Would you support another boards.ie migration to a more functional platform (XenForo)?

EmmetSpiceland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119010083#Comment_119010083

What’s that got to do with people leaving the site and the stubbornness of the owners though?

Is that easily fixed?

The search is pretty good if you know how to use it. Though it was working better a few weeks ago. Now some posts are missing.

I'm of the opinion that it should be moved with proper testing. Xenforo is so good, users would just be immediately happy. Even if they moved to the free version of Vanilla and hosted it themselves, it would be better. At least they could change the code.

Boards.ie acts like the nervous system for Ireland. Steps should be put in place to ensure transition to the optimal community platform so continuity and a strong user base is assured..... less discuss potential funding options!

Also impossible to know how busy each sub is as there's no longer notification of how many users (members/guests) are viewing.

Ubbquittious

Who is XenForo? I'm indifferent, the old platform wasn't great, but neither is this one

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119010083#Comment_119010083

Historically every time modems got faster (for example the jump from 28.8kbps to 33) web developers eagerly added some bloat to their sites to keep loading times the same or slightly slower. Now that everyone is on multi-gigabit fibre-to-the-anus they just add in a couple 100 randomly generated JavaShit files

Jim_Hodge

Got used to the new format fairly quickly. Fine for me on desktop. It does what I need, so no desire to change it.

EmmetSpiceland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119010826#Comment_119010826

Same here, Jim. Just a shame there’s no option for that in the poll.

vegandinner

Yes, Vanilla has drained the soul out of boards.ie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119008166#Comment_119008166

That’s a crime.

Tom Mann Centuria

Yes, Vanilla has drained the soul out of boards.ie

Does Xenforo have :pac: ? Should have asked before I voted.

wotzgoingon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119010748#Comment_119010748

It's all well and good for you guys on gigabit. I'm still rocking 2Mb DSL. I do not find this website to be slow as I find it the same as all the other sites I frequent and it must be due to my slow internet connection.

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119010842#Comment_119010842

I didn't vote for that reason. It has no option to say you're satisfied as is.

Xander10

Well use to it now. Seems lazy for people to be moaning about the change still.

PS would have voted for the above if an option on poll.

AckwelFoley

I really genuinely don't care. Site works fine for me, so this falls very much into the list of "meah"

Glaceon

I wouldn't object to a XenForo migration - https://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/ is an example of one. But some other sites such as Digital Spy (https://forums.digitalspy.com) managed to successfully migrate to Vanilla so I don't think Vanilla itself is the problem. It appears to be the way Boards have configured it. I fear the damage is done in any case.

jammiedodgers

Yes, Vanilla has drained the soul out of boards.ie

I like the optimism that they could perform another migration. They still haven't managed to get the time right on posts since the clock change over a month ago 😂

fryup

like the way you get a instant notification when someone quotes one of your messages 😐️ kinda cool