another vB3 thread: what you don't like about it
 

ok i realised a few ppl said they wern't gonna do the update when it's finally released so now i'm wondering what are the things that you all don't like about it?

i personally hate the fact that you need to click the little thing on a post in order to enable the quick reply, that sucks so much imo it hurts, i could go on about how much i hate this feature but i'd begin to swear, not good :rolleyes:

so now, lets get a list going here :classic:

Christ, you need to click the thing for a reason! vB3 is purely threaded now so otherwise how would it know to what you're replying?

Do you have all day? But then again they don't make vb3 just for me ;)

- miSt

ditto :P

I believe that if you disable threaded display completely, this extra click disappears.

well i dislike the threaded mode at all.
also i think it's somehow bloated but as it is completly rewritten and optimized, all in all i like it very much ;)

I don't like the pop-up window for attachments. And I don't like the idea of it putting both open and close tags in the message editor when you click on the buttons. Other than that, I haven't messed with it too much. That was enough for me.

I don't like the pm system - it seems cluttered and complicated. The same goes for the calendar system. I like the adding featukres to the calendar quick and easy, but the overall view seems to be ..messy. Of course, I do suppose this is minor and customizeable.

I dont like it either... I would like it to be like the old way, you can attach one image, but if you want to attach more then one you can click another link for popup... it seems stupid to have a popup just to attach one lousy file.

How would you explain the big, nice Reply button at the top of the page? How will it know what post you're repling to if you use that?

I believe it replies to the bottom-most post.

Then shouldn't Quick Reply follow the same action unless you click the button on a post? ;)

If threaded mode is enabled, by replying to a post that is not the bottom one, you can start off a different "branch" of the thread - hence the power of threaded over linear - one thread can branch off into many "sub-threads".

I use a 'sub-thread' hack to do that with linear with vB 2 ;)

I suppose all of you are too new to remember the constant complaints we received about vB2 being 'too different' from vB1, 'too bloated' and 'Nothing but hacks'. And here we are going down the same road again.

Seriously, vB2 is a joke compared to vB3. I can't even stand to look at the code and I am sure you will see the light when you have it.

I want to see the light. Let me see the light. Even the beta light. ;)

oh yes, i remember that feelings from vb2 ;)
and i think some featureas are to much, i never used the calendar in vb2 :p

but just the new code is worth vb3 ;)
and there are also some very good new features, but the thread is called what you don't like ;)

*salutes freddie*

That's where I think they went wrong -- it should be linked to the first post when you click the generic "reply" button, or if you hit "quick reply" without clicking on a specific post's QR icon. That's the logical way.

I'm sure there'll be a way around that via hacks...

It's not that i do not like threaded mode, i just want an ACP option to disable it completely, and Freddie already said that it would be done, so, i'm happy. :)
Other than that, only time will tell, keep in mind that vB3 is at beta stage, it is not fully ready, but it seems impressive so far.
The future belongs to the Devs.

You can have threaded on and still shutoff the click to reply function. The quick reply then acts like the one you have here.

I'm sure it's like Windows in that a lot of people trash the new version, but in a few years it's the only sensible one to run.

i'm looking forward to it, but i just hated clicking the little thing, as someone said it should just default think you mean the bottom most post and since this option will be available i'm happy, i'll nit pick some more things later ;)

Well of course vb3 will be the sensible one to run but unless you see the actual functionality of the product in person then you won't understand how good it is...

- miSt