The New Look for this site is horrible

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why can't things ever stay the same?? And all this for what???

I'm fine with the new look and like many of the new features. I expect it will grow on you to where you appreciate as well. My thought for the reason behind the change is the old board was running on an antiquated software platform that prevented leveraging the may new web features available.
 

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I'm fine with the new look and like many of the new features. I expect it will grow on you to where you appreciate as well. My thought for the reason behind the change is the old board was running on an antiquated software platform that prevented leveraging the may new web features available.


yeah the old board was Bulletin Style which I loved about the site for the past 6 years
 

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Sunburn said it correctly... The old software didn't have the oomph needed to stay current.

Under your preferences settings you can adjust some things that make it more palatable for you.

Personally I think the Newsfeed section by itself is a good enough reason to use the new software.
 

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Yeah I would have been fine with the old system

one thing I hate about this new one is the stupid question that keeps being asked at the top of the page - do you have an avatar? Everyone else has one why not you?

That is EXACTLY the kind of thing that makes me do the exact opposite of what the little ****'s that run things want.
 

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Yeah I would have been fine with the old system

one thing I hate about this new one is the stupid question that keeps being asked at the top of the page - do you have an avatar? Everyone else has one why not you?

That is EXACTLY the kind of thing that makes me do the exact opposite of what the little ****'s that run things want.

Try clicking the little X off to the far right of that banner to "dismiss" the question. I dunno if they stay gone but goes away at the time.
 

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Yeah I would have been fine with the old system

one thing I hate about this new one is the stupid question that keeps being asked at the top of the page - do you have an avatar? Everyone else has one why not you?

That is EXACTLY the kind of thing that makes me do the exact opposite of what the little ****'s that run things want.

I think the question mark is actually fitting.;)
 

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I was not sure at first but I really like the changes now.

I'm glad they changed it up.
 

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Try clicking the little X off to the far right of that banner to "dismiss" the question. I dunno if they stay gone but goes away at the time.
tried that and it keeps changing and then coming back. Its things like that - annoying like things- that really irritate me. Like I said; I do JUST the opposite to what the little napoleons want
 

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Yeah I would have been fine with the old system

one thing I hate about this new one is the stupid question that keeps being asked at the top of the page - do you have an avatar? Everyone else has one why not you?

That is EXACTLY the kind of thing that makes me do the exact opposite of what the little ****'s that run things want.

tried that and it keeps changing and then coming back. Its things like that - annoying like things- that really irritate me. Like I said; I do JUST the opposite to what the little napoleons want

First of all, there are NO ***** and little napoleons running the site, and on behalf of the staff and specifically Reality who worked REALLY hard to convert the site to give you guys the best environment to post whatever inane ramblings that may pop in your mind, I take offense to that. I get that a lot of people don't like change, but c'mon the shots at the staff are NOT warranted.

Click X to remove the notices...and if another notice comes back. Click X again. If that's too much work, then log out entirely and make sure you REALLY won't see it again.
 

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Yeah, I disagree with the OP. I think it's aesthetically an improvement. The forum features are a slam-dunk improvement. I think it just takes some getting used to new things for some.
 

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tried that and it keeps changing and then coming back. Its things like that - annoying like things- that really irritate me. Like I said; I do JUST the opposite to what the little napoleons want

At least you showed that Notice who's boss! :D

/reality
 

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I don't think the new format works well on a phone at all, and there is no mobile version. On my iPhone, the fonts are small and the width of the posts is too wide. This means I have to zoom way in to read it easily, and then slide back and forth to read the entire width.

XenForo supports Tapatalk, and I sent the mods a message about possibly allowing Tapatalk, but I haven't heard back on this. I guess I'll add a thread here, too, to make sure it isn't unnoticed. As it stands, I don't even bother trying to use the forum anymore on my phone.
 

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I don't think the new format works well on a phone at all, and there is no mobile version. On my iPhone, the fonts are small and the width of the posts is too wide. This means I have to zoom way in to read it easily, and then slide back and forth to read the entire width.

XenForo supports Tapatalk, and I sent the mods a message about possibly allowing Tapatalk, but I haven't heard back on this. I guess I'll add a thread here, too, to make sure it isn't unnoticed. As it stands, I don't even bother trying to use the forum anymore on my phone.

This has been addressed several times in various threads. The site has a responsive theme which when turned on, people had a hard time viewing the site vertically on their mobile device, so Reality turned off the feature due to all the complaints.

Updates are still being made to the site and when certain bug fixes are completed, then that feature will be turned back on.
 

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This has been addressed several times in various threads. The site has a responsive theme which when turned on, people had a hard time viewing the site vertically on their mobile device, so Reality turned off the feature due to all the complaints.

Updates are still being made to the site and when certain bug fixes are completed, then that feature will be turned back on.


So is Tapatalk not an option? I really like that for other forums I'm on. I don't know the technical aspects of it, such as whether it costs $ or just requires installing a plugin, but if it's no cost it would be great to have it enabled.
 

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So is Tapatalk not an option? I really like that for other forums I'm on. I don't know the technical aspects of it, such as whether it costs $ or just requires installing a plugin, but if it's no cost it would be great to have it enabled.

No, third party apps are not an option. As WG pointed out, the site supports a responsive theme, but I need to make it optional for some users who prefer the full site on their mobile devices.

/reality
 

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So is Tapatalk not an option? I really like that for other forums I'm on. I don't know the technical aspects of it, such as whether it costs $ or just requires installing a plugin, but if it's no cost it would be great to have it enabled.

Per @Reality Tapatalk is not an option for CZ. Once the bug fix is complete, then the mobile feature will be turned on and everyone's mobile experience will be better.
 

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No, third party apps are not an option. As WG pointed out, the site supports a responsive theme, but I need to make it optional for some users who prefer the full site on their mobile devices.

/reality


OK, thanks.
 

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why can't things ever stay the same?? And all this for what???

I have to agree with you. I really can't stand the new format at all. Maybe I am a dinosaur, but I REALLY loved the old style. Why couldn't they made a newer version with the same look and feel? Why does it have to be SOOO different?
 
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