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#1

celloshane

Aug 27, 2009 17:19:27

Ok, I never do this but it's a special occasion.  The new boards are interesting, I haven't had much chance to kick around and see every option yet.  I'm not sure I care for the new style, but after 6 years the old board format was pretty familiar.


Edit: Well I'll be danged, it looks like Doppleganger beat me into the boards as a whole by a good 13 minutes, but I still made the first post here that mentioned the boards being up.


Ok, some things I miss already: 


  • Only 3 themes (this may change) so I'm forced to view this as b/w text.

  • The Forums list is all scrunched up and looks unorganized.

  • There had better be a way to devote more of my screen to the actual posts.  This Recent Topics and Popular Topics sidebar is annoying and I hope there's a way to hide it.

  • Most importantly - I can't preview a thread with a mousehover.  Please bring that back immediately!

But overall, I am happy to have the boards back.

#2

tiwaztyrsfist

Aug 27, 2009 17:25:04

Hurray for forums being back up!


 

#3

evilweevil666

Aug 27, 2009 17:26:37

I gotta say I was really pumped after hype from a couple of insiders I know, but I'm a little disapointed.  Some features are awesome, but overall I don't like the layout.  The lack of pictures and colors is a little disheartening, but overall I'm just really happy it's back up.

#4

Matt_James

Aug 27, 2009 17:37:43

Looks great WotC!

#5

Stuntman

Aug 27, 2009 17:45:36

I miss my old avatar.

#6

mach1_9pants

Aug 27, 2009 17:49:18

275th!

#7

mother_of_anarchy

Aug 27, 2009 17:51:19

Its really good to be back here, though I seem to be the only person from the corner of the boards I live on to arrive.


I agree that there needs to be a way to get the sidebar out of the way.


Also, just posting this now I notice that the board no longer displays recent posts in the thread when you are typing out a reply. That was a good feature for roleplaying threads if you needed to go back and make sure you read other people's posts right, so I hope that comes back.

#8

WotC_Cort

Aug 27, 2009 18:17:58

There will be more themes, just need some time to get them going.  This is the start of a growing process, the plan is to continue to add features and enhancements over time.

#9

pigknight

Aug 27, 2009 18:28:05

What we need are sblocks. Sblocks are crazy important, more so considering the reduced size of the thread boxes.


After that the old emoticons would be nice.

#10

Swordsman1612

Aug 27, 2009 18:53:24

What I really want is for a way to get rid of those annoying boxes on the right hand side of the screen. I really don't care about which threads are recent or popular and all they do is make the posts too narrow for my tastes.

#11

hattrick

Aug 28, 2009 8:28:56

I sorta miss the "Forum member since" and such lines next to my profile.  I liked being an old guy.  The scruched format is also a little tough to get used to.


Also, I don't know why but my browser doesn't recognize this new reply window as a form it needs to spell check, and that's just annoying...

#12

celloshane

Aug 28, 2009 9:16:25


There will be more themes, just need some time to get them going.  This is the start of a growing process, the plan is to continue to add features and enhancements over time.





Good to know Cort, thanks for the update!