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Software Feedback Thread

shunyadragon

shunyadragon

shunyadragon
Premium Member
Your new revision screwed me up and I could not log in or change my password. Apparently now resolved, but why change something that was not broken?
 
Debater Slayer

Debater Slayer

Vipassana
Staff member
Premium Member
shunyadragon said:
Your new revision screwed me up and I could not log in or change my password.
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The issue with the lack of email verification, which includes changing the emails attached to accounts, started with the old software and couldn't be resolved without a software update. It is still being worked on, since fixing the email verification system needs more steps than most other issues.

Over the last few months, we have had to email temporary passwords to some members who couldn't change their passwords, as we did with you in this situation.

shunyadragon said:
Apparently now resolved, but why change something that was not broken?
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It was broken and unsustainable in many ways, so much so that the only option besides the update was forum closure. We have reiterated this in a few threads so far, such as here:

Debater Slayer said:

  • Why the software update?​

The old software was too outdated and broken to sustain the forum any longer. It also rendered forum maintenance essentially impossible and caused server lag. The only option other than this update was shutting down the forum or letting it deteriorate until it no longer worked at all.
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Software Update FAQ Thread

Hi, all! This thread is for FAQs about the recent software update. I will list as many FAQs as I can and address each. Why the software update? The old software was too outdated and broken to sustain the forum any longer. It also rendered forum maintenance essentially impossible and caused...
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Debater Slayer

Debater Slayer

Vipassana
Staff member
Premium Member
TagliatelliMonster said:
At first I wasn't too pleased with it, but further small updates are clearly making everything better. It'll be allright, I'm sure. It already is in most important ways.

Any chance of getting all old frubals back?
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Do you mean the ratings that disappeared from posts and accounts' rating counts because those ratings are no longer in the software? The owners are looking into whether it's possible to retrieve them. There's no guarantee that it will be possible, though.

If you mean the ratings themselves—such as "winner," "informative," etc.—we can manually add similar ones via the admin CP. We're just waiting to see whether that will be necessary, since an add-on might be able to help there.
 
TagliatelliMonster

TagliatelliMonster

Veteran Member
Debater Slayer said:
Do you mean the ratings that disappeared from posts and accounts' rating counts because those ratings are no longer in the software? The owners are looking into whether it's possible to retrieve them. There's no guarantee that it will be possible, though.

If you mean the ratings themselves—such as "winner," "informative," etc.—we can manually add similar ones via the admin CP. We're just waiting to see whether that will be necessary, since an add-on might be able to help there.
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Both ;)
 
exchemist

exchemist

Veteran Member
Heyo said:
I just noticed all the new (and until yesterday, missing old) functions in the tool bar of the edit widget. There are so many that some had to be hidden behind four (!) "more" buttons. Progress.

Applause to those involved. :clapping:
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What's the "edit widget" and where can I find it?
 
Heyo

Heyo

Veteran Member
exchemist said:
What's the "edit widget" and where can I find it?
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The part of the screen you wrote your message in.
At the top you see the tool buttons, a vertical ellipse is a "more" button. You will find that there are now buttons for almost all the things we had to use BB-code for in the previous version, like strike-through and spoiler. You can also now drag-and-drop pictures. I haven't tested all the functions but what I have used, works perfect.
 
exchemist

exchemist

Veteran Member
Heyo said:
The part of the screen you wrote your message in.
At the top you see the tool buttons, a vertical ellipse is a "more" button. You will find that there are now buttons for almost all the things we had to use BB-code for in the previous version, like strike-through and spoiler. You can also now drag-and-drop pictures. I haven't tested all the functions but what I have used, works perfect.
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OK, understood. I don't see a vertical ellipse but I do see all the buttons. I don't think I ever used most of these before, just Bold, Italic, Font size and Colour - and that's it.
 
Heyo

Heyo

Veteran Member
exchemist said:
OK, understood. I don't see a vertical ellipse but I do see all the buttons. I don't think I ever used most of these before, just Bold, Italic, Font size and Colour - and that's it.
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That
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is a vertical ellipse.

Edit: No, it isn't. Just looked it up, in English there is a differentiation between ellipse and ellipsis. German is missing that differentiation.
 
SalixIncendium

SalixIncendium

अहं ब्रह्मास्मि
Staff member
Premium Member
Secret Chief said:
They appear but I'm buggered if I can get them to post. Hence I have to just Like everything; even the ones I hate ;)
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Are you on a mobile device? If you hold your finger on the like too long it highlights them and you can't post one. The tap has to be brief, but not so brief as to just like the post.
 
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