Yes. 2.3.Hello, I'm thinking about buying a license, but the appearance of the xenoforo forum leaves much to be desired ... it just looks old. Are there any plans to refresh the look according to the latest UI/UX standards?
The style should match the forum brand. That's my opinion.Yeah, I could see using default if I was doing a quick startup but would want my own "brand" for anything longterm, which is where styles and designers come in.
I was hoping that XenForo will work with @ThemeHouse and @Russ to bring the forum to the next level. Sadly, @ThemeHouse.
Funny thing was, when I was looking at taking over one of my writing sites and moving it to XF, the default style was close enough to the site's original style that I was going to use default as the base and just do some fairly simple customizations to brand it.The style should match the forum brand. That's my opinion.
Funny thing was, when I was looking at taking over one of my writing sites and moving it to XF, the default style was close enough to the site's original style that I was going to use default as the base and just do some fairly simple customizations to brand it.
Russ has been the stylist for Wondercafe2 since it started in 2014. Did both the original 1.x style then redid it for 2.x.I own 3 forums. And each each one has own style. 2 from @ThemeHouse and 1 from @Russ . But thinking maybe to get all of them from @Russ . Since @ThemeHouse left xenforo.
I like his Bolt styles. Probably I will upgrade on my other forums as well.Russ has been the stylist for Wondercafe2 since it started in 2014. Did both the original 1.x style then redid it for 2.x.
They stopped offering add-ons directly on XenForo, and cut down on what they were offering because they found that the business model was not sustainable for them. They still support their styles here, and on their site.I own 3 forums. And each each one has own style. 2 from @ThemeHouse and 1 from @Russ . But thinking maybe to get all of them from @Russ . Since @ThemeHouse left xenforo.
That is why I no longer use them. That decision seriously derailed a project I was near launching. I also can't trust the rug won't be pulled out from under us for the styles. I need to know an add-on or style will be supported by a long-established developer before I will install it.They stopped offering add-ons directly on XenForo ...
No one is ever happy with business decisions that require a change in business model, but given the size of Audentio I do not know how they could have maintained support (especially with the entitlement they dealt with) for all the products they have. Styles are generally much easier to maintain, and they do not get a million feature requests like add-ons do. They also have less variables that can break them (generally only updates, add-ons or customer errors).That is why I no longer use them. That decision seriously derailed a project I was near launching. I also can't trust the rug won't be pulled out from under us for the styles. I need to know an add-on or style will be supported by a long-established developer before I will install it.
I'm happy with the current way of doing things. XF designs an in-house theme, and others like @Russ build upon that for a distinctive look. What I like, too, is that with the themes I am using so far, I can usually install the third party style upgrade during an XF upgrade (like from 2.1 to 2.2), and I have minimal changes to make. (I never edit templates--I write my own add-ons to apply template changes so I no longer have to spend hours wondering which template edits need to be merged during an upgrade. It has made life so much easier!)
That was only part of it. I kept getting spammed, trying to pressure me into some "mobile development" services or something. Took a few tries before they stopped emailing me. They lost my trust. I'm done with them.No one is ever happy with business decisions that require a change in business model, but given the size of Audentio I do not know how they could have maintained support (especially with the entitlement they dealt with) for all the products they have.
Yes. 2.3.
any ETA on 2.3?Yes. 2.3.
Blackberry staff was saying this same thing in 2008 and 2009 and 5 years later they were on their way out of the phone market. You're looking at things very insularly as e.g. you product meets a need and consumers will always come back, that's not how it works. In reality, your product meets a need FOR NOW until something better comes along.So if you have something that looks nice and works well, why change it? If this looked very similar to vbulletin circa 2002, I'd agree with the OP. But as it stands, it could be from 2013 and I don't think the average user would notice.
I have 27s running at 1920x1080 and just use that space to zoom in (CTRL-Scroll wheel or set zoom to 150% or so in Chrome). Crappy eyesight even after removing cataracts and laser surgery so zooming in like that helps me read stuff.It is good news to hear that widescreens will be put to some use with the default theme in XenForo 2.3 update. Nothing like having a 27" desktop screen and only using two thirds of it.
Yes but until there's some revolutionary change in the way computer monitors function, there's only so many styles and designs for a web page. Being a forum narrows it down even further. And many of the things that you could do, are just plain bad ideas and have a poor aesthetic. Which would drive users away.
So if you have something that looks nice and works well, why change it? If this looked very similar to vbulletin circa 2002, I'd agree with the OP. But as it stands, it could be from 2013 and I don't think the average user would notice.
Yeah... it's really hard to understand if you are less than 45 and want to discuss something about Telescopes, to click on theThe UI is slow, clunky and dated. It is intuitive only to those aged 45 and over.
Telescope
link, or if you want to talk about Cameras, to click on the Cameras
link.Post Thread
link/button is to create a thread in the area.Post Reply
button, or choose the hard to understand Reply
link in the post they are reading.Yeah... it's really hard to understand if you want to discuss something about Telescopes, to click on theTelescope
link, or if you want to talk about Cameras, to click on theCameras
link.
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And let's not even discuss how klunky thePost Thread
link is to create a thread in the area.
Oh, and it's really hard to figure out to click on a link to a title of a topic to discuss that. And nobody less than 45 years of age can figure out if they want to reply to a thread, to use thePost Reply
button, or choose the hard to understandReply
link in the post they are reading.
All forums need to evolve into an LCARS system.
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