Rodan

Why does it say "trial" version?  Shouldn't a full production forum be running on licensed software?

Susan G

Re the e-mail situation: I wish they'd tell us if they're going to start including the message text again. I guess I'll just turn off that option for now, since I don't really have any use for it as is.

That should be fixed along with no "In reply to" and no content in forwarded messages. Those 3 things are clear steps backwards, IMO.

-Susan

jackn2mpu

Here's an interesting one - if you have the robo-blue option the left-hand column with user's name and so on is wider (for instance the user's name is one line if it's a long one) than if you have the cakewalk (orange) option selected. This is on a Mac with Firefox 3.0.12 (latest version). Curiouser and curiouser.

I think things are changing here without any real attention from anyone in charge - I seem to remember seeing the word 'trial' in the aspplayground line at the bottom of the screen at one time.

We're working on both of these things, please be patient with us!

Susan G

Hi Willy-

This was fixed on sat.

I think I mentioned that on Sat, but there are plenty of other things that still aren't working correctly. You probably don't need them listed again, but if you do, just let us know.

Some of the obvious ones:
1. We don't get email bodies for subscriptions any longer, just links.
2. We don't get forwarded emails any longer, just links.
3. We no longer have "In reply to <name>" at the lower right of our posts. This lead to *lots* of confusion and noise on the forums.

Thanks-

-Susan

jackn2mpu

why were things changed for no apparent reason

• Improved spam protection, still not bulletproof if the spammer is manually logging in but we're not getting the repeats we were before from bot-driven spammers using the same Login
• Infrastructure/behind the scene changes that allow for other things such as:
  • Larger PM boxes
  • Better group/role management
  • Better infrastructure for embedded media content
• more friendly posting system, we realize many we're accustomed to the old way but for a new visitor the new one is much more familiar
• User comments that our forum software was "old-world", "from 1995" and "not deserving of it's users"

a new look that very few people really like?

1. Message forwarding cannot easily be changed to include the post's body this is related to a security vulnerability that existed in the last version of our forum software
2. Image sizing / 800 px cap :: Where the issue arises is when an image with a large width or super hi-res is posted and it knocks the whole message display out of line.  We could lay down a rule about max width and hope everyone adheres to it, but I think this totally defeats the point (that Mike) brought up of posting a blown up super-helpful screenshot.  Best solution for now, right-click on the image and save it so you can view it in full width.  Once we establish the safest max we can bump it to, we'll bump the setting
3. "Reply-To" - this single feature is actually one of the biggest sources of slow performance in the previous version.  Looking into ways for getting this right still . . . stay tuned.
4. the TOS and FAQ are back alive & kickin' and you can quickly jump to them now from the Forum Menu drop-down
5. Pop-up/out windows.  Unfortunatley there is no way to get these draggable outside of the browser without having the kind of pop-up blocker, phishing and specific browser compatibility issues we had before.  <sorry>

Marah

What has actually been gained? Spam wasn't really an issue. The same lone spammer pushing the same vid conversion package struck again last night:

Willy Jones [Cakewalk]

Hi Everyone,

Finally, thanks for all of your feedback thus far and sticking with us while we get your forum the way you would like it.

Best,