So now that a little over a month has passed since the site transitioned to the new forum software... what do you think? Speed? Search? Features... etc.

 

Furthermore, how do you feel about the overall quality of posts and posters over the past month?

 

If you have a suggestion, send me a PM. For this purpose, want to primarily focus on the two questions in the poll.

So now that a little over a month has passed since the site transitioned to the new forum software... what do you think? Speed? Search? Features... etc. improvement

 

Furthermore, how do you feel about the overall quality of posts and posters over the past month? redundency

 

If you have a suggestion, send me a PM. For this purpose, want to primarily focus on the two questions in the poll.

IM to be sent regarding transition issues still not fixed.

I was going to answer the poll but I can't remember what the old one looked like. I just roll with the changes.

The Humungus Rules and Guidlines at the top of the page is a little annoying but the new available options are quite nice.

I don't like the Personal Messaging and notifications as much as the old format. Everything else is an improvement.

Overall I think the new format is better than the old. I feel the new software is not quite as intuative as the old software, but the pluses far out weigh the minuses.

 

As far as the quality of posts is concerned it is a drastic difference in my opinion. There seems to be a lot less random posting in subject specific forums, and nonsence threads are quickly becoming a thing of the past. And it is nice to see bucket 3 being used the way it should be, so that in and of itself seems to keep the board on point.

 

Change is not easily accepted, I for one do not like it, but we are moving in a good direction. Membership is still growing and we are still hitting record daily most members on at one time, so the forum is going in the right direction. Thanks to you Maks for keeping us at our "Home away from home"!!!

I voted neutral for both. Not that I dislike the changes....but I do not see a difference in the quality of posts (even though I was perfectly content with the quality before the change). The site itself, Im okay with it. No matter how the site format is changed, I still come here for information and discussions......not the design in which the site is formatted. Again, not that I like or dislike it, Im just neutral.

The Humungus Rules and Guidlines at the top of the page is a little annoying but the new available options are quite nice.

 

That and PM's are hard to notice. Other than that it's HOT!

I've mostly forgotten the old format, but the are a couple of things I'm still having usability issues with in the new one. The one that stands out is the inability to easily send PMs to multiple recipients. No big deal, I manage to get it done, but it's not a simple one click thing like in the old one.

It was very easy to see which messages were new in the old forum without the use of the "view new content" button. The previous thread icons were more recognizable.

 

Quick reply is cool.

Biggest improvement for me is getting to see thread replies and PMs in email.

Quick reply is cool.

Thing I like the least is the quoting function of the new software. MultiQuote solves some of the problems, but overall, it's a bit cumbersome to get things just right at times.

 

Quality of posts is probably improved slightly... but, the number of posts seem to have dropped off a bit. So, yes, less pointless jibber jabber.. but also less jabber in general. That could very well just be my perception based on the topics that interest me tho. That said, it's nice to not have to read Sirsloops posts anymore

That said, it's nice to not have to read Sirsloops posts anymore

 

SirSloops posts usually made me laugh. He sure got under a few people's skin. He had a gift for that, but was OK by me.

multi-quote is nice. so is quick reply. PM functionality is .... different. otherwise, same thing just slightly different look.

 

I didn't mind Sirsloop - he was funny if you didn't take him too seriously. I'm guessing he got banned?

[comment edited] he's not here to defend himself (not that he has to), so comment rescinded.

 

But - in an attempt to not derail this thread too much (oops - sorry Maks), one thing we do need is more smileys!!! Even when you hit "show all" it's like 1/5 the number of smileys we used to have

Edited October 26, 201016 yr by Caine

SirSloops posts usually made me laugh. He sure got under a few people's skin. He had a gift for that, but was OK by me.

I'm the very last one to be talking about the quality of posted content. I post as much irrelevance as any 3 of you guys combined.

 

That said, take this however you want to, but I think that the line has to be drawn when the posts reflect badly on the shooting community.

 

This is a public forum, and any registered user has access to virtually all of the threads. Once someone comes on with a post that makes us look bad as a group, that makes us look just like the kind of people the antis want us to be perceived as, and does that repeatedly, then any action possible to put a stop to it should be taken.

 

I'm not a moderator, and I don't know where the line was, but I do know that it's been moved to a point where the posts are less inflammatory, less militant, less provocative and more sensible and well thought than they were before the format change. I applaud Maks for setting a higher standard for us, and the mods for staying on top of the threads. I know some people think there's less freedom and less of a neighborhood feel to the new rules, but I think they'll benefit us as community in the long term.

 

K

Well said Ken

I am still having issues logging in. I can log in, go to the main forum page and dont see any of the premier stuff. Down at the bottom of the page where it shows everyone that is online, I am not there. If i want to see the other stuff, I need to log in and act like I am going to reply to something. Then go to the main forum page and everything is there.

I am still having issues logging in. I can log in, go to the main forum page and dont see any of the premier stuff. Down at the bottom of the page where it shows everyone that is online, I am not there. If i want to see the other stuff, I need to log in and act like I am going to reply to something. Then go to the main forum page and everything is there.

Make sure you're going to http://njgunforums.com/forum/ and not http://www.njgunforums.com/forum/

I like the site.. enjoy the people.. and appreciate the info.. for me.. personally.. it really doesn't matter what "box" the posts are in... with all that said this forum layout looks clean and works smoothly for me..

Caine YOU ROCK! :icon_exclaim:

The real hidden gem that I love since the change is how the new forums are rendered on mobile devices. This forum used to be a pain to surf on my iPhone, now it's awesome!

I am upset that I lost my avatar.

I am upset that I lost my avatar.

 

Most came over, but just reupload it. I am sorry that it will take you 20 seconds to reupload it.

Most came over, but just reupload it. I am sorry that it will take you 20 seconds to reupload it.

 

 

OK Thanks for the note, I am just sort of stupid trying to navigate and find what I needed to do. Got it now. I also had to re-find the avatar, that sucked

did take some time getting used to, but now that im used to it, I like it more.

Maks, any option to have the first few sentences, or sentence pop up when you hover over the thread title? I've seen this on a few forums and it's a nice feature. not sure if the IP.Board forum software supports it or not, just a thought..

I dont like that this is transitioning to a pay forum... I dont remember much of the old forum specifics since i basically stopped using this site once you switched.

 

One major improvement would be if we could see a much longer list of recently added and active topics.

Maks, any option to have the first few sentences, or sentence pop up when you hover over the thread title? I've seen this on a few forums and it's a nice feature. not sure if the IP.Board forum software supports it or not, just a thought..

 

There's a green arrow pointed up to the right of the thread title that you can click on, to give you a brief look into the thread.