The new ASP.NET forums is available as a LIVE beta. Based on feedback from all of you, the forums will be easier to read, faster to load, and have reduced clutter. To begin using the preview, please use beta-forums.asp.net.
Since this is a LIVE beta, all post and replies made to the beta will appear on the current site, and vice versa.
Over the next week, we will review your feedback on the beta and the new forums will be the default soon.
Can you tell us that what is the difference in this new forum.
There should be some major performance improvements due to overall optimization. The page weight, css size, and number of requests are reduced dramatically. The create post page should be an area with very noticeable performance gains.
From a feature perspective, here is a partial list of some things that have changed. A more comprehensive list may be coming.
Really excited at the visual refresh so please dont take all my negative comments to heart, just honest feedback [:)]
Seems you have clamped the design down to a fixed width? Not sure yet but it feels like this will be worse than a fluid design
Top Answerers doesnt have the rank, just the name and number of posts answered. It would be helpful to easily see what rank we are on
Top Answerers - Add an container div around the profile picture so they are all sat in same width column
Top Answerers - Is it intentional to have "System.Web.Mvc.UrlParameter" in the url?
Top marks for putting the inbox count in the top nav :) much awaited feature. I would even welcome a pop up message bar akin to Stack Overflow to remind me to answer these direct mails
Unresolved threads - The "on [date]" doesn't read right when its a few minutes ago like "on 5 minutes ago"
All thread lists and view thread pages - Letters not being displayed correctly such as apostrophie is displayed as ' (example)
It would really be very helpful if you could just post links on the page and have the editor auto convert anything starting with http:// (etc)
Unanswered Posts - Replies column is just empty - should be 0's ?
Profile - My Friends - If the name is too long it just mashes together with the next name in the list, perhaps set overflow to hide it? (Tested in FF)
Profile - Recent Posts - Add a "View all posts" at the end of the recent snippets? I know you can get to it by click the post count further up but logically you would read those and think, what else have they posted
BUG - Thread - Appear to have the option to "Mark as answer" on my own post in
this thread even tho it is not my thread.
Profile - I like being able to see the break down of the points in the right hand column, I have often wondered if people have earned their points from moderating or from answering questions and this will satisfy my idle curiosity :)
Profile - If nothing entered for Social or Links the sections are just empty. If nothing is entered in the description at the top you get a "nothing entered yet" type message.
Profile - Recent posts snippets are not encoding "quote" bbmarkup style code
If you have an error when posting it should be in RED. I just had to change the quote reference in the line above because I got "
<div class="CommonFormFieldName">
Non matching quote blocks in post" and it wasn't clear what was going on straight away... </div>
Unrelated to the forums
Please make a way for me to access previous community spotlight articles after they roll off the front page. They stick in my head and then when i'm answering questions on the forums its hard to find them again.
Ok thats enough at the moment, I will keep notes though as I get more familiar with the new system [:)]
Profile - Community Recognition box - Wording of About isn't clear. It made me think more about MetalAsp not "About Community Recognition"
Profile - Specialities - Doesn't display a "nothing entered yet" message if blank
Profile - The break down of how the points are earned is taking a very long time to load (well over a minute)
Points System - You are supposed to earn points for being featured as an article of the day. I checked my breakdown and it doesn't list this still. I was told that these points would be added on when the feature is implemented, not sure if its still on
its way?
User badges - I also heard that user badges akin to the embeddable StackOverflow badges are in the works. Is this something that might be in the new forums?
tmessbauer
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ASP.NET Forums - Official Beta Release
Jan 25, 2011 05:46 AM|LINK
The new ASP.NET forums is available as a LIVE beta. Based on feedback from all of you, the forums will be easier to read, faster to load, and have reduced clutter. To begin using the preview, please use beta-forums.asp.net. Since this is a LIVE beta, all post and replies made to the beta will appear on the current site, and vice versa.
Over the next week, we will review your feedback on the beta and the new forums will be the default soon.
Thank you and please let us know what you think!
http://beta-forums.asp.net
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Rajneesh Ver...
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Re: ASP.NET Forums - Official Beta Release
Jan 25, 2011 05:52 AM|LINK
Can you tell us that what is the difference in this new forum.
it will be easy for us to give feedback...
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Yasser Shaik...
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Re: ASP.NET Forums - Official Beta Release
Jan 25, 2011 05:54 AM|LINK
in this new forums, where we post the question , reading the question or comment give a lil strain to the eye.
and the design seems to be having a lot of empty spaces everywhere, it may be because of my love with the current
look and feel of this forum.
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Re: ASP.NET Forums - Official Beta Release
Jan 25, 2011 06:07 AM|LINK
First of all thanks a lot tmessbauer for announcement of beta version of new forum.
I will start using it and provide the feedback. :)
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tmessbauer
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Re: ASP.NET Forums - Official Beta Release
Jan 25, 2011 06:11 AM|LINK
There should be some major performance improvements due to overall optimization. The page weight, css size, and number of requests are reduced dramatically. The create post page should be an area with very noticeable performance gains.
From a feature perspective, here is a partial list of some things that have changed. A more comprehensive list may be coming.
Technical architect
Rajneesh Ver...
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Re: ASP.NET Forums - Official Beta Release
Jan 25, 2011 06:22 AM|LINK
I have raised this question because on first time when i click on the link it opens old website.
Thanks, Mr. tmessbauer
So i started feedback with one UI error have a look on image:
Also i raised earlier question about Friends system at that time Terry made one more option as My Fans.
see below link:
http://forums.asp.net/p/1488275/3492835.aspx
Again i am telling that Friends mean two way (Common). or make two options as
1. Friends
2. Following
Thanks.
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Yasser Shaik...
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Re: ASP.NET Forums - Official Beta Release
Jan 25, 2011 06:31 AM|LINK
EDIT MY PROFILE, SEARCH, link dosnt work, it give me your famous error message.
Sorry, an error has occurred...
msadeqian
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Re: ASP.NET Forums - Official Beta Release
Jan 25, 2011 07:11 AM|LINK
it just
Sorry, an error has occurred...
and no more.
rtpHarry
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Re: ASP.NET Forums - Official Beta Release
Jan 25, 2011 09:00 AM|LINK
Really excited at the visual refresh so please dont take all my negative comments to heart, just honest feedback [:)]
<div class="CommonFormFieldName"> Non matching quote blocks in post" and it wasn't clear what was going on straight away... </div>
Unrelated to the forums
Ok thats enough at the moment, I will keep notes though as I get more familiar with the new system [:)]
rtpHarry
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Re: ASP.NET Forums - Official Beta Release
Jan 25, 2011 09:08 AM|LINK
Also noticed: