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.Ian Posted June 13, 2011 Posted June 13, 2011 Worst of all is the Social Network integration which is showing your members and would be members what they might find more appealing. It is akin to Southwest Airlines showing Delta ads in flight. Too many forum owners prefer eye candy to functionality and easy use. Nobody is forcing you to add social networking - but that does not mean that others should not. Mind you I see your profile on your site has ICQ, AIM, MSN etc. so what is so bad with adding facebook & Twitter? Aren't you promoting those third party companies??
Royzee Posted June 14, 2011 Posted June 14, 2011 True enough, but I moderate on, as well as visit, several boards besides my own. However that of course is up to each site owner. On boards that are not mine, 3.1 and 3.2 have made the visits less enjoyable.
invisiblex_merged Posted June 14, 2011 Posted June 14, 2011 True enough, but I moderate on, as well as visit, several boards besides my own. However that of course is up to each site owner. On boards that are not mine, 3.1 and 3.2 have made the visits less enjoyable. spot on 3.1 and 3.2 are not enjoyable due to bad skin ... it suits company forums. Bring back 2.1 days.
Shadow82x Posted June 14, 2011 Posted June 14, 2011 spot on 3.1 and 3.2 are not enjoyable due to bad skin ... it suits company forums. Bring back 2.1 days. Nearly every topic you are complaining about something IPB "did wrong" in 3.2. So my question is.. why waste your time and complain? Go use another forum software. Many people feel IPB is heading in a better direction and if you do not think so, simply don't use it. And don't waste your time & others complaining. Just an observation.. I personally feel the skin is great here. And if you don't like it so be it - get a custom theme or use another forum software that you feel has a better default theme.
invisiblex_merged Posted June 14, 2011 Posted June 14, 2011 Just an observation.. I personally feel the skin is great here. And if you don't like it so be it - get a custom theme or use another forum software that you feel has a better default theme. I have never complained about IPB coding and new feautres. They are amazing and best of all forum softwares we have now. Charles and Matt takes a bow for that. Its just the skin ..which plain bland dull and boring. We know we can get a custom skin ..but whats wrong in giving my opinion about default skin ? Should all opinions be same ?
Shadow82x Posted June 14, 2011 Posted June 14, 2011 Nothing wrong with giving an opinion on the default theme. But for myself, the default theme is something I usually change instantly just to make my community stand out. I don't think I would ever be able to use the 3.1 default theme by itself, because well.. I just don't think it looks good. But that didn't stop me from using the software or even complain about it. But (IMO) I think the 3.2 was a step in the right direction in terms of design and modernization. And apparently its easier to theme however I haven't seen that yet. As a matter of fact the theme here reminds me of how facebook is designed, which apparently people can easily adjust to.
invisiblex_merged Posted June 14, 2011 Posted June 14, 2011 Nothing wrong with giving an opinion on the default theme. But for myself, the default theme is something I usually change instantly just to make my community stand out. I don't think I would ever be able to use the 3.1 default theme by itself, because well.. I just don't think it looks good. But that didn't stop me from using the software or even complain about it. But (IMO) I think the 3.2 was a step in the right direction in terms of design and modernization. And apparently its easier to theme however I don't see that yet. The theme here reminds me of how facebook is designed, which apparently people can easily adjust to. If its like facebook type modernisation.. there wont be so many threads about bad default skin of IPB. Its more like 1980 newspaper with some dull colors mixed .. rather than modern theme with gradients. The more complex theme .. the better ..it should not be like mix some colors and theme made.
Taylor J Posted June 14, 2011 Posted June 14, 2011 How bout, you get back on topic and stop complaining about the skin in every topic you post in?
Warzone Posted June 14, 2011 Posted June 14, 2011 Everything thats new to peoples lives are wrong or bad in a way, but give the new stuff a break and get use to it ;)
Royzee Posted June 14, 2011 Posted June 14, 2011 Just an observation.. I personally feel the skin is great here. And if you don't like it so be it - get a custom theme or use another forum software that you feel has a better default theme. Then to be fair, let others make their observations. Even if they don't agree with your own.
Tanax Posted June 14, 2011 Posted June 14, 2011 spot on 3.1 and 3.2 are not enjoyable due to bad skin ... it suits company forums. Bring back 2.1 days. Good thing you can add your own skin then :rolleyes:
Michael Posted June 14, 2011 Posted June 14, 2011 Then to be fair, let others make their observations. Even if they don't agree with your own. That is a good philosophy, but this user does nothing but troll the product/company in all of their posts. That's not helpful, that's just being disruptive.
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