LC1 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 So clunky, it's horrendous to use. Slow like dial up. Lost all my previous thread activity. Circular avatar is fugly. Death knell for the forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeholder Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 19 hours ago, council dweller said: Yes Freeholder , I have EXACTLY the same problem. Good not to feel alone. Is it my imagination or is the navigation a bit quicker now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
council dweller Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Yes Freeholder it does feel a little quicker now. Still have to sign in every time though... Maybe someone else can help us ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venger Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 1 hour ago, LC1 said: So clunky, it's horrendous to use. Slow like dial up. Lost all my previous thread activity. Circular avatar is fugly. Death knell for the forum? Hope it's a theme setting, and perhaps easy for admins or mods to change back to square. Or in CSS to change perhaps. I notice other forums - if I'm right about the forum software source brand - who've moved to new version have had users critical of round avatars. Think it's round by default. Or perhaps we're on an even newer version since this was posted. https://invisionpower.com/forums/topic/388239-when-is-ipb-40/?do=findComment&comment=2461371 https://theadminzone.com/threads/ips-community-suite-4-0-0-beta-3-available.130073/page-2#post-944077 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC1 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 18 minutes ago, Venger said: Think it's round by default. I'm guessing it's based on the assumption that people would use photos of their heads, which are usually vaguely round in shape. Surely there are few forums where this is actually the case? None that I know of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cavey Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 The jump to last unread post icon takes about 4 or 5 prods to work. perhaps my finger is not pointy enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Generation Game Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 5 hours ago, DrMartinSanchez said: By the way, we haven't heard from our new friend Medo lately. Is he compatible with the new forum? Don't think I'm compatible with it. He will probably come on and ask what everyone's favourite forum software is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XswampyX Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 4 hours ago, Venger said: Hope it's a theme setting, and perhaps easy for admins or mods to change back to square. Or in CSS to change perhaps. I notice other forums - if I'm right about the forum software source brand - who've moved to new version have had users critical of round avatars. Think it's round by default. Or perhaps we're on an even newer version since this was posted. https://invisionpower.com/forums/topic/388239-when-is-ipb-40/?do=findComment&comment=2461371 https://theadminzone.com/threads/ips-community-suite-4-0-0-beta-3-available.130073/page-2#post-944077 They have the borders set to 45px. The avatar is 90px so it displays it in a circle. Probably just the default setting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 36 minutes ago, XswampyX said: They have the borders set to 45px. The avatar is 90px so it displays it in a circle. Probably just the default setting? Cor, in't you clever sorrr! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XswampyX Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 24 minutes ago, Frank Hovis said: Cor, in't you clever sorrr! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venger Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 2 hours ago, XswampyX said: They have the borders set to 45px. The avatar is 90px so it displays it in a circle. Probably just the default setting? Good show! So, top photo-shopping skills, and good source explanation for us at lower end of IT understanding. + HPC forum as first tab on your toolbar. So there is hope square avatars can return. Bring back 90! (when admins/mods have time, given probably lot of other optimising takes priority). It's not a selfish thing for my own avatar or with any future avatar in mind - it's just even posts without a selected avatar (default_photo.png) are bugging me with their cheery small social-media feeling roundness, when nearly all else on HPC forum flows with square and rectangles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 1 minute ago, Venger said: So there is hope square avatars can return. You just have to make it small enough to fit inside the circle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venger Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 6 minutes ago, Scunnered said: You just have to make it small enough to fit inside the circle... Would not be able to make out your cool Zed avatar at all if you had to shrink him down to square fit in the circle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XswampyX Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 3 hours ago, Venger said: Good show! So, top photo-shopping skills, and good source explanation for us at lower end of IT understanding. + HPC forum as first tab on your toolbar. So there is hope square avatars can return. Bring back 90! (when admins/mods have time, given probably lot of other optimising takes priority). It's not a selfish thing for my own avatar or with any future avatar in mind - it's just even posts without a selected avatar (default_photo.png) are bugging me with their cheery small social-media feeling roundness, when nearly all else on HPC forum flows with square and rectangles. F**king A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattW Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 To quote Andy from Little Britain: ' I don't like it'. I miss having those 'new threads' on the main page, top right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knock out johnny Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 How do you delete a quote I quote someone, then think better of it, but cannot delete the entire quote and it stays in my reply box even when I leave the page and reload it I'm 'locked out ' of posting on a thread, as I can't get rid of my previous quote hope that makes some kind of sense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 I do not like the changes...too much like hard work, can no longer see who is viewing each topic....do not like the way it is made so difficult and time consuming to switch between main and off topic subjects....not a change for the better IMO......lots of new places to go and new people to meet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XswampyX Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 12 hours ago, knock out johnny said: How do you delete a quote I quote someone, then think better of it, but cannot delete the entire quote and it stays in my reply box even when I leave the page and reload it I'm 'locked out ' of posting on a thread, as I can't get rid of my previous quote hope that makes some kind of sense! Put the mouse over the Quote title. In your quote it's "12 hours ago, knock out johnny said:" Hold 'ctrl & right click' Ohhh! a hidden menu! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riedquat Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 On 30/09/2016 at 11:41 AM, LC1 said: So clunky, it's horrendous to use. Slow like dial up. Lost all my previous thread activity. Circular avatar is fugly. Death knell for the forum? Round avatars seem to be part of the current godawful trend in user interfaces, alas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scunnered Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 3 hours ago, Riedquat said: Round avatars seem to be part of the current godawful trend in user interfaces, alas. Yeah, they're nasty. What would be better would be if they made them circles, but concave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libspero Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 I doubt the mods are following this thread but if you are... I have no major issue with the new snow-blindness inducing colour scheme, but could we have the button back where you can choose to navigate to the regular page from the mobile page again? I hate the mobile versions of most pages. At least before we had the choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Sutton Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Links now open in a new tab. At last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venger Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Thanks XswampyX - re quotes. Better than my getting cursor below quote field, then bashing backspace solution. New forum had switched so many threads I put in Followed Content, from 'No-notification' - to - 'Send an email when new content is posted.' Had 8 HPC emails in a row. If you have that issue, you can change it back to 'No-notification', in Managed Followed Content. Select 'All' and an option window floats up at bottom of the screen, with a bell to click for notification options, and you can switch to no-notify in bulk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC1 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 I'm finding the forum is constantly unavailable recently - anyone else having this? Are these problems going to be fixed any time soon?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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