AmiBay upgrades and new features

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Hi everyone,

It's time for some upgrades and new features! Along with some slight visual tweaks and quicker loading of content, we have a few new features/changes:

  • We now support passkeys! This means that you can use fingerprint login, USB security key, face ID etc. to login if you'd like. This isn't mandatory, but just another option since it's secure and easier to use than classic two-factor auth with a one time code. You can set this up in your 'Password and security' settings under 'Your passkeys'.

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  • AmiBay now automatically loads in either light or dark mode based on your device settings. (i.e. if your phone is on dark mode, AmiBay will load in dark mode). You can always change this setting at the bottom of the page using the Light/Dark mode selector. "System" means it will follow your device's settings, or you can forcibly choose Light or Dark.

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  • You now have a private notepad to jot down any sort of notes, images, etc that you'd like. It can be useful to make drafts of a post you're making, or maybe just to keep track of some things. You can quickly open it by using your account dropdown.

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  • Direct message/conversation folders now use a slightly different method. If you were using folders before, you might need to set those up again, sorry for the trouble. But now it's in a much better state.

More new features coming soon. :check:
 
Sorry, it's a step backwards in my opinion. Who's idea was it for using brown on the dark theme? Looks like - well it's a family forum but you get the gist ...

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Can't make new folders in your PM's now neither. There goes my nice "everything in it's place" setup that I've used over the years ... Now I have messages all over the place, mixed up and nowhere to put them.

Layout problems too. On the "What's New" section for example. The Blogs are now fully listed on the bottom of the page, The "Members online" and "Amibay forum Statistics" has now shifted to the right side of the screen. Probably more to discover, and clearly the website wasn't tested before going public.

4/10 ... MUST do better!

Personal comment: Perhaps next time, run the ideas past people by creating a poll with some mock-up's of how it will look and get some feedback beforehand.
 
miggymad said:
Sorry, it's a step backwards in my opinion. Who's idea was it for using brown on the dark theme? Looks like - well it's a family forum but you get the gist ...

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Can't make new folders in your PM's now neither. There goes my nice "everything in it's place" setup that I've used over the years ... Now I have messages all over the place, mixed up and nowhere to put them.

Layout problems too. On the "What's New" section for example. The Blogs are now fully listed on the bottom of the page, The "Members online" and "Amibay forum Statistics" has now shifted to the right side of the screen. Probably more to discover, and clearly the website wasn't tested before going public.

4/10 ... MUST do better!

Personal comment: Perhaps next time, run the ideas past people by creating a poll with some mock-up's of how it will look and get some feedback beforehand.
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Another day, another moan by professional whinger Miggy.
Noted. And ignored.
 
miggymad said:
Probably more to discover, and clearly the website wasn't tested before going public.
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Clearly, your way of giving feedback and making incorrect assumptions hasn't changed.

I'll look into the layout. Conversation folders should now be working. On desktop, they show up on the left hand side. On mobile, you'll see a Navigation button at the top of the Direct Messages menu to open them.
 
The new font is perfect, although I would like it smaller, it's too big for my taste (yes I can still press "Ctrl -"; but it's not the same).
 
@comraider

it wasn't feedback, it was criticism. Praise when it's due, criticism when it's not. If the job is worth doing etc ;)
 
Templar said:
The new font is perfect, although I would like it smaller, it's too big for my taste (yes I can still press "Ctrl -"; but it's not the same).
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It's the same size and weight as before, but a bit "roomier" since it's a semi-expanded font to help with readability, and this can initially seem larger than before. Most fonts become too scrunched together for reading on forums. If your eyes don't get used to it, let me know and I can add an option for sizing. Thanks for the feedback :check:
 
@comraider Fantastic work as usual a complete change from the last ehm... Dev... ( If i can even say that without laughing )

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it wasn't feedback, it was criticism. Praise when it's due, criticism when it's not. If the job is worth doing etc ;)

How you can actually post that at all,, the part "If the job is worth doing etc :)" are you not embarrassed or ashamed at all ? how crass can you actually get. if it wasnt for @comraider stepping in and basically without exaggeration saving the website, Amibay wouldn't be here today. Do you remember what the site was like ?? completely unusable, how many features it has now ??

Anyone who can seriously give a 4/10 for all the hard work done for this, updated, daily ( even hourly ) moderated , relatively safe site that's TOTALLY FREE TO USE WITHOUT ADS or ANY obligation ran by VOLINTEERS giving their personal time for FREE for YOU to moan at and use.


WOW... Just WOW...

take care now,, bye bye ,,

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@Sardine

The criticism was for the end result, not the journey. I stand by my comments 100% and if people can't handle that then no problem.

As you say ... take care now bye bye

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Minor update: we now have enhanced search. The main features:

  • You can use simple search operators like in search engines, such as:
    • Prefix search: accel*
    • Negation: accelerator -pistorm
    • And/Or: accelerator +(blizzard | dce)
  • Autosuggestions now appear when you start to search for anything. As always, you can press enter or hit the search button for the full search results page.
  • "Similar threads" now appear below each thread.
 
Just to give praise.

Been on the Hardware for sale forum (Amiga). Loving the new pictures you get from each sales thread.

Nice update indeed!

Thanks @comraider etc…
 
Boing-ball said:
Just to give praise.

Been on the Hardware for sale forum (Amiga). Loving the new pictures you get from each sales thread.

Nice update indeed!

Thanks @comraider etc…
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That's been around for a little while (y)
 
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