This Forum. Why so basic?

Due to the age of the forum i think a lot of the design choices have been decided through experience. They probably removed the pvt msg system due to abuse. They removed the avatar due to abuse. They don't add more smilie because they are annoying. But as for the theme and lack of embed button. I think that is just due to the version of the forum software. But i am just guessing.
 
Why would anyone want all the extras? Maybe if they're kids and want that hilarious gif as an avatar but really, who cares about avatars or big sigs?

I do agree on the youtube front but maybe that'll get sorted if Maccy is on the case.
 
jaybee said:
I must admit for the size and popularity of this forum I sometimes expect/want more. I would like to see a PM system and forum themes to have a more silver/grey/black possible theme. Would also like it to work in Chrome without the avatar user area being too wide and mucking up the layout. Anyone know what I mean and know how to fix that?

EDIT: I also run all forums with avatars and sigs off so that doesn't matter to me at all. I hate them on.
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mine looks the same on chrome and IE :confused:

I don't like the idea of PMs, we have trust which does the job.

I don't get the issue with the colour scheme either, its easy to read and isn't in your face.
 
ANONANON said:
I'm a member of many forums and this is one of the biggest yet most basic i've seen. The default blue which which is just vile and if i'm not mistaken, the only way to change it is to user a browser plugin, then you've got no private message system, no custom avatar choice, no extra smilies and the biggest one for me is the no simple way to embed a youtube video. (yes i do know how but what a load of faffing about)

So why is a computer forum that specialises in high end computers and have tens of 1000's of members have the most basic forum out there?
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Easy to use, still running after a long time, don't need features!
 
I've been on many forums and to be honest, OcUK is one of the easier to use, tidier, and in a lot of cases better ones. It's also free, which is a bonus.
 
ANONANON said:
I'm a member of many forums and this is one of the biggest yet most basic i've seen. The default blue which which is just vile and if i'm not mistaken, the only way to change it is to user a browser plugin, then you've got no private message system, no custom avatar choice, no extra smilies and the biggest one for me is the no simple way to embed a youtube video. (yes i do know how but what a load of faffing about)

So why is a computer forum that specialises in high end computers and have tens of 1000's of members have the most basic forum out there?
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Added features is added bandwidth and with a forum this large thats extra resources and more mods required to help keep things in order. Its nice to have a uniform forum thats busy but not "busy" and where are lots of things to look at and read without having to look at things you otherwise cant be bothered with :)
 
ANONANON said:
I'm a member of many forums and this is one of the biggest yet most basic i've seen. The default blue which which is just vile and if i'm not mistaken, the only way to change it is to user a browser plugin, then you've got no private message system, no custom avatar choice, no extra smilies and the biggest one for me is the no simple way to embed a youtube video. (yes i do know how but what a load of faffing about)

So why is a computer forum that specialises in high end computers and have tens of 1000's of members have the most basic forum out there?
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You've just answered your own question, why does it need any extra features if it's the 'biggest' forum you've seen?
 
Simple also loads fastest, even without a mobile version, this forum loads fine unlike many 'desktop view' forums, slow and painful to load when I decide to use my phone to browse.
 
The last thing I want is a Tapatalk thing added this forum. It works perfectly well on my smartphone with the standard display. If there were a Tapatalk addin then I'd get really fed up with it popping up all the time telling me that there's an app available which I don't want to use because it offers me nothing. Modern smartphones are able to display full web content so well that using an app for a forum is a waste of time.
 
VelvetAcid said:
You've just answered your own question, why does it need any extra features if it's the 'biggest' forum you've seen?
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this, just this.

other forums use all the other stuff to attract new members. OCUK doesn't need to do this as the content itself is enough to make people join and stay.
 
This is no doubt the best forum I frequent. As said already Content > Gimmicks. It's the community that makes a forum

You dislike the blue, Most of us dont mind it, If anything its somewhat of a trademark of the site now. It's hardly vile, It's just.... blue.
 
I really enjoy how easy to browse this forum is.

Many forums I know using newer themes and layouts but im not here for the visuals.
 
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