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Another one: it doesn't seem like you can use the filters with email subscriptions, so you only get an email when someone posts in the WTT subforum of the Trading Area, for example.
 

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weird is my name has a space in it......but if i wanna change my name i get an error till i remove the space...... example
Sora Takihawa......to Sora Takiwa (i get an error)....but if i type SoraTakiwa then it is accepted.
 

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Is it intended that you can see the chat while not logged in?

Also it's really difficult to figure out how to close the chat. What I thought was an X was the "help" icon. Clicking the down arrow just opened a popup instead. The menu has no "close" option either.
I somehow managed to close it, but I don't even know anymore how... I also managed to disable it, so I guess there goes that...
 

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Is it intended that you can see the chat while not logged in?

Also it's really difficult to figure out how to close the chat. What I thought was an X was the "help" icon. Clicking the down arrow just opened a popup instead. The menu has no "close" option either.
I somehow managed to close it, but I don't even know anymore how... I also managed to disable it, so I guess there goes that...

It confused me too. Turns out this area at the bottom closes it:
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The logic there is probably that clicking this same place toggles it open and closed:
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But I still don't like it. An X in one of the corners would be good, and that down arrow is confusing at first.
 

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I can't wait for customization to be re-added.

  • the fonts are all over the place, and some are much harder to read than in the previous design why are fonts loaded from Google instead of from gbatemp.net ???
  • "recent profile posts" and "profile posts" design is waaaay too airy, I have huge difficulty seeing and reading the text
  • some content has less color separation from the background, again making some content more difficult to be seen
    • "recent profile posts" main posts are difficult to separate from other page elements
    • profiles to the left of posts lacking the outline is also confusing
    • on your profile, "update your status" looks like it's a post, with no separation from the real posts
    • notifications! unread and read notifications use the same background color! and with the little star not disappearing nearly as fast enough as in the old system, it creates confusion and frustration

I will keep editing this if I find something else.


I will probably edit in a second section below just for mobile, once I figure out how to login instead of register...
What is the clipboard icon supposed to do anyway?


Edit: there is a few-pixel gap between the top of the page and the top bar :hateit:
 
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I ended up fixing a lot of my readability issues by changing the font size from medium to large in the settings, which was nice.

I will probably edit in a second section below just for mobile, once I figure out how to login instead of register...
What is the clipboard icon supposed to do anyway?
Yeah I have absolutely no idea why the person icon was chosen for login and clipboard for register. When I visited on phone my first thought was "What on earth does the clipboard do"
 
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Now getting pretty bad lag now, when writing, and my fans are blowing when they weren't before. Eurgh.
Also, Seriel knows this, but when I'm mentioned in the Chat the message is blinding cream (in dark mode).
 
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Yeah I have absolutely no idea why the person icon was chosen for login and clipboard for register. When I visited on phone my first thought was "What on earth does the clipboard do"
OMG THANK YOU!

It turns out I kept hitting the clipboard icon by accident, that's why I couldn't find the login option!
It feels like the buttons are even smaller now than in the previous style.

Yeah, I think the old pencil icon made a lot more sense... I think it was a pencil icon, no? Or was it combined login/register? I don't remember...
 

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LAG, not just when writing. Can't edit my post without my tab becoming unresponsive.
Also, my avatar's been shifted a bit too much to the left. Weird.
 

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Yeah, I think the old pencil icon made a lot more sense... I think it was a pencil icon, no? Or was it combined login/register? I don't remember...
Xenforo 1 had combined, and this site was no different. I can't remember if it had text or an icon but it was one big button that served both purposes based on whether the username existed and honestly I quite enjoyed it. The new thing is weird.
It feels like the buttons are even smaller now than in the previous style.
Not just you, they are smaller
 
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Now getting pretty bad lag now, when writing, and my fans are blowing when they weren't before. Eurgh.
Also, Seriel knows this, but when I'm mentioned in the Chat the message is blinding cream (in dark mode).
Yeah, I have the same issue on mobile. It CHUGS.

On desktop however, my performance is GREATLY improved. Although that may be the fact that I have NoScript blocking scripts and resources, so it's probably that the Google and Twitter scripts can't load, both of which are notoriously laggy and bloated.
 
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is it just too early that I am looking at say 3ds forums and subforums? Or is it going to stay as it is. It seems a bit busy the way I see things atm.
 

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is it just too early that I am looking at say 3ds forums and subforums? Or is it going to stay as it is. It seems a bit busy the way I see things atm.
You can click the name of a tag to see only posts with that tag if you like. They're designed to replace subforums, as covered in the announcement thread.
Was there anything in particular you miss from the old system that can't be done with tags? Just curious.
 

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You can click the name of a tag to see only posts with that tag if you like. They're designed to replace subforums, as covered in the announcement thread.
Was there anything in particular you miss from the old system that can't be done with tags? Just curious.
no. just curious about what was happening with the new system. I do ty for clearifying that.
 
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@lone_wolf323 They want to increase engagement and visibility, but I think it's made each section look messy and I expect new threads to get buried quickly, which will end up turning people off.

Filter prefixes existed in XenForo 1.5.x too, but they were disabled here. And most web developers would recommend subforums and prefixes. Not just prefixes.
 

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Two more bothersome things which were well done in old system:
- "you have 1 notification" popup in the bottom-right is really good for those with bad eyesight, considering that the new unread counter is unreadable and impossible to notice when it does come on
- while it was also cumbersome in the old system, the "new" indicator did disappear A LOT faster in the old system... and with some visibility issues, it makes receiving notifications rather annoying, as I don't see which notification is read, and which is unread, as they are the exact same color!
 
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