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I dislike Discourse. It's too unstructured and difficult to navigate. I understand the idea, but personally I have a hard time following the flow of information.

My routine is to check the main page, see which forums have new threads (mostly ignore Poppycock and TTL), then dig into OW and DL posts. This process seems more difficult in Discourse (I'm not saying impossible, just more work).

Also, with the "conversation" style of threads, I believe structured threads (tournaments, guides, etc) will become more difficult to maintain and organize.

I hate to say it, but I think if OML made the switch and I couldn't learn to like it within a few weeks, I might visit the forums less and less due to its difficult nature. That's a shame, really, because I love these forums and chatting with everyone.

(10-17-2014 05:35 AM)onealexleft Wrote:  

(10-17-2014 05:00 AM)[PETA] Doodat Wrote:  I don't see how it's easier for mobile users. It feels much easier to navigate here.

easier or familiar? Even on an iphone 6 i can't navigate our current forums reliably w/o constant screen zooming, which slows me down to getting where I want to go: an actual thread.

I disagree. I think the mobile aspect of it is off-putting.

With Discourse, you have to filter by category, then scroll through a list of single phrase headings to find what you want (no author, no timestamp, no post count). Then once you're in the "conversation" it's also difficult to easily navigate.

With the current forums, I enjoy being able to zoom in and out - it lets me quickly get an overview but also see the details that I find important.

(I haven't played with any account settings, so correct me if anything I say can be fixed with preferences.)