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Post » Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:03 pm



Good luck with that!
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Janette Segura
 
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Post » Wed Mar 30, 2016 3:56 pm

How the hell do we set avatars? I change mine like people change socks and I can't seem to find one that fits. It's always blurry. :sadvaultboy:

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Katie Pollard
 
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Post » Wed Mar 30, 2016 9:26 pm

I already hate them. The format of these forums is just fine. It's a tried and true method. One of my favorite forums is the Polk Audio forums (Hi-Fi stereo equipment is one of my other hobbies), and they did the same thing a couple years ago. They 'upgraded' from a tried and true forum format (much like this one) to a newer more modern format (much like the new Bethesda forums), and it's absolutely horrible. Two years later and I've still barely got it figured out. And this isn't just my opinion, it's the opinion of basically everybody on those forums. We've done polls on it and they've always come out somewhere in the ballpark of 95% wanting the old forums back.



Some of these newer formats try so hard to be user friendly, that ultimately they end up being anything BUT user friendly, if that even makes sense.

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Alister Scott
 
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Post » Wed Mar 30, 2016 3:04 pm

Nice thing about the new forums are that there are no annoyingly obnoxious signatures cluttering up the place yet. You know, trying to find a positive in a crappy situation. I don't like the new site at all, and it's not that I'm just adverse to change. It's a hot mess at this point.

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Harry Leon
 
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Post » Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:21 pm

Those new forums are downright UGLY and don't even feel like a forum.

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Benjamin Holz
 
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Post » Thu Mar 31, 2016 1:20 am


Yeah I'm trying to figure out what the intent was. Maybe it works really great on iPads or something and everyone know that everyone is using iPads for everything now.



No, I just don't get it.

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Jessie Butterfield
 
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Post » Thu Mar 31, 2016 2:25 am


There are 2 images. The top one is your "banner" image for profile views.


To change the avatar you need to click the link to add one at the end of the stream of preset avatars.

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Ian White
 
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Post » Wed Mar 30, 2016 9:45 pm

Oh, they're taking the same stupid route that Blizzard did? Whelp later everyone, I'm never setting foot in that forum.

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Keeley Stevens
 
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Post » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:58 pm


It feels more like a Twitter feed or something.





It's basically for mobile optimization. Forum formats like this one don't work very well on mobile devices. The new formats are designed to have more of a tiles/apps format that makes it more "user friendly" for people on mobile devices.



Personally, I have no desire to post on forums from my phone. I hate typing out long comments on my phone. A comment that takes me 30 seconds to write on my computer would take like 3 minutes to write on my phone. No thanks. Unfortunately, it's the way of the future. As hard as it is for me to believe, there are a lot of people on these forums who only access it through their phones or tablets.

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Helen Quill
 
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Post » Thu Mar 31, 2016 5:21 am

I didn't see a dislike button.
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Damned_Queen
 
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Post » Thu Mar 31, 2016 5:04 am



As one of those mobile only people I gotta say that new forum is not by any means user friendly. Maybe its just my phone that they hate and everyone else has it easy but yeah they're god awful on my phone.
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Rebecca Clare Smith
 
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Post » Wed Mar 30, 2016 6:05 pm

Which Forum will the Bethesda Bashers be using?


I would just as soon be using the other one, where we can actually talk about the game.

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Trevi
 
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Post » Wed Mar 30, 2016 2:11 pm

I take it you're one of those people who see someone pointing out flaws and giving criticism as bashing?




Even an upvote button is a bad idea tbh.

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Bereket Fekadu
 
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Post » Thu Mar 31, 2016 1:34 am



Well this forum is getting shut down so.....
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Benito Martinez
 
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Post » Thu Mar 31, 2016 12:43 am

To be fair, Bethesda fan boys are just as bad as Bethesda bashers. There will be plenty of both there, I can assure you.

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Robert Jackson
 
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Post » Thu Mar 31, 2016 1:35 am


People can point out flaws, no problem.
I love the game, and I point out it's shortcomings.
However, people that do not even own the game almost demanding that it should only be a F-3/NV Remaster, basically, well...that dog don't hunt.


And, I agree.
Even a "like" button can lead to bad things.
Plus, they do have a "was this helpful: yes/no" option...which I predict will be misused as well.
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remi lasisi
 
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Post » Wed Mar 30, 2016 9:27 pm


Hence the quotes lol



Like I said in a previous post, a lot of these new forum formats have tried SO hard to make everything user friendly, that they've ultimately become anything BUT user friendly. Forum formats like this one have been working just fine for decades. No need to fix something that isn't broken.



The wheel rolls pretty well already. There's no point in trying to find a shape that will make the wheel roll more smoothly.

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sharon
 
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Post » Thu Mar 31, 2016 1:19 am

Indeed. I've seen a couple of them over there already.


Honestly I hope they make the new forums look better as is its ugly as hell.
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Ana Torrecilla Cabeza
 
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Post » Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:12 am

Same here, though I won't be joining you guys over there so I guess I won't be having to deal with either :P

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Toby Green
 
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Post » Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:32 pm

I'm pretty sure they are making us move just so we have the 'merchandise' tab at the top of the page.

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Harry Leon
 
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Post » Thu Mar 31, 2016 2:19 am

Since this is becoming mostly feedback about the new forums, the discussion can be had here: http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1598126-bethesdanet-forums-open/

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