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> That's good enough to use Discourse at all, but the experience will probably be on the unpleasantly slow side. ... an alternate "lite/basic" mode Why does th

> That's good enough to use Discourse at all, but the experience will probably be on the unpleasantly slow side. ... an alternate "lite/basic" mode Why does this need to be the "alternate" choice though? What does current Discourse provide that e.g. PhpBB or the DLang forum do not? (Other than mobile friendly design, which in a sane world shouldn't involve more than a few tweaks to a "responsive" CSS stylesheet).

Cacti 3y ago
Voice, video, realtime interaction, a devoted user base, an incredible amount of money…
- a_bored_husky 3y ago
  Discourse, not Discord.
  - Cacti 3y ago
    whoopsie. thanks.
- zelphirkalt 3y ago
  What do you mean by voice and video? Why would I want to have voice in a forum? I think that would be akin to receiving voice messages in messengers. Or do you mean, that for these kinds of things a widget can be displayed? That certainly is possible in old style forums. It is just HTML, an embed code away.
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mardifoufs 3y ago
I like the scroll view in discourse. Makes it super easy to follow a thread. The subthreads and replies are also easier to use. The search is better, the ability to upvote makes it better for some use cases, and in general phpbb is a mess in terms of actually being able to see what's useful and what threads are relevant. I think flipping the question makes more sense, why do you think some forums switched to or started using discourse instead of just using phpbb? I can guarantee you that it's not just to follow a fad or whatever, most niche or support forums don't care about that.
- BlueTemplar 3y ago
  Discourse still offers a worse experience than phpBB though, even if you use a fast device.
- ParetoOptimal 3y ago
  I do think trendiness and modern feeling uis are requirements for most forums these days from most perspectives. I say this as someone that frequently uses and enjoys both rue brutalist design of a text web browser and the emacs mastodon client.
AJ007 3y ago
I was thinking about this when I saw this post earlier today. Why shouldn't the default be: does this website work in Lynx? I think that's a damn good baseline. And in response to the other parent post, on a (almost) new iPhone, both news sites & Twitter continuously crash and reload for me. I'm not sure what the state of these other popular sites are because I don't use them.

Cacti 3y ago

Voice, video, realtime interaction, a devoted user base, an incredible amount of money…

a_bored_husky 3y ago
Discourse, not Discord.
- Cacti 3y ago
  whoopsie. thanks.
zelphirkalt 3y ago
What do you mean by voice and video? Why would I want to have voice in a forum? I think that would be akin to receiving voice messages in messengers. Or do you mean, that for these kinds of things a widget can be displayed? That certainly is possible in old style forums. It is just HTML, an embed code away.
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mardifoufs 3y ago

I like the scroll view in discourse. Makes it super easy to follow a thread. The subthreads and replies are also easier to use. The search is better, the ability to upvote makes it better for some use cases, and in general phpbb is a mess in terms of actually being able to see what's useful and what threads are relevant. I think flipping the question makes more sense, why do you think some forums switched to or started using discourse instead of just using phpbb? I can guarantee you that it's not just to follow a fad or whatever, most niche or support forums don't care about that.

BlueTemplar 3y ago
Discourse still offers a worse experience than phpBB though, even if you use a fast device.
ParetoOptimal 3y ago
I do think trendiness and modern feeling uis are requirements for most forums these days from most perspectives. I say this as someone that frequently uses and enjoys both rue brutalist design of a text web browser and the emacs mastodon client.

AJ007 3y ago

I was thinking about this when I saw this post earlier today. Why shouldn't the default be: does this website work in Lynx? I think that's a damn good baseline. And in response to the other parent post, on a (almost) new iPhone, both news sites & Twitter continuously crash and reload for me. I'm not sure what the state of these other popular sites are because I don't use them.