Has the 1 week downtime & move to vanilla killed this place?

Slutmonkey57b · 23-07-2021 4:10pm

I don't know why anyone's posting "they had to change, look they can fix this in a while". Nobody's disputing boards was creaking along but the bridge analogy above is perfect. You can replace software but you can't replace habitual customers. Once they're gone, why would they come back? It's not like they're being offered a better experience here.

The engine of a discussion board isn't the software or a server, it's the users having a discussion. If that's not happening, you've no momentum and you're dead in the water.

23-07-2021 4:12pm

How has it ended up so much slower than the old site if this is newer more modern software? Every time I press back from a post to the home page it momentarily freezes, screen then goes white, and then it reappears and is responsive again.

Feisar · 23-07-2021 8:50pm

I wonder if the new site is a bolt hole set up by boards.ie that they can turn off in a few months when this place is sorted?

That’d be some Machiavellian shít.

mrslancaster · 23-07-2021 10:04pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117651391#Comment_117651391

Just found an advanced search function with a list of recent posts made. Its in the magnifier search and then type user name in the Author field. It only has recent posts for new site though - no sign of older posts. Will they be back at some stage?

Mad_maxx · 24-07-2021 9:09am

The new site reminds me of the description given to the British Labour parties election manifesto in 1983

" the longest suicide note in history "

archfi · 24-07-2021 9:13am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117654941#Comment_117654941

hey! it's ok though, the mod/admin tools have been fixed for all the huge increased number of posts on the site now...

users...um, well eventually we might be able to navigate somewhat, sometime...in the future.

24-07-2021 9:20am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117654941#Comment_117654941

The Admin are the Arthur Scargills then. Cool.

alchemist33 · 24-07-2021 9:35am

At least navigation is better than immediately after the changes, but lack of My Forums is a big issue. Bigger is that the place seems quieter. There would usually be a few new threads on the Latest Posts worth clicking into, but they all seem totally boring at first glance. And when I'm away from the site, I just don't feel any urge to come back, like I did before.

retro:electro · 24-07-2021 9:41am

I can’t see any notable improvements on the user end after last night’s down time. Site is still as slow as Christmas. What is actually going on?

delly · 24-07-2021 9:45am

Long termer here and I'm struggling for the last week. I can't even get to the Mod forum on mobile. My question is UAT testing, who performed it and why wasn't the colossal change in user experience noted.

Trigger Happy · 24-07-2021 9:48am

Another big issue is that when drunk it's even more impossible to find your threads and forums. Tested that last night myself.

24-07-2021 9:48am

It’s still very jumpy and clunky. On both mobile and desktop there’s loads of stalls like a page is refreshing or jumping back to top and then back to where you were, or the screen going momentarily all white. The ads seem to be way behind everything else to load causing pages to jump scroll up and down. It’s really poor to use.

Rikand · 24-07-2021 9:54am

It just plain sucks. The old site worked. This, does not work.

Pawwed Rig · 24-07-2021 12:38pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117655076#Comment_117655076

It didn't though that's why they needed to change it.

Fly_away · 24-07-2021 2:41pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117655545#Comment_117655545

It did work. Or at least it wasn't about to keel over.

Fly_away · 24-07-2021 2:43pm

Is there an alternative dedicated Irish forum we can use to discuss things?

24-07-2021 3:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117655910#Comment_117655910

Reddit. But the Irish section is twice as hierarchical. As a noob, expect a lot of your early posts to be ignored. Also, expect many requests to join forums to be ignored as well.

Muahahaha · 24-07-2021 3:58pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117655050#Comment_117655050

yeah its incredible to think that someone tested this in the office and actually went ahead with its release. Surely they could have put a single forum into beta testing with users for a week or two to iron out the problems before going live across the whole site.

Another problem is users were not listened to. I dont use dark mode myself but its clear from the Feedback threads that lots of users do and cannot use the site without it because their eyes hurt. This was flagged by numerous users in the weeks before the migration but the answer from the office was always that dark mode was not a priority and it they would work on adding it 'sometime in the future'.

Then the new site goes live and dozens of users cannot look at the bright site for long before their eyes get sore and they go elsewhere instead. As to why the office didnt listen to what they were being told by the user base pre-migration I dont know but it was a crazy decision thats now really effected the number of regular posters here.

99nsr125 · 24-07-2021 4:04pm

Painfully slow all the time

Find myself browsing reddit vastly more now

It's just plain shitę

99nsr125 · 24-07-2021 4:08pm

Also I continually have to log in

And even though set to PRIVATE mine and others email addresses are open to the public

ozmo · 24-07-2021 4:10pm

I dont get any email notifications….

Not to posts Ive bookmarked or old forums I used to be subscribed to.

Cannot see how to resubscribe to forums again…

Mad_maxx · 24-07-2021 4:13pm

New site stinks but it's still better than Reddit, that thing is unreadable

24-07-2021 5:37pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117656184#Comment_117656184

This is important. How can you tell? Has others told you?

minikin · 24-07-2021 5:43pm

Touch site is a total ui ballache now, not far from over’n’out to be honest, good luck sorting it out!!! I now drop in once a day at most and don’t stay long, you’ve completely lost the stickiness boards once had - shame!

Pawwed Rig · 24-07-2021 6:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117655900#Comment_117655900

It was about to keel over and did so with more and more regularity.

Pawwed Rig · 24-07-2021 6:07pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117656184#Comment_117656184

I can't see your email address. Where is it visible?

teachinggal123 · 24-07-2021 6:50pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117656184#Comment_117656184

Very big deal if true ...

archfi · 24-07-2021 7:02pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117656184#Comment_117656184

Nope, your profile is private. If i click on your name i get page with 'permission problem'. If I click on your avatar, I get a box with PRIVATE in it, no links and not even any your join date

Same as mine - I hope.

Randle P. McMurphy · 24-07-2021 7:10pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117634352#Comment_117634352

Thank you. I will never have to frequent this god aweful site again. Thank you so much.

AMKC · 24-07-2021 7:22pm

Yes it certainly has not done it any good but it could have been down at a worse time than the Euro final. Thankfully it was back up for the British GP last weekend.

Hopefully we get back our drop down menu with what we follow and if there is new posts or not in them and it becomes more user friendly.

Has the 1 week downtime & move to vanilla killed this place?

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