I've found the new forum upgrade has made the forum a bit more snappy for me, less lag between pages and posts are pretty much instant.
 
Also, is the search function working? I just tried a couple of searches and it couldn't pull any results :(

• I'm not sure if it is slow. I sometimes think so and other times not. I'll see if there are any tweaks to improve page load times.
• Yes additional skins will be available. This is a major upgrade to this software and it is brand new, so nobody has had a chance to write more skins for it yet.
• No. This is by design. Private messages are private! Sending via email isn't secure so that is why the body of the message isn't included in notifications. As an example, my wife can get to my emails though she can't log into the forum.

fredhoon
A couple of observations / questions...
 

• Is it slow for everyone, or just me?
• Will additional skins be available in the future?  I'd prefer something less bubble/icon-like - more compact and faster to render
• Is there an option to send the body of a PM in an email notification in this version, similar to a thread subscription?

TBH I haven't tried it! Will look now.....

Knightrous
 
Also, is the search function working? I just tried a couple of searches and it couldn't pull any results :(

Admin

• No. This is by design. Private messages are private! Sending via email isn't secure so that is why the body of the message isn't included in notifications. As an example, my wife can get to my emails though she can't log into the forum.

Makes sense, is it possible to make this a user settable option?  My email is as secure as this forum software, especially when you consider authentication to the forum can be stored in cookies (keep me logged in checkbox).  I find it more convenient to review the contents of a PM via email when using a phone, eg when at the post office confirming an address for a FS item.
 
 
After a reboot of the trusty laptop, Chrome seems to be accessing the forum at the same speed as the previous version.  IE10 lags pretty bad though, that maybe by design.
 
 
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One more tweak request....

• When clicking on one of the threads in the "unread" or "active" list, can the link take us to the last page of the thread (or last unread page) rather than the first?

If you click on the green "1 hour ago" (or similar) link, it will do what you ask for.

fredhoon
One more tweak request....

• When clicking on one of the threads in the "unread" or "active" list, can the link take us to the last page of the thread (or last unread page) rather than the first?

fredhoon
Makes sense, is it possible to make this a user settable option?  My email is as secure as this forum software, especially when you consider authentication to the forum can be stored in cookies (keep me logged in checkbox).  I find it more convenient to review the contents of a PM via email when using a phone, eg when at the post office confirming an address for a FS item.
 

It's not available at the moment. It would need to be written into the software

Knightrous
Also, is the search function working? I just tried a couple of searches and it couldn't pull any results :(

It wasn't working and sorry for the outage earlier. SQL Server was playing up so I had to reboot the server.
The cause of the search not working was because the full text index was broken. I re-created it and now search works OK.

Dudeman
are we here now, or am I stuck in a vortex - mobile and non-mobile will only take me to this new foreign land...

Manually set it to the mobile theme and it will remember the setting

Cannot get onto the forum at all using my Android phone

It works OK with mine. I have a Motorola Razor.
What is it exactly that you can't get onto?
Does it load at all? Does it load with the mobile or elegant theme? Are you able to log in? Are you logging in with your forum credentials, Facebook, Google or Twitter credentials?
Thanks