Where are we at with the redesign?

[DoradusMaximus]

In response to post #29807115. #29813455, #29854220, #29860320, #29873390, #29897050, #29899795, #29908335, #29908425, #29914580, #29952060, #29954330, #30409760, #30820730, #31266780, #31266855, #31266935, #31267035, #31267085 are all replies on the same post.

Arethiel wrote: If it ain't broke, better mess with it.

Dark0ne wrote: That sort of thinking is what ensured we moved past the Bronze age/Silver age/Iron age/Dark age/Insert other age of man here.

The point isn't to fix, the point is to innovate and improve with modern times, technology and needs.

Arethiel wrote: There's nothing that needs to be changed about the site to meet "modern needs" though. Maybe a couple things here and there but an entire site redesign is unwarranted. On top of that, people who have been around awhile may in fact have more difficulty navigating a new site thus frustrating them if the redesign is as "modern" as Windows 8 was.

Now maybe the back end of the site needs a redesign due to poor coding or coding that simply was designed with fewer users in mind, but I wouldn't say that it needs to be modernized, probably just fixed (though since I can't see the back end code it's a lot of speculation). I mean, hell, look at C++, that language is old as dirt but it's still the backbone of a lot of back end math engines and is still used quite a bit in the business field. I mean, COBOL is still used by Scott and White Hospital where I live and that came out in the 60s.

With all that said, as a professional programmer and amateur web admin I simply don't see the need here to mess with the user interface since code optimizations can generally be done without affecting the UI or the user at all, other then maybe faster site load times, or functions working more consistently.

Edit: It is also entirely possible I'll change my mind once we see the new site.

DrUlreich wrote: ^this
My greatest fear is thet they make it all white with the 'flat'' design-trend you see nowadays.
Nexusmods' ui is already so cozy

reportagain wrote: it is kinda broke though, if you do a quick search you will see how many f*#@ing glitches and bugs there are by doing certain things. especially after/before loging in.

Linebarrel33 wrote: "That sort of thinking is what ensured we moved past the Bronze age/Silver age/Iron age/Dark age/Insert other age of man here."

No offense of course but that's such a faulty/irrelevant comparison :/ He's just worried that the redesign will ultimately be unintuitive and/or more hampering than what the site is now when it ultimately works already at the end of the day.

BlindJudge wrote: The thing is, we are a little broken... Did you know that this site was originally coded to fit a 1024x768 screen which back in the day was fine, but with over 90% of our users now using at least a 1680px width screen we look very dated with our content as a strip in the middle of the screen.

Did you know that Google now adds weight to sites that are mobile optimised with their latest search algorithm release?

Did you know that some of the biggest responses we got on the surveys was that the site doesn't scale, or that we don't use tags very well to find content, that search is under-utilised and broken? We can address all of these and so much more with new web innovations, optimised code and some love and affection put towards a responsive design.

The survey results, our analytics and our users tell us a lot...

We are and will continue to try our hardest to provide you with a site that will help you find the mods that you are after, be they huge campaigns or little graphical tweaks, additional missions or a complete overhaul.

We are working to the ethos of: intuitive, functional, visual.

The site will be a long time in development, this is not an overnight project and will be released alongside the current site to enable people to report anything they find and get used to it. I have every faith in our team and users to help us achieve all our goals.

morpheas768 wrote: @Dark0ne:
Yes, because advancing through entire civilizations and technologies = the same as a web-redesign of a site. /sarcasm
This little phrase of the Ages can be used to justify any sort of change, be it small or massive.

But in any case, this analogy of yours is very very poor. Mostly because the "innovations" that you are implying are not true innovations, its things that have already been done by other websites, and the technology that you mentioned is already tried and tested.

Also, the Dark Ages were horrible times that humanity wishes it never happened since it brought us back in the past, for a while, it did not move us forward.

P.S. Not trying to bash on you guys, its just that this analogy is very poor indeed.

Halleytes3 wrote: The site as it is now is pretty ugly. There's a lot of unused space, it's slow to navigate (it could be a lot better), changing pages is glitching, whenever I load the next page it doesn't scroll me back up, the menus are ugly, the font family is bad, a Calibri or a Helvetica, or a Gibson or Lucida Sans would be a lot nicer. Anyway, this Trebuchet MS has to be changed. The navbar is outdated too, and I think that the space could be used a lot more efficiently. And to finish it, the website is heavy. A lot. I don't know if it's the server-side's fault, but I think it needs better writing anyway.
And as he said, renovate to meet modern times it's not the looks only, but the structure as well. WebDesign has evolved, HTML5 and CSS3 is here and it's always improving, JavaScript is a lot more powerful too. The new tools are here but aren't being used. Why is that important? Cause it can make everything faster and prettier. So yes, I does need a complete redesign.
Regarding Windows 8. The problem never was that it's hard to use, but that it was different. Elder people who never used any of system for a long time always found Win8+ easier to use. It seemed "hard" to old win7 users cause they pretty much lived in that, and then they got something different.

Dark0ne wrote: The analogy was simply making the point that if we just remained content with the status quo and how things were, without evening thinking to improve, we'd be no where. It wasn't particularly hard, though I have enjoyed the pedantic responses to a simple analogy.

95f890be wrote: > but with over 90% of our users now using at least a 1680px width screen

Are you saying you're tracking us?
Javascript is evil.

Halleytes3 wrote: Google analytics for example, mate. :PP

dindunuffins wrote: Are you seriously comparing a site layout to thousands of years of human development? What the f*#@ is wrong with you?

Nadimos wrote: i must say im quite happy with the site/admin/owner. i really dont know what can be improved other then maybe let us sort our tracked mods or let us make a mod collection on the site. but if you try to make this project happen, good luck.

and i probably dont need to say this, but if you really wanna make this try to share the design process with us. maybe put up some votes and screenshots. after that dev, site demo and then switch.

DoradusMaximus wrote: What if nobody likes the new design and the old design is ultimately better?

DoradusMaximus wrote: Dark0ne, You do realize that Arethiel was being sarcastic, right???

DoradusMaximus wrote: The real saying is: If it isn't broken, then don't fix it - Changing things that don't need to be changed creates only confusion, particularly amongst the more experienced advocates.

DoradusMaximus wrote: What spaces are unused? Where are these "problems" you speak of? I occasionally have some slowness due to high traffic, but high traffic has nothing to do with the design of the website interface - it's simply the web servers!

DoradusMaximus wrote: There is NO NEED for a change in interface re-design - doing so would just be annoying to anyone who has used the site before and would need to re-learn how to simply navigate the website.

I really hope you people aren't being stupid just to get our attention: There are more profitable, more long-term solutions to getting more attention other than making a fool out of yourself

[DoradusMaximus]

In response to post #29807115. #29813455, #29854220, #29860320, #29873390, #29897050, #29899795, #29908335, #29908425, #29914580, #29952060, #29954330, #30409760, #30820730, #31266780, #31266855, #31266935, #31267035, #31267085, #31267150 are all replies on the same post.

Arethiel wrote: If it ain't broke, better mess with it.

Dark0ne wrote: That sort of thinking is what ensured we moved past the Bronze age/Silver age/Iron age/Dark age/Insert other age of man here.

The point isn't to fix, the point is to innovate and improve with modern times, technology and needs.

Arethiel wrote: There's nothing that needs to be changed about the site to meet "modern needs" though. Maybe a couple things here and there but an entire site redesign is unwarranted. On top of that, people who have been around awhile may in fact have more difficulty navigating a new site thus frustrating them if the redesign is as "modern" as Windows 8 was.

Now maybe the back end of the site needs a redesign due to poor coding or coding that simply was designed with fewer users in mind, but I wouldn't say that it needs to be modernized, probably just fixed (though since I can't see the back end code it's a lot of speculation). I mean, hell, look at C++, that language is old as dirt but it's still the backbone of a lot of back end math engines and is still used quite a bit in the business field. I mean, COBOL is still used by Scott and White Hospital where I live and that came out in the 60s.

With all that said, as a professional programmer and amateur web admin I simply don't see the need here to mess with the user interface since code optimizations can generally be done without affecting the UI or the user at all, other then maybe faster site load times, or functions working more consistently.

Edit: It is also entirely possible I'll change my mind once we see the new site.

DrUlreich wrote: ^this
My greatest fear is thet they make it all white with the 'flat'' design-trend you see nowadays.
Nexusmods' ui is already so cozy

reportagain wrote: it is kinda broke though, if you do a quick search you will see how many f*#@ing glitches and bugs there are by doing certain things. especially after/before loging in.

Linebarrel33 wrote: "That sort of thinking is what ensured we moved past the Bronze age/Silver age/Iron age/Dark age/Insert other age of man here."

No offense of course but that's such a faulty/irrelevant comparison :/ He's just worried that the redesign will ultimately be unintuitive and/or more hampering than what the site is now when it ultimately works already at the end of the day.

BlindJudge wrote: The thing is, we are a little broken... Did you know that this site was originally coded to fit a 1024x768 screen which back in the day was fine, but with over 90% of our users now using at least a 1680px width screen we look very dated with our content as a strip in the middle of the screen.

Did you know that Google now adds weight to sites that are mobile optimised with their latest search algorithm release?

Did you know that some of the biggest responses we got on the surveys was that the site doesn't scale, or that we don't use tags very well to find content, that search is under-utilised and broken? We can address all of these and so much more with new web innovations, optimised code and some love and affection put towards a responsive design.

The survey results, our analytics and our users tell us a lot...

We are and will continue to try our hardest to provide you with a site that will help you find the mods that you are after, be they huge campaigns or little graphical tweaks, additional missions or a complete overhaul.

We are working to the ethos of: intuitive, functional, visual.

The site will be a long time in development, this is not an overnight project and will be released alongside the current site to enable people to report anything they find and get used to it. I have every faith in our team and users to help us achieve all our goals.

morpheas768 wrote: @Dark0ne:
Yes, because advancing through entire civilizations and technologies = the same as a web-redesign of a site. /sarcasm
This little phrase of the Ages can be used to justify any sort of change, be it small or massive.

But in any case, this analogy of yours is very very poor. Mostly because the "innovations" that you are implying are not true innovations, its things that have already been done by other websites, and the technology that you mentioned is already tried and tested.

Also, the Dark Ages were horrible times that humanity wishes it never happened since it brought us back in the past, for a while, it did not move us forward.

P.S. Not trying to bash on you guys, its just that this analogy is very poor indeed.

Halleytes3 wrote: The site as it is now is pretty ugly. There's a lot of unused space, it's slow to navigate (it could be a lot better), changing pages is glitching, whenever I load the next page it doesn't scroll me back up, the menus are ugly, the font family is bad, a Calibri or a Helvetica, or a Gibson or Lucida Sans would be a lot nicer. Anyway, this Trebuchet MS has to be changed. The navbar is outdated too, and I think that the space could be used a lot more efficiently. And to finish it, the website is heavy. A lot. I don't know if it's the server-side's fault, but I think it needs better writing anyway.
And as he said, renovate to meet modern times it's not the looks only, but the structure as well. WebDesign has evolved, HTML5 and CSS3 is here and it's always improving, JavaScript is a lot more powerful too. The new tools are here but aren't being used. Why is that important? Cause it can make everything faster and prettier. So yes, I does need a complete redesign.
Regarding Windows 8. The problem never was that it's hard to use, but that it was different. Elder people who never used any of system for a long time always found Win8+ easier to use. It seemed "hard" to old win7 users cause they pretty much lived in that, and then they got something different.

Dark0ne wrote: The analogy was simply making the point that if we just remained content with the status quo and how things were, without evening thinking to improve, we'd be no where. It wasn't particularly hard, though I have enjoyed the pedantic responses to a simple analogy.

95f890be wrote: > but with over 90% of our users now using at least a 1680px width screen

Are you saying you're tracking us?
Javascript is evil.

Halleytes3 wrote: Google analytics for example, mate. :PP

dindunuffins wrote: Are you seriously comparing a site layout to thousands of years of human development? What the f*#@ is wrong with you?

Nadimos wrote: i must say im quite happy with the site/admin/owner. i really dont know what can be improved other then maybe let us sort our tracked mods or let us make a mod collection on the site. but if you try to make this project happen, good luck.

and i probably dont need to say this, but if you really wanna make this try to share the design process with us. maybe put up some votes and screenshots. after that dev, site demo and then switch.

DoradusMaximus wrote: What if nobody likes the new design and the old design is ultimately better?

DoradusMaximus wrote: Dark0ne, You do realize that Arethiel was being sarcastic, right???

DoradusMaximus wrote: The real saying is: If it isn't broken, then don't fix it - Changing things that don't need to be changed creates only confusion, particularly amongst the more experienced advocates.

DoradusMaximus wrote: What spaces are unused? Where are these "problems" you speak of? I occasionally have some slowness due to high traffic, but high traffic has nothing to do with the design of the website interface - it's simply the web servers!

DoradusMaximus wrote: There is NO NEED for a change in interface re-design - doing so would just be annoying to anyone who has used the site before and would need to re-learn how to simply navigate the website.

DoradusMaximus wrote: I really hope you people aren't being stupid just to get our attention: There are more profitable, more long-term solutions to getting more attention other than making a fool out of yourself

Just PLEASE for the love of god do not do a windows 8 on us and completely f*#@ up the whole interface!

[DoradusMaximus]

In response to post #29807115. #29813455, #29854220, #29860320, #29873390, #29897050, #29899795, #29908335, #29908425, #29914580, #29952060, #29954330, #30409760, #30820730, #31266780, #31266855, #31266935, #31267035, #31267085, #31267150, #31267565 are all replies on the same post.

Arethiel wrote: If it ain't broke, better mess with it.

Dark0ne wrote: That sort of thinking is what ensured we moved past the Bronze age/Silver age/Iron age/Dark age/Insert other age of man here.

The point isn't to fix, the point is to innovate and improve with modern times, technology and needs.

Arethiel wrote: There's nothing that needs to be changed about the site to meet "modern needs" though. Maybe a couple things here and there but an entire site redesign is unwarranted. On top of that, people who have been around awhile may in fact have more difficulty navigating a new site thus frustrating them if the redesign is as "modern" as Windows 8 was.

Now maybe the back end of the site needs a redesign due to poor coding or coding that simply was designed with fewer users in mind, but I wouldn't say that it needs to be modernized, probably just fixed (though since I can't see the back end code it's a lot of speculation). I mean, hell, look at C++, that language is old as dirt but it's still the backbone of a lot of back end math engines and is still used quite a bit in the business field. I mean, COBOL is still used by Scott and White Hospital where I live and that came out in the 60s.

With all that said, as a professional programmer and amateur web admin I simply don't see the need here to mess with the user interface since code optimizations can generally be done without affecting the UI or the user at all, other then maybe faster site load times, or functions working more consistently.

Edit: It is also entirely possible I'll change my mind once we see the new site.

DrUlreich wrote: ^this
My greatest fear is thet they make it all white with the 'flat'' design-trend you see nowadays.
Nexusmods' ui is already so cozy

reportagain wrote: it is kinda broke though, if you do a quick search you will see how many f*#@ing glitches and bugs there are by doing certain things. especially after/before loging in.

Linebarrel33 wrote: "That sort of thinking is what ensured we moved past the Bronze age/Silver age/Iron age/Dark age/Insert other age of man here."

No offense of course but that's such a faulty/irrelevant comparison :/ He's just worried that the redesign will ultimately be unintuitive and/or more hampering than what the site is now when it ultimately works already at the end of the day.

BlindJudge wrote: The thing is, we are a little broken... Did you know that this site was originally coded to fit a 1024x768 screen which back in the day was fine, but with over 90% of our users now using at least a 1680px width screen we look very dated with our content as a strip in the middle of the screen.

Did you know that Google now adds weight to sites that are mobile optimised with their latest search algorithm release?

Did you know that some of the biggest responses we got on the surveys was that the site doesn't scale, or that we don't use tags very well to find content, that search is under-utilised and broken? We can address all of these and so much more with new web innovations, optimised code and some love and affection put towards a responsive design.

The survey results, our analytics and our users tell us a lot...

We are and will continue to try our hardest to provide you with a site that will help you find the mods that you are after, be they huge campaigns or little graphical tweaks, additional missions or a complete overhaul.

We are working to the ethos of: intuitive, functional, visual.

The site will be a long time in development, this is not an overnight project and will be released alongside the current site to enable people to report anything they find and get used to it. I have every faith in our team and users to help us achieve all our goals.

morpheas768 wrote: @Dark0ne:
Yes, because advancing through entire civilizations and technologies = the same as a web-redesign of a site. /sarcasm
This little phrase of the Ages can be used to justify any sort of change, be it small or massive.

But in any case, this analogy of yours is very very poor. Mostly because the "innovations" that you are implying are not true innovations, its things that have already been done by other websites, and the technology that you mentioned is already tried and tested.

Also, the Dark Ages were horrible times that humanity wishes it never happened since it brought us back in the past, for a while, it did not move us forward.

P.S. Not trying to bash on you guys, its just that this analogy is very poor indeed.

Halleytes3 wrote: The site as it is now is pretty ugly. There's a lot of unused space, it's slow to navigate (it could be a lot better), changing pages is glitching, whenever I load the next page it doesn't scroll me back up, the menus are ugly, the font family is bad, a Calibri or a Helvetica, or a Gibson or Lucida Sans would be a lot nicer. Anyway, this Trebuchet MS has to be changed. The navbar is outdated too, and I think that the space could be used a lot more efficiently. And to finish it, the website is heavy. A lot. I don't know if it's the server-side's fault, but I think it needs better writing anyway.
And as he said, renovate to meet modern times it's not the looks only, but the structure as well. WebDesign has evolved, HTML5 and CSS3 is here and it's always improving, JavaScript is a lot more powerful too. The new tools are here but aren't being used. Why is that important? Cause it can make everything faster and prettier. So yes, I does need a complete redesign.
Regarding Windows 8. The problem never was that it's hard to use, but that it was different. Elder people who never used any of system for a long time always found Win8+ easier to use. It seemed "hard" to old win7 users cause they pretty much lived in that, and then they got something different.

Dark0ne wrote: The analogy was simply making the point that if we just remained content with the status quo and how things were, without evening thinking to improve, we'd be no where. It wasn't particularly hard, though I have enjoyed the pedantic responses to a simple analogy.

95f890be wrote: > but with over 90% of our users now using at least a 1680px width screen

Are you saying you're tracking us?
Javascript is evil.

Halleytes3 wrote: Google analytics for example, mate. :PP

dindunuffins wrote: Are you seriously comparing a site layout to thousands of years of human development? What the f*#@ is wrong with you?

Nadimos wrote: i must say im quite happy with the site/admin/owner. i really dont know what can be improved other then maybe let us sort our tracked mods or let us make a mod collection on the site. but if you try to make this project happen, good luck.

and i probably dont need to say this, but if you really wanna make this try to share the design process with us. maybe put up some votes and screenshots. after that dev, site demo and then switch.

DoradusMaximus wrote: What if nobody likes the new design and the old design is ultimately better?

DoradusMaximus wrote: Dark0ne, You do realize that Arethiel was being sarcastic, right???

DoradusMaximus wrote: The real saying is: If it isn't broken, then don't fix it - Changing things that don't need to be changed creates only confusion, particularly amongst the more experienced advocates.

DoradusMaximus wrote: What spaces are unused? Where are these "problems" you speak of? I occasionally have some slowness due to high traffic, but high traffic has nothing to do with the design of the website interface - it's simply the web servers!

DoradusMaximus wrote: There is NO NEED for a change in interface re-design - doing so would just be annoying to anyone who has used the site before and would need to re-learn how to simply navigate the website.

DoradusMaximus wrote: I really hope you people aren't being stupid just to get our attention: There are more profitable, more long-term solutions to getting more attention other than making a fool out of yourself

DoradusMaximus wrote: Just PLEASE for the love of god do not do a windows 8 on us and completely f*#@ up the whole interface!

PLEASE:
- No windows 8 box fetish
- Keep the color!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Keep navigation generally the same
- ADD WHAT IS NEEDED BUT DO NOT TAKE AWAY WHAT IS NOT BROKEN
- Test your new code for glitches

[DoradusMaximus]

In response to post #29908060.

morpheas768 wrote: Here's the thing: Most people dont like change, especially when it comes to big changes happening fast, and on things that they are well used to/accustomed to.
This is why Google/YouTube introduce their little changes one at a time. Of course YT has gone through some major changes in the past, they generally follow this little rule.

Now, having said that, I am obliged to say that I hate all sorts of change, and in this case even more, since Nexus has one of the best, coziest, user-friendly UI's I've ever seen.
Seriously, visiting your website is a delight, and the ads arent very bad, compared to other sites.
The color scheme is great and fits each game nicely, and the buttons for all important functions are clearly visible and good looking.

What I'm trying to say is, you dont need a redesign from an UI perspective, but since you are aiming for one, please at least try to keep things looking (visually) similar to what you have right now.
And if you are going to introduce major changes to how the sites look, then do them one step at a time, making sure us change-haters sort of ease into it.

Thank you.

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[DoradusMaximus]

In response to post #29908060. #31267745 is also a reply to the same post.

morpheas768 wrote: Here's the thing: Most people dont like change, especially when it comes to big changes happening fast, and on things that they are well used to/accustomed to.
This is why Google/YouTube introduce their little changes one at a time. Of course YT has gone through some major changes in the past, they generally follow this little rule.

Now, having said that, I am obliged to say that I hate all sorts of change, and in this case even more, since Nexus has one of the best, coziest, user-friendly UI's I've ever seen.
Seriously, visiting your website is a delight, and the ads arent very bad, compared to other sites.
The color scheme is great and fits each game nicely, and the buttons for all important functions are clearly visible and good looking.

What I'm trying to say is, you dont need a redesign from an UI perspective, but since you are aiming for one, please at least try to keep things looking (visually) similar to what you have right now.
And if you are going to introduce major changes to how the sites look, then do them one step at a time, making sure us change-haters sort of ease into it.

Thank you.

DoradusMaximus wrote: NEXUS!!!!! LISTEN TO THIS PERSON!!!!!!!!
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If you are to make the site Mobile-Friendly, know this:

- The buttons do not need to be any larger than a user's finger-tip
- Buttons that are too big take up space for other information
- There is always the option of simply making a Nexus Mods App with a mobile-friendly interface.
- As for an interface schematic, I would try to go with something close to the interfaces of the Amazon or Ebay mobile apps - but only instead of buying real-life things your downloading mods (and potentially donating to the mod developer if you like the mod)
- Do not go over-board in trying to simplify the interface - Keep the information, just put it somewhere more convenient Edited December 1, 2015 by DoradusMaximus

[DoradusMaximus]

In response to post #29908060. #31267745, #31268320 are all replies on the same post.

morpheas768 wrote: Here's the thing: Most people dont like change, especially when it comes to big changes happening fast, and on things that they are well used to/accustomed to.
This is why Google/YouTube introduce their little changes one at a time. Of course YT has gone through some major changes in the past, they generally follow this little rule.

Now, having said that, I am obliged to say that I hate all sorts of change, and in this case even more, since Nexus has one of the best, coziest, user-friendly UI's I've ever seen.
Seriously, visiting your website is a delight, and the ads arent very bad, compared to other sites.
The color scheme is great and fits each game nicely, and the buttons for all important functions are clearly visible and good looking.

What I'm trying to say is, you dont need a redesign from an UI perspective, but since you are aiming for one, please at least try to keep things looking (visually) similar to what you have right now.
And if you are going to introduce major changes to how the sites look, then do them one step at a time, making sure us change-haters sort of ease into it.

Thank you.

DoradusMaximus wrote: NEXUS!!!!! LISTEN TO THIS PERSON!!!!!!!!
NEXUS!!!!! LISTEN TO THIS PERSON!!!!!!!!
NEXUS!!!!! LISTEN TO THIS PERSON!!!!!!!!
NEXUS!!!!! LISTEN TO THIS PERSON!!!!!!!!
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NEXUS!!!!! LISTEN TO THIS PERSON!!!!!!!!
NEXUS!!!!! LISTEN TO THIS PERSON!!!!!!!!
NEXUS!!!!! LISTEN TO THIS PERSON!!!!!!!!

DoradusMaximus wrote: If you are to make the site Mobile-Friendly, know this:

- The buttons do not need to be any larger than a user's finger-tip
- Buttons that are too big take up space for other information
- There is always the option of simply making a Nexus Mods App with a mobile-friendly interface.
- As for an interface schematic, I would try to go with something close to the interfaces of the Amazon or Ebay mobile apps - but only instead of buying real-life things your downloading mods (and potentially donating to the mod developer if you like the mod)
- Do not go over-board in trying to simplify the interface - Keep the information, just put it somewhere more convenient

By Making a mobile-app version of the site and keeping the PC/non-mobile-browser version the same, you can please both parties, without loosing support from your loyal fanbase.

[bben46]

@Doradus. Here's your hat. http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww77/Tuarisbucket/Smileys/tinfoil.gif

[Doon1]

Hello Guys. Love this place. I am looking into building a new player abode. Unfortunately The category search under the files drop-down is gone. I use that feature to search or browse files regularly. Will the category's feature be returning or is it gone forever.

 

EDIT: Wow that was fast. 30 seconds and it's back. You guys rock!!! ;)

Edited December 9, 2015 by Doon1

[rockerfahis]

In response to post #30023605.

BurtFreeman wrote: i come across few time in unmotivated post delete.
looking at the term of service, i think a regulation must be done by forum administrator/regulator, for offence and bad beaviour, instead of giving the ability at the modder to hiding even a constructive comment.
this is almost an improper use of the forum, and what it represent since the very first days of it appereance.
in other word, i do not see any motivation to collaborate posting, if my belive can be deleted without any reason.
so in the future redesign of the site you may want to keep in mind this report.
lot of reguards

you should learn english before you go criticizing the nexus' rules about things.

[DuesExMachina301]

In response to post #30023605. #31841170 is also a reply to the same post.

BurtFreeman wrote: i come across few time in unmotivated post delete.
looking at the term of service, i think a regulation must be done by forum administrator/regulator, for offence and bad beaviour, instead of giving the ability at the modder to hiding even a constructive comment.
this is almost an improper use of the forum, and what it represent since the very first days of it appereance.
in other word, i do not see any motivation to collaborate posting, if my belive can be deleted without any reason.
so in the future redesign of the site you may want to keep in mind this report.
lot of reguards

rockerfahis wrote: you should learn english before you go criticizing the nexus' rules about things.

how does his lack of perfect grammar invalidate what he is saying?