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FYI The Forum's future

temporalillusion said:
In practice nothing, but some people prefer using the Tapatalk client to the regular web interface since it's often easier to use and read. Especially if the forum doesn't have a custom mobile skin installed.
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Yes, I've tried using this forum on a phone browser, it sort of works, but it's extremely cumbersome and nowhere near as good as using Tapatalk.

I do wonder though, if there is any possibility that the upgraded forum software will have features that might improve it's presentation on phones and tablets, making 3rd party software less necessary. While I like Tapatalk, I expect that it's going to become more common for potential "New Blood" to come to the new forum through searches on their devices, and being told they need to download an app to read the forum properly could be a stumbling block.
 
This is excellent--it's great you're keeping us informed, Darat. Thank you.
 
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Darat said:
All stats should remain intact, post counts will probably go down as some sections aren't going over and post counts are always slightly inaccurate for various reasons.
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Any hints on which sections won’t carry over? I assume the Challenge Applications section will remain property of JREF and not carry over. I could see dumping the Archive and maybe even AAH. Maybe the JREF section, which is mostly stuff that only deals with JREF specifically.

But I would like to see the posts in the MDC carried over. Lots of good stuff in there that I don’t see the JREF doing anything with. The Latest Commentary Issues section also has some decent posts, although those may need to eventfully be rolled into something like the General Skepticism and The Paranormal section.
 
jsfisher said:
This is great!

A big thank-you to everyone involved for pulling together a thoughtful, sane plan to continue the Forum. I have some minor quibbles with what has been proposed for the Membership Agreement, but they really are minor, so I am extremely pleased with how what started as severe abandonment anxiety has become delighted expectation.

Thanks again.
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AdMan said:
This is excellent--it's great you're keeping us informed, Darat. Thank you.
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Let me add my gratitude and thanks to the great work being done to keep the JREFISF on track.
 
rdaneel said:
Yes, I've tried using this forum on a phone browser, it sort of works, but it's extremely cumbersome and nowhere near as good as using Tapatalk.

I do wonder though, if there is any possibility that the upgraded forum software will have features that might improve it's presentation on phones and tablets, making 3rd party software less necessary. While I like Tapatalk, I expect that it's going to become more common for potential "New Blood" to come to the new forum through searches on their devices, and being told they need to download an app to read the forum properly could be a stumbling block.
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At this stage we plan to migrate to Xenforo sometime in the future, it's "responsive" so natively supports different screen sizes.
 
rdaneel said:
Yes, I've tried using this forum on a phone browser, it sort of works, but it's extremely cumbersome and nowhere near as good as using Tapatalk.

I do wonder though, if there is any possibility that the upgraded forum software will have features that might improve it's presentation on phones and tablets, making 3rd party software less necessary. While I like Tapatalk, I expect that it's going to become more common for potential "New Blood" to come to the new forum through searches on their devices, and being told they need to download an app to read the forum properly could be a stumbling block.
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I find Tapatalk very valuable on my iPhone, but on my iPad I tend to use the browser. The strength of Tapatalk lies in presenting an overview of threads fast, but actually reading a thread is done better without if the screen allows, because special formatting and avatars is lost. Tapatalk lets you quote the post you reply to, but there are no buttons for inserting quote, bold, italic or other tags, so it is not very good for writing.

I have tried a number of other forums with forum software that is supposedly scalable for smartphones, but in my opinion they fail, because it is not just a question of using smaller images, but also making a more smartphone-friendly user interface. One forum that I follow for the moment has such software, but on Chrome and Safari, the tags tool bar does not show up. For this reason I still prefer Tapatalk.
 
Thanks to all involved for putting this transition plan together. Unfortunately it means I will have to work harder to find something to complain about.
 
Thank you for the update, Darat! I'm glad things are progressing. :)
 
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RemieV said:
I don't know if this has been asked or not, but will members' records of warnings/infractions be transferred over? And if so, how about for posts that were made in areas that will not be transferred over?
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Those records are (in the current implementation, anyway) just threads in a restricted area of the forum, so, as far as I know, there's no reason why they shouldn't be transferred along with the rest of the content.

Not quite sure what you're asking about with regard to posts in areas not being transferred. I can see technical issues in that the posts link to the reported posts, and if the reported posts are not there (because there are in areas that were not transferred), it won't be possible to follow the links, but I doubt if that is your concern.
 
Can I register at the new forum with a new username?

I've wanted to change it for quite a while. I've never been suspended or even yellow-carded, I just want a change.

In other words, If I sign up at the new place with the same personal information, but a new username, will I possibly get in trouble for sockpuppetry?
 
You can change your username anytime you like; simply message me or one of the other Admins (Darat, Lisa Simpson, LashL) with what you want to change your username to and we can go from there.
 
Many thanks to all involved in this brave new venture. Change is necessary for the forums to remain the same ;)
 
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