Welcome to the new Forum!

spadoosh

being an issue

spadoosh

i can really spam the boards. 

EverDecreasingCircles

I really miss the button where you could press to say you've read it, without going into the actual post. It really helped me keep track of the comps I'd entered and which were new ones.

ptork66

Moved to the new forum snagging post.

moneysavinghero

What is the point in changing from a forum that worked to one that is a complete an utter mess, adds no benefits over the old forum, and is less user friendly?

jamesd

Congratulations on a large and complex move that from the user end went easily and well.

Normal "only mention the trouble points" service will resume shortly but for now bask in the warmth of a well deserved move success celebration!

spendaholic

I think it's terrible. And scanning some of the comments, so do a lot of other users. So many missing features or features that are deeply buried. And so difficult to find anything. Thanks buttons that are "comp-liment" buttons. Why? Skip buttons that you have to open the post, read to the bottom and then skip. Editing cogs that disappear and reappear. Some threads bouncing straight to the end, while others open at the very first post - every time. No preview on sigs. Sigs that are overlaying the main body text. Only one emoji allowed in a sig. And only 16 smileys altogether. Who beta-tested it? Because I don't think any of the regular users did. Such a shame. It used to be so quick, easy and friendly. 

Sea_Shell

I'm getting more used to it now. 
Some bits I really like and they outweigh the bits I don't.
Still very early days.

jamesd

savemoney said:

Its ridiculous that you have to change your password when you re-sign in.

Standards for securely storing passwords have changed a lot and it's likely that the old way was obsolete. Even quite old software didn't store an actual password but instead a cryptographic hash of one. While in theory it's possible to reverse some cryptographic hashes then use the recovered password there are lots of technical issues and if for greater security they chose to store only part of the hash it would be impossible. That's why it's typically done as they did it, with human intervention for the failure cases.

savemoney said:

I hear people have had warnings, no warnings received here. I never log out and I block pops up cant blame people for doing it to much advertising from many sites

It was done with an extra forum banner that ad blockers wouldn't normally block.

The troubling group for me is the ones who didn't get the notification email and who were given just two days to notice a forum post and fix the problem.

jamesd

moneysavinghero said:

What is the point in changing from a forum that worked to one that is a complete an utter mess, adds no benefits over the old forum, and is less user friendly?

It might save MSE a lot of money in licensing and support fees. The underlying technical design could use resources more efficiently. At least some of the features seem better.