Posted January 17, 201411 yr comment_5580568 We have the option to upgrade, which would make the interface very similar to DVDVR and should fix the majority of the tech issues we have had lately. From your experience, what are the positives and negatives of posting (and administrating - for DVDVR admins) on that software?
January 17, 201411 yr comment_5580596 Maybe I'm old fashioned and change averse, but I prefer the PWO interface to the one at DVDVR. It seems a lot louder an larger. Not quite sure I can put my finger on it but it feels like a whole lot more scrolling is required over there to view the same number of posts as is the case on PWO.
January 17, 201411 yr comment_5580599 DVDVR autosaves your posts which can be really helpful. I also like that threads can be tagged which could make finding threads about similar topics easier. That tool isn't fully utilized at DVDVR but I could see it being really useful here.
January 18, 201411 yr comment_5580630 Biggest concern is whether or not there is a chance that stuff is lost in the move. That would seriously impact this board and a lot of information could be lost. I'm averse to change as well and I find this board configuration works excellent for me.
January 18, 201411 yr Author comment_5580631 It turns out that we cannot fix our apostrophe issue without an upgrade. So the choices are either to deal with that or upgrade. I feel like it's necessary unfortunately, even though I too prefer the current interface. I'm not even sure how much longer Invision will support this version, which puts us at greater risk of losing everything and having no way to retrieve it.
January 19, 201411 yr comment_5580851 I barely have used the new DVDVR board so I cannot comment about the good or the bad for it. Obviously being more familiar with the layout of this board I prefer it more. That said if cannot fix apostrophe error than an upgrade is probably necessary. For those of us who do a lot of copying and pasting it can be a challenge to use board. And from my understanding you cannot quote/reply direction to someone's post who has the apostrophe issue in first place.
January 19, 201411 yr comment_5580911 Please let's make FIFTEEN backups before doing any of this. I don't want to bury DVDR but it has been shite since the losing the archives.
January 20, 201411 yr comment_5581090 Please let's make FIFTEEN backups before doing any of this. I don't want to bury DVDR but it has been shite since the losing the archives. That and the trolls who run rampant now. Seriously, what happened to head staking? Did Tomk and Phil Schneider just get bored and decide to watch the board go down in flames? As far as interface goes, I really do like this one the most. I'm a follower of "if it's not broke," but unfortunately, that seems to be the case. Board content is what really matters though.
January 20, 201411 yr comment_5581164 i'll be honest. I've learned from what happened at DVDVR and I've been backing up some of my ridiculous write ups elsewhere. I think, maybe, if you do upgrade, it might be best to disable the "like" functionality. We just don't need that here.
January 20, 201411 yr Author comment_5581167 i'll be honest. I've learned from what happened at DVDVR and I've been backing up some of my ridiculous write ups elsewhere. I think, maybe, if you do upgrade, it might be best to disable the "like" functionality. We just don't need that here. Any reason why? On a separate note, I've been thinking a lot about hashtags and I do think there are some very cool things we can do there.
January 20, 201411 yr Author comment_5581169 Also, I have a test site set up. I'm looking for as many volunteers as possible who are willing to *try* to break it before we switch over and do as many wonky things as possible and see what happens. Let's make sure it passes the stress test. PM me for the link if you are interested. Thanks.
January 20, 201411 yr Author comment_5581170 Also, good news! I found a skin that resembles the one we currently have, so the board would mostly look the same, just with a few added features.
January 20, 201411 yr comment_5581172 i'll be honest. I've learned from what happened at DVDVR and I've been backing up some of my ridiculous write ups elsewhere. I think, maybe, if you do upgrade, it might be best to disable the "like" functionality. We just don't need that here. Any reason why? On a separate note, I've been thinking a lot about hashtags and I do think there are some very cool things we can do there. There's a juvenile subconscious thing where you might post differently in order to garner likes. I think it has led to some of the trolling over on DVDVR and less genuine posting. It's not a huge thing but I don't see that as necessary here. I'm not saying there's necessarily something more academic and adult and mature about this place, but the level of discourse is pretty high and I don't think inviting that level of sophomoric popularity pushes is necessarily a good thing.
January 20, 201411 yr comment_5581176 Looks like there is no choice but to upgrade. I am terrified of it myself, but if the IPS driver error is that big of a problem for people it has to be done.
January 20, 201411 yr Author comment_5581178 i'll be honest. I've learned from what happened at DVDVR and I've been backing up some of my ridiculous write ups elsewhere. I think, maybe, if you do upgrade, it might be best to disable the "like" functionality. We just don't need that here. Any reason why? On a separate note, I've been thinking a lot about hashtags and I do think there are some very cool things we can do there. There's a juvenile subconscious thing where you might post differently in order to garner likes. I think it has led to some of the trolling over on DVDVR and less genuine posting. It's not a huge thing but I don't see that as necessary here. I'm not saying there's necessarily something more academic and adult and mature about this place, but the level of discourse is pretty high and I think inviting that level of sophomoric popularity pushes is necessarily a good thing. Thanks for the explanation. We'll start by disabling it and if there's a demand or people want to reconsider later, we can always turn it on.
January 20, 201411 yr Author comment_5581180 Here is a list of the additional features from what I'm able to tell so far. I'll edit this list as I discover more things: - Ability to follow threads and get notified of additional posts in the thread at a schedule of your choosing - Ability to get a Facebook-like notification at the top of the page at each log on of additional posts in the thread - Ability to use #hashtags on threads, which will be extremely useful in searching threads later (I want to make this a mod/admin thing instead of something everyone does for reasons I'm happy to explain if anyone doesn't understand why) - Ability to like posts, which we will turn off initially based on Matt D's valid points - Ability to embed videos from YouTube in posts - Ability to attach files under 100MB to posts - More sophisticated features and options related to the color, font and style of posts - Auto-save!
January 20, 201411 yr comment_5581181 Here is a list of the additional features from what I'm able to tell so far. I'll edit this list as I discover more things: - Ability to follow threads and get notified of additional posts in the thread at a schedule of your choosing - Ability to get a Facebook-like notification at the top of the page at each log on of additional posts in the thread - Ability to use #hashtags on threads, which will be extremely useful in searching threads later (I want to make this a mod/admin thing instead of something everyone does for reasons I'm happy to explain if anyone doesn't understand why) - Ability to like posts, which we will turn off initially based on Matt D's valid points - Ability to embed videos from YouTube in posts - Ability to attach files under 100MB to posts - More sophisticated features and options related to the color, font and style of posts - Auto-save! I would like some clarification on youtube embedding once we move forward. I know that DVDVR is a bit more lax in what they let people post and traditionally for both reasons of caution and principle, it's been a bit stricter.
January 20, 201411 yr comment_5581184 There is also that AWFUL copy and paste function that makes everything show up a different color. That combined with youtube embeds making my computer run slow, and the destruction of all previous content, pretty much killed the DVDVR board dead for me.
January 20, 201411 yr Author comment_5581185 So maybe we should set up some guidelines around when/when not to embed from YouTube. I will also see if the copy/paste functionality is something that can be changed in admin controls.
January 21, 201411 yr comment_5581220 If the youtube embed is killing computer speed, kill the feature. Convenient but not mandatory by any means.
January 21, 201411 yr Author comment_5581232 We can't kill the feature. We can just ask people not to use it.
January 21, 201411 yr Author comment_5581291 I've been toying around with hashtagging and that is going to be the biggest benefit of upgrading. It will be so incredibly easy to find previous discussions of a topic on the board.
January 21, 201411 yr comment_5581357 5581232[/url]'] We can't kill the feature. We can just ask people not to use it. We can't disable it?
January 21, 201411 yr Author comment_5581360 No, it's a built-in feature. Also, only one person has said embedding makes for slow loading of pages, so I'd rather hear from more people before we say don't do it anyway.
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