I think it looks great! Glad to be rid of the phpBB style forum that is everywhere too. But I got some suggestions.
I wouldn't mind a bit better scroll-performance with middle-mouse button held down. Compared to other sites, it's a bit sluggish for whatever reason. And no my computer is not that bad since I've never encountered that anywhere else.
Maybe of a 1px border of (relatively) bright color at the top of each post would help distinguish them from each other.
Where's the bulletin-list option in the reply window? I had to look up the BBCode to even make this, but I think it's handy enough to be added to the reply-interface.
And if I could perhaps suggest a feature that another indie-dev company used?
They had another button besides Reply/Quote which allowed you to directly message someone in that thread which was not visible to anyone else. It works like a PM but it's much more accessible. This allowed people to keep heated discussions or out-of-topic posts from the public eye, which in turn only helps to keep a topic on track. This helped those guys out and since forums are benign to be filled with negativity by default it just made sense.
These are called "Whispers" and they were a feature of Vanilla 1. Unfortunately, the performance penalty of those kinds of queries was immense. We're thinking about them constantly, but I'm not sure if they will ever make it back in.
And if I could perhaps suggest a feature that another indie-dev company used?
They had another button besides Reply/Quote which allowed you to directly message someone in that thread which was not visible to anyone else. It works like a PM but it's much more accessible. This allowed people to keep heated discussions or out-of-topic posts from the public eye, which in turn only helps to keep a topic on track. This helped those guys out and since forums are benign to be filled with negativity by default it just made sense.
These are called "Whispers" and they were a feature of Vanilla 1. Unfortunately, the performance penalty of those kinds of queries was immense. We're thinking about them constantly, but I'm not sure if they will ever make it back in.
Aw man, that's a shame! It would have been cool as an experiment to see how/if this Whisper thing actually works on a large community and if it helps to make forums more enjoyable.
But thanks for putting a name on it, I'm taking courses in web programming so now I know what to search for if I want to make this myself in the future.
And if I could perhaps suggest a feature that another indie-dev company used?
They had another button besides Reply/Quote which allowed you to directly message someone in that thread which was not visible to anyone else. It works like a PM but it's much more accessible. This allowed people to keep heated discussions or out-of-topic posts from the public eye, which in turn only helps to keep a topic on track. This helped those guys out and since forums are benign to be filled with negativity by default it just made sense.
Hm, an issue I just noticed.. if you reply from a page other than the (say, I'm looking at page 3 of this thread when I reply rather than 4), it makes it seem like my post went in to the current page, because it is getting inserted to the end of the current page on post. But, a refresh will reflect the fact that it is at the end of the thread like it should be.
That's working as intended. You can never insert your comment into a thread anywhere other than the end anyway, so its not confusing. Its just different to constant page reloads. Just go with it
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edited January 2013
What about when replying to a post, being able to see previous posts still below, like previously? Was a great way to refresh yourself on the conversation before replying.
p.s. i left more robust feedback on the previous page as well
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These are called "Whispers" and they were a feature of Vanilla 1. Unfortunately, the performance penalty of those kinds of queries was immense. We're thinking about them constantly, but I'm not sure if they will ever make it back in.
Aw man, that's a shame! It would have been cool as an experiment to see how/if this Whisper thing actually works on a large community and if it helps to make forums more enjoyable.
But thanks for putting a name on it, I'm taking courses in web programming so now I know what to search for if I want to make this myself in the future.
Regardless, awesome work Icy!
Also, Whispers made threads extremely confusing
p.s. i left more robust feedback on the previous page as well
http://unknownworlds.com/ns2/game-guide/
is showing "This video is private" when attempting to view.