I'm not sure, it could be for better or for worse. The DPR Code is 26 years old. XenFoto is mentioned. I like threaded view on DPR vs flat view, something which I miss in DPRF.
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I'm not sure, it could be for better or for worse. The DPR Code is 26 years old. XenFoto is mentioned. I like threaded view on DPR vs flat view, something which I miss in DPRF.
A New Forum System Forum has appeared in DPR Forums on XenForo.
So there is no specific date or timeframe announced, when the switch will happen. My guess is within the next 3 months.
At the end it will look like our forum. With the same kind of galleries etc. pp., probably with different colours and template. I hope that they do not even copy that one from us.
But at least, all dpreview user will realize in the long run, that this will be the best software platform for the future.
But dpreview is missing one important point and a major reason, why many users moved to us or elsewhere:
The behaviour of some dpreview moderators and some users.
It is not enough to buy a new car, if the driver stays the same.
Dpreview claims to have an "expert", a community manager, since a few months. But what kind of expert is this person, if he still allows these moderators and that user behaviour? Why did he not fire them?
There is so much hate in many subforums, mobbing, unfair treatment of users by some moderators and dictator-like behaviour of some moderators, that a new software does not change anything.
No matter how much you polish your car. This will not change how you drive the car. This is why we are here.
Dpreview was one the biggest photo sites. Today, they do not do the same reviews anymore like years ago. They shrank to a gear & photo forum like many others out there. Like us.
There is nothing bad with that. But there is nothing what makes depreview unique like in the past.
After the switch to xenforo, the dpreview apple will not be different to other apples anymore (except the above mentioned behaviour & atmosphere, like worms in an apple)
People will have it even easier now to vote with their feet. Just pick which atmosphere you prefere to have in a forum. Just pick one of many on the internet.
At the end it will look like our forum. With the same kind of galleries etc. pp., probably with different colours and template. I hope that they do not even copy that one from us.
But at least, all dpreview user will realize in the long run, that this will be the best software platform for the future.
But dpreview is missing one important point and a major reason, why many users moved to us or elsewhere:
The behaviour of some dpreview moderators and some users.
It is not enough to buy a new car, if the driver stays the same.
Dpreview claims to have an "expert", a community manager, since a few months. But what kind of expert is this person, if he still allows these moderators and that user behaviour? Why did he not fire them?
There is so much hate in many subforums, mobbing, unfair treatment of users by some moderators and dictator-like behaviour of some moderators, that a new software does not change anything.
No matter how much you polish your car. This will not change how you drive the car. This is why we are here.
Dpreview was one the biggest photo sites. Today, they do not do the same reviews anymore like years ago. They shrank to a gear & photo forum like many others out there. Like us.
There is nothing bad with that. But there is nothing what makes depreview unique like in the past.
After the switch to xenforo, the dpreview apple will not be different to other apples anymore (except the above mentioned behaviour & atmosphere, like worms in an apple)
People will have it even easier now to vote with their feet. Just pick which atmosphere you prefere to have in a forum. Just pick one of many on the internet.
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Could be possible. I do not care. It is not worth the time to think what will happen at dpreview. We will find out sooner or later.
This is a free world. Everybody can pick the forum he likes the most. Or several ones. We will continue with our spin-off anyway. So why should this move of dpreview bother us?
This is a free world. Everybody can pick the forum he likes the most. Or several ones. We will continue with our spin-off anyway. So why should this move of dpreview bother us?
Threaded view has advantages, if you have a bad system for quotes. At dpreview, you can only quote the full text, not parts of it.
This is why threaded view makes sense. You can follow easier side conversations.
But if you have a smart quote system like we do, threaded view is less useful.
With our forum software, you simply quote the parts of the text you are referring to. Highlight the part with your mouse, right click and insert it as a quote. Even multiquote is possible.
Thanks to this, you can easily follow also side discussions within a flat view.