Migration Related Feedback & Questions (1 Viewer)

[Adam Gregorich]

I am receiving one email for every new post in every thread that I watch. I thought I shut this off in my preferences by unchecking "replies to watched threads" in my alert preferences, but I am still receiving numerous emails every hour. Can this be shut off?

Yes. Give me a bit. It has to do with threads you were subscribed to notifications on before the conversion.

 

[Dave Upton]

I don't know if it's a Gmail issue or the way HTF"s email notifications are formatted (GMail claims it's HTF's fault), but the majority of my emails from HTF are still getting sent directly to the spam folder.

I think I'm going to have to create a filter to address it for now.

We're still working on it. It's just an out of date SPF record.

 

[Adam Gregorich]

Is it possible that the new 420 character limit restriction for messaging might eventually be lifted? I had to severely edit a message that I've just sent, and never had to do this under the old setup!

CHEERS!

Just to verify this is on a PM?

 

[Tony Bensley]

Just to verify this is on a PM?

Correct. The 420 character limit box popped up when I attempted to send.

 

[Nigel P]

Lack of navigation bar at the bottom was my only issue and that has now been fixed so I am happy with the new look.

 

[Mike Frezon]

What seems to be happening is a delay. I thought if I refresh the screen it would pick up the new image but that's not it. Maybe you have to wait some minutes before the new uploaded image displays.

And now I'm seeing Wonderful World of Brothers Grimm...

 

[rayman1701]

Nice with the bottom navigation bar at the bottom already! I do enjoy that the site loads so much faster now on my iPad, I'm using the free site with the ads. I did have an error and reload, probably from an ad, which would happen often at times with the old site, but it reloaded much faster after the error. Still annoying to have happen, but I know if it bothered me too much I could just upgrade to the premium site and not have to bother with it.

 

[Adam Gregorich]

We aren't done tuning it yet either so we are hoping to be able to get it to be a smidge faster. Speaking for only myself I have been impressed with how well it runs with the same experience on my desktop, Windows Phone, and iPad. We fixed some glitches with our home page and Firefox this morning. Still have a few other tweaks and new menu in the works too.

 

[David Weicker]

Another question - sorry if it was already asked and answered.

You used to be able to see member's first names . Was that a conscious decision to not show it anymore?

 

[Adam Gregorich]

Another question - sorry if it was already asked and answered.

You used to be able to see member's first names . Was that a conscious decision to not show it anymore?

No in fact we "lost" them with our last conversion a few years ago and we went back and re-imported them to have. All that information is under the Avatars on the left of the screen:

 

[Professor Echo]

I do enjoy that the site loads so much faster now on my iPad, I'm using the free site with the ads. I did have an error and reload, probably from an ad, which would happen often at times with the old site, but it reloaded much faster after the error. Still annoying to have happen, but I know if it bothered me too much I could just upgrade to the premium site and not have to bother with it.

Wait a minute. Are you saying this new system STILL crashes and reloads on the iPad? One of the reasons I abandoned HTF for Blu-Ray.com was because I could never get HTF to format on my iPad. Pages would constantly crash and then reload. I moved over to Tapatalk, but that had its own set of quirks which can be just as annoying. I largely left HTF as a result of its incompatibility with iPads.

If you're saying now the new HTF will only consistently work properly on an iPad if you pay for a subscription, I don't see much reason to return in any substantial way. I hope that won't be the case.

 

[Adam Gregorich]

Wait a minute. Are you saying this new system STILL crashes and reloads on the iPad? One of the reasons I abandoned HTF for Blu-Ray.com was because I could never get HTF to format on my iPad. Pages would constantly crash and then reload. I moved over to Tapatalk, but that had its own set of quirks which can be just as annoying. I largely left HTF as a result of its incompatibility with iPads.

If you're saying now the new HTF will only consistently work properly on an iPad if you pay for a subscription, I don't see much reason to return in any substantial way. I hope that won't be the case.

Rayman had a single hiccup while browsing on his iPad, the opposite of a consistent experience I would just suggest you try it for yourself. I'm sure you will find it much improved over the old site. It should format nicely on your iPad. Rayman was guessing it could be ad related, its also just as or even more likely that it was due to our still tweaking the site and servers. We did one of our biggest conversions ever just a few days ago and have been making daily tweaks to fine tune things, unfortunately those tweaks can sometimes cause momentary hiccups.

 

[Dave Upton]

Wait a minute. Are you saying this new system STILL crashes and reloads on the iPad? One of the reasons I abandoned HTF for Blu-Ray.com was because I could never get HTF to format on my iPad. Pages would constantly crash and then reload. I moved over to Tapatalk, but that had its own set of quirks which can be just as annoying. I largely left HTF as a result of its incompatibility with iPads.

If you're saying now the new HTF will only consistently work properly on an iPad if you pay for a subscription, I don't see much reason to return in any substantial way. I hope that won't be the case.

I would submit that our site now works better on mobile phones and tablets than any of the others. Give it a try and let us know, we are always happy to get feedback.

 

[Carabimero]

Is it my imagination or are there far fewer recent replies than their used to be (and weren't they called something different)? That's where I always looked first, and now the pickings are slim.

 

[Dave Upton]

Is it my imagination or are there far fewer recent replies than their used to be (and weren't they called something different)? That's where I always looked first, and now the pickings are slim.

There's new posts in the top left - that is basically the same thing as New Content on our old platform. Your own subscribed threads are under Tools -> Watched Threads

 

[Professor Echo]

Rayman had a single hiccup while browsing on his iPad, the opposite of a consistent experience I would just suggest you try it for yourself. I'm sure you will find it much improved over the old site. It should format nicely on your iPad. Rayman was guessing it could be ad related, its also just as or even more likely that it was due to our still tweaking the site and servers. We did one of our biggest conversions ever just a few days ago and have been making daily tweaks to fine tune things, unfortunately those tweaks can sometimes cause momentary hiccups.

I would submit that our site now works better on mobile phones and tablets than any of the others. Give it a try and let us know, we are always happy to get feedback.

Thanks, Adam and Dave! I'll definitely give it a try.

 

[David Weicker]

No in fact we "lost" them with our last conversion a few years ago and we went back and re-imported them to have. All that information is under the Avatars on the left of the screen:

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I wasn't seeing this information in 'portrait' mode on my IPhone.

I also didn't see it on the person's Profile screen.

It is visible on the thread in 'landscape' mode.

Thanks

 

[RolandL]

And now I'm seeing Wonderful World of Brothers Grimm...

Weird. I see 2001: a space odyssey for this post but, when I click on the image I see Krakatoa East of Java

 

[RMajidi]

HTF has been stable and fast on my iPad over the first few days of usage. I'd describe the performance improvement over the prior platform as being substantial.

I understand that the old International sub-forum has now been removed and all its threads tagged as 'International' in the Blu-ray forum. I can live with tag navigation, but I wonder if HTF can add a convenience as follows for those of us who frequented the International sub-forum...

Would HTF admin please sticky-pin Robin9 's BLU-RAY DISCS FROM GERMANY thread in the Blu-ray forum? This would serve a couple of useful purposes:

Firstly, this very popular thread would always be readily accessible near the top of the Blu-ray forum list.

Secondly, there would be a guarantee that an 'International' tag is always available near the top of the Blu-ray forum list. Interested users would simply need to go to the Blu-ray forum and click on the International tag attached to the german thread and they'd see a filtered view containing all the International threads. So, basically a two-click step to reach these threads - the same as it was in the old forum.

N.B. IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE 3-D is currently sticky-pinned and I'm happy that it is (and I also use its International tag as a quick filter), but I imagine it'll be de-pinned some time after release; whereas Robin's german thread will no doubt remain a consistently popular HTF destination over the long-haul.

 

[Dave Upton]

HTF has been stable and fast on my iPad over the first few days of usage. I'd describe the performance improvement over the prior platform as being substantial.

I understand that the old International sub-forum has now been removed and all its threads tagged as 'International' in the Blu-ray forum. I can live with tag navigation, but I wonder if HTF can add a convenience as follows for those of us who frequented the International sub-forum...

Would HTF admin please sticky-pin Robin9 's BLU-RAY DISCS FROM GERMANY thread in the Blu-ray forum? This would serve a couple of useful purposes:

Firstly, this very popular thread would always be readily accessible near the top of the Blu-ray forum list.

Secondly, there would be a guarantee that an 'International' tag is always available near the top of the Blu-ray forum list. Interested users would simply need to go to the Blu-ray forum and click on the International tag attached to the german thread and they'd see a filtered view containing all the International threads. So, basically a two-click step to reach these threads - the same as it was in the old forum.

N.B. IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE 3-D is currently sticky-pinned and I'm happy that it is (and I also use its International tag as a quick filter), but I imagine it'll be de-pinned some time after release; whereas Robin's german thread will no doubt remain a consistently popular HTF destination over the long-haul.

Done.