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So... What do you think of the new XENFORO FORUMS??

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Actually, a good bit of the lag now may be attributed to constant smaller admin actions (Phases never quits) as the dominoes that fell during the crossover are stacked back up.

I agree that it's as bad as vBulletin at times and sometimes worse for a bit - and we know that will improve.
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:rolleyes::cool::eek: I just thought it was this signal from the snow but hey thanks for the heads up weight off my chest .:D:confused:
 
One of the VB features i liked though was that i didn't need a super modern browser to use it. i had fun using my old Mac G4 TiBook running OS X Panther on it. now it no longer works.

Secondly, i never had issues posting on VB. now my posts tend to get into a loop where the Facebook-style animation up on the right corner top goes and goes, so i have to copy my post text, close the tab, and retry again. i reported that as a bug if it helps.

I'm willing to give Tapatalk a try but which version do i use? i no longer seem to be getting the alert to install it on XF.

I get so set in my ways i hate having to adapt to change if i didn't decide to change. so this will take a long, long time to adjust to. i won't be happy for a while so i try using the site only for support for my current crop of devices.
 
I know there are different Tapatalks for various forums. i've never used it so i might need a walkthrough to make it point to AF.

Change can be good or bad. it depends on how much change and what is actually changing. my reaction to XF the first time was pretty close to my reaction to iOS 7 having been self-installed on my Apple products that made me give them up for Android. Only this time TouchWiz won't come to the rescue. hopefully, Tapatalk will. i do know that apps only change their UI if you tell them to update to it. i could still use early Android 2.1 and use the old browser, or use old Amazon Apps, old Kindle, old Google Play if i tried a hack, so apps don't fall victim to the sudden UI future shock that websites do.

I still miss the old iOS though, i really thought the amount of detail and how my device seemingly transformed into a real digital copy of a real thing, especially with a retina display, was fun to use and entertaining, and made it far more intuitive for old farts that i am turning into. losing that in favor of bright, pastel colors and whitespace and lack of depth reminded me of going back to the old days of IBM PC XT running Prodigy. when i accepted that i wouldn't get my fancy UI back i had to settle for Samsung which at the time offered a similar approach, which is now gone as well. Material Design helps a lot on current devices but there are times i long for the day i could open up my ebook app and stare at an actual book with 3-D page turns. or open up Alarm Clock and have it act as if it were bedside flip clock complete with amber glow. Now it's 'OK Google set alarm for 7AM tomorrow morning' and that's it. the screen stays off and only the little LED light flashes ominously. no longer the innocent desk clock i had on my 3GS. cold, sterile. modern? maybe. but comfortable and intuitive? nope. at least Google Play Books retains the page turn animation--that's all i have left of the old iBooks.

About the only Apple devices i even use today are mostly work related. my job only believes in iPhone so it's an iPhone 5S. i keep an iPad Air for times i need data coverage away from a wifi (nature walk mainly) because it was cheaper than the Android device (And smaller) offered by my carrier.
 
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Thanks both of you. i'll see what it can do when i get home and get my Nexus 10 out.

What are the differences between Tapatalk and the AF App? some mentioned that the old AF app will cease to function but i am unsure if that's true or not. which one would resemble the older site the most?
 
nickdalzell said:
Thanks both of you. i'll see what it can do when i get home and get my Nexus 10 out.

What are the differences between Tapatalk and the AF App? some mentioned that the old AF app will cease to function but i am unsure if that's true or not. which one would resemble the older site the most?
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Neither - the apps have a compact text-based appearance. Just the facts, no extra clutter for use on a cell network if that's what you got.

Tabs along the top (or pull out from the side, depending on version) for your favorites, where you've been, forum browsing and private conversations.

Plus - you see a post you like and want to really check out, tap it, choose to open in your browser - boom, done, back key takes you back to where you were in the app.

I've been using that one two punch for a few years, it's pretty effective.
 
Either may "cease to function" with the bug we haven't fixed yet, but I get less of that with our app. That's probably luck of the draw though. Just re-enter and it's fine.

See the other thread for the big annoying bug warning and workaround.
 
Blah everything is way to ugly and big. Avatars are huge, reading forums and threads is chore because of the huge sidebar and huge flat top menu bar. It hard to see where one post ends and another begins.

The listing for phone forums is butt backwards, instead of being a alphabetical up and down easy to read list its a ******** side to side alphabetical list.

I hate the preschool special education flat design look in general and its even worse when forums decide to adopt this new design fad that won't be around a few years from now.

Is there a way to revert to the old look of the forums? The new look and feel of this forum are too dumbed down for me.
 
App really does help solve my UI complaints! Thanks!

Is there a way I can pay to remove ads from the app though?

I, too despise flat design. But then I remember when computers only had enough power to pull off flat design. Such as MacOS system 6, or AmigaOS Workbench 1.x. Today we have quad HD screens and gigabytes of RAM but the interfaces we see appear from the 1980s. I really don't like being reminded of those days. Almost expect to hear a floppy disk in the background when loading a flat design site.

Obviously the many who loves flat design or think its hip and trendy aren't old enough to remember the early days when flat design was the norm.

Thankfully material design is killing flat design like a bad virus. But websites have yet to conform to it. I think once the bugs are ironed out the site can be somewhat like them original. I don't pretend to know how it works but I have seen other sites using Xenforo that look like vbulletin.
 
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I disabled trophies. I don't like such ranking systems because it promotes a 'I am better than you' mindset which is seen often on the PlayStation 3. All I want is to play games not earn trophies.

They simply have no place on forums. Plus they kept spamming my alerts box

Enjoying the app. All in all love having the forums list as it once was and seeing new posts bold and read posts not bold. The bold / unfold was lost on the XF site
 
nickdalzell said:
I disabled trophies. I don't like such ranking systems because it promotes a 'I am better than you' mindset which is seen often on the PlayStation 3. All I want is to play games not earn trophies.

They simply have no place on forums. Plus they kept spamming my alerts box

Enjoying the app. All in all love having the forums list as it once was and seeing new posts bold and read posts not bold. The bold / unfold was lost on the XF site
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You said you disabled it . that's not working cause yours still show
 
I disabled whatever I could. All I know is the uber annoying 'you earned a trophy!' Stopped showing on lower left and they don't show up in alerts. This isn't PlayStation Network. I don't need to assert myself with in-game achievements

BTW full Tapatalk app looks more like old vbulletin than AF app. The latter lacks inbox and appears stuck in the days of Froyo
 
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nickdalzell said:
App really does help solve my UI complaints! Thanks!

Is there a way I can pay to remove ads from the app though?
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I'm happy to hear that the app is working out for you.:)

Here is a link to the premium non-AF branded version. It isn't limited to AF and has no ads app level ads. Depending on the forum, their may be ads embedded in the thread or post stream, but that is the forum, not the app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quoord.tapatalkpro.activity

As a side note, there is a good chance you would be able to use that on other forums as well and set the color theme to your liking.
 
It looks like Tapa did away with the paid ad-free app. I hadn't really noticed because those of us who paid for the app when there was still a paid version and created a tapatalk ID were granted 'VIP' status(which I didn't realize until today) so we don't see ads. All new users do.
 
bjacks12 said:
It looks like Tapa did away with the paid ad-free app. I hadn't really noticed because those of us who paid for the app when there was still a paid version and created a tapatalk ID were granted 'VIP' status(which I didn't realize until today) so we don't see ads. All new users do.
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This is why I stay using my taptalk blue .No ads:eek::cool: very cool but makes me mad to hear earlymoon say ad away :eek::mad::confused: I paid for taptalk. I need to know what will Google do for customers that have paid apps since the dounut age will these paid apps stay with us or what.
 
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