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RoadRanger
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Unsuckify the new forums :)

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BillESC
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Re: Unsuckify the new forums :)

This is weird...
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Miko Man
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Re: Unsuckify the new forums :)

As somebody once said, "Change is good. Dollar bills are better."

It will take me some time to get used to this. I wasn't here for the last big change.... Mark C.
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Vinny D
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Re: Unsuckify the new forums :)

Wow....this is just as bad as the last attempt at a change......

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Crownman
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Re: Unsuckify the new forums :)

Holy **bleep**. What a clusterfuck. I really hope this is temporary because this is a **bleep** stupid setup.
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twostone
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Re: Unsuckify the new forums :)


Miko Man wrote:
As somebody once said, "Change is good. Dollar bills are better."

It will take me some time to get used to this. I wasn't here for the last big change.... Mark C.

Yea most folks despise and fear change since it some what human nature but if it's change for the good then folks can accept it but this new change sucks since took me forever to figure out where the danm quote button was

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dcastar
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Re: Unsuckify the new forums :)


Vinny D wrote:

Wow....this is just as bad as the last attempt at a change......


No... it's WORSE than the last attempt... by a long shot.

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Re: Unsuckify the new forums :)

It's really smoking fast on my system. Wow, faster than most forums actually.

I would like to know how to:

1. display threads with newest post cat the top

2. make the individual forums easier to find

3. Make ads smaller... on an i-device with older eyes it's a bit tough to read the "important stuff".

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RoadRanger
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Re: Unsuckify the new forums :)

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agedhorse wrote:

It's really smoking fast on my system. Wow, faster than most forums actually.

I would like to know how to:

1. display threads with newest post cat the top

I think I saw that in "settings" somewhere

2. make the individual forums easier to find

3. Make ads smaller... on an i-device with older eyes it's a bit tough to read the "important stuff".

AdBlock should be available on the iDevice too? I'm super happy with what it cut out in the Chrome browser on my PC laptop :smileyhappy: .


 

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Craigv
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Registered: ‎08-29-2002

Re: Unsuckify the new forums :)

Sorry Andy, no idea, first I've seen of this. This was another **bleep** up migration. Mods were *apparently* supposed to get emails for training. I'm no longer a mod here as far as I can tell, and of course get no response for Anderton or O'Keefe. I couldn't access the old page all last week and therefore learned of the migration yesterday afternoon.

Is this any way to run an airline? ....It's the only way they know.

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Craigv
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Re: Unsuckify the new forums :)

Hell, I don't even see how to edit my own posts.


Craigv wrote:

 

Sorry Andy, no idea, first I've seen of this. This was another **bleep** up migration. Mods were *apparently* supposed to get emails for training. I'm no longer a mod here as far as I can tell, and of course get no response for Anderton or O'Keefe. I couldn't access the old page all last week and therefore learned of the migration yesterday afternoon.

Is this any way to run an airline? ....It's the only way they know.


 

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Craigv
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Re: Unsuckify the new forums :)


RoadRanger wrote:

agedhorse wrote:

It's really smoking fast on my system. Wow, faster than most forums actually.

I would like to know how to:

1. display threads with newest post cat the top

I think I saw that in "settings" somewhere

2. make the individual forums easier to find

3. Make ads smaller... on an i-device with older eyes it's a bit tough to read the "important stuff".

AdBlock should be available on the iDevice too? I'm super happy with what it cut out in the Chrome browser on my PC laptop :smileyhappy: .


 Yeah, look in My Settings, Preferences tab, Linear Layout, and then Sort order in topics.


 

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abzurd
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Registered: ‎12-17-2001

Re: Unsuckify the new forums :)

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The **bleep** thing loads when I click on the link. ANYTHING else is gravy. I'm happy.

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Craigv
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Re: Unsuckify the new forums :)


abzurd wrote:

The **bleep** thing loads when I click on the link. ANYTHING else is grave. I'm happy.


I'll be better when they get my Mod stuff set up.

Here's the thing. I'm guessing, but it's an educated guess based on the chatter over the past years. It appears they did make a very good effort to avoid the mistakes of the Jive fiasco. But it also appears that the old vBulletin system was hosed beyond anyone's ability to keep it moving, and they had to make the decision to migrate much sooner. This isn't ready, but it's absolutely already better than Jive. They'll add the features and stuff when they can. They would have done most of that before rollout, but the schedule got pushed.

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RoadRanger
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Re: Unsuckify the new forums :)

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It's actually all my fault - I told them to go ahead an flip the switch and blame it on me :smileyvery-happy: .

Seriously the other forum was **bleep** for sure and they had to do something :smileysad: .

EDIT> I can't believe they bleeped FUUBAR ! That's definitely **bleep**ed

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Craigv
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Re: Unsuckify the new forums :)

...And just like that I'm a Moderator. Someone must have got around to it. I'll have to poke around and ban a few of you fuckers to see if it works. BWAHAHA........

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RoadRanger
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Re: Unsuckify the new forums :)

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Craigv wrote:

...And just like that I'm a Moderator. Someone must have got around to it. I'll have to poke around and ban a few of you **bleep** to see if it works. BWAHAHA........


...but **bleep** is OK? :facepalm:

EDIT> It seems that moderators get to swear :facepalm: .

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abzurd
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Re: Unsuckify the new forums :)


Craigv wrote:

...And just like that I'm a Moderator. Someone must have got around to it. I'll have to poke around and ban a few of you **bleep** to see if it works. BWAHAHA........


Now that's funny. The moderator doesn't get **bleeped**. I'm offended. Who can I report this to?

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Craigv
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Re: Unsuckify the new forums :)


abzurd wrote:

Craigv wrote:

...And just like that I'm a Moderator. Someone must have got around to it. I'll have to poke around and ban a few of you **bleep** to see if it works. BWAHAHA........


Now that's funny. The moderator doesn't get **bleeped**. I'm offended. Who can I report this to?


Holy crap, this is funny. Censorship for all...except me? Oy. If that can be turned off here, it will be. My same rule applies...no swearing in thread titles, but in threads is fair game.

FWIW, I got an email from Anderton informing me of my mod status update. They are fixing and working as hard as possible to get this thing working. Playing the hand they were dealt. This is no way to roll out software, but this also isn't a mission-critical application. Context. Perspective.

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Miko Man
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Registered: ‎07-13-2011

Re: Unsuckify the new forums :)

63 cents, and counting.

I foresee interesting work-arounds for some of the new "features." With apologies in advance to fanboys and fangirls (hi, Stunning Babe!), maybe the word "Behringer" will become a popular alternative to an auto-bleep. As in
"man, this new software is really Behringered". Mark C.
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