See here - Forum Migration - General Q&AWill the new forum system work with TapaTalk or a similar tool?
If it's not too late I'd like to volunteer to help test out the new site.
Ready to test! Just subscribed to the special mailing list.
The new forum is mobile friendly. Work son most devices.Will the new forum system work with TapaTalk or a similar tool?
Tapatalk has stopped working with diyAudio. Is this related to the upcoming change? Or something else?
No change at all from our side. Tapatalk has however over the years broken itself regularly without any input or change from us. I'll add looking into this to my todo list.
Firstly, thanks for the brilliant forum.
Secondly, when is the migration happening, or has it been so seamless that I've missed it?
Secondly, when is the migration happening, or has it been so seamless that I've missed it?
We are still using good old software.
The new one will smack you in the face, and in the brain.
It will take more clicks to do the same task.
I hope not?
The new one will smack you in the face, and in the brain.
It will take more clicks to do the same task.
I hope not?
I'm certain of the following. The new platform is different. Therefore, some will like it, some will hate it, and most won't care much either way.
We've been held up by a couple of weird tech issues and some other gotchas. Early December is the (new) plan.
We are still using good old software.
The new one will smack you in the face, and in the brain.
It will take more clicks to do the same task.
I hope not?
The current software is not ‘good’ in terms of feature support, updates and 🙂security sadly. It was abandoned many years ago.
I’m not sure if you’ve used the developers’ replacement XenForo, but nothing takes more work in my experience. Quite the opposite, in fact. It loads faster, works far better on mobile devices, handles copy & paste of images directly into the text box, supports live preview of formatting, handles notifications for subscribed or updated threads way better - quicker to see and read those, from a single drop-down menu.
I’d rather it was done yesterday, especially when using my phone to browse, to be honest 🙂
 
I just wanna wish everyone the best of luck...
I wanna thank Jason for a GOOD VBB site all these years...... His efforts are very worth it!!
God bless you Mate!!
I just wanna wish everyone the best of luck...
I wanna thank Jason for a GOOD VBB site all these years...... His efforts are very worth it!!
God bless you Mate!!
NO, NOO, NOOO! P L E A S E don't do this! See discussion earlier in this thread.Maybe a like function on posts. Have seen this on other tech forums.
I can't agree with post #15 more so.
New is not necessarily better. That should be the overriding thought in the minds of everyone involved in this change.
Anything that is popularity based, should be removed from the forum. If one cares about clicking on a Like button, there can go to a Facedork group. This BBS is about information, not popularity.
Given that, having good (meaning useful) search options is critical. Search should be limited to this BBS. If someone wants to go search Google, they can leave the site.
The three most important pieces of information that should be visible at the top of each post are: The user name, the post date and the post number. This information must be in the largest, boldest font. Too many forums, have the post date and join date of the user in the same font and size. No one cares when the user joined the forum and if one needs to know that, they can go to the users public profile.
100% of the text in BBS needs to be selectable with a mouse. Many forums have too much Javascript junk, where one can't select text with a mouse.
Don't break the BBS so that it works poorly for people with computers, so that people using barely functional computers (phones) have an easier time.
New is not necessarily better. That should be the overriding thought in the minds of everyone involved in this change.
Anything that is popularity based, should be removed from the forum. If one cares about clicking on a Like button, there can go to a Facedork group. This BBS is about information, not popularity.
Given that, having good (meaning useful) search options is critical. Search should be limited to this BBS. If someone wants to go search Google, they can leave the site.
The three most important pieces of information that should be visible at the top of each post are: The user name, the post date and the post number. This information must be in the largest, boldest font. Too many forums, have the post date and join date of the user in the same font and size. No one cares when the user joined the forum and if one needs to know that, they can go to the users public profile.
100% of the text in BBS needs to be selectable with a mouse. Many forums have too much Javascript junk, where one can't select text with a mouse.
Don't break the BBS so that it works poorly for people with computers, so that people using barely functional computers (phones) have an easier time.
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