• Knockout Development v2 - It's time to start posting on Knockout!
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It's not completely impossible.... https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/109874/88c439ae-f900-4537-bd90-252695f3da7c/fpwashere.png oc
As we all know Gold Member Status is the most important part of Facepunch, without it the forums are basically useless. Will Knockout have such features? Kind Regards, Clive.
So we're divided.....again.... I have no idea if I should keep posting here on FP or move to Knockout already since this is the first time I've heard of it.
You can post on both! Or just do whatever. KOC is here for when FP isn't. KOC might get something like it in the future, it's definitely been considered.
Are there any people who have stuck exclusively to Knockout? It's no fun if this FP is the one that's more unpopular.
I can't go back to being a regular poster. Being Gold has spoiled me.
Facepunch is far more active at this point in time. We don't expect Knockout to overtake FP until FP dies. Knockout was made to replace FP in the future, because FP hasn't been in development for maybe around a year now. Garry shows little interest in FPs upkeep, and has been toying with the idea of shutting it down. So, in the face of this uncertainty, Knockout was born. Whether you want to post here and there at this time is entirely up to you.
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I kinda like the leveling system on facepunch, although it is completely superfluous. Is something like that worth the consideration of the devs? Although to be absolutely honest I am in two minds about it, I kinda like that knockout does not give any indication between who is new and who is a senior. What does other people think?
I think beta testers (early adopters) should stand out from the normal members
At least give me my February stylepunch joindate
User styles aren't good enough. What happens when you browse the site in incognito mode? What if you just lurk, and don't want to create account? Also consider this: most people are going to look at the site and think "wow this looks terrible" and leave. Just like what happened with the transition from vBulletin -> This Forum. Just copy vBulletin! That's how you please everyone. We have been using vBulletin for over a decade, there is no need for this JavaScript React.js crap.
I don't think you have the opinion of "most people", sorry.
I've pushed some more updates out to QA, a large scrolling performance improvement (there is further work needed here, needs more profiling) and a fix for notification bubbles for users who have chosen a non-standard width in their preferences.
Yeah. Sorry. "Some people". I came off a bit too strong there. I just don't want this site to die.
I dunno if it's just me, but the site feels really claustrophobic. I can't quite place my finger on it, but here it's fine, and there every post just seems really zoomed in. I think this is mainly like, when images are posted in threads, there's no sort of scaling, and videos take up a huge chunk of space https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/109834/14337827-7a60-4e8d-b41b-9f369bf07123/image.png As a bit of a nitpick too, I kinda miss being able to see more threads at once, feels harder to quickly scroll through them. (Very much like using new reddit in comparison to old reddit)
I was supposed to be doing some consultancy work this weekend but I'm being drip fed details, I'll see about getting the thread titles and renaming controls tidied up further and try and address the issues with embedding sizes. I think we should be setting a maximum width on images and embedding youtube videos at around a 480p size. If you want bigger, just fullscreen it.
For videos can we actually get 720p and them naturally centred. Was something suggested from the start. 480p is just a bit too small in contrast to the rest of the sites scale. Or just play with it, see which works best (720p when on full width for sure though).
IMHO it's looking pretty good https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/109940/ce0bd786-371e-4e39-88b6-6d9740282261/Knockout1.png https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/109940/fb1cd341-bbbd-4fb5-88f3-c8c1a77e8b3f/Knockout2.png it sorta reminds me of the old FP
2 years and 500 posts to get gold.
It might return as sort of a premium / backer thing - unlikely to be awarded just for posting. KOC will eventually need some sort of monetary funding to stay afloat, so that's one possibility. (we're not backed by a successful game studio)
The hosting costs are basically nothing at the moment and we can pay for it, but eventually a sensibly priced subscription for perks will help us cover the costs.
"very low priority" They have no idea what they are doing if that is the case.
Yeah no clue what they're doing over something so minor and basically unnecessary in the current development, that could change anytime in the future as they keep adding features that it can build upon. Get the fuck off your judgemental high horse.
... I think it's a joke?
Anyhow, we're holding off on glod until we have a better idea to manage how its dished out and come up with some actually meaningful perks for it to have. At the moment its entirely cosmetic so we aren't really rolling it out.
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/450868/accc02f4-bd9d-4043-8e7b-fa76954953c4/screencapture-lite-knockout-local-2019-05-19-02_29_11.png I'll roll this out to Lite tomorrow.
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/109874/2fa9aa20-1574-46c1-9e4c-77693bcf4127/image.png PERFECTION.
Considering the attitude of some people as of late, its hard to take anything as a joke.
But at what cost...
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