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Chruser
2004-01-18, 06:31 AM
Are you missing anything badly from vBulletin 2? Is there a new feature you really like? Feel free to post your opinion in here.
Grav
2004-01-18, 08:48 AM
Having to click to quick reply sucks.

I kind of miss the "Get new posts" thing in the top left.
EX-Mania
2004-01-18, 09:53 AM
Ditto, but I'd like there to be a dropdown menu type thing when you click on member names (in threads) like blizzforums has, its a nifty tool :) fun to look at too :P
Eddie_Perez
2004-01-18, 09:58 AM
All the options on posts are seperated and it is very annoying have to click the damn button to do a quick reply... whats fast about two steps???
Penny_Bags
2004-01-18, 10:34 AM
Right now it is kind of confusing... since I don't know all of the features, but I'm sure that in a while everyone will get used to it and it will kick major ass. And oh yeah, I like the new quick reply because you can quote with it easier.
Randuin
2004-01-18, 10:43 AM
I want the old ocean back :mad:
Xenn
2004-01-18, 11:18 AM
Are you missing anything badly from vBulletin 2? Is there a new feature you really like? Feel free to post your opinion in here.

It'd be nice to have a "reply" button when viewing a private message on anything but synthesis.

Kinda inconvienient to have to change styles.
Chruser
2004-01-18, 12:12 PM
I fixed the quick reply.
Thanatos
2004-01-18, 01:05 PM
No shit, Randuin. Old ocean = thx.
LiveWire
2004-01-18, 02:42 PM
Forum mods and admins are no longer in bold on the Users Online. Thats something i liked. hmmm and maybe make some thread icons that match with the new look, otherwise all is great.
Vollstrecker
2004-01-18, 03:18 PM
Our "Title" no longer seems to appear with our Avatars and user stats. Is it gone, or just forgot to put in?
LiveWire
2004-01-18, 03:46 PM
I don't think they are allowing Custom User Titles anymore.
LiveWire
2004-01-18, 03:50 PM
btw i can't delete the PM that was sent to everyone. The 2 year anniversry one. It says invalid PM specified. Please contact the Webmaster. :( MAKE IT GO AWAY! lol
Vollstrecker
2004-01-18, 03:52 PM
I don't think they are allowing Custom User Titles anymore.

What fun is that?! We couldn't even italicize our titles before, now we don't have them? :(
Jamesadin
2004-01-18, 03:56 PM
Im missing the smallness of the posts in the old vB. Every post is huge in the ocean. I'll cope though.
quikspy67
2004-01-18, 04:09 PM
Pretty sweet except it doesnt say the moderators at the sides of the forums.
Medieval Bob
2004-01-18, 04:49 PM
Having to click to quick reply sucks.

I kind of miss the "Get new posts" thing in the top left.

It's in the middle.... also, it's in Quick Links.

Ditto, but I'd like there to be a dropdown menu type thing when you click on member names (in threads) like blizzforums has, its a nifty tool :) fun to look at too :P

We do have a dropdown menu when you click member names...



I don't like the tabbing in the "advanced post" page. I also don't like the horizontal layout of bars and such.
LiveWire
2004-01-18, 05:40 PM
What fun is that?! We couldn't even italicize our titles before, now we don't have them? :(

I know it blows, i liked changing them from time to time and make fun of stupid things that happened on the forums.

oh ya, WetWired theres an error i just saw, heres what it said.

Line: 468
Char: 24
Error: 'null' is null or not an object
Code: 0
URL: Http://www.zelaon.com/forums/showthread.php?p=380091
Adrenachrome
2004-01-18, 05:45 PM
I absolutly hate not having a custom title.
LiveWire
2004-01-18, 06:14 PM
I absolutly hate not having a custom title.

This would look good, what do you guys think?
Grav
2004-01-18, 06:23 PM
Looks good.
Jessifer
2004-01-18, 06:23 PM
Actually, I rather like the new version. The only problem I have are the lack of custom titles. :( But I'll live. ;)
Vollstrecker
2004-01-19, 02:30 AM
I like where the title is on that. Good idea.
Chruser
2004-01-19, 09:41 AM
Actually, just hover your mouse pointer over the avatar. It's got a tooltip containing your title to save space in the post itself. It's compressed to fit more information into one page, which is better than having all posts extended to read the user titles in a separate cell. Sure, it's fun to read them, but you still can by consuming 0.003 calories by moving your mouse a few pixels to the avatar. Load times are lower now, and once again, we save display space.
Titusfied
2004-01-19, 09:50 AM
Hmm, your Title shows the "<"s before and after, not enabled you to bold titles. Enable that!!

I like how you can edit someone and give a reason as to why now. I noticed it on a post from Penny_Bagz, and that was really cool.

I don't like how all the User Names, Threads, Forum Names, and everything is underlined, and I don't like non-bold and italicized Member names for Staff...
WetWired
2004-01-19, 11:20 AM
Ditto, but I'd like there to be a dropdown menu type thing when you click on member names (in threads) like blizzforums has, its a nifty tool :) fun to look at too :P
Um, it does, on non-Synthesis styles.
Rurouni Storm
2004-01-19, 01:24 PM
Perhaps change the "reply" button to say quote?
WetWired
2004-01-19, 01:45 PM
Perhaps change the "reply" button to say quote?
Except then there'd be no reply button.
RoboticSilence
2004-01-19, 03:00 PM
Having to click to quick reply sucks.

I kind of miss the "Get new posts" thing in the top left.
Exactly and EXACTLY
WetWired
2004-01-19, 03:53 PM
I kind of miss the "Get new posts" thing in the top left.
Exactly and EXACTLYAre you blind? When I look to the top left of ANY of the styles, I see a link to get new posts.
Medieval Bob
2004-01-19, 04:36 PM
Can we get something to flash when we have a new PM on Ocean? I don't know if it does on anything, but all I really care about is Ocean :)
RoboticSilence
2004-01-19, 04:40 PM
Are you blind? When I look to the top left of ANY of the styles, I see a link to get new posts.
We mean the little nublet with "Wiew New Posts" I know ther is a new one because I use it... and it actually seems that the menu items auto arrange themselves in order of most used to least used... I could have sworn the New Posts link was the fifth one until about 20 minutes ago.
WetWired
2004-01-19, 04:52 PM
It was changed about 5 hours ago, actually, in response to Grav and others' complaint. My original work on Synthesis included the classic view new posts and search features (with the spelling corrected, BTW), however, it all had to be scrapped when the final templates finally arrived with vB3RC1, and when I looked at what was new, I decided that there was no great advantage to putting them in vB3, since the new nav already had a view new posts and a quick search.
RoboticSilence
2004-01-19, 04:53 PM
Now what about fixing the Quick Reply to not be so crappy?
WetWired
2004-01-19, 04:53 PM
Can we get something to flash when we have a new PM on Ocean? I don't know if it does on anything, but all I really care about is Ocean :)
I'll look into it, but you know, there's an option to display a message box when there is a new private message, and I find it more effective than the flashing thing ever was.
RoboticSilence
2004-01-19, 04:56 PM
My only issue with the PM system poup is that when the javascript message pops up and asks me if I want to open a new window, I select yes and it doesn't open because of my popup blocker. There is another way to open a new window that doesn't get blocked (Some popup I get at AIM.com is the only one I've ever had.)
LiveWire
2004-01-19, 04:59 PM
How about the: There have been XX New Post And XX New threads Snice your last vist. I'm sure everyone loved that.
WetWired
2004-01-19, 05:06 PM
Hmm. Maybe you should look at the settings. Maybe there's a setting to only block cross-domain popups (so a popup to http://zelaron.com/popup.html from http://zelaron.com/forums would be allowed but a popup to http://wwuzone.com/popup.html from http://zelaron.com/forums would not be).

I did say that I'd look into this, though it'll have to wait untill after most of the fires are out.
WetWired
2004-01-19, 05:08 PM
How about the: There have been XX New Post And XX New threads Snice your last vist. I'm sure everyone loved that.
That has been pointed out, and is on my list of non-urgent changes.
LiveWire
2004-01-19, 05:14 PM
That has been pointed out, and is on my list of non-urgent changes.


Kool, One more thing i noticed. I know there is a poll for this, but did you turn the member pics off antionally?

i get this:
LiveWire, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

Not sure if you knew so i thought i would ask here other then creating a new thread.
WetWired
2004-01-19, 05:27 PM
What link are you clicking to get that message?
Profile pictures are off untill we decide what function they will serve, but I would think that a link wouldn't be displayed to them in the navbar unless they were enabled. Maybe you're talking about something different...
Demosthenes
2004-01-19, 05:29 PM
I want the old ocean back :mad:

That about does it for me.
WetWired
2004-01-19, 05:36 PM
That about does it for me.
Huh? From what I've heard, most of the people complaining about this have expressed that I've given them the old ocean back, so if you have issues remaining, go post in the "The Issues List" thread.
LiveWire
2004-01-19, 05:39 PM
What link are you clicking to get that message?
Profile pictures are off untill we decide what function they will serve, but I would think that a link wouldn't be displayed to them in the navbar unless they were enabled. Maybe you're talking about something different...

Its the Edirt Profile Picture Link, doesn't go away when you turn it off. just shows a no permissions error