Sorry. Don’t like it. In particular I don’t like the narrow width. I have four inches of wasted screen real estate on either side. Default font size is far too big. And to top it off, only half the smilies are visible in the box to the right. (Yes I know it’s because of the way my system is configured: I’m doing odd things with the screen fonts which can cause strange things to happen to boxes on occasions. But it was never a problem before.)
I’m not all that fond of the layout, but per the discussions in ATMB, they’re still tweaking that, so I’ll reserve judgement till that’s finished.
What I don’t like even more than that is that the board doesn’t seem to be remembering me after I login, and the pages are taking about 6 times as long as normal to load.
Not to mention the fact that we have lost the email and website buttons and the report to a mod button has been reduced to a mere “!” I can’t imagine that all of the extra formatting is easier on the hamsters either.
Function over form – when the dust settles, I expect it will look much like it did before – we’ll even have the Blue and Yellow Standard back where that big assed vBulletin logo is now.
Interesting that people are complaining (here and in ATMB) about a narrow thread with wasted space on either side. I’ve got full screen width. Wonder why the difference? My browser’s plain-vanilla Internet Explorer; could that be it?
There are well-populated threads running in ATMB on the upgrade, if you want to check them out. See especially this thread by Lobsang.
Interesting point: The sig default is to add it. You have to affirmatively say “no” to keep your sig from showing up – just the reverse of the previous version.
I’m going to hang loose and see how it all settles out before doing any more commenting than I’ve already done in ATMB.
I imagine you’re using 640x480 or 800x600. My 1152x864 display leaves mucho greyspace too.
Funny what people are noticing. The “report post” thing didn’t even cross my mind, but after the width thing, the thing I’m missing is the “Location:” field. No longer can I instantly discern the nationality (and more!) of ~50% of posters!
I’m going to be upgrading my board (http://www.cyburbia.org/forums) to vB 3.0 RC 32 over the long weekend. However, I’m also going to spend several hours making sure the old template settings are preserved, and tweaking the new templates so they closely resemble the old site.
I don’t know if vB3 has an equivalent of what’s called the postbit template, that controls the display for an individual post.
I find it annoying that the default on the new version is to subscribe to any thread you post in. Not only that, but you have to go to a “Reply” page to find the menu that will let you unsubscribe to the thread. My email inbox was filling up with thread reply notices till I figured that one out.