Hammer away on vB Beta

[DerekWilson]

We've still got work to do, but we'd like to get a test of some higher server load in here and see what happens.

Our light load tests have worked out alright so far. Please feel free to come by and visit if you would like to help out.

Thanks ...

http://vbforums.anandtech.com/

it's a sandbox and nothing will be saved. there won't be any moderation per se, but our moderators will be testing out there tools and they may choose to practice on you if you give them a reason ;-)

feedback is very welcome.

Note: the sandbox is NSFW. You can disable inline images (and make it a bit safer for work, but no guarantees) by clicking on <User CP> (top left of the screen) <Edit Options> (left column, about the 10th thing down), and uncheck <Show Images> (about 2/3 of the way down). -Anandtech Moderator DrPizza

 

[DerekWilson]

almost forgot -- you'll need to reset your password and have it emailed to you on the vB server before it will let you in.

also, we know about issues with quoting emoticons and PMs ...

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

It looks nice.

 

[Dualist]

So far so good Derek. All it needs is good skinning and coloring.

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
It looks nice.

Agreed ... i like the color formatting on it.

 

[Ruptga]

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
It looks nice.

it looks like every other forum ever, I like AT's current look even though the software sucks

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: ADDAvenger

Originally posted by: Flipped Gazelle
It looks nice.

it looks like every other forum ever, I like AT's current look even though the software sucks

It's not the final skin. I'm not sure what the final one will look like, but I know that specific skin was just picked as a placeholder.

 

[ProfJohn]

Is this like the Matrix??

I mean, if you get banned in Vb world do you get banned in the 'real' world too???

(trying to imagine Harvey dressed up as agent Smith)

 

[Q]

This will be interesting

 

[Scouzer]

1) I hate how quick reply is grayed out for no reason. I don't get how to make it work properly.
2) No avatars?!!
3) 10 Character limit?!! !MFMFFLFMFLFMFLF

 

[ProfJohn]

The inability to directly jump from forum to forum concerns me.

Here I can go from L&R to P&N to OT to PC games etc with one click.

When I am bored I can surf the forums looking for something interesting.

But on the beta you have to back out of one sub-group and then enter the next.

Will make surfing the forum harder and I would expect really cut down on the amount of traffic on the forum, especially the sub forums.

You may find people become more forum specific since moving from group to group is too much work.

My 2 cents.

 

[ISAslot]

It looks like a... vb forum.

 

[schneiderguy]

Any chance we can get a 100 posts per page option like there is here? Max at the vb forum is 40 currently.

 

[JM Aggie08]

Originally posted by: schneiderguy
Any chance we can get a 100 posts per page option like there is here? Max at the vb forum is 40 currently.

this, same with threads

 

[Turbonium]

I have a feeling there is an AT themed skin already made, but they chose not to share it until actual launch day.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: ISAslot
It looks like a... vb forum.

I didn't like it in the first 30 seconds. I kinda like it now.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: Turbonium
I have a feeling there is an AT themed skin already made, but they chose not to share it until actual launch day.

There is/was. Those of us who broke in to the vB forum before this announcement got to see it. I think they're gonna tweak it a bit.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: ProfJohn
The inability to directly jump from forum to forum concerns me.

Here I can go from L&R to P&N to OT to PC games etc with one click.

When I am bored I can surf the forums looking for something interesting.

But on the beta you have to back out of one sub-group and then enter the next.

Will make surfing the forum harder and I would expect really cut down on the amount of traffic on the forum, especially the sub forums.

You may find people become more forum specific since moving from group to group is too much work.

My 2 cents.

This is absolutely essential and is one of the reasons I :heart: AT forums.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Oh BTW like I mentioned in the other thread, my login details are not being emailed to me. Yes, I've checked my spam box. Yes, I have the correct email address in my profile.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124

Originally posted by: Turbonium
I have a feeling there is an AT themed skin already made, but they chose not to share it until actual launch day.

There is/was. Those of us who broke in to the vB forum before this announcement got to see it. I think they're gonna tweak it a bit.

For those of us that love the look and feel of Fusetalk, can you tell us how happy/dissappointed we'll be?

 

[ProfJohn]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124

Originally posted by: Turbonium
I have a feeling there is an AT themed skin already made, but they chose not to share it until actual launch day.

There is/was. Those of us who broke in to the vB forum before this announcement got to see it. I think they're gonna tweak it a bit.

For those of us that love the look and feel of Fusetalk, can you tell us how happy/dissappointed we'll be?

ummm just click the link and see for yourself.

You can surf the forums, just can't post without registering.

 

[dudeman007]

Originally posted by: DerekWilson
there won't be any moderation per se, but our moderators will be testing out there tools and they may choose to practice on you if you give them a reason ;-)

Sign me up

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: ProfJohn
The inability to directly jump from forum to forum concerns me.

Here I can go from L&R to P&N to OT to PC games etc with one click.

When I am bored I can surf the forums looking for something interesting.

But on the beta you have to back out of one sub-group and then enter the next.

Will make surfing the forum harder and I would expect really cut down on the amount of traffic on the forum, especially the sub forums.

You may find people become more forum specific since moving from group to group is too much work.

My 2 cents.

And it'd be too difficult to keep the main forum page open and open the assorted forums in a different window/tab...why?

Yes, the current layout with all the forums listed in the sidebar is convenient...but not any big deal if we lose it.

 

[Anubis]

needs a dark theme

also how the fuck do i enable quick reply WTF icon am i supposed to click on

 

[Snapster]

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: ProfJohn
The inability to directly jump from forum to forum concerns me.

Here I can go from L&R to P&N to OT to PC games etc with one click.

When I am bored I can surf the forums looking for something interesting.

But on the beta you have to back out of one sub-group and then enter the next.

Will make surfing the forum harder and I would expect really cut down on the amount of traffic on the forum, especially the sub forums.

You may find people become more forum specific since moving from group to group is too much work.

My 2 cents.

And it'd be too difficult to keep the main forum page open and open the assorted forums in a different window/tab...why?

Yes, the current layout with all the forums listed in the sidebar is convenient...but not any big deal if we lose it.

Humans like convenience, why take a bus to the store if you can drive?

As long as they at minimum reproduce the same functionality as FT then I'm not too fussed as anything extra is a bonus. At least there will be a non standard VB theme (which all look like ass anyway).