Some stuff that can be improved on this Forum :)

nero355 · 12 Jul 2021, 22:24

A couple of things that really bother me :

When I want to EDIT my post it's immediately flagged as SPAM ?! WTF ?!
When I open a couple of Tabs at the same time some kind of poorly configured Anti-DDoS system kicks in and I have to refresh the Tab to actually see the Topic ?!
The general layout of text in the posts is not the most pleasing to look at!
Especially when you quote multiple people in one post ?!

Can any of these things be fixed at some point ??

cliffcoggin · 15 Nov 2021, 17:39

@nero355 What are you reading the forum on? I have no problems reading it in either Firefox on Linux or Chrome on Chromebook.

lduboeuf · 15 Nov 2021, 17:40

@nero355 i personaly never had any issues with the forum. And found it easy and pleasant to use ( mobile and desktop),

nero355 · 15 Nov 2021, 17:41

@cliffcoggin said in This Forum's software is horrible! :

@nero355 What are you reading the forum on? I have no problems reading it in either Firefox on Linux or Chrome on Chromebook.

Kubuntu 20.04 LTS and the latest Pale Moon version

I will try Firefox the next time...

Moem · 15 Nov 2021, 19:42

Honestly I would not go quite that far, as it sounds rather unfriendly, but... I don't find it easy to use at all. The 'ask as a question' and 'mark as solved' options are so well hidden that they need to be explained over and over again. Never a good sign.

Opolork · 16 Nov 2021, 07:30

I'm using Firefox ESR -- no issue with the UBports Forum.

Keneda · 16 Nov 2021, 07:43

@nero355
I'm using Morph only since my PC is broken, and the forum design is perfectly adapted to Ubuntu Touch and morph gestures.

But it was working very well under firefox too.

There are some improvement to do, but nothing "horrible" for me.

BTW if you can't do some things here it's because your reputation is not already high enough.

Lakotaubp · 16 Nov 2021, 09:02

Though I think most of the issues in this thread might not be directly related to the Forum software we are aware that in some instances it is not easy to find and use some of the tools. These things are starting to be looked at but, please don't hold your breath for quick changes. The whole Forum will be looked at and that takes time. The main priority for now is the rebase to 20.04.

flohack · 16 Nov 2021, 09:21

@nero355 In general we have so many spam attacks that we had to put in some more aggressive antispam measures, and sometimes there are false positives, but, sorry to say, we cannot lift those measures again. Our few moderators are already working all the day to keep spammers off, and its the internet in 2021. You could also call it broken by this time

Mario.CH · 16 Nov 2021, 20:45

By the way:
I dream of an AI forum that would have the ability to allow only new topics, and automatically link similar or even identical questions to the questioner.

There are extremely many posts in this forum at the moment, and the built-in search function rarely brings satisfactory answer selections. This tempts many to simply ask again, and thus to expand the forum again.

One may dream nevertheless times, or?:winking_face:

flohack · 16 Nov 2021, 21:18

@mario-ch I agree the search function is rather useless ^^ also it ranks not by initial post
time by default

klh · 17 Nov 2021, 07:31

Does the forum use Discourse? If so stuff like making some buttons more visible can be solved in the theme, which might finally be something I can easily help with, since I'm a front-end dev by day and have experience with Discourse

Keneda · 17 Nov 2021, 13:53

@klh said in This Forum's software is horrible! :

Does the forum use Discourse?

https://forums.ubports.com/topic/4172/what-is-this-forum-cms

nero355 · 19 Nov 2021, 17:04

@klh said in This Forum's software is horrible! :

Does the forum use Discourse? If so stuff like making some buttons more visible can be solved in the theme, which might finally be something I can easily help with, since I'm a front-end dev by day and have experience with Discourse

As a Pi-Hole addict I use Discourse a lot and it's a lot better than the NodeBB software used here!

In fact I think it's perhaps one of the most innovating pieces of forum software I have seen over the last 25 years or so! :thumbs_up_light_skin_tone: :thumbs_up_light_skin_tone: :thumbs_up_light_skin_tone: :thumbs_up_light_skin_tone: :thumbs_up_light_skin_tone:

klh · 21 Nov 2021, 23:16

@keneda Ah well, at least it's not phpBB And themes look pretty easy to do in it.

RJDan · 26 Nov 2021, 17:28

@keneda said in This Forum's software is horrible! :

BTW if you can't do some things here it's because your reputation is not already high enough.

I couldnt find how to increase reputation... There isnt any links on the landing page to guide new users on how use the platforw.

RJDan · 26 Nov 2021, 17:33

@opolork said in This Forum's software is horrible! :

I'm using Firefox ESR -- no issue with the UBports Forum.

I have had problems on firefox on ubuntu. I cant post from there and i couldnt reset my password a while ago. That left me locked out and without any info on how to ask for help to recover my account. Apparently morph on ubuntu touch doest have the same problems.

Moem · 26 Nov 2021, 18:29

@rjdan said in This Forum's software is horrible! :

I couldnt find how to increase reputation...

You build up reputation by posting and getting upvotes on your posts.

RJDan · 28 Nov 2021, 20:37

@moem said in This Forum's software is horrible! :

You build up reputation by posting and getting upvotes on your posts.

I couldn't post because my reputation was too low.

Moem · 28 Nov 2021, 20:39

@rjdan said in This Forum's software is horrible! :

I couldn't post because my reputation was too low.

I had that problem when I tried to add some links to my introduction post: I could not post it like that. I had to post without any links.