Will the layout of these forums ever be updated?

[Brighty]

Just curious, there's no real need to do it - if it ain't broke don't fix it - but its interesting to see that these forums have stayed the same since I joined back in 2006 (and I'm sure they were the same before then too). There are a few things that could be added for the ease of convenience (i.e. pressing CTRL + B to automatically bold text instead of clicking the icon and formatting it manually, etc)

As much as I roll my eyes at Facebook in general, a bunch of internet forums have begun implementing a "Like" option next to a post (IGN, etc). I thought it was little more than obnoxious bandwagon pandering at first, but after frequenting the IGN boards for a month or two, I began to realize how significant it is - to the point where I notice the absence here. It's an easy way to see the validity/credibility of a post or where the community stands (especially considering that this forum is all about giving advice), or make an exceptional post write-up stand out to a person reading a thread at a glance.

Then again I don't work with InvisionFree or know what the original owner of this forum is even up to now, so this may not even be feasible. I dunno, I just thought I'd see what the community thinks.


Below is a link to one of the boards on IGN that has this layout, you can see how it operates.

http://www.ign.com/boards/forums/the-vestibule.5296/

 

[penkitten]

hey, we did update within the last decade.

 

[Aristippus]

Brighty said : As much as I roll my eyes at Facebook in general, a bunch of internet forums have begun implementing a "Like" option next to a post (IGN, etc). I thought it was little more than obnoxious bandwagon pandering at first,

That's because it IS nothing more than obnoxious bandwagon pandering. Facebook will eventually crash and burn like the Hindenburg and when it does, I'll be laughing about it. The whole 15 minutes of fame thing is pathetic by itself. Facebook is for the sad sacks who WISH they could have their 15 minutes of fame but will never even get THAT.

About the forum. I think if something already works well, there's no need to mess with it. Too many people ruin an already good thing by trying to improve something that really doesn't need improvement. Something that is simple and efficient doesn't need to be messed with.

 

[Gears of Led Zep]

It's way better like this. Not only that, I prefer using the "Default" color scheme rather than "PowerBlue" which what you get when you sign up.

 

[OzyBoy]

It could do with an update.

 

[Brighty]

Returned to the forums and pleased to see the new layout. based

 

[stovepipe]

Hope they don't update the layout. I prefer the layout and features of this forum more than 90% of the other forums I frequent. Reddit to me has one of the worst layouts in forum history.

 

[Atom Smasher]

We now have the Ctrl+B function, but we do charge your PaPal account 10 cents for each use to cover expenses.