Apanzee - Forum Feedback
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I promise I'll try not to be too harsh, think of it more as constructive criticism
First impression: Looks a little gaudy and generic.
I've noticed my sticky in Cell Phones & Smartphones is missing in the beta, however still present on the current forum.
The refining options in the sub forums to sort things by tags is a little overwhelming with the amount of options available.
My first post on Tom's keeps nagging at me on the right side of the screen, even though there hasn't been an update to it since Dec 18.
The big red bar across the bottom of the screen is a little annoying - is there a way to remove this?
Will update this thread and bump as I have more thoughts.
First impression: Looks a little gaudy and generic.
I've noticed my sticky in Cell Phones & Smartphones is missing in the beta, however still present on the current forum.
The refining options in the sub forums to sort things by tags is a little overwhelming with the amount of options available.
My first post on Tom's keeps nagging at me on the right side of the screen, even though there hasn't been an update to it since Dec 18.
The big red bar across the bottom of the screen is a little annoying - is there a way to remove this?
Will update this thread and bump as I have more thoughts.
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I'll address a couple of points:
1. The content in the beta is a snapshot of the live forum, not an up to date mirror. The red bar that you despise tells you how old the content is. When it goes live it will obviously be up to date.
2. From memory there was a checkbox under the list of your posts that will only show ones with updates. It might be worth pointing this out in the inevitable news post about the changeover when it finally happens because I'm sure it will be overlooked and plenty of people will complain about ancient content showing up.
3. The big red bar is only temporary. You could remove it if you have an ad blocker or if you set a custom user stylesheet for the site that hides it. I personally use the former. I think it's pretty obvious whether I'm viewing the beta or not. They're not that similar
1. The content in the beta is a snapshot of the live forum, not an up to date mirror. The red bar that you despise tells you how old the content is. When it goes live it will obviously be up to date.
2. From memory there was a checkbox under the list of your posts that will only show ones with updates. It might be worth pointing this out in the inevitable news post about the changeover when it finally happens because I'm sure it will be overlooked and plenty of people will complain about ancient content showing up.
3. The big red bar is only temporary. You could remove it if you have an ad blocker or if you set a custom user stylesheet for the site that hides it. I personally use the former. I think it's pretty obvious whether I'm viewing the beta or not. They're not that similar
1. Makes a little more sense.
2. I never checked my posts list, you're referring to the one under my user account right? The sidebar on the right of the page is the one I'm addressing, for some reason the only post that shows up is the first post I ever made and it hasn't been active since Dec 18.
3. I'll try an ad blocker tomorrow morning, thanks for the tip. And yeah I could see the difference pretty quick,
2. I never checked my posts list, you're referring to the one under my user account right? The sidebar on the right of the page is the one I'm addressing, for some reason the only post that shows up is the first post I ever made and it hasn't been active since Dec 18.
3. I'll try an ad blocker tomorrow morning, thanks for the tip. And yeah I could see the difference pretty quick,
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I could try going back to the beta and taking a screenshot for you if the issue is persistent.
The red bar at the bottom of the beta says that the most recent update to it was Feb 5. I'm fairly certain I made at least a few posts between Dec 18 and Feb 5.
Also in the current forum I can't see my entire list of posts - if I click my username over on the left above my avatar, then click "access to the whole list of his/her messages" it only shows me the question I asked in hardware about my laptop charger. So I can't be certain of how many I did make in that time period.
Here's the screeny anyway:
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And if I click on the thread title on the sidebar, this is what I get:
The red bar at the bottom of the beta says that the most recent update to it was Feb 5. I'm fairly certain I made at least a few posts between Dec 18 and Feb 5.
Also in the current forum I can't see my entire list of posts - if I click my username over on the left above my avatar, then click "access to the whole list of his/her messages" it only shows me the question I asked in hardware about my laptop charger. So I can't be certain of how many I did make in that time period.
Here's the screeny anyway:

And if I click on the thread title on the sidebar, this is what I get:
That doesn't look right. The second screenshot looks like it's tried to route the request without going through the proxy (FoxyProxy indicates that it has) and the live forum has kicked the bucket, but it could just be that the error page hasn't had new styling applied.
Regarding the "access to the whole list of his/her messages": you need to change sections using the dropdown above the list of threads to see those in other sections. You've obviously only posted once in the CPUs & Components section. I know that this search technically doesn't return the whole list if you have a large number of posts in a section. It actually shows a relatively small number. That won't be the problem for you though.
Regarding the "access to the whole list of his/her messages": you need to change sections using the dropdown above the list of threads to see those in other sections. You've obviously only posted once in the CPUs & Components section. I know that this search technically doesn't return the whole list if you have a large number of posts in a section. It actually shows a relatively small number. That won't be the problem for you though.
Actually 99% of my posts are under Cell Phones and Smartphones, I was actually the top contributor last month and I am so far this month as well by over a hundred points.
I actually didn't realize there was a dropdown above that list, it does show my other posts on the live forum - but it should still be updated to at least Feb 5 on the beta right?
Thanks for the help, but I'm not all too concerned about this to be honest. As I told Joe I typically don't try out betas because of the bugs and glitches. I assume the final product will be a far smoother experience. I'll keep playing around with it though, see if I have trouble with anything else. As stated above, I'll update the original post with anything else I find.
I actually didn't realize there was a dropdown above that list, it does show my other posts on the live forum - but it should still be updated to at least Feb 5 on the beta right?
Thanks for the help, but I'm not all too concerned about this to be honest. As I told Joe I typically don't try out betas because of the bugs and glitches. I assume the final product will be a far smoother experience. I'll keep playing around with it though, see if I have trouble with anything else. As stated above, I'll update the original post with anything else I find.
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