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Same reason no one makes carbureted pushrod v8s anymore...don't worry, you'll get used to it
 
Yeah nice of him to just say "it sucks" and not explain why.

New software has to happen. I'm surprised the board did so well for so long with the old software. Another Mopar board I'm on is smaller, so the server and software doesn't get as much attention- it's expensive after all. What it DOES get is a spam bot attack every week because of the old software, with dozens of posts showing up in Russian or selling Viagra. That's a lot more annoying than new software.

The new software is great. The format displays much better on phones and tablets. Obviously it takes some getting used to, but it's not all that different. There's still a few things that are different that I'll miss, and some of it is still being fixed. Nothing lasts forever.
 
Joeychgo said:
If you tell me specifically what your missing, I'll see if I can get it made.
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Oh I did, you already gave me the answer. :D

I'm getting used to my shrunken signature pic and new avatar. All the grey question marks are a drag, I did like how the old software just left the avatar spot blank if the user didn't post an image instead of posting a generic image.

A 15 or 20k avatar (instead of 10) would let us all actually see what people post there without all the pixelation and blurry images. And with download speeds being what they are now I can't see it messing up mobile viewing that much.

But it's really not that big of a deal, just a minor annoyance. Not a hill I want to die on so to speak.
 
Some of them don't, some of them do. Just depends on what the member did to create their avatar. In this thread alone you can see diymairage's avatar is pretty fuzzy, and cropped strangely to make it square, which the software is doing. His isn't the worst for sure. Mine, I spent the time to find a picture, crop it down to square, reduce the resolution of the image, and then reduce the size. That way the board software doesn't do anything to it to make it fit. And it looks better that way, but I spent more time than I would have liked to doing it. The difference in resolution between a 10k and a 15 or 20k avatar is pretty significant for the small amount of data used.

And I know because of all the different functions built into the software why it needs a generic avatar, the way they show up on the forum pages and "recent posts" page etc. But it's extra space if no one is uploading an avatar. I used to just run my signature and not an avatar, because the avatar had to be so small. But the gray question mark bugs me, so now I have both. A lot of members that had avatars don't anymore, and I can only assume that's because the new software isn't uploading them for one reason or another. Or maybe people just haven't got around to uploading them again, I didn't have one before so I don't know how the software is handling the profiles.

It's really a small issue. Actually, it's not an "issue" even, just my opinion. And we all know what those are like. I'm a visual person, and I'm fortunate enough to have a giant computer screen, an iPhone 6 and high speed internet. I know not everyone does, and I'm sure larger avatars and signatures would bug somebody else as much as the small ones bug me.
 
Hey, your right Lil boy Blue, mine does look fuzzy
Ain't nobody gonna believe it's a real car now :(
 
diymirage said:
Hey, your right Lil boy Blue, mine does look fuzzy
Ain't nobody gonna believe it's a real car now :(
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Not knocking it, your avatar was just the easiest example. 9.8k does not allow for much resolution. Motorola flip phones took bigger pictures than that 15 years ago.
 
no problem man
the funny thing is, its not a real car, but i think i have had about half a dozen people commentiong on it like it was a real one
 
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