A hard #2 for me. It's an interesting new design, and almost everything is improved, but I will miss the old SMF features.
Probably one of my favourite things is the reply box at the bottom, makes it easier to respond. Also, being able to change your username/display name yourself makes things that much easier. You don't have to rely on the mods being around, and likewise it makes their jobs easier without having to respond to every request that comes along, which is an absolute win.
I think URL images are still a thing, I checked it earlier in private and it seemed to work, but I'm not too sure at the moment. Either way, the inclusion of being able to upload files (with the added option of scaling them) is also absolutely wonderful. It really adds to the ease of just uploading an image outright, without having to go through Imgur or any other image hosting software.
The notifications system is extremely helpful, I can see who's quoted me and who's reacted to my post, which will help me stay in the conversation. That way, I won't miss when people tell me something important.
Status updates are a good way to quickly inform people of any going ons, even if we're just using them to shitpost right now. That being said, I can't say I'll be using them much, but it might help to cut down on the large-scale topic influx in Mindless Junk.
The Follower/Following system is nice, it's good to see just how many people considered me a buddy (or considered me annoying enough to ignore), so it adds a quick access route to their profiles if you want to talk to them face to face, or just see what they're up to. Useful feature, could come in handy soon.
Just like how Snack or whoever it was that pointed it out said, it would be nice to get a reply page button. I probably won't use it much since I've now got the quick reply section, but it would be nice for other users who don't want to use that feature.
RIP sending private messages to yourself. I guess you can do it if you already previously have done so, it'll just be added to that conversation. That being said, the feature is pretty damn good - it works more like a messaging system instead of an email now, which is great. It means that users can engage each other on a regular basis without flooding inboxes.
Sharing a page to another social media platform is an interesting feature, but I most likely won't be using that feature at all. Good if other users want to share something to Facebook or Twitter, it sort of makes us less closed off, which is great.
Also RIP our old likes. I had quite a few racked up, but alas, it is time to begin anew.
I will miss the extra customisability of our old profiles (namely the custom title aspect and the url uploaded avatars). I'm also missing the user stars, but it's helpful to see everyone's ranks stacked on the side (if we can get
@Gamefreak75 to join the poll committee, he'll be a member of every group)
The moderation has done well to replicate the old design. It's obviously still different, and feels like we're on another forum at the moment, but the heart is still there. It's like we've moved house, and we only need to adjust to our new home.
Well done to
@porplemontage,
@Hibiki Tachibana and anyone else who was involved for their work in transferring the forum over. It's a brilliant new system, one that I can see being our home for a long time to come.
