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Thanks for the green light.
While it's maybe not the best option to intertwine different topics in a single thread, I also understand it would be quite difficult to follow different threads in parallel.
As such, trying to keep some order I'll refer to the following as "OLD versus NEW".
A quick screenshot from the legacy forum section and the former plugincafe side by side. (screenshot has been reduced in size to limit file size)
It clearly indicates that with the new forum far less topics can be browsed at once.
The legacy forum was used for the screenshot to be able to compare apples with apples.
But when looking at some random part of the new forum ...
The large icon in front of each topic. I understand this references the user who started the topic. I am not trying to remember each one's logo or icon. In most cases a picture tells 1000 words, but in this case a simple name right below the topic title - as used to be in the old forum - does tell more.
The top banner with all options and such take up quite some space, and stays fixed. Doesn't scroll away as was the case in the old forum. Since each topic takes up quite some height, all additional available space is welcome.
A positive point for the "solved/unsolved" state of a topic.
In general few topics can be listed due the the potential height of each topic entry.
I don't get the size for the votes. posts, views.
I appreciate the fact of knowing how many responses have been provided, especially in topics I actively follow. As this helps to identify if some topic has new responses since I last checked them.
Number of views is less important to me, except for newly posted topics. As soon as the number of view changes from 0 to whatever, you know someone is awake and reading ... might be a MAXONian reading my question, to which I impatiently await a reply from.
I used to like the older indication of the last reply to a topic. This would provide a better reference to know if a new response was added (next to the number of posts). The new "n" days ago ... it just doesn't ring a bell, sorry.
Now I apologize if this all seems as breaking down the new forum.
Honestly, there are some features that are quite a step forward. The possibility to upload images directly into posts. Just plain awesome compared to the old way.
The search option was just amazingly annoying in the old forum, especially if you performed multiple searches one right after another, slightly adjusting your query.
So, kudos for the new forum, but it needs some more polishing up. It took me quite some time to decide to register, as I really could not adjust to this new layout (and still am not). But I finally signed up as I had some questions. And also wanted to voice my opinion, trying to provide feedback in order to help make the forum better.
Also, in the end the forum is just a facade. It's the feedback and support from the SDK support team what is important.
