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Less sluggish on mobile, if you compare swiping back and forth to a XF forum, then Invision is slow. I think it maybe because Invision activates a reload when you swipe and XF doesn't. 

What would that look like to you? Any examples you have in mind?
I think what was announced in the blog already is more than that. 😅

Next blog will be tomorrow.

I think that is very low on their todo list, so it may be a year or more until we get a way to do that, and if Facebook is anything to go by, the number of hoops to jump through is ridiculous. 
I'm interested in the AP system too but want to see it implemented in Bluesky and/or threads before we invest time into it.

We're very much keeping an eye on the shift in social media.

Too bored to call the Legal Department too, apparently.
Microsoft owns the trademark for X for anything software or game related.
Facebook-Meta owns the trademark for X for anything Social Media related.
This logo, 𝕏 , has been a part of Unicode since 2001 and in math textbooks since the 1970s.
So, good luck to Elon with the USPTO. But given his lack of diligence in even just getting a permit for the building sign change, it's probably not going to go well.

What you're asking for is not just "laborious", as you described, but pretty much near impossible. We'd have to list literally every single element of every array (in the example you gave there are probably close to 50 possibilities alone) in every template. Anyone even slightly familiar with the code base would have no issue figuring that out, so this would be a very big effort targeting a very small number of people... and maintaining it would be a nightmare. 

I installed this plugin in the timeline shown above when we were getting absolutely slammed, and almost immediately our registrations and visits dropped to 0. These are my stats for the 7-day free trial and just purchased the 2-year subscription with 6 months free so about USD$22 for 2.5 years. (...And another 6 months for writing an honest review!) 

That reminds me of post #25630909 on Facebook 😂 Go check it out!

This was a resource intensive function, changing how this worked gave a significant performance improvement for all customers, like a really impactful performance improvement.

We don't want to be stuck in the past too.

We removed post numbers about 5 years ago and although we get the odd request here and there, it’s not something that is raised very often.

Don't forget about visual experiences as well; most forum owners are laymen and pay more attention to appearance, simplicity, and functionality rather than source code. I hope @Ehren comes up with something cool.

With 8.3 being released at the end of this year do you see any potential problems with the v5 codebase and tools working with that version considering upcoming new features and deprecations?
Is there anything in 8.3 you are at all excited about?

He has, and editing is much easier.
Read only classes, json_validate().

Concerns: DateTime. Calendar app will need updates as it leans heavily into PHP date time functionality. Not a major issue, just a thing we need to do.

It won't. I believe we'll be requiring 8.1.

No worries 🙂 
There are many things, such as whether an item is new, whether people are actively visiting that content and more.

If hooks are going, whats the process to get my current ones working on the new version? I only use a few, online indicator, EZ scroll top and an adblock checker. Also I have quite big ratings application that I assume will break.
Also, you said ages ago you were going to prepare for removing display name login, there's been no sign of that. I still disagree with this entirely and can't see any benefit, I've not had a single hacking complaint in 19 years on my site.

All v4 applications/plugins will not be compatible with v5. They will all need to be refactored (not necessarily rewritten). Those hooks will need to be migrated across to UIExtension and event listeners.
I'm not going to get into the username removal. It's already done. I'm happy that your one site has never had an issue, but we are responsible for tens of thousands of communities and millions of members.

I was assuming he was meaning content with no replies and/or recently posted should not be “trending”.  

Trending content uses more signals than simply just how many replies it has (that wouldn't really be trending content then)

To stop people's fear and hopefully stop the private message questions:

1. Yes, this application is going to be ported to v5. I'm not sure yet if all the features will work or if some will have to be removed but to stop the fear => YES, it's going to be available for v5
2. More important: Everybody who purchased this for v4, will also gain access to the v5 version as long as the purchase hasn't expired AKA you'll not need to purchase it again, but you'll probably have to pay the renewal price.

My only concern is who's going to feed all the monkeys now?

@Matt Taking a look at the included images, I see you guys are still using that same long-ass code for language strings:
Member::loggedIn()->language()->addToStack( LANG_KEY );  
Can't you make it more simple with something like:
# Automatically uses Member::loggedIn() Language()->addToStack( LANG_KEY ); # Make it use another member Language( $member )->addToStack( LANG_KEY ); It's always been something that annoyed me. 😋

The first blog is out now: 
Keep in mind that it's a 10,000 foot overview, there's much more detail to follow in subsequent blogs.
 

If the member title field has been removed, then maybe it would be appropriate to add an option that allows you to put some of your own profile fields in hovercard?
I wouldn't have to display them under the posts/solved.