Software Feedback Thread

[Rival]

Since the ui change it's been slower for me.

 

[Heyo]

That was dangerous. If one wasn't continually careful,
one would accidentally post in the wrong DIR.

Less likely now as the forum an OP is posted in is displayed in the list of new threads. I no longer have to read a thread only to find out later that I'm not allowed to answer to it. (Iow, another point I like in the new design.)

 

[Revoltingest]

Less likely now as the forum an OP is posted in is displayed in the list of new threads. I no longer have to read a thread only to find out later that I'm not allowed to answer to it. (Iow, another point I like in the new design.)

I prefer registering one's affiliation, & being
then unable to post in the wrong place.

 

[Debater Slayer]

Where's the theme selection gone? Im stuck in the default theme and cannot test the RF theme.

It was as at the bottom of the screen with another in preferences, not there any longer

It's at the bottom left corner of the page for me, right above the "Contact us" button.

 

[Debater Slayer]

Since the ui change it's been slower for me.

I think that might be caused by other things. Last time, the lag was triggered by adding a new forum and rebuilding its permissions.

How long is the lag you're experiencing, and when does it occur?

 

[SalixIncendium]

It's at the bottom left corner of the page for me, right above the "Contact us" button.

Both the one at the bottom of the page and the one in preferences are gone.

 

[Rival]

I think that might be caused by other things. Last time, the lag was triggered by adding a new forum and rebuilding its permissions.

How long is the lag you're experiencing, and when does it occur?

Mostly when responding to and editing posts, it takes a long time to go through.

 

[ChristineM]

It's at the bottom left corner of the page for me, right above the "Contact us" button.

Nope, two devices, my phone and my pad its gone, and gone in settings too.

Just another oddity for you super admins etc to ponder over

 

[Debater Slayer]

Both the one at the bottom of the page and the one in preferences are gone.

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In desktop view, it shows up at the very bottom left corner for me. I also still have it in the preferences tab.

I'm guessing this might be a temporary change until UI modifications are added, but I don't know what specifically is being done.

 

[Debater Slayer]

Nope, two devices, my phone and my pad its gone, and gone in settings too.

Just another oddity for you super admins etc to ponder over

That level of backend modification is beyond the volunteer staff's expertise, so we have told the owners about it.

 

[Debater Slayer]

Since the ui change it's been slower for me.

Let me know if this gets better as you post and browse the forum today.

 

[Debater Slayer]

Related:

Forum Performance in Terms of Responsiveness and Load Times

How is the forum currently performing on your end in terms of responsiveness and load times?

www.religiousforums.com

 

[Heyo]

I prefer registering one's affiliation, & being
then unable to post in the wrong place.

So do I. I was just pointing out, if that would go away, accidental posting would be less probable than in the old version.

 

[Revoltingest]

I noticed a useful change....
If I begin a response to a post, but then decide
to abandon it, I can simply exit that thread.
Poof! It's gone!
Before, it would be saved no matter what.
I'd have to post what I'd done, & then delete it.

 

[Alien826]

I just checked the admin CP, and it appears that the issue has to do with inheritance of forum permissions. If all members in the "registered" user group are allowed to post in the Political World, all of that forum's sub-forums inherit this, which means that a member of, say, "Socialist Only" will then have the ability to post in "Capitalist Only," and vice versa, because both of them are in the "registered" user group.

I'm not sure how to work around this, since the only solution I can think of right now is to set the permissions for each sub-forum individually instead of having them inherited from the Political World. This would be a major hassle and may contain unforeseen problems in turn, though, because it would entail manually setting up the permissions of every single user group for every single sub-forum of the Political World.

There are 35 user groups, 19 permission settings for each forum, and seven "Only" sections in the Political World. This means we would have to configure 35 x 19 x 7 = 4,655 manual settings in total. That would be an utter and unworkable nightmare, so I'm thinking about potential alternatives right now.

Doesn't this (the inheritance of permissions) make a nonsense of the limitation to two DIRs? Or have I misunderstood that rule?

 

[Alien826]

No! Give me the non-horrible theme back!

Please everyone! Let's not get into esthetics at this stage of the game. I can now see the name of the poster clearly and that's good enough for me. There are plenty of things for the mods to address without that. Later, when it's all settled down maybe.

 

[Alien826]

I noticed a useful change....
If I begin a response to a post, but then decide
to abandon it, I can simply exit that thread.
Poof! It's gone!
Before, it would be saved no matter what.
I'd have to post what I'd done, & then delete it.

Test.

^^^
This remained.

That's something I have wanted for a long time, but I just tried it and it didn't work. What I did was to enter something and delete the tab on the browser. Pulling up the thread again I find my reply is still there. Obviously "exiting the thread" was something different for you.

I've found that the only way to delete a response was to remove all text, that's actual deletion, not setting to blanks. A "cancel" switch would be handy, incidentally.

Mods: Not a huge problem, don't waste time over it.

 

[Revoltingest]

I've found that the only way to delete a response was to remove all text, that's actual deletion, not setting to blanks. A "cancel" switch would be handy, incidentally.

Deleting all the text never worked for me.
It would've re-appeared when I returned.

 

[Rival]

Test.

^^^
This remained.

That's something I have wanted for a long time, but I just tried it and it didn't work. What I did was to enter something and delete the tab on the browser. Pulling up the thread again I find my reply is still there. Obviously "exiting the thread" was something different for you.

I've found that the only way to delete a response was to remove all text, that's actual deletion, not setting to blanks. A "cancel" switch would be handy, incidentally.

Mods: Not a huge problem, don't waste time over it.

Deleting all the text never worked for me.
It would've re-appeared when I returned.

You have to delete the text then save the draft.

 

[Mock Turtle]

I noticed a useful change....
If I begin a response to a post, but then decide
to abandon it, I can simply exit that thread.
Poof! It's gone!
Before, it would be saved no matter what.
I'd have to post what I'd done, & then delete it.

I don't think it stayed there forever though - just not sure when it vanished.