New Boards (Verdict?)

[Apok]

They seem a tad sluggish to me as well.

 

[Nifft]

I turned them off because everyone started compaining about the "new" underlining of hyperlinks. You're right in that they've always been like that and hadn't changed.

Previously, font (including font size) and hyperlink underline status were left to the browser's defaults. That allowed people to customize their local environment. Now it seems that the server is trying to specify everything, and of course you can't please everyone with a single look & feel.

Is there perhaps a way to simply specify less? Let the browsers do more of the work, like in the old version?

Anyway, I'm sure you'll work it out.

Thanks again for the great site, and please don't think of it as complaining -- think of it as perfectionism from devoted fans.

-- Nifft

 

[Hand of Evil]

this is a quick reply

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

The enlarged font is also present in post #57, again by Brother Shatterstone. Weird... all enlarged posts by the same user...

That is weird as I'm using the default on everything... Verdana, Size 2. The only thing I have changed is the WYSIWYG which I'm now using.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

I have a bad feeling about this. This is a beta version of vBulletin 3.0. It is called beta because the developers themselves know there are bugs and possibly exploits in the software. You should never install beta software unless you are 100% sure what you are doing, that is, in this case 1) You know PHP and want to hack around with the software to find bugs before someone else does or 2) You are very well aware of at least basic administrative precautions, because beta software is always full of bugs, and people exploit software full of bugs just because they can and because the information is freely available how to do so on the Internet.

Hmmmm, that sounds like XP.

 

[Shalimar]

I am generally for change, but there is a limit, and to me, the limit is changes that actually IMPROVE things that are not currently working. The old boards worked, they worked very well. These new boards don't, just look at all the problems that are being had. What has actually been gained by doing this versus what problems have actually been created?

Its a better idea to go with what ACTUALLY WORKS

 

[Morrus]

I am generally for change, but there is a limit, and to me, the limit is changes that actually IMPROVE things that are not currently working. The old boards worked, they worked very well. These new boards don't, just look at all the problems that are being had. What has actually been gained by doing this versus what problems have actually been created?

Its a better idea to go with what ACTUALLY WORKS

It's exactly the same as every time the boards have been upgraded; teething problems are to be expected and the norm, not a disaster of biblical proportions. By your logic, we'd still be using Eric's first incarnation of the boards, and I'm sure that none of us want that!

These boards will work just fine once properly configured, and when we upgrade again in a year or two, you'll be saying the same thing about these boards that you're currently saying about the old boards.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

I am generally for change, but there is a limit, and to me, the limit is changes that actually IMPROVE things that are not currently working. The old boards worked, they worked very well. These new boards don't, just look at all the problems that are being had. What has actually been gained by doing this versus what problems have actually been created?

Its a better idea to go with what ACTUALLY WORKS

Ouch that seems to be pretty negative... It hasn’t even been up for 24 hours so why the sudden rush to judgement?

 

[Tsyr]

New Features: Yay.

New look: DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE! Give me my old ENWorld back!

 

[Shalimar]

Ouch that seems to be pretty negative... It hasn’t even been up for 24 hours so why the sudden rush to judgement?

Not being able to tell if there are new posts because the main forum page doesn't refresh is a semi-big deal. I could live with pretty much everything else, but not being able to tell when there are new posts sort of defeats the purpuse of the boards, how can you discuss when you can't see what others are saying.