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    #2942
    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,198 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117749035#Comment_117749035

    No mention of the 10K limit now.

    Try the Dark Reader add-on in your browser ( in Firefox - pretty sure you can get it for other browsers too). It works for the majority of sites.

    Not your ornery onager



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    #2943
    SouthWesterly
    Registered Users Posts: 6,696 ✭✭✭SouthWesterly


    Definitely an improvement on mobile.

    Glad to see it but it makes me wonder why UI testing wasn't done initially.

    Maybe it's just me being me but I'm wondering was it a case of HQ saying let's see what we can get away with not doing. If so, it backfired.


    Any word from the DPC?



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    #2944
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117748822#Comment_117748822

    Love the recent updates, definitely a lot more usable

    The mobile header previously had the users avatar and the head icon, now only shows the head icon. Would it be possible to change this to show the users avatar instead of the head icon.

    The user avatar showing at the top was one element I really thought looked slick



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    #2945
    archfi
    Registered Users Posts: 5,103 ✭✭✭archfi


    On another Vanilla forum (DigitalSpy), they still start new threads after 20,000 posts - don't know if that's just them or a restriction of the platform.

    Example:

    https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/2404072/lbc-general-chit-chat-part-38/p1

    The issue is never the issue; the issue is always the revolution.

    The Entryism process: 1) Demand access; 2) Demand accommodation; 3) Demand a seat at the table; 4) Demand to run the table; 5) Demand to run the institution; 6) Run the institution to produce more activists and policy until they run it into the ground.



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    #2946
    Deja Boo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,490 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117744593#Comment_117744593

    I''ll take the lack of reply as a no.

    Seclusion is the new norm.



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    #2947
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,817 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Lots of improvements on mobile especially over the past few days. Great work to everyone in the office. This can’t be easy to sort through.



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    #2948
    Leftwaffe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,548 ✭✭✭Leftwaffe


    The improvements are coming along thankfully. Is there still no way to find my forums on mobile? A list of my followed forums was probably my favourite way to navigate the site.



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    #2949
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,233 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117750481#Comment_117750481

    If you go into Categories then change the view to Following instead of All it should show them.

    Direct link here: https://www.boards.ie/categories?followed=1&save=1&TransientKey=A9g0WVkDwlQkixLe



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    #2950
    Jackben75
    Registered Users Posts: 195 ✭✭Jackben75


    Dreadful migration, the site will die. Perhaps that's the goal, if not, I don't know what they were thinking 🤔



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    #2951
    callaway92
    Registered Users Posts: 14,539 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    Is a lot better but very likely too little too late.

    Lack of posts in Fantasy Gaming forum on first weekend of Premier League would suggest that.



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    #2952
    cdeb
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,198 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    I think the soccer forum is too hidden tbh. Posts don't appear on the front page and with notifications not working properly, it's easy to forget about it.


    I'd suggest changing it to being a regular forum like all the others, and ban numpties. There was probably a good reason to make it access-only on the old site, but I don't think that holds now



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    #2953
    wally79
    Registered Users Posts: 2,935 ✭✭✭wally79


    I think it’s good now.


    I think it depends on how you used to navigate the old site. I never used the drop downs etc



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    #2954
    FFVII
    Registered Users Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭FFVII


    No thread opens where i left off.


    How do i keep track of people complaining in other threads that don't know about feedback if i have to keep looking for last post.



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    #2955
    Leftwaffe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,548 ✭✭✭Leftwaffe


    I know there are workarounds and alternatives but if the little view button on the homepage just had all, my threads, my forums, my followed forums and latest it would be really easy to navigate. Simple in fact.



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    #2956
    salonfire
    Registered Users Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭salonfire


    Why are quoted posts always collapsed?

    When someone has replied to and quoted another, we have to click to expand the quotation.



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    #2957
    GM228
    Registered Users Posts: 8,922 ✭✭✭GM228


    On desktop the page links show "<<", "1", "...", "99" and ">>" (using this thread as an example), but on mobile it seems to have now gone "<<", "...", "99" and ">>", it appears the option to jump to page 1 on threads has disappeared!



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    #2958
    GM228
    Registered Users Posts: 8,922 ✭✭✭GM228


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117752436#Comment_117752436

    The ability to take you to the quoted post is also missing, however that said oddly enough I have found a quoted post which has an option to do just this with a "view post" link as part of the quote, have only found one instance of this.



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    #2959
    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,455 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117753930#Comment_117753930

    You can click on the blue timestamp and it will take you there.



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    #2960
    coffee_cake
    Registered Users Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    Sorry if it's been asked already. How do you do a poll



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    #2961
    G_R
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,027 Mod ✭✭✭✭G_R


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117754234#Comment_117754234

    Click/tap the little downward white arrow on the new discussion box. Gives you the option for a poll.



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    #2962
    coffee_cake
    Registered Users Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117754276#Comment_117754276

    Thanks. Spent a while looking for it and of course found it as soon as I posted.

    Is the default single choice or is there a multiple choice option



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    #2963
    G_R
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,027 Mod ✭✭✭✭G_R


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117754290#Comment_117754290

    Typical!

    I just tried one there in the test forum and I can't see an option to make it multiple choice.

    Had a look at an existing one too and I can't see a way to amend an existing one either.



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    #2964
    salonfire
    Registered Users Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭salonfire


    Also, why does the quoted post contain two links to the original, by timestamp and an actual URL?

    The limited window of the quotation is further wasted including the link.


    How on earth are we supposed to follow the flow of a thread and what people are responding to if the quoted post is hidden beyond 5 lines? We are supposed to click expand on each long-ish quoted post?

    Why is the quotation window not the same width as original posts?


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    #2965
    Hippodrome Song Owl
    Registered Users Posts: 1,121 ✭✭✭Hippodrome Song Owl


    How do you stop getting notifications for one particular thread that you have previously posted in?



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    #2966
    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,198 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117755572#Comment_117755572

    Go into your Profile, then Notifications, then Preferences. There are a *lot* of options to tick/untick - scroll all the way down. If on Mobile, use wide/landscape view to see everything.

    Not your ornery onager



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    #2967
    Hippodrome Song Owl
    Registered Users Posts: 1,121 ✭✭✭Hippodrome Song Owl


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117755831#Comment_117755831

    Thank you. I know the settings you mean I think, but have only seen options that would affect all threads, mainly:

    "Notify me when people comment on discussions I've participated in"


    I want automatic notifications when I post in a thread, but then I want to be able to stop them for individual threads when I get fed up of them. With the old site you could unfollow an individual thread - is that no longer possible?



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    #2968
    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,198 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    You have to manually follow a thread by clicking the Star, even if you post in it. A fix is on the list.

    Not your ornery onager



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    #2969
    dudley72
    Registered Users Posts: 1,760 ✭✭✭dudley72


    Are you aware people can create new accounts using the same name as someone already on boards?



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    #2970
    G_R
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,027 Mod ✭✭✭✭G_R


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117755868#Comment_117755868

    Tap on the yellow star (mobile) or bookmark symbol (desktop) to unfollow a thread



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    #2971
    Hippodrome Song Owl
    Registered Users Posts: 1,121 ✭✭✭Hippodrome Song Owl


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117755889#Comment_117755889

    Really? I get notifications for any threads I post in because I have ticked that option under notifications

    "Notify me when people comment on discussions I've participated in"

    I haven't clicked the star for them. My issue is I can't stop these notifications for a single thread.


    Think I'll turn them off altogether and try the bookmark star instead. But will need to remember to click it in threads I post in, especially since it's so difficult to find your own previous comments.



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