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Redesign overall this forum interface and "functionality"
Redesign overall this forum interface and "functionality" Redesign overall this archaic and cumbersome over 10 years old forum interface and "functionality" of the forum section!
The overall lack of intuitive, recognizable and utility leaves much to desire! Not much if anything seems to be intuitive in layout and design about this forum.
For example: If I no longer want to follow a group or thread, it is a completely illogical journey trying to find how to disable, dis-join notifications. considering that I'm logged in to begin with. No other forum out there is set up like that.
Make the "unfollow" function available at the relevant thread like any other forums do and not somewhere else irrelevant hidden in the personal profile section as in "my watch"!
Then, after having deselected all posts/threads not wanting to "follow" any longer, yesterday September 6, I get bombarded with 7 new messages originating from webmaster@eteks.com starting at 3:08 AM (PDT) until 12 noon today September 7, about Mail/thread updates from the just dis-joined messages!!!
THAT WAS NOT THE PURPOSE AND MY INTEND! I clearly dis-joined all messages and postings were I had previously chosen to be notified. Now I get even more notified!?
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To add one more thing to all, I got recently a reply notification that was written 2 years ago to me upon the post that was written by me 2½ years ago! DUH? What's the point? What's the logic?
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Re: Redesign overall this forum interface and "functionality"
I agree that the forum software could use some modernization. But if I asked for it, I would do so in a more friendly way...😀
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The website: "https://mvnforum.com/" no longer exists at the domain is for sale for an absurd amount.
The 2nd domain under the copyright claim, "MyVietnam.net" appears, while the domain registry info exists, to be also nonexistent.
All this, in a day and age of constant update mania about all and everything all the time, all the way to total annoyance, there appears this island of total stagnation when nothing happened in over a decade!
Just a few of my observations shared.
Lastly, why the PS? Why not updating my preceding message? Because so far I have found it impossible to find anywhere how to edit/correct/amend an existing by me created message. At least I could not find anything in the logical places I looked for.
From all the other forums in all the towns in all the worlds out there, none of them have such an archaic interface and lack of [user-friendly] functionality.
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Re: Redesign overall this forum interface and "functionality"
I saw many boards full of spam robots… Here only the forum is the spam robot. That has no price…
Seriously, I don't think it would be easy to get help and documentation for this old Vietnamese forum to migrate to something more modern, without losing the old threads, encoding, attachments and stuff. It would at least be a full-time job and a full rebuild, but for how long, what result? Sometimes you know what you're losing, not what you're gaining.
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Re: Redesign overall this forum interface and "functionality"
I have to agree with LaVache. Unless there's a really good way to merge the current threads to a different forum we're better of with what we have. OK, it might be a little archaic and old-fashioned but it does what it has to do. There's not much other "modern" software can do better.
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I agree with LaVache and Keet. I remember there was a change of forum server in the past (2013 or 2014) and was lost many things. Of course, every thing could be improved but not all new fashions is good (not for me). This forum at least have and keep colors which was abandoned by SH3D icons. I dislike this minimalist fashion designed for old mobile devices. I also dislike the mobile devices (old and new) including laptops.
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Re: Redesign overall this forum interface and "functionality"
Why not updating my preceding message? Because so far I have found it impossible to find anywhere how to edit/correct/amend an existing by me created message. At least I could not find anything in the logical places I looked for.
Because that is deliberatly blocked to avoid spam which at one time was a problem. Some users are allowed to edit their posts because they have proven to be active and helpful participants and a such have proven to not be a spammer. You can request the option to be opened for you but you will have to take the responsibility to use it wise. Otherwise you can wait for the Advanced Member status which I think automatically adds the edit option.
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Otherwise you can wait for the Advanced Member status which I think automatically adds the edit option.
I'm an Advanced Member and I do not have the option to edit, so it is not automatically granted. (Not unless I since earned a punishment of losing the ability for some transgression I'm unaware of.)
I saw many boards full of spam robots… Here only the forum is the spam robot. 
