XF 2.3 feedback and comments

[duderuud]

I would encourage you to invest in the Elasticsearch add-on. No more MYSQL restrictions and more options like word stemming.

 

[Arantor]

You can run a separate script to check for instanceof() of a library before you then load it into the page - so user end won't see an issue.

But yes if you package the scripts with your addon instead of using a cdn delivery method then there is chances of multiple instances of the same library being in the download packages but we're talking kilobytes.

I’m just observing what I see in the WordPress ecosystem where I have seen plugins fighting to include multiple copies of the React libraries - and we’re not talking kilobytes at that point. Last site I had to fix had 10MB of duplicated JS being loaded per page from all the plugins.

 

[Jeremy P]

Doesn’t that then run into the risk of shipping multiple versions of the same library?

It doesn't eliminate the risk if that's what you mean, but that's no different than in XF 2.2 or earlier.

 

[Jeremy P]

Hope it helps!

You shouldn't need to change ft_min_word_len as that's only for MyISAM, or alter the xf_post or xf_thread tables.

All you need to do is set innodb_ft_min_token_size, update the "Search minimum word length" option in XF to match, and run the conversion command.

 

[optrex]

Is there a way to make the dark style variant the default for all users?

 

[Chris D]

Well the default matches whatever their system preferences are.

If their OS is in dark mode that's what they'll get by default.

And frankly that's the way it should be.

 

[Mendalla]

Well the default matches whatever their system preferences are.

I think this is perfect, really. I don't like dark modes myself so having a site follow my preferences is what I would expect. Defaulting to dark so that I then have to change it? Not so much.

 

[Suzanne O]

Well the default matches whatever their system preferences are.

If their OS is in dark mode that's what they'll get by default.

And frankly that's the way it should be.

This is how i have it.

 

[Suzanne O]

Finally activated with FTTP. Hopefully things won't be too slow on here except for the release of 2.3 and 3.0 when they arrive.
Am looking forward to actually seeing it.
That last HYS thread has got me thinking of great things.

 

[Chromaniac]

Is there a cli command for "Rebuild post embed metadata"...

It seems to process every single post which would take a lot of time on the web. Cli command list does not seem to indicate anything imo.

xf-dev:rebuild-caches is probably not it.

 

[Chromaniac]

Also... Has anyone tried webp conversion of profile images and banners?

It processes everything at my end but the images remain jpegs/pngs. I opened a bunch from ftp so there are no caching issues. And opened them in an image editor to see if they were webps. nope.

Attachments did convert to webp file so it does not seem like a server issue.

 

[ge66]

I think it converts but can't change the filename.

 

[Chromaniac]

I understand that they would appear as JPEGs. But I downloaded and checked they were not Webp format

 

[ge66]

Ok, now that I checked a couple of profile images they still seem to be jpeg, sorry for not making sure earlier. Probably a bug then?

 

[Chromaniac]

Filed a bug report here.

 

[Chromaniac]

Also noticed that avatars and profile banners do not get the same treatment as attachments wrt file sizes. A large dimensioned image that uploads just fine as attachment gives an error for file size when used as avatars or profile banners. Just a fyi lol. It does seem that they are not resized at user end before upload which might be causing this issue. I couldn't find any setting for profile banner/avatar size limit so it is probably controlled by Maximum attachment file size!

 

[PhineasD]

Maybe... 2.3 beta 3 this week?

 

[Chris D]

Yes should be this week. Not today, obviously.

We lost a couple of work days due to Easter. We're also working on some fixes for passkeys which would be useful to ship with Beta 3 to ensure a smoother experience.

 

[Chromaniac]

Can anyone check if floating notices are working for them? My upgraded test build is not showing existing floating notices. Would test a bit more later today. Too much work to maintain another fresh build of beta . I wish xf provided demo builds of betas at least so that one can compare a bunch of stuff with demo installs

 

[Suzanne O]

Can anyone check if floating notices are working for them? My upgraded test build is not showing existing floating notices. Would test a bit more later today. Too much work to maintain another fresh build of beta . I wish xf provided demo builds of betas at least so that one can compare a bunch of stuff with demo installs

Post it up as a bug mate