Hi All I am somehow new here, forgot my old account, and really dont like the new discourse platform, I would prefer something like Elkarte.net an smf 2 thing, yet as guest I could just say Good Luck … ah where are those times at least You know the wheel is wheel now reinventing the same is just wa…

ElkArte is free and looks a bit more like traditional forums, but I think most of us have gotten used to Discourse. Anything — literally anything — is better than the old vBulletin software the old GDF forum ran on.

Welcome back. I don’t remember a NIK. Was that your old handle? And yeah .. this is 1000x better than what we were left to deal with from vBulletin. :wink:

You are entitled to that opinion, but honestly, from this user’s point of view, this forum is so much better than those horribly clunky old bulletin boards. Let’s not even get started on the aesthetics… …no, let’s. I feel a rant coming on. ‘Don’t you dare!’ ‘But I really want to, Please.’ ‘NO!…

That this forum still exists is something of a miracle. I wouldn’t knock the format considering the alternative…

@RedKittieKat Tanks for the Welcome … no this is new profile, previous think was beTon … @Just-B elkarte has also nice themes etc. unique and rare things, above all its free, as I am aware they are the last dev team from smf that pushed for new smf2 platform … @sprout yea depends on on many things…

@NIK You could also do this …if viewing through an app might be more mobil friendly :slight_smile: [image] You can view GDF in a mobile app Download the discourse app, and add Graphic Design Forum to it with the URL: https://www.graphicdesignforum.com Avai…

[image] NIK: @Just-B elkarte has also nice themes etc. unique and rare things, above all its free, as I am aware they are the last dev team from smf that pushed for new smf2 platform … I used to own a forum that ran on phpBB (also free). It was a real pain to upgrade since every upgrade overw…

I’ll not argue Ruby is Ruby, yet the GUI of this platform simply as I’ve pointed is messy … later maybe things will flow like node and every panel to be rearranged as it suits the member, what I like with elkarte is that You can use the categories as subforum and open instantly all threads in a row …

No going in and out. Just go to recent threads. They are all there without having to go to sub forums. Most of the time I don’t even know what channel I’m in when I reply to a post.

ok that suits You, for me is the need for exploring, or if there was massive attack of members surely I’ll always like to check particular subforums instead waiting on the Latest Posts Tab … maybe if can be pushed the main category page like pop’up button in that way this wouldnt be so confusing …

Graphic Design Forum

Hi All

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RedKittieKat June 11, 2021, 8:57pm 7

@NIK You could also do this …if viewing through an app might be more mobil friendly

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