Comment by Paul Mather on June 2, 2012 at 12:59pm

Chris, with 25,000 users, isn't it time to look into a real forum package? It seems like Ning is perfect for a knitting circle...but with this many users, it's really easy to miss plenty of posts when they fall off the first page in less than a day. Then, there's the "popular" threads that only get read by those who have posted in them or subscribed to them. There could be 100 responses, but nobody would know unless they took some action.

 

It would be nice if DIYd was a site like RCG without the heavy handed moderation.

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on June 2, 2012 at 1:29pm

Paul, good points. What we're planning on doing is breaking ArduCopter and ArduPlane onto their own sites, with a combination of a better user manual and better forum software. Meanwhile, DIYD (which was intended to be a blog-led social network, not just a forum) can return to its main focus, which is information, news and idea sharing for the whole amateur UAV community, without being overwhellmed by tech support or discussion of any one platform.

As much as I value RCG, it is just a forum, which is a good platform for discussion but it a daunting place for newcomers to come up to speed. Forums are also a poor platform for visually-driven news and information, the way a blog-led social network like this can be. I think sites like The Verge are a better example.

 

Comment by Ellison Chan on June 2, 2012 at 1:55pm

It's not that bad.  There's always the "Top Content " and "groups" in the right margin.

Wish I this the other day, sitting in the doctor's waiting room.

Comment by Marooned on June 2, 2012 at 3:23pm

I have to load all comments to see "comment" button and post a comment. But I found an issue that completely makes this new layout unusable. Links are JS-based and there is no way to open many articles in the background! I usually open 2 to 8 articles and then read them one by one. Now it's impossible.

Is there a way to switch this mobile layout permanently off (without changing user agent which will affect other sites)?

Comment by Marooned on June 2, 2012 at 3:27pm

Ok, switching to desktop view is probably cookie based and it seems browser remembers it. Case closed.
Mobile layout is a good idea but this time was done badly.

Developer Comment by Sandro Benigno on June 2, 2012 at 3:38pm

Marroned: What is(are) your mobile(s) and browser(s)? It's an important data. E.g. I have no problems with image scale on comments, neither problems on opening a lot of posts at once on tabs by using Dolphin browser on Android (Galaxy S).

Comment by Juan C Ricardo on June 2, 2012 at 10:21pm

No problems with image scale here. HTC thunderbolt OS 2.3 rooted cm 7

Comment by Airfoto.se on June 2, 2012 at 10:49pm

Is it possible to add support for tapatalk?

Comment by Marooned on June 2, 2012 at 11:41pm

Sandro: I know it's an important data (I'm a webdeveloper) - that's why I posted them in y 1st comment here :)

Opera Mobile can't even display this dropdown menu so no way of switching to blogs or desktop view under this browser.

Resizing images in comments doesn't work for me either in Dolphin HD nor built in Android browser.

All of the 3 tested browsers can't open a link in new tab so no opening in the background.

I've check mobile site with some tools and i it looks that JavaScript is affecting links at page load but links look normal (eg. A tag with proper href). Hard to say why all my mobile browsers can't handle them.

Comment by avionics on June 3, 2012 at 12:55am

Hi from Dubai !! yes i ran it and works perfect on the run !! thanks

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