member PM's someone on a personal nature, it'll be open for replies. However, if the PM is in regards to moderation of rules violations, those are locked because we want members who have questions about it to send them to us via the Contact form, which is linked to in each moderation message. That allows the administrators to review what was done, interview the moderators and respond to the member. This is by policy and we don't discuss these things in private between a staff member and a member. Its all about back room transparency for us and ensures the members get a fair review of their moderation.

 

The scroll to bottom/top arrows are now gone, that was a handy feature. Is this permanent?

 

white space on right hand side on "Forum list" page. (its centering) your stats, Who's online etc.. but the whole thing jumps up on "trending now" and "New Threads" not sure if that was a change or old

 

Can't reply.

"MacRumors Forums - Error
You do not have permission to view this page or perform this action."

What is this??
(You have insufficient privileges to reply here.)

What is "insufficient privileges" ??

 

Can MR add "Itunes" word to Mac App store forum section ? since its not always clear that any iTunes posts also go in this section, yet the image doesn't reflect "iTunes" at all. only Mac app store.. MR is just assuming this ?

 

I think that would just cause different confusion (Mac apps vs iOS apps). I do not think it is a big leap to look for iTunes in Mac Apps.

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Is there a reason why the link to the last post in a thread is disabled unless a user is logged in?

This is the only web forum I've ever encountered that has such a restriction. I don't care to always be logged in, on every device when reading this forum.

Additionally, when replying to a thread, not being able to see the rest of the thread in context is something that's glaringly missing compared to other forums.

 

I see that behaviour with XenForo elsewhere; it's not peculiar to MacRumors Forums.

A link to the topic appears both above and below the reply field:



You can use either of those links to view what's required in a separate window or tab.

 

It's just one of several annoyances on here designed to make you log in, I think. It's definitely frustrating when you haven't bothered to log in and constantly click the text expecting something to happen.

 

Test: fails to start at the specified time.

Can you fix the embeddding to respect start times?

 

Why hide the link when the posts are already public and freely available?

Yet, any anonymous visitor can access user profile details, without being a member, or being logged in -- which is the opposite of how other forums handle it.

To me, it's bass ackwards, and I've been online since the days of dial-up BBSes.

 

Pretty sure you can control some aspects of who can view your profile or contact you, for example.

 

But the majority of forums don't allow any profile information to be revealed unless one is logged in as a registered user.

In any case, the concealing the last post link is more of an annoyance, and I have yet to see any logical explanation for that behavior.

 

The forum does not have a Safari pin icon (<link ref=“mask-icon”>). When I switch between front page and forum, the icon comes and goes.

 

Any hope that someday I'll be able to turn off avatars?