Test out the new USMB Skin - Feedback appreciated

[progressive hunter]

elchorizo what happened to auto refresh??

 

[Delldude]

How do you change it back, I hate it.

Go to another forum.....

 

[Natural Citizen]

elchorizo what happened to auto refresh??

I'm glad it's gone. It's annoying...

 

[elchorizo]

elchorizo what happened to auto refresh??

That was another add-on. While it added the auto-refresh it broke the other tabs that were there. They didn't show up when that was enabled, and I think having the other features is more important than an auto-refresh.

 

[AyeCantSeeYou]

How do you change it back, I hate it.

You can't. The forum software issued an update that addressed several serious security issues. The previous skins are no longer compatible because of that.

 

[progressive hunter]

I'm glad it's gone. It's annoying...

it could be turned off,,

having it made it easy to just sit back and watch for new posts without constantly hitting refresh,,

itts bad enough with all the idiots on here now I have to act like I care

 

[RetiredGySgt]

why is that people can't read the thread when it is about something they are interested in? How many times do the mods have to say why the old skin can't be brought back?

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Being me, I hate change but when forced to I learn to adapt to it. Or I quit doing whatever it was that changed.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

the white skin is hard to look at but the black skin is hard to tell what was read or not

 

[elchorizo]

the white skin is hard to look at but the black skin is hard to tell what was read or not

I feel the same way. Let me look into making the Unread vs. Read more obvious. I think I can change the color of the Unread. It's set to Bold vs. Regular -- but it's still hard to tell.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

it isnt a deal breaker just makes checking new threads a little more challenging

 

[Bleipriester]

You can't. The forum software issued an update that addressed several serious security issues. The previous skins are no longer compatible because of that.

I wonder what the visuals have to do with security updates.

 

[elchorizo]

it isnt a deal breaker just makes checking new threads a little more challenging

Give it a refresh.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

crepitus is in another thread claiming he can go back to old style and then links to the white version of this

 

[RetiredGySgt]

well can tell the difference but will take time to get used to new colors
thanks

 

[elchorizo]

I wonder what the visuals have to do with security updates.

We don't run the stock "skin" -- we've run paid skins that are modified since the beginning of the forum. The stock skin is pretty plain, you can view it here: XenForo community

So that means, we are reliant on the person that creates the paid skin to do updates and releases for the skin. In addition, we add a bunch of functionality via add-ons. Many of the features we run on this site don't exist in the stock software.... features that you guys want. So, we also rely on authors to make those add-ons and we have to massage them often to make them work with the skins that we are running.

Every time the add-on is updated, it has to be fixed to work with the new software and the new skin.

Every time an update for the software is released to either fix a security hole, a bug, or to add a new feature, repeat this process.

It's a lot of work, it's a lot of tracking down bugs and fixing them. It's not a "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" type thing like people love to say.

That process, with multiple skins, over and over throughout the year ends up being a pretty big task to keep up with. Hope this helps everyone understand.

 

[elchorizo]

crepitus is in another thread claiming he can go back to old style and then links to the white version of this

Be hard to go to the old style since it doesn't exist on the server. Post a link, I'll be happy to look.

Also, people can use things like MonkeyWrench and make the site look however they want on their side: Monkey Wrench - Chrome Web Store

Essentially, if you are willing to do some work you can make the site look however you want. It won't affect the site, but you'll have full control over everything from your end.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

We don't run the stock "skin" -- we've run paid skins that are modified since the beginning of the forum. The stock skin is pretty plain, you can view it here: XenForo community

So that means, we are reliant on the person that creates the paid skin to do updates and releases for the skin. In addition, we add a bunch of functionality via add-ons. Many of the features we run on this site don't exist in the stock software.... features that you guys want. So, we also rely on authors to make those add-ons and we have to massage them often to make them work with the skins that we are running.

Every time the add-on is updated, it has to be fixed to work with the new software and the new skin.

Every time an update for the software is released to either fix a security hole, a bug, or to add a new feature, repeat this process.

It's a lot of work, it's a lot of tracking down bugs and fixing them. It's not a "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" type thing like people love to say.

That process, with multiple skins, over and over throughout the year ends up being a pretty big task to keep up with. Hope this helps everyone understand.

well, this reply will only answer questions until the next page and the jerks that don't read threads will be saying WHY

 

[elchorizo]

well, this reply will only answer questions until the next page and the jerks that don't read threads will be saying WHY

Yeh Been dealing with that a lot lately. It's hard to sort through the blanket complaints vs. the legitimate ones but I'm doing my best to try to address legitimate complaints with useful feedback.

We can tweak things to fix them, make them better, etc... but not much I can do when someone just says "it sucks".

c'est la vie

 

[Bleipriester]

We don't run the stock "skin" -- we've run paid skins that are modified since the beginning of the forum. The stock skin is pretty plain, you can view it here: XenForo community

So that means, we are reliant on the person that creates the paid skin to do updates and releases for the skin. In addition, we add a bunch of functionality via add-ons. Many of the features we run on this site don't exist in the stock software.... features that you guys want. So, we also rely on authors to make those add-ons and we have to massage them often to make them work with the skins that we are running.

Every time the add-on is updated, it has to be fixed to work with the new software and the new skin.

Every time an update for the software is released to either fix a security hole, a bug, or to add a new feature, repeat this process.

It's a lot of work, it's a lot of tracking down bugs and fixing them. It's not a "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" type thing like people love to say.

That process, with multiple skins, over and over throughout the year ends up being a pretty big task to keep up with. Hope this helps everyone understand.

Thanks for the explanation. I am fine with the stock skin as shown in your link, though.