# 16 months later I’ll finally admit it, I like the new SDMB forum SW **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 18, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-months-later-i-ll-finally-admit-it-i-like-the-new-sdmb-forum-sw/940247 "2021-04-18T14:15:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-months-later-i-ll-finally-admit-it-i-like-the-new-sdmb-forum-sw/940247/41 "2021-04-25T00:04:41Z")
It wasn’t announced like the old announcements. It came up in the Site Feedback forum _I think._ We don’t have our own tech admin and it was done by a Discourse Tech after checking with the Mod team. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-months-later-i-ll-finally-admit-it-i-like-the-new-sdmb-forum-sw/940247/42 "2021-04-26T06:14:09Z")
I much prefer Discourse. I can’t think of a single thing that I liked better on vBulletin. > [@k9bfriender](#): > > I do like how your screenshot captures the old board in its glory, with the thread on server timeout errors. Perfect shot for an example of the old board. And started by the OP of this thread too! > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I like it but it’s still annoying when old links to threads don’t work (i.e. a post in an old thread is referring to another old thread, but now the link is broken). Are those ever going to be fixed? This is annoying and as I understand it, it cannot be fixed. The vBulletin threads were sorted by number and the Discourse threads are sorted by thread titles so old links with numbers go nowhere. What’s weird is all the vBulletin threads were renamed from numbers to thread titles so if you look at old threads now they have Discourse URLs. They are easy to for if the poster told you something about the contents of the link but if it’s just a link you are out of luck. You probably knew most of that but I thought I’d toss it in. > [@pulykamell](#): > > instead of running vanity searches It wouldn’t have helped you, we had a deal so everyone spelled your name **pulkyamell** so we could talk about you behind your back without you knowing. Some of it was really funny, sorry you missed it! 🙂 > [@AHunter3](#): > > The search capability is even worse, which is very frustrating because it was pretty awful under the old software. I don’t agree at all. The search on Discourse is excellent. > [@AHunter3](#): > > I should be able to search for posts other people made referencing “AHunter3” where within the _thread_ there was a mention of either “MacOS” or “Macintosh” or “mac” and either “copy” or “copying” and within the specific post there occurred the word “wait”, before 2016 but after 2001, and within the thread also are references to “size”. And the post in question was created by a user whose username contained the string “techchick” or else “stoid”. [Was it this thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-osx-questions-help-my-brain-is-imploding/205933) If so, all that was needed was **stoid** as posted by and **AHunter3** as a keyword. > [@Ponch8](#): > > The reason is that there was a comma in the phrase that I was searching for, and I didn’t include the comma in my search term. Can you tell us what you searched for? Did you search inside quotes? If not that seems like quite a bug. > [@Jebbilene](#): > > The amount you move when you fast-scroll or use the slider is not fixed, but depends on the length of the thread. Are you reading on a phone? Because on a desktop or tablet I can use the scroll bar to move one post at a time if I want. Or fifty posts, it’s all up to me. I also never have to wait for posts to load. > [@Jebbilene](#): > > There are no fixed endpoints, just endless motion, so it makes me slightly seasick. Is this a literally seasick or figuratively seasick? Just having it there causes this or using it causes it? Sorry if it’s literal, that has to suck. I don’t think there is a way to hide the Discourse scroll bar. > [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > Being forced to use the board software to search inside the thread you’re currently reading is really offputting to me. This is another one I don’t understand since the board search works great for me. However, you can use the old search by hitting Control +F+F instead of Control+F. This will give you the old highlighted names that you can jump to in order of appearance. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-months-later-i-ll-finally-admit-it-i-like-the-new-sdmb-forum-sw/940247/43 "2021-04-26T13:17:07Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > Can you tell us what you searched for? Did you search inside quotes? If not that seems like quite a bug. The search term was inside quotes. Without quotes, there would have been too many search results and I wouldn’t have been able to find the one I was looking for. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-months-later-i-ll-finally-admit-it-i-like-the-new-sdmb-forum-sw/940247.md?page=2)