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MacRumors Forums Theme Change and New Platform
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Unread – from around 2015-05-04 (not from 2015-05-31)
https://forums.macrumors.com/watched/threads misrepresents – as unread – various posts from 4th May onwards.
Posts in those topics were read by me prior to migration.
With an assumption that the discrepancy is a one-off, I'll happily treat this bug as minor and negligible.
(I do not recall a comparable bug in the May 2015 open test environment.)
https://forums.macrumors.com/watched/threads misrepresents – as unread – various posts from 4th May onwards.
Posts in those topics were read by me prior to migration.
With an assumption that the discrepancy is a one-off, I'll happily treat this bug as minor and negligible.
(I do not recall a comparable bug in the May 2015 open test environment.)
High contrast + flat + colorless gets you this. Welcome to the new world order. You'll never see it coming.
I really like that your post count shows next to each post.
General feedback: I like the new platform, it works and looks more modern. Good job all around!
Are the old attachments in forum posts gone? I've produced a couple of guides and it looks like the existing attachments still appear. Will they be phased out? Is there a way to manage existing attachments in a forum post?
Is there a setting to shrink the format down a bit?
Thanks...
Is there a setting to shrink the format down a bit?
Thanks...
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Oh my God. I love these new features. Did you know about the "@InsertUserNameHere" feature? it notifies the person you put after the @Rofl. Don't blame you. The design needs work IMO, but the features are far better than the old forums!It will be fun to play with on some later date.
First, major congratulations and kudos on the migration. I have done this several times for several companies over the years and i know how hard it can be.. you managed it well, FAST, quickly and without apparently too much impact or pain..
that said, MAN I HATE CHANGE.. what was wrong technically with the old version? was it not mobile friend enough? Was there not enough color, avatars, could one not make the new typical round avatar available? the old version was very fast, it loaded quickly on both pc/mac client and mobile (android and ios, and lastpass and dashlane) and now it just seems like there is a lot of overhead? I wonder what the data impact is? I use it a lot when traveling, overseas where I'm using a bit constrained by a limited data plan and I'm wondering how this will impact it..
also, the last time I saw a site more to THIS platform, they ended up seeing less traffic and losing a measurable % of regular visitors. I'm sure you will be tracking that - and well, there's really no going back
that said, MAN I HATE CHANGE.. what was wrong technically with the old version? was it not mobile friend enough? Was there not enough color, avatars, could one not make the new typical round avatar available? the old version was very fast, it loaded quickly on both pc/mac client and mobile (android and ios, and lastpass and dashlane) and now it just seems like there is a lot of overhead? I wonder what the data impact is? I use it a lot when traveling, overseas where I'm using a bit constrained by a limited data plan and I'm wondering how this will impact it..
also, the last time I saw a site more to THIS platform, they ended up seeing less traffic and losing a measurable % of regular visitors. I'm sure you will be tracking that - and well, there's really no going back
This option is TURNED OFF in the appropriate place which is Your Account > Settings > Preferences, under Options "and receive email notifications of replies" -- still receiving e-mails...
Have you tried the disable all emails link from the bottom of the email?
arn
The settings are for when you reply, whether or not you "Watch" threads going into the future. I think you had existing "Watched" threads before you turned it off going into the future.
arn
Pleased for everyone who likes it, but I pretty much hate it. I guess I'll get used to it. I hate circular avatars.
They still used vBulletin 3. I think the last update happened in the beginning of 2011. I heard that vBulletin isn’t as good as it used to be, with version 4 and especially 5 being less stable and polished. They would have had to move on at some point anyway, especially with many developments in mobile browsing. I suppose that they used this opportunity to switch to another platform.