Just be glad you haven't seen mid to late 90's forums with the <blink> tag enabled. It could be done better, though. Having a ton of unused space is horrid these days. If a couple users can bang out a better version in a couple days, it makes me wonder how the current format ever got approved. It's like an echo chamber with Cryptic/PWE and certain things. vBulletin should be put to better use than this. I do agree with some earlier posts that state how it's not our job to send out fixes for this. It's fine temporarily, but it shouldn't become a standard.
I've been using computers since before there was an internet as you know it, and yes I do remember the <blink> tag. Even that is a vast improvement over how this site is laid out.
To call whomever designed these forums an amateur with zero basic knowledge of usability and readability is being kind. But as others have said, this is the quality we've come to expect from PWE. Relying on players to fix this TRIBBLE poor excuse of a design is laziness and incompetence on PWE's part I'm sad to say.
that's just it..... I don't think they actually designed anything. My best guess is that they configured only what needed to be done for functionality, and didn't bother to even think about aesthetics.
that's just it..... I don't think they actually designed anything. My best guess is that they configured only what needed to be done for functionality, and didn't bother to even think about aesthetics.
yeah, it certainly feels like something 'right of the shelf and just out the box' and part of me would like to think that it wasn't anticipated or planned for it to be this.. poor.. on migration. but assumptions and generalisations aside, we never really know what's going on behind the scenes lol.
I like it well enough with the enhancements provided, without them it's just awful. Navigation is by far the most unintuitive I have ever seen on a forum.
These forums suck and the person who made the decision to migrate sucks.
Sounds like this forum is a regular brothel. Wait, isn't the forum supposed to be all ages?
All fun aside, with the PWE vanilla enhancement and the pro blue theme it's pretty decent.
Things like layout, mark all forums as read and actually having sections of the forum you've hidden be hidden would be nice.
This program, though reasonably normal at times, seems to have a strong affinity to classes belonging to the Cat 2.0 program. Questerius 2.7 will break down on occasion, resulting in garbage and nonsense messages whenever it occurs. Usually a hard reboot or pulling the plug solves the problem when that happens.
These forums suck and the person who made the decision to migrate sucks.
Sounds like this forum is a regular brothel. Wait, isn't the forum supposed to be all ages?
All fun aside, with the PWE vanilla enhancement and the pro blue theme it's pretty decent.
Things like layout, mark all forums as read and actually having sections of the forum you've hidden be hidden would be nice.
Agreed, I just discovered the enhancements and they're a significant improvement. Still plenty of room for improvement, but at least the the Enchantments make the forum useable.
These forums suck and the person who made the decision to migrate sucks.
Sounds like this forum is a regular brothel. Wait, isn't the forum supposed to be all ages?
All fun aside, with the PWE vanilla enhancement and the pro blue theme it's pretty decent.
Things like layout, mark all forums as read and actually having sections of the forum you've hidden be hidden would be nice.
i think i saw a mention of the 'not hidden' hidden issue, apparently they changed the 'handle' or 'definition' or 'labels' of some of the sections (that may not be the right terminology lol) so to fix it al you need to do is unhide them all (select the url below that fits your entry point) and then go through the hide process again.
I still can't leave a comment from my phone....well holy TRIBBLE never mind it worked. Alright I guess I can live with the new ones.
Fleet Admiral Thomas Winston James a.k.a. The Grayfox Fleet Leader of:
Liberty Task Force/Liberty Honor Guard
Pride of the Federation/Pride of the Empire
Liberty Guardians U.S.S. Liberty, NX-42813-L, T-6 Legendary Odyssey Class
I didn't install any plug in or another external solution to this forum because IMHO, the original plataform should give you those solutions, if it doesn't then is not as good as they said, maybe they can fix things, so i will wait to see what else they do with this Vanilla....
I use it primarily on my tablet, mobile experience is improving, but page formats for landscape mode, acute problem which isn't a huge problem, but still needs a bit of polish.
I've been away from home for a few days so I really can't speak to the desktop experience, because I was having to use ARC, to stay logged in, I don't know where that issue has been addressed or not yet.
Thanks for the Advanced Light Cruiser, Allied Escort Bundles, Jem-Hadar Light Battlecruiser, and Mek'leth
New Content Wishlist
T6 updates for the Kamarag & Vor'Cha
Heavy Cruiser & a Movie Era Style AoY Utility Cruiser
I keep using the Quote button instead of the edit button for some reason. Sigh. The need to go to the upper icon and then click on "edit" is really annoying.
Only problem with these fixes is that they don't install on my work computer. I normally only view these boards when at work. And the security implemented on the work environment wont allow these extensions to be installed. SO unless there is some way to bypass the security without getting in trouble, I can't use these "fixes". I need the server side to be changed.
And I still can't use any of my other badges I have paid for.
Only problem with these fixes is that they don't install on my work computer. I normally only view these boards when at work. And the security implemented on the work environment wont allow these extensions to be installed. SO unless there is some way to bypass the security without getting in trouble, I can't use these "fixes". I need the server side to be changed.
And I still can't use any of my other badges I have paid for.
they are working on some server side fixes, what exactly.. i do not know!? and the last i heard about our titles was something mentioned last week, saying they were working on them
Only problem with these fixes is that they don't install on my work computer. I normally only view these boards when at work. And the security implemented on the work environment wont allow these extensions to be installed. SO unless there is some way to bypass the security without getting in trouble, I can't use these "fixes". I need the server side to be changed.
And I still can't use any of my other badges I have paid for.
Or you could use the computer at your job for work instead of non-work related internet browsing.
Or I can look at this stuff during my two 15 minutes breaks, 1 hour lunch and any down time I have in which I would just fall asleep anyways.
Or I can look at this stuff during my two 15 minutes breaks, 1 hour lunch and any down time I have in which I would just fall asleep anyways.
You could do that on a phone or tablet without suffering any work security software.
Works wireless is not open to employees. And my iPad doesn't have it's own data access. So I need wireless to connect to. And my phone shares the data with my wife and and my two girls. So data is not always as available to me.
Besides, I am not supposed to have those things out at my desk, and I can't really leave my desk for to long. ( I eat at my desk. ) So this is just convenient, doesn't break the rules, and is allowed by my boss to best serve the business needs.
Or I can look at this stuff during my two 15 minutes breaks, 1 hour lunch and any down time I have in which I would just fall asleep anyways.
You could do that on a phone or tablet without suffering any work security software.
Works wireless is not open to employees. And my iPad doesn't have it's own data access. So I need wireless to connect to. And my phone shares the data with my wife and and my two girls. So data is not always as available to me.
Besides, I am not supposed to have those things out at my desk, and I can't really leave my desk for to long. ( I eat at my desk. ) So this is just convenient, doesn't break the rules, and is allowed by my boss to best serve the business needs.
sorry to hear you are somewhat restricted.. but serious qudos to your work ethic and putting the ladies in your life 1st.. i totally understand and respect that.
Works wireless is not open to employees. And my iPad doesn't have it's own data access. So I need wireless to connect to. And my phone shares the data with my wife and and my two girls. So data is not always as available to me.
Besides, I am not supposed to have those things out at my desk, and I can't really leave my desk for to long. ( I eat at my desk. ) So this is just convenient, doesn't break the rules, and is allowed by my boss to best serve the business needs.
Okay that socks. You've got no other options, and I'm out of alternatives.
Yeah, And it wasn't that big a deal till these new forums. But it's manageable still.
Or I can look at this stuff during my two 15 minutes breaks, 1 hour lunch and any down time I have in which I would just fall asleep anyways.
You could do that on a phone or tablet without suffering any work security software.
Works wireless is not open to employees. And my iPad doesn't have it's own data access. So I need wireless to connect to. And my phone shares the data with my wife and and my two girls. So data is not always as available to me.
Besides, I am not supposed to have those things out at my desk, and I can't really leave my desk for to long. ( I eat at my desk. ) So this is just convenient, doesn't break the rules, and is allowed by my boss to best serve the business needs.
sorry to hear you are somewhat restricted.. but serious qudos to your work ethic and putting the ladies in your life 1st.. i totally understand and respect that.
Thanks. It means alot. Even if they don't always appreciate it, it's something I am still happy to do for them.
One thing i'm really missing is faction specific shipyard sub-forums. They were good places to seek advice about specific ships for your faction and with them gone new build topics tend to get lost in the forums quite fast.
Still needs a better CSS.
And a Dev Tracker. (I know that's in the works.)
And a better Search would probably be nice, but I haven't had to use Search much yet.
One thing i'm really missing is faction specific shipyard sub-forums. They were good places to seek advice about specific ships for your faction and with them gone new build topics tend to get lost in the forums quite fast.
The censor is bloody childish (hehe, you said d.amn, I'm telling). I also miss the 'next page' button at the bottom of the page. Other than those, I'm fine.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though. JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
The censor is bloody childish (hehe, you said d.amn, I'm telling). I also miss the 'next page' button at the bottom of the page. Other than those, I'm fine.
i really hope 'un-hiding' those page buttons along the bottom is 1 of the 1st batch of fixes they give the forum.
I don't recall anyone asking you to do anything. We've been told that Cryptic/PWE isn't finished setting up the forum yet, [/color]
Hmm, cryptic is not the ones doing the forum migration (im pretty sure of it) and it doesnt take that long to accomodate a vanilla forum. In my humble opinion, this is what we get.
Broke half my fanfic threads and broke my ability to fix them. F*ck Vanilla.
when i read about the character limitation on posts i knew that was going to be problematic, especially with you fanfic writers, didn't expect it to totally break them though.. that really sucks big time.
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Sounds like this forum is a regular brothel. Wait, isn't the forum supposed to be all ages?
All fun aside, with the PWE vanilla enhancement and the pro blue theme it's pretty decent.
Things like layout, mark all forums as read and actually having sections of the forum you've hidden be hidden would be nice.
Agreed, I just discovered the enhancements and they're a significant improvement. Still plenty of room for improvement, but at least the the Enchantments make the forum useable.
http://www.arcgames.com/en/forums#/categories/?ShowAllCategories=true
http://perfectworld.vanillaforums.com/categories/?ShowAllCategories=true
Fleet Leader of:
Liberty Task Force/Liberty Honor Guard
Pride of the Federation/Pride of the Empire
Liberty Guardians
U.S.S. Liberty, NX-42813-L, T-6 Legendary Odyssey Class
Game Handle: Grayfox@GrayfoxJames
Website: https://www.libertytaskforce.com
Armada (STOFA Member Fleet): https://www.libertytaskforce.com/stofa
Discord: https://discord.gg/bGp9N7z
Twitter: STOFA@LTFGrayfox
Email: CSDynamix@Hotmail.com
I've been away from home for a few days so I really can't speak to the desktop experience, because I was having to use ARC, to stay logged in, I don't know where that issue has been addressed or not yet.
And I still can't use any of my other badges I have paid for.
KDF: Dahar Master Kan (Borg Klingon Tactical)::Dahar Master Torc (Alien Science)::Dahar Master Sisteric (Gorn Engineer)
RR-Fed: Citizen Sirroc (Romulan Science)::Fleet Admiral Grell (Alien Engineer)
RR-KDF: Fleet Admiral Zemo (Reman Tactical)::Fleet Admiral Xinatek (Reman Science)::Fleet Admiral Bel (Alien Engineer)
TOS-Fed: Fleet Admiral Katem (Andorian Tactical)::Lieutenant Commander Straad (Vulcan Engineer)
Dom-Fed: Dan'Tar (Jem'Hadar Science)
Dom-KDF: Kamtana'Solan (Jem'Hadar Science)
CoHost of Tribbles in Ecstasy (Zombee)
Or I can look at this stuff during my two 15 minutes breaks, 1 hour lunch and any down time I have in which I would just fall asleep anyways.
KDF: Dahar Master Kan (Borg Klingon Tactical)::Dahar Master Torc (Alien Science)::Dahar Master Sisteric (Gorn Engineer)
RR-Fed: Citizen Sirroc (Romulan Science)::Fleet Admiral Grell (Alien Engineer)
RR-KDF: Fleet Admiral Zemo (Reman Tactical)::Fleet Admiral Xinatek (Reman Science)::Fleet Admiral Bel (Alien Engineer)
TOS-Fed: Fleet Admiral Katem (Andorian Tactical)::Lieutenant Commander Straad (Vulcan Engineer)
Dom-Fed: Dan'Tar (Jem'Hadar Science)
Dom-KDF: Kamtana'Solan (Jem'Hadar Science)
CoHost of Tribbles in Ecstasy (Zombee)
Works wireless is not open to employees. And my iPad doesn't have it's own data access. So I need wireless to connect to. And my phone shares the data with my wife and and my two girls. So data is not always as available to me.
Besides, I am not supposed to have those things out at my desk, and I can't really leave my desk for to long. ( I eat at my desk. ) So this is just convenient, doesn't break the rules, and is allowed by my boss to best serve the business needs.
KDF: Dahar Master Kan (Borg Klingon Tactical)::Dahar Master Torc (Alien Science)::Dahar Master Sisteric (Gorn Engineer)
RR-Fed: Citizen Sirroc (Romulan Science)::Fleet Admiral Grell (Alien Engineer)
RR-KDF: Fleet Admiral Zemo (Reman Tactical)::Fleet Admiral Xinatek (Reman Science)::Fleet Admiral Bel (Alien Engineer)
TOS-Fed: Fleet Admiral Katem (Andorian Tactical)::Lieutenant Commander Straad (Vulcan Engineer)
Dom-Fed: Dan'Tar (Jem'Hadar Science)
Dom-KDF: Kamtana'Solan (Jem'Hadar Science)
CoHost of Tribbles in Ecstasy (Zombee)
Yeah, And it wasn't that big a deal till these new forums. But it's manageable still.
Thanks. It means alot. Even if they don't always appreciate it, it's something I am still happy to do for them.
KDF: Dahar Master Kan (Borg Klingon Tactical)::Dahar Master Torc (Alien Science)::Dahar Master Sisteric (Gorn Engineer)
RR-Fed: Citizen Sirroc (Romulan Science)::Fleet Admiral Grell (Alien Engineer)
RR-KDF: Fleet Admiral Zemo (Reman Tactical)::Fleet Admiral Xinatek (Reman Science)::Fleet Admiral Bel (Alien Engineer)
TOS-Fed: Fleet Admiral Katem (Andorian Tactical)::Lieutenant Commander Straad (Vulcan Engineer)
Dom-Fed: Dan'Tar (Jem'Hadar Science)
Dom-KDF: Kamtana'Solan (Jem'Hadar Science)
CoHost of Tribbles in Ecstasy (Zombee)
And a Dev Tracker. (I know that's in the works.)
And a better Search would probably be nice, but I haven't had to use Search much yet.
They still exist, look here: http://www.arcgames.com/en/forums#/categories/sto-feedback
They are child categories of the respective faction boards. Suboptimal organization IMO, but they are still around.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
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Hmm, cryptic is not the ones doing the forum migration (im pretty sure of it) and it doesnt take that long to accomodate a vanilla forum. In my humble opinion, this is what we get.