This new website is terrible!!!

[f-e]

I found the new posts button Or rather, a work around..

On the main page, there are 3 tabs, top left of the center area. The middle one is called recent threads or something. On that same bar, to the right of the tabs, is a settings button. Here, you can deselect recent threads. In doing so, you give it no choice but to display recent posts.

Result.


edit: Tabs are ' FORUM - LATEST ACTIVITY- SUBSCRIPTIONS. You need to select latest to see the grey tool bar appear with the filter tool

Forum won't allow two spaces between text

 

[Turd]

I can't see any of the older pictures on all of my favorite threads. I miss the old IC Mag. You were such a great site for information. Thanks for being around when I needed you most, you were one of the great ones.

 

[Switcher56]

- sorry for any inconveniences everyone - we will try and resolve any issues with the new software in the coming days - and try to make the ICMAG experience more user friendly for us all - as we customize the site some more - and solve problems - please bear with us - and once its all done - we can look forward to a better overall experience - oh - and thanks for the feedback - although its not so positive currently - at least it gets us looking and changing certain quirks and features on this new site - that might need attention - and so ultimately improve things -

It's OK good buddy, we are just having a bad trip LOL. I have been through many updts over the years on various forums etc... I am not sure what we can call this upgrade? I know it will eventually iron itself out but this has to be the "clunkiest" transition I have ever been through. I will not spend an inordinate amount of time looking for threads etc... I'll be back in a week or so!

PS: The skin is too "sterile"...

 

[Ganoderma]

feels like I was just mugged

 

[furtive]

I've been through many forum/site upgrades in my 20 odd years on the internet it's always like this lol.

To be honest I'm not fan of the way bulletin went and think the team should have considered moving over to xenforo instead. But let's be honest, the old site was showing its age, it was overdue an overhaul.

 

[Chi13]

Bloody Speakers Corner is still working sadly!

Took three goes to get to my albums; bad gateway, then nothing, finally got in. Unfortunately I get an error message and can't open any albums. Fuck me. This sucks.

And it just seems too bright. My eyes hurt.

 

[Loc Dog]

Worst thing for me, is the only view I ever used was of the threads I followed, and it updating to show when something new was added. Also so much wasted screen space for graphics, while the text is too small to read.

 

[Loc Dog]

I went to reply to a message from a friend that I had been waiting to do. and now a back in forth message is a nightmare to find where we left off. Scrolling for days, and print hurts to look at from being tiny.

 

[Riamba]

The site is the opposite of user-friendy like most vBulletin based forums, I prefer Xenforo as well... my eyes were hurting just a minute after testing it and everything took longer than usual, lots of bad gateway 520 errors, way too much contrast and brightness. Hope with the help of user's suggestions the bad ideas will be reverted.

Profile, galleries and all that was very poorly designed and implemented too. The rep system which was amazing in this site is gone too. The member tab gone too. The new logo is cool and so is the world map background but the rest is just terrible, looks cool from the outside but once you start using it you realize how much it sucks. You can miss the text that too ages to write very easyly now... since pressing return will mess everything up.

Most users will really miss a lot of things and I'm sure the upgrade will force many people stop using Icmag as much, since the experience is not just as user friendly and enjoyable... it happened to some other forums along the past decade. Especially now that everyone is moving to IG and so on. Forums are starting to loose the magic.

Like a friend says, if something works and has worked nicely for many years, why change it drastically?? Usually a recipe for disaster. A few updates would have been better, like the search button that was included some time ago but this is just terrible.

People don't realize the look and user experience of a forum is way more important than it's looks, it's all about that, it's what makes users stay on it and spending more time posting and reading or posting at the forum. If this doesn't work, people will totally stop using the forum little by little. As simple as that.

 

[gizmo666]

- sorry for any inconveniences everyone - we will try and resolve any issues with the new software in the coming days - and try to make the ICMAG experience more user friendly for us all - as we customize the site some more - and solve problems - please bear with us - and once its all done - we can look forward to a better overall experience - oh - and thanks for the feedback - although its not so positive currently - at least it gets us looking and changing certain quirks and features on this new site - that might need attention - and so ultimately improve things -

Don't know who you got to upgrade
But
You should have got the "other guy"
I hope you can get "our home" a better place
Before a lot move out

 

[Loc Dog]

No more go to last page, without scrolling????????????????

 

[Loc Dog]

The ability to go to last page is at bottom, but not at top where you are brought. Where is the view of threads you have posted in, with newly updated highlighted. Messages, especially if you have back and forth without starting new message. Completely disgusted.

 

[Mike Litoris]

Its not about upgrade,its about censoring people and made them go mad and angry,
Gypsy is very talented to made your staying here at new ICmag totally pissed.

Agree that this version is huge miss,soon people will go on other sites and i belive Gypsy deserve this.

Real karma coming his way.

 

[furtive]

No more go to last page, without scrolling????????????????

Type the number of the page in the box and press enter.

 

[gaiusmarius]

lmao, people need to give it time. in the long run this should give us more options.
im sure in time this new site will feel like home too.

 

[Max Headroom]

i know that migrating a website is a lot of work and thumbs up to the people who put time in.
having said that... this is horrible.
this design wastes so much space! i'm on desktop and i can't imagine how much you have to scroll on a phone to see anything.
this needs to be MUCH more compact. just look at the acres of useless white space here.

 

[tobedetermined]

lmao, people need to give it time. in the long run this should give us more options.
im sure in time this new site will feel like home too.

Exactly. Gypsy is not Jeff Bezos with an army of IT minions so we have to bear with them. Give workable feedback and suggestions and they will go through the list in time.

 

[zachrockbadenof]

i gotta agree... bring back the old site

 

[BlackBart]

downgrade not upgrade

 

[Sunshineinabag]

I ain't even complaining but......where's my scratch and sniff emojis? Lol