XF 2.4 general discussion, feedback, complaints, random off topic posts, etc.

[Chris2]

I’ll be out of the forum game soon. But I wonder why Kier isn’t more active. I’m not trying to start anything , but why is the CEO of the company being so quite. Kier prove me wrong. Prove you’re working on 3,0. Prove you still exist lol. Let’s see a beta of 3 or something.

 

[🔥Iggy🔥]

 

[Chris2]

Just dangle a carrot. Strewed or raw.

 

[Chris2]

I’ve been a huge fan of xenforo for years any old schoolers know my forum. I wrote a huge write up during the law suite about how vbulletin was a predator.

 

[James]

I’ll be out of the forum game soon. But I wonder why Kier isn’t more active. I’m not trying to start anything , but why is the CEO of the company being so quite. Kier prove me wrong. Prove you’re working on 3,0. Prove you still exist lol. Let’s see a beta of 3 or something.

1. Has not the CEO has a does for
2. Don't think your calling him out is going to bait a response.

 

[Lee]

1. Has not the CEO has a does for
2. Don't think your calling him out is going to bait a response.

I don’t think it is unfair really. A lot of what brought people here was the excitement generated by Kier, the interaction from his videos and the engagement the development team had.

I know the latter is still good, Chris and Jeremy do a great job on the forums, but the excitement and interaction has completely gone.

shrugs

Kier hasn’t been the same in terms of involvement for a very long time now. I feel he has lost interest and just going through the motions. Which is fine. Just be honest.

 

[Silmarillion]

What do you think? Is it worth waiting for 2.4, or should I update to the current 2.3 first? (I'm currently running 2.2 from 2021)

 

[Recep Baltaş]

What do you think? Is it worth waiting for 2.4, or should I update to the current 2.3 first? (I'm currently running 2.2 from 2021)

We have 2.3 + 130 add-ons and it is slow as hell. I would recommend you to wait for 2.4.

 

[Silmarillion]

Is there still no release date? The first announcement was made over half a year ago. Back then, it was said that version 2.4 would be coming soon...

 

[duderuud]

What else is new...get used to it

 

[Suzanne O]

Is there still no release date? The first announcement was made over half a year ago. Back then, it was said that version 2.4 would be coming soon...

Trust me, the guys are working as hard as anything to get 2.4 and 3 out but they've come up with some roadblocks.
(People finding bugs).
Upgrade now will make it easier because 2.3.6 is awesome and 2.4 only has the editor in it with a couple of other surprises in it.

 

[smallwheels]

We have 2.3 + 130 add-ons and it is slow as hell.

Is this a common issue with 2.3 being slow or may there be other reasons, like maybe one of the 130 add ons?

Is there still no release date?

Well, read the thread that you are posting to.

The first announcement was made over half a year ago. Back then, it was said that version 2.4 would be coming soon...

I would not complain too hard: Duke Nukem Forever was announced in 1997 and released in 2011, so in comparison 2.4 has plenty of time left.

 

[Silmarillion]

Well, read the thread that you are posting to.

We are currently targeting a release between Q4 2024 and Q1 2025.

 

[Recep Baltaş]

like maybe one of the 130 add ons?

Of course it is one of the reasons but if only XenForo had some basic features so that we wouldn't have to install 130 add-ons.

 

[Mr Lucky]

but if only XenForo had some basic features

But doesn’t it have basic features? Isn’t one of the things people complain about is its basicness? Other people like that so less basic stuff is 3rd party.

 

[smallwheels]

We are currently targeting a release between Q4 2024 and Q1 2025.

The quote ist from this post:

Thread 'Coming soon: XenForo 2.4'

Sep 13, 2024

We are excited to announce the upcoming release of XenForo 2.4, bringing you exciting new features and improvements!

While XenForo 3.0 continues to be developed behind the scenes, we've decided to harness the team's enthusiasm and momentum to deliver an interim update that will enhance your XenForo experience sooner than you might have expected. This approach allows us to provide you with valuable improvements without waiting for the full style overhaul that 3.0 will bring.

XenForo 2.4 will focus on quality-of-life enhancements for admins, moderators, and users alike. We're dedicated to...

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and was published on Sept. 13th 2024. Since then more than seven months have passed, so the "currently" of that quote for sure does no longer apply and therefore the whole quote is possibly somewhat outdated and it makes no sense to take this as a guarantee that it never has been in the first place. It has been an (as we today know overly) optimistic estimate more than seven months ago, nothing more.

2.3. has brought a lot of changes - see the HYS-threads for 2.3 whereas 2.4 will bring less features and more quality of life improvements anyway as it has been announced. If you are still on 2.2 (as I am myself, too) there seems to be no urgent desire for new features. So why are you so eager for 2.4 then? Just wondering.

 

[smallwheels]

Of course it is one of the reasons but if only XenForo had some basic features so that we wouldn't have to install 130 add-ons.

While I absolutely agree that there are a lot of even basic features to be desired in XF that should rather be in the core than having to added via add ons I am pretty sure that 2.4 won't solve that. Plus over time I got the impression that most XF installs seem to run with few if any add ons at all (judging from the download numbers of popular add ons and the surprisingly low number of only 500 installs of XF add on notifier). So, while I feel your pain, I am quite sure one does not "have to" install 130 add ons to run XenForo.

 

[Hareon]

I have 16 addons installed. 2 official from Xenforo.
The most important features that I consider that Xenforo should bring in core and that are only possible to have in Addons are the features of the following addons:

Verified Badge​

Who Downloaded This Resource​

XFRM: Resource Download Log​

Avatar Gallery​

Badges​

Post Areas​

Rules​

User Profile Notes​

Donate​

Email Log​

Most of these addons are for Board Admin Controls and Logs. I think they are very important for finding more data about users (such as knowing who downloads the Resources) and even knowing who is having difficulty receiving an account activation email (with the email log).

 

[smallwheels]

The most important features that I consider that Xenforo should bring in core and that are only possible to have in Addons are the features of the following addons:

I am not sure if a discussion like this leads anywhere (as it did not do in the past) but personally I'd rate another function way way higher: An included backup functionality for XF. If it would be a proper one: even better. Atm the only add on I am aware of for that is from 8wayrun and it does not work with more recent versions of 2.2 any more (but does with 2.3). I would bet that a huge amount of XF installations does not have a regular backup and it is a shame, that XF lacks this functionality.

 

[Kirby]

it is a shame, that XF lacks this functionality.

Nope. It's not the job of a (web) application to provide backup funcationality and quite frankly, a PHP web app running on a shared server as a normal user account can't properly do that anyway.