R3VLimited Beta Site Preview

[JinormusJ]

R3VLimited Beta Site Preview

Are you going to have a rep system? I have become a fan of it on some of the other forums I frequent. It gets rid of a lot of trolling IMO (if people actually care about those little green bars)

That would defeat the point of r3v

[James Crivellone]

Still working on a few changes before I publish the next revision. Just been really busy between work and prepping for the E30Picnic/R3VParty

[GutenGirl]

i hate change. older is better

reasons why it does not flow as easy top to bottom. seeing peeps avatars seems worthless. however this only applies to the the home screen. the threads look amazing.

I was just figuring out how to use this forum. Now I've gotta start all over again.
Damn kids and your rap music..

[JinormusJ]

I was just figuring out how to use this forum. Now I've gotta start all over again.

Damn kids and your rap music..

GET OFF MY LAWN
Rotten kids...!

[BLACKCHARM88]

Looks pretty good man, props!

[socalife]

I would like a better system of private messaging, like having group chat for items that would have a first come first serve type of thing. Also instant chat like facebook that shows you read, last seen, and stuff like that.

[Dylanhat]

I'd just leave it alone.

[phreshkid]

So I didn't read any of these comments or check out the site yet, but a Instant Messaging Chat option would be cool. The 2002faq has it and it's served their forum members quite well, giving people access to many minds, and the ability to solve an issue quite quickly.

Just saying, having a chatting option would be nice. And I'd happily donate to see this happen.

[itskingsteelo]

itd be cool to be able to tag people on posts and receive a notification when youre being tagged, or when someone has replied to your post.

[Eddie Lives On]

After spending a few minutes around, I'm guessing this isn't the final resolution, but I figured I'd mention it just in case; If the width could be full screen like it currently is, that would be great.

A chat room as mentioned by others would also be great. One feature I would like to see (searched for it before, but never found it) would be the number of posts per page, from let's say 20, 30, 50, 100, 200 and all.

Also wondering if it would be possible to prevent people from quoting 10+ pictures. This can get annoying, in build threads particularly.

I'll spend some more time messing around with the beta, and will try and give more feedback.

Thanks for your time and effort, James!

[noid]

I hate it, the design puts to much emphasis on trying to be bubbly and modern whereas the old style really puts the focus on the content.

I mean, we are a forum of guys who are into 25+ year old cars. You don't see us upgrading to a 2014 Honda Civic because its modern.

Old is good. Why fix whats not broken?

[JinormusJ]

My only beef at this point is that the spacing between the Forums and descriptions are much too wide. There is too much space in between all the wording, and the organization gets lost within the voids

Compare

This:



To this:


The compacted ness of the original page makes for a more user-interface friendly experience IMO, and is what attracted me to r3v in the first place. I try to frequent s14 at times now that it is back up and running, but the layout just makes me physically ill

Also, separating the "most recent post" with a darker background like in the original r3v would help differentiate and emphasize certain information from others? I do not know if this is possible upgrading to the new vBulliten


Men's minds work in boxes; ergo, layout one is more desirable just based on neural-science: everything is separated and has its own place, unlike the beta as it stands now where it looks like everything is floating off on its own. If r3v truly wants (needs) to upgrade, we must accommodate the reasons why OG-r3v was so attractive over other forums in the first place.

I also say we keep the black bar headings. Those are nice

[agent]

itd be cool to ... receive a notification ... when someone has replied to your post.

You can do that on the current version.

[Eddie Lives On]

My only beef at this point is that the spacing between the Forums and descriptions are much too wide. There is too much space in between all the wording, and the organization gets lost within the voids

The compacted ness of the original page makes for a more user-interface friendly experience IMO, and is what attracted me to r3v in the first place. I try to frequent s14 at times now that it is back up and running, but the layout just makes me physically ill

I second this motion.

[Dirty325ix]

first time the search functions ever worked on my phone without having to go through advanced search
Me likey