Khai-J-Bach posted at 3:30PM Tue, 15 March 2016 - #4261229

ok I'll bite

"So, firstly, I hear the forums aren't easy to use. Can someone please provide me with an example so I can address this?"

first up, this editor based on markdown. a DEAD language which is full of bugs. get rid of it and get a proper editor - we had one remember? apart from no cut and paste in firefox, it worked fine. now, this thing is buggy for even basic text. and who wants to revert to the late 1980s and learn to layout ala Wordstar to do say Bold when everyone else uses WYSIWGY (what you see is what you get - an industry standard!) even when you DO attempt to use markdown.. it fails! (not even bothered to try and use it since I get piss poor results everytime. If I'd bought this, I'd be demanding my money back.)

second, the hidden options. want to change forums you want to see in your list? used to be 2 clicks. now you hunt for 5 minutes through several option screens. this also goes for several other options. a user does not want to hunt for this stuff. user options should be easy to find and not spread over several pages. clue - if you need a Wiki to tell us how to use the site, you've failed in the design.

thirdly, the ongoing emails problem. notifications not working. this is causing a lot of annoyance and it's been going on for nearly 2 years. fire the programmer and get someone competent.

fourthly, uneven application of the TOS. stay within the TOS and say something that is not liked, get a warning. hmm was within the |TOS here... also one case of a user being IP banned without warning., the TOS states warnings will be given! but in the new regeime, it seems to be punish the users you want to keep. not good at all.

fithly, the HUGE whitebar wasting space on every page. oh you say, it's for... hang on. right now, mine says Forum Stats, Mark All Read and Start Thread. all options else where on the screen! why do I need this bar? answer... not needed.

we can carry on.... but, this has been said over and over and over and over Hope. this is NOT NEW. you've BEEN TOLD all this before. but it's worth a try to see if you do anything this time.

1. I told you I'd look into this to see what I can do.
2. All you have to do is click on your avatar, go to 'settings,' then you'll see 'forums.' From there, you'll see this below:
3. Are you referring to the e-bots or something else? If not, please let me know.
4. We have to do a better job in stating why something is removed. And, we will.
5. What else do you suggest we put there? If you'd like to be involved, I need more feedback and suggestions so I can bring these to the team to discuss. I value your opinion and would like to know your ideas.
6. I'll have to see this android issue. Let me look into it.

Thank you everyone.

Hope Kumor

Editor-in-chief of Renderosity Magazine