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| artag:
--- Quote from: voltsandjolts on November 26, 2022, 11:32:53 am ---I blame millennial web designers. --- End quote --- Indeed. Unfortunately a great deal of web design is still in the era of 1980s DTP with all those colours and fonts - using features because they're there, not because they're wanted or needed. |
| SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: voltsandjolts on November 26, 2022, 11:32:53 am ---As SiliWiz said, one common meeting place is the best option, this forum. A few folks have commented that this SMF forum software and appearance could do with some tweaks or updating....I would say if changing anything please only make very minor changes. I find the usablility and presentation of this forum to be by far the least worst I have encountered out there on the web. Yes, it may look a bit 1996, but that is far better than the modern-style forums which have so much waisted space and glitzy graphic BS. The density of text / information is just right here, IMHO. Perhaps its for the same reason that I would say DigiKey has the best component vendor site (despite recent negative changes). It's just well presented, mostly correct, searchable text info. Farnell and RS are just so clunky in comparison. I blame millennial web designers. --- End quote --- Ahah, yeah. I do find Mouser's site better than Digikey's though. Easier to find stuff with (usually) more criterions. But Digikey tends to hold more parts. |
| artag:
--- Quote from: Jackster on November 24, 2022, 11:56:47 pm ---Note, the Fediverse is P2P, with no central node that needs to scale. Just thought I would add that in. Instances connect with each other. Users are the ones that start the connections between nodes. --- End quote --- An interesting article on scalability here : https://mastodon.social/@shantyworld/109411546548031693 |
| Jackster:
--- Quote from: artag on November 26, 2022, 08:12:06 pm --- --- Quote from: Jackster on November 24, 2022, 11:56:47 pm ---Note, the Fediverse is P2P, with no central node that needs to scale. Just thought I would add that in. Instances connect with each other. Users are the ones that start the connections between nodes. --- End quote --- An interesting article on scalability here : https://mastodon.social/@shantyworld/109411546548031693 --- End quote --- Interesting read. The defacto standards idea is somewhat problematic though in my view of a decentralised network (outside of technology level standards). The idea of having said standards is gatekeeping and centralises what is and is not allowed on the network. Which is fine if you agree with what standards are being set but if you don't, well you are no longer in the network. Hate speech is a great example as everyone has their own definition of it and level as to where they draw the line between saying mean things and actual hate towards an individual or group off prime. Very easy to become the arbiters of free speech when it is your loud voice telling everyone what the rules are. This is the problem with the current social media websites and now they want to become like them... |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: voltsandjolts on November 26, 2022, 11:32:53 am ---As SiliWiz said, one common meeting place is the best option, this forum. A few folks have commented that this SMF forum software and appearance could do with some tweaks or updating....I would say if changing anything please only make very minor changes. I find the usablility and presentation of this forum to be by far the least worst I have encountered out there on the web. Yes, it may look a bit 1996, but that is far better than the modern-style forums which have so much waisted space and glitzy graphic BS. The density of text / information is just right here, IMHO. --- End quote --- The idea of updating the forum software to something slightly more modern and commercial like XenForo has been floated before, but generally people don't like any change. As you said, very minor if anything. The problem with SMF is that basically hasn't been updated for forever, and mod packages have issues with versions etc. The current SMF software running now is already a huge hodgepodge of mod plugins and even some custom stuff. |
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