Anime Your test site sucks

[Grauken]

What hurt me the most are the omnipresent rounded edges. Why. Why would you do this to us, DU? Around the post, around reactions, around profiles, around profile stats, around profile pictures, around menus, around numbers. There are rounded edges fucking everywhere. God, I love rectangles so much.

Round edges so that inmates codexers don't hurt themselves

 

[IDtenT]

The current one is fine.

XF1 is end of life. So no it isn't fine.

Generally not a good idea to run end of life webapps that don't get security updates, especially with all the butthurt individuals we have out for blood.

yup, someone getting his hand on all user email addresses is probably not something most of us would like, even if its burner accounts

This coming from the same guy that claimed that getting doxxed on the Dex is just playing an RPG.

 

[NJClaw]

The current one is fine.

XF1 is end of life. So no it isn't fine.

Generally not a good idea to run end of life webapps that don't get security updates, especially with all the butthurt individuals we have out for blood.

yup, someone getting his hand on all user email addresses is probably not something most of us would like, even if its burner accounts

This coming from the same guy that claimed that getting doxxed on the Dex is just playing an RPG.

What gave you the idea that anyone here enjoys playing RPGs?

 

[Alienman]

I had forgotten about this variant
https://web.archive.org/web/20021127140229/http://rpgcodex.com/

here in its earliest colors
https://web.archive.org/web/20021021165250/http://www.rpgcodex.com

Nice banner. Who is the chick on it?

 

[Alienman]

I still can't wrap my head around how bad the new look is. The only thing that gives me strength is the hope that everything might be in such a "pre-pre-pre-alpha" state that the final result won't remind this mess in any way, shape, or form.

What gets me is how soulless it is. It's like when I'm searching for some tech issue, and stumbled into an unknown forum and can't wait to get out of there because of how unpleasant it is to read.

 

[Grauken]

This coming from the same guy that claimed that getting doxxed on the Dex is just playing an RPG.

 

[RRRrrr]

It looks like the BioWare forums from a decade ago. What is this retarded design

 

[IDtenT]

This coming from the same guy that claimed that getting doxxed on the Dex is just playing an RPG.

I'm certain Infinitron had no intention of "doxxing" anyone.

How am I supposed to interpret this here then? Is Infinitron just being a swell and friendly guy and reminding us that he has access to this kind of information?

Depends, are you on a forum where you talk only about harmless games or not

 

[Grauken]

This coming from the same guy that claimed that getting doxxed on the Dex is just playing an RPG.

I'm certain Infinitron had no intention of "doxxing" anyone.

How am I supposed to interpret this here then? Is Infinitron just being a swell and friendly guy and reminding us that he has access to this kind of information?

Depends, are you on a forum where you talk only about harmless games or not

So basically you misinterpret what I'm saying, just as expected

 

[†††]

The new site really is terrible, both on mobile and PC. There's so much wrong about it that it's better just to scrap it. The current one is fine.

Ok, so the users don't like the new design. But have you thought about how many intersectional BIPOC can we attract with the new design? have you asked them, huh? I thought so.

 

[Terra]

Don't mind the new design overall, personally, works fine on desktop and mobile/tablet and I don't have to use some ridiculous zoom level to easily read text. Not a fan of the top navbar following you down the page (nor its font) but for tablet viewing it's substantially easier to read/navigate.

The cutting off of the Excited! button however borders on criminal and needs fixing as a matter of urgency.

 

[shywn]

XF1 is end of life. So no it isn't fine.

Generally not a good idea to run end of life webapps that don't get security updates, especially with all the butthurt individuals we have out for blood.

Despite the popular belief, a lack of maintenance does not mean that a piece of software will be less secure. The security bugs don't just pop up out of nowhere -- they were there all along.

Furthermore, a new major version does not mean that it will be more secure either. Major versions come with new features, new features tend to mean more code, more code means more potential security bugs.

Paradoxically, the most secure version of software often is an end-of-life version that has had its batch of security updates done already. (That said, manually backporting any relevant security updates is still a good idea.)

 

[Melcar]

Mobile view is "fine" on the new design. Better than the regular desktop view, which is simply horrible and hard to navigate/read.

 

[Absinthe]

Furthermore, a new major version does not mean that it will be more secure either. Major versions come with new features, new features tend to mean more code, more code means more potential security bugs.

Correct. It's kind of like software that boasts new optimization and performance improvements with every major patch and yet the damn thing keeps getting slower and more bloated. Sometimes the new problems outweigh the old problems that got fixed.

Paradoxically, the most secure version of software often is an end-of-life version that has had its batch of security updates done already. (That said, manually backporting any relevant security updates is still a good idea.)

Also correct, but then we need someone to continually backport all the new security updates and stay on top of any new security holes that are found for XenForo1 that are not applicable to XenForo2 and manually devise patches for those. It's doable though.

 

[J1M]

Would prefer no color changes or font changes.

Honestly, if some of the post rating icons were culled hidden with a collapsible control I think the current site would be perfect as is.

 

[Tacgnol]

XF1 is end of life. So no it isn't fine.

Generally not a good idea to run end of life webapps that don't get security updates, especially with all the butthurt individuals we have out for blood.

Despite the popular belief, a lack of maintenance does not mean that a piece of software will be less secure. The security bugs don't just pop up out of nowhere -- they were there all along.

Furthermore, a new major version does not mean that it will be more secure either. Major versions come with new features, new features tend to mean more code, more code means more potential security bugs.

Paradoxically, the most secure version of software often is an end-of-life version that has had its batch of security updates done already. (That said, manually backporting any relevant security updates is still a good idea.)

With all the exploits that keep being found with various libraries used on webapps the world over (some of the exploits existing for 20+ years), I disagree.

There is a very good reason practically every cyber security certification process requires a maximum of 14 day lag on patching.

 

[Peachcurl]

but if we switched the basis for our communication from a forum to a mailing list, most security issues would just go right away

 

[Melcar]

Or if we just nuke the site.

 

[Grimlorn]

Can you guys limit the left side where the avatars are? It's about twice as big than here. There is a lot of empty space on the left and right of the avatars and when you zoom in to read the text it gets obnoxiously bigger.

Also there's no reason for the menu or title bar to follow you when you scroll down.

 

[Skdursh]

My final and definitive opinion on the subject is that the test site looks like moldy rotted garbage on a hot Summer day at 100% humidity that's been dipped in an above-ground pool filled with baby shit, then taken out, rolled in AIDS spooge and spit on by a group of homeless crackheads with severe gingivitis.

 

[Scruffy]

So that you guys know, a group of us most prestigious codexers, like me, Kruno, Blobert, Bradylama's alt and so on, have been using the new layout for a little over a month and you eventually get used to it and it's not bad.

 

[Melcar]

That's what my gay friends always tell me too.

 

[Scruffy]

at first it burns but then it's all pleasure?

 

[Ismaul]

here in its earliest colors
https://web.archive.org/web/20021021165250/http://www.rpgcodex.com

Ah yess, green on teal lol, with bonus chick on the banner.

I'll never forget it.

 

[Haba]

at first it burns but then it's all pleasure?

No, then you start bleeding.