Ubuntu uses Discourse as forum software, so clearly they aren't predisposed to making good decisions in general

[alice@mk.nyaa.place]

@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip same tbh

and the project I'm in uses it too ​​

[alice@mk.nyaa.place]

@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip it's honestly amazing how it manages to be worse than the fucking phpbb in pretty much every way other than mobile support

[aurora@toot.queer-lexikon.net]

@volpeon we should've never stopped using phpbb for everything

[volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip]

@alice Funny you mention mobile support. I recently wanted to view a Discourse forum on my phone, and it never got beyond the splash screen. ​​

[alice@mk.nyaa.place]

@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip huh

that I haven't had, may be sth browser-specific+

[volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip]

@alice I swear they wrote the JavaScript code to be as unreliable as possible. I've had this problem on both my computer and phone. But not always. Sometimes disabling some extensions fixes it. Sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes trying another browser works. Sometimes it doesn't.
No other web app in existence causes me as many problems as Discourse.

[alice@mk.nyaa.place]

@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip even even if loads

then you try to use ctrl+c and it intercepts it

[Guest]

@volpeon may I ask what forum software you like the most? I am asking out of genuine curiosity.

And if you really feeling chatty, could you please tell me in a few words why you dislike discourse?

Again, I don't want to start a holly war here, I am being genuinely curious and want to challenge my own perspective.

[Guest]

@volpeon I mean back in 2010-ish, they have partnered up with amazon to send them all searches, included a "amazon app" out of the box in their unity, basically spying on their users, I have no idea what's going on with ubuntu these days, but when all of the above happened I have stopped using ubuntu and didn't pick it up ever since. So I can absolutely agree that they are clearly predisposed to make really awful decisions

[volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip]

@alex Hmm, I think WoltLab Suite Forum (previously Burning Board) is my favorite of the modern ones. I just like how it looks and works, except for the post editor which is only WYSIWYG and based on HTML. It can be janky at times.

The main reason I dislike Discourse is that it somehow just won't work reliably for me. When I open a Discourse forum, chances are it will get stuck on the splash screen and then I have to find out what about my system causes it. But it doesn't always happen, and it aren't always the same steps to get it working. It drives me insane and I have lost any patience to even try to fix it when I encounter a Discourse forum with this problem.

There's more, though. I generally have a hard time getting used to using Discourse. I think it's partly because it presents information in a way that confuses me, but also because the design is extremely minimalistic and bland. Not only does it leave out many information that other forum softwares would show, it also leaves little room for individuality so that all Discourse forums look indistinguishable from one another. Custom rank names, the profile fields shown next to each post, signatures... all of that gave each community a distinct identity even if they kept the default design. Discourse has none of that. You could say "well it's just noise", and maybe that's true, but it doesn't change the fact that every time I see a Discourse forum I'm struck by the sheer blandness of it.

Got a bit ranty, but those are my feelings about it. ​:wvrnFlat:​