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General => Feedback => Topic started by: Stof on July 19, 2006, 05:34:42 pm

Title: Suggestion for better comunications
Post by: Stof on July 19, 2006, 05:34:42 pm

Did I got you to read that post ? Good :)

Ok, here's the idea : phpBB sucks, a lot. Could we please get something halfway decent as a forum ? Phorum would be a great improvement for example ! Actually, I don't think there are many forums worse than what we have : it is slow, bulky, it's implementation of the "new unread posts in that thread" is brain damaged and the default smileys are ugly :D

Title: Suggestion for better comunications
Post by: PIE on July 19, 2006, 05:41:15 pm

Would be nice if we could get the trem icons in the default list... and you cant get rid of this one = :eek:  :eek:  :eek: ... its the best!

I do however often get a white screen.. leaving me in limbo as to whether my post made it or not....

Title: Suggestion for better comunications
Post by: Lava Croft on July 20, 2006, 11:15:53 am

So after moaning about Tremulous, people now start moaning about the Forums? Sigh...

Title: Suggestion for better comunications
Post by: stahlsau on July 20, 2006, 01:15:04 pm

Imho the forum is great, responsive and all. And phpBB can't be so bad since many large community forums use it (like the gentoo-forum, which had, as i read a few mins ago, 1850 Users online at the same time as max)

Title: Suggestion for better comunications
Post by: Stof on July 20, 2006, 02:57:09 pm

Yeah and lot's of companies use Windows so it must bea great OS.

Worse things about the forum is
- when I read a thread and the forum still says there are new messages in that thread later
- when the forum says there are new messages in a thread and I click on the "view newest post" and the forum tells me "I've changed my mind, there are no new messages here"
- "view newest post" is not only broken, it's also badly named : it doesn't go to the newest post when it works but to the oldest unseen post
- at times, the forum is incredibly slow and unresponsive

Title: Suggestion for better comunications
Post by: PIE on July 20, 2006, 07:41:55 pm

Quote from: "Lava Croft"

So after moaning about Tremulous, people now start moaning about the Forums? Sigh...

Then they moan about the moaning...

Title: Suggestion for better comunications
Post by: Neo on July 20, 2006, 08:05:51 pm

Might be selective, as I've never had the problems you've listed.

Maybe the forum just doesn't like you.

Title: Suggestion for better comunications
Post by: Belier13 on July 20, 2006, 08:08:08 pm

Some people don't know how to use their computer, screw their cookies, then blame the forum.

Title: Suggestion for better comunications
Post by: Stof on July 20, 2006, 08:15:29 pm

Quote from: "Neo"

Might be selective, as I've never had the problems you've listed.

Maybe the forum just doesn't like you.

That's easy, on the main menu, click on a forum with an orange icon showing new posts to open the thread list. Some threads will have a small yellow icon next to them that points to the new posts. Go do something else and come back a few minutes later, click on the yellow icons and you'll either reach the wrong post or get the infuriating "I've lied, there's no new messages"

Other bug, open in a tab 4 different threads with a yellow icon at the same time, read them and refresh the thread list. Lo and behold, the icons are still there !

Title: Suggestion for better comunications
Post by: Taiyo.uk on July 20, 2006, 09:31:13 pm

Quote from: "Stof"

- at times, the forum is incredibly slow and unresponsive

Isn't this due to server load or connection speed, etc. rather than faults with phpBB?

Title: Suggestion for better comunications
Post by: Stof on July 20, 2006, 09:48:46 pm

Quote from: "Taiyo.uk"

Quote from: "Stof"

- at times, the forum is incredibly slow and unresponsive

Isn't this due to server load or connection speed, etc. rather than faults with phpBB?

phpBB is know everywhere in the forum dev community as beeing slow as molasses with incredibly ugly code :D

Title: Suggestion for better comunications
Post by: Rekov on July 20, 2006, 10:50:36 pm

Quote from: "Lava Croft"

So after moaning about Tremulous, people now start moaning about the Forums? Sigh...

Do you ever have something positive to say?

Title: Suggestion for better comunications
Post by: SLAVE|Mietz on July 21, 2006, 05:40:27 am

Quote from: "Rekov"

Quote from: "Lava Croft"

So after moaning about Tremulous, people now start moaning about the Forums? Sigh...

Do you ever have something positive to say?

no, and yes i'm shizophrenic...