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| | | Author: | BorgMan  | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2021 06:57 | | Subject: | Bricklink layout like Stud.io forum software? | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hey guys,
This has been bugging me for a while. Every time I look at the Bricklink Community,
I keep thinking "woah, all those posts in such a cluttered UX... not sure where
I'd start" and then decide not to post. I mean, it took me a little while
to actually get to the forum index, organised in a way I've seen with other
boards. But then I hit a topic (like this one, [Suggestions]) and get thrown
back to the unorganized, plain text hierarchy. Is there no way for us to implement
the same software that runs the Stud.io forums? Why even two separate forums
running separate software? I mean, I think it has to do with Bricklink and Stud.io
being two separate legal entities, but still, it feels weird and counter intuitive.
It's the second decade of the 21st century, why the outdated look and feel?
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| | | | | Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2021 07:20 | | Subject: | Re: Bricklink layout like Stud.io forum software? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, BorgMan writes:
| | Hey guys,
This has been bugging me for a while. Every time I look at the Bricklink Community,
I keep thinking "woah, all those posts in such a cluttered UX... not sure where
I'd start" and then decide not to post. I mean, it took me a little while
to actually get to the forum index, organised in a way I've seen with other
boards. But then I hit a topic (like this one, [Suggestions]) and get thrown
back to the unorganized, plain text hierarchy. Is there no way for us to implement
the same software that runs the Stud.io forums? Why even two separate forums
running separate software? I mean, I think it has to do with Bricklink and Stud.io
being two separate legal entities, but still, it feels weird and counter intuitive.
It's the second decade of the 21st century, why the outdated look and feel?
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Because the look and feel that you call 'outdated' actually is much more
informative, useful and compact than the newer interfaces. Also, Bricklink is
slowly migrating from the classic look to a newer, but change is slow.
When you compare the Studio forum and this one, it is actually the Studio forum
that is rubbish, with broken search and contact functions and a near total lack
of tools for the administrators to work with. It is a 'temporary' add
on for a separate team.
The development teams of Bricklink and Studio are separate (different technology,
different goals), but this has nothing to do with anything like legal entities.
As for the Bricklink forum: you can tweak a lot. It has some nice, well appreciated
features, lie the tree view and the macro tags.
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| | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2021 07:27 | | Subject: | Re: Bricklink layout like Stud.io forum software? | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, hpoort writes:
| | In Suggestions, BorgMan writes:
| | Hey guys,
This has been bugging me for a while. Every time I look at the Bricklink Community,
I keep thinking "woah, all those posts in such a cluttered UX... not sure where
I'd start" and then decide not to post. I mean, it took me a little while
to actually get to the forum index, organised in a way I've seen with other
boards. But then I hit a topic (like this one, [Suggestions]) and get thrown
back to the unorganized, plain text hierarchy. Is there no way for us to implement
the same software that runs the Stud.io forums? Why even two separate forums
running separate software? I mean, I think it has to do with Bricklink and Stud.io
being two separate legal entities, but still, it feels weird and counter intuitive.
It's the second decade of the 21st century, why the outdated look and feel?
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Because the look and feel that you call 'outdated' actually is much more
informative, useful and compact than the newer interfaces.
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Yep, think of it as a mailing list or a newsgroup and you’ll undestand how it
works.
| | Also, Bricklink is
slowly migrating from the classic look to a newer, but change is slow.
When you compare the Studio forum and this one, it is actually the Studio forum
that is rubbish, with broken search and contact functions and a near total lack
of tools for the administrators to work with. It is a 'temporary' add
on for a separate team.
The development teams of Bricklink and Studio are separate (different technology,
different goals), but this has nothing to do with anything like legal entities.
As for the Bricklink forum: you can tweak a lot. It has some nice, well appreciated
features, lie the tree view and the macro tags.
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And the integration with catalogue tools (change requests…).
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| | | | | Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2021 13:35 | | Subject: | Re: Bricklink layout like Stud.io forum software? | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, BorgMan writes:
| | Hey guys,
This has been bugging me for a while. Every time I look at the Bricklink Community,
I keep thinking "woah, all those posts in such a cluttered UX... not sure where
I'd start" and then decide not to post. I mean, it took me a little while
to actually get to the forum index, organised in a way I've seen with other
boards. But then I hit a topic (like this one, [Suggestions]) and get thrown
back to the unorganized, plain text hierarchy. Is there no way for us to implement
the same software that runs the Stud.io forums? Why even two separate forums
running separate software? I mean, I think it has to do with Bricklink and Stud.io
being two separate legal entities, but still, it feels weird and counter intuitive.
It's the second decade of the 21st century, why the outdated look and feel?
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Because there is more to this Forum than just looks. There are built-in tools
and features here which are essential to catalog work. Aside from being able
to ping someone (which is a feature that needs a great deal of moderation), I
don't think it is lacking for those that know how to use it.
Jen
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| | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2021 13:52 | | Subject: | Re: Bricklink layout like Stud.io forum software? | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:
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Aside from being able
to ping someone (which is a feature that needs a great deal of moderation),
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That, and any notification (thread has changed, PM received…) don’t work on the
Studio forum anyway.
| | I don't think it is lacking for those that know how to use it.
Jen
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