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Cyrus

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Quote from: dkbit98 on January 07, 2025, 06:29:22 PM

If I understand correctly that means that in future each member would be able to choose between current ''old'' forum theme, and new style we can see on demo.epochtalk.com?

Pretty sure the current look and feel will be preserved somehow.
And down the road, Bitcointalk's new APIs could lead the way for all sorts of frontends and interactions. Have a look here: Would you like to access Bitcointalk though a console?

Quote from: suchmoon on January 07, 2025, 07:45:02 PM

like not showing the year in the date is terrible UI design but every website and app does that stupid format these days as if 4 extra digits are too expensive to send over the intertubes. User ranks are not shown for some reason but that may be by design as well.

I hear you! Feels like most major sites/apps took a step backwards here. Currently in Epochtalk the year is shown if a post is not from the current year.
Personally I think the year should be included and again displayed as a tooltip on hover.

Quote from: ibminer on January 07, 2025, 08:11:30 PM

From my desktop, the thread listings are all shifted to the left and off-center (same with posts inside of a thread)... this will drive me crazy lol. API sounds nice though, definitely need to check that out.

The layout needs some adjustments, including stretching the content space IMO there's much screen real estate not being used.
And it looks like it might actually be centered, but to the right there's a space for a sidebar.

Catenaccio

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With Tor I get this.

Code:

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The server is currently down for maintenance or over capacity.
Keep hitting this button or come back later. If the problem persists contact an administrator.

Without Tor, it works well.

suchmoon

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Quote from: suchmoon on January 07, 2025, 07:45:02 PM

Seems to be much improved since the last time I attempted to "test" it.

I have to take that back. It looks better but is about as terrible as it's ever been, full of obvious glitches and bugs that make me think Stevie Wonder was the dev lead. I have reported a handful, but bug reporting is also super annoying, I have to type in my e-mail every time, it requires browser and device, which are irrelevant 99% of the time, and they have autocomplete turned off for some inexplicable reason... come on, make it at least so that I can report 100 bugs in an hour, with the ability to paste a screenshot directly into the form. Or better yet, have the devs look at the site and click a few things, it ain't rocket surgery.

ibminer

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Goonies never say die.

From my desktop, the thread listings are all shifted to the left and off-center (same with posts inside of a thread)... this will drive me crazy lol. API sounds nice though, definitely need to check that out.

suchmoon

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Seems to be much improved since the last time I attempted to "test" it. Still doesn't display signatures correctly though.

Not sure what bugs should really be reported... like not showing the year in the date is terrible UI design but every website and app does that stupid format these days as if 4 extra digits are too expensive to send over the intertubes. User ranks are not shown for some reason but that may be by design as well.

dkbit98

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Quote from: theymos on January 06, 2025, 10:27:03 AM

Right now only boards, topics and user-pages are supported, and it's read-only, but over time I'd like this to become an increasingly-useful alternate interface to bitcointalk.org. (Only when it's feature-complete and bug-free would bitcointalk.org switch to Epochtalk.)

If I understand correctly that means that in future each member would be able to choose between current ''old'' forum theme, and new style we can see on demo.epochtalk.com?

PS
New style looks very clean, I just hope someone thinks about adding dark theme switch, in current state it is to bright white for me.

RickDeckard

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This wasn't on my bingo card for early 2025 for sure, it's great to finally take a peak on the Epochtalk, independently of the current state of it. Thank you for this sneak peek! I'll check it out more in depth in the coming days.

Quote from: theymos on January 06, 2025, 10:27:03 AM

(...) Also, if you look at the requests that the site makes, you can see that it has a JSON API; people who run bots might like to check that out, though we don't officially support/recommend relying on this API yet.

Did I read bots? Calling out the scrapping people that I know of - @LocyceV , @TryNinja. This ought to be the start of something interesting.

Cyrus

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Working on my end, will continue testing in the next days.
As someone who's been testing and helping out with the Epochtalk project since the start I know this is long overdue but also glad that it happened.

Beyond testing and reporting, I already have a use case for the read-only demo in mind and here goes my first feature request:
Bring back/port the theming engine ASAP, having a mobile friendly interface with a dark theme switch in the header (Monokai or a custom one) for on the go browsing the forum would be extra nice and I'm pretty sure lots of users and readers would appreciate it Cheesy

Edit:
Here's two very recent discussions regarding mobile and dark mode:
Another Forum Mobile Enhancement Userscript
Dark mode on Android

theymos

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There's now a read-only demo of Epochtalk operating on live bitcointalk.org data which you can check out:
https://demo.epochtalk.com

Right now only boards, topics and user-pages are supported, and it's read-only, but over time I'd like this to become an increasingly-useful alternate interface to bitcointalk.org. (Only when it's feature-complete and bug-free would bitcointalk.org switch to Epochtalk.) Already, some people might like to use the demo on mobile devices, where it often works better than the current site. Also, if you look at the requests that the site makes, you can see that it has a JSON API; people who run bots might like to check that out, though we don't officially support/recommend relying on this API yet.

If you see any bugs, use the "Report a bug" link in the top right of the demo.

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