The new forums

Hi all,
I don't know if it is just me . But I didn't like the new interface of forums.
Each threads appear big to me and 15 threads will fill up one page.
Of course, I can click on 'Load more Items' button and see more threads but threads appear big in an unfriendlier way.
Maybe I'll get used to it.
I don't see the preview button (to preview the content before posting).
Is there an option to switch to the old 'Classic View' as we get in Gmail and Yahoo ?
How do I reward the volunteer who gave the correct answer ? And how do i mark a reply 'Helpful' ?
On the plus side:
I liked the design of the top section filled with red with 'OTN Community' written on it.
More formatting options

Regarding the threads appearing big issue. I think you are in 'Overview' tab. Choose 'Content' tab ; the next one on the right and you'll get a more friendlier interface than earlier one.
How do I reward the volunteer who gave the correct answer ? And how do i mark a reply 'Helpful' ?
The same options still exist.

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Welcome to the new forums

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Is the new forum harder to navigate?

I haven't been here in a few months. For years in was my regular stop 4-5 times a day. Is it me or is the new forum very confusing and a real hassle to navigate? I mean it was a real pain just to post this!

gjmnz wrote:
Does any know what the difference is between the Discussions Tab and the All Content Tab? Apart from one shows which threads you have viewed and which ones have been updated. Is it a double up for nothing?
There's a forum for discussing the forum... kinda meta:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/using_apple_support_communities
I started a thread asking that very question: "What is the difference between 'All Content' and 'Discussions'"
The answer is just as you said, double up for nothing:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3000868

Can't paste onto the new forum...

For some reason I can't paste anything into the new forum, which is rather annoying since typing out log files is a bit tedious. Anyone know how to fix this?

Don't know, do you get any errors? Perhaps you can't paste because you didn't copy something first? How old is your keyboard?
I do know that your question probably will end up here:
https://forums.oracle.com/community/developer/english/technology_network_community/community_feedback_and_suggestions_(do_not_post_product-related_questions_here)

Love the new forums... but

love the new forums... but hate the performance. Keep in mind my internet connection is 20MB/S download speed, there are times the pages wont even finish loading and you have to stop and reload again and/or very slow loading times. Of course, there are times the performance is as expected, but rarely. I hope Adobe plans to support the forums with better hosting.

jon@cmiwebstudio wrote:
love the new forums... but hate the performance. Keep in mind my internet connection is 20MB/S download speed, there are times the pages wont even finish loading and you have to stop and reload again and/or very slow loading times. Of course, there are times the performance is as expected, but rarely. I hope Adobe plans to support the forums with better hosting.
As an od adage says: "Don't feel like the Lone Ranger".
which means everyone and his , brother, sister, Aunts, Uncles, mothers's and Father, and cousins on the Acrobat forums are complaing about the Speed.
There is really we as Users of the Forums can do about it other than complain and hope adobe will do something about it when they get finished with their easter holiday. Maybe that will be before their 4th of July vacation.

The new forum software

Folks,
Lets take a vote. Do you just love (10) or utterly despise (-10) the new forum software?
-8
Against
1. It's kitchy.
2. It's buggy.
3. Source code is HARDER to read than ever.
4. They should have adopted wiki markup.
For
Ummm. RTF is kinda cute, I suppose.

i like the look and feel, but i have to agree that the speed is not wonderful.
of course i have a lot more tolerance for slow these days, since i became
a full time DBA and some of our runs literally take days.

I like the new forum

i havent been able do any programing for over a week
i came back and see the new forum
my question is how would i convert this to a applet
class Art {
Art() {
System.out.println("Art ");
class Drawing extends Art {
Drawing() {
System.out.println("Drawin");
public class Cartoon extends Drawing {
Cartoon () {
System.out.println("Cartoon");
public static void main(String[] args) {
Cartoon x = new Cartoon();

Hello xlightwavex,
To convert your application into an applet you need to create a class that extends the java.applet.Applet class. Below is the complete applet version of your application Cartoon.
class Art {
Art() {
System.out.println("Art ");
class Drawing extends Art {
Drawing() {
System.out.println("Drawin");
class Cartoon extends Drawing {
Cartoon() {
System.out.println("Cartoon");
public class CartoonApplet extends Applet {
public void init() {
Cartoon x = new Cartoon();
However, like your application, this applet sends all output to the system console (the DOS window in Microsoft's Windows for example). If you want the output on the applets panel itself you will need to update each class and replace the System.out.println methods. The applet below shows how you might do this, this is just one out of the many ways you might do it:
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.*;
class Art {
public String toString() {
return( "Art.");
class Drawing extends Art {
public String toString(){
return( "Drawin, " + super.toString());
class Cartoon extends Drawing {
public String toString() {
return( "Cartoon, " + super.toString());
public class CartoonApplet extends Applet {
Cartoon x;
public void init() {
x = new Cartoon();
public void paint(Graphics g) {
g.drawString( x.toString(), 25, 25);
The output of this program verifies that a Cartoon object, Drawing object and Art object have been constructed. The output is show below, which appears on the Applets Panel:
Cartoon, Drawin, Art.
Is this output just helping in debugging, or is it vital to the applet? If it is for debugging purposes, the System.out.println method is a good way of doing it. If not, do you need the output to appear antwhere in the applet? If so, it is hard to create output from the object of which other object can inherit - it is not the usual way of doing it. Otherwise, the above CartoonApplet is a good way of getting information about an inheritance model.
I hope this helps.
Best reguards
-Marek.

What About Moderators in the New Forum?

Read the spam thread for awhile and you will see that moderation works well in these webx forums
You will also see messages concerning the LACK of moderation over in the cfusion side of things
Will the new forum software/structure allow for "this" moderation to continue, or will it fall away to "that" style of non-moderation?

Actually, on that note: how does one double-check that they've managed to link their user here with an Adobe ID?
The first umpteen dozen times I tried to do this the login to the Adobe ID would time out -- something I frankly get quite a lot when I try to login anytime with my Adobe ID. I'm not sure what's going on there.
I just tried to link my users here a few minutes ago and got the same time out. So I opened another window and tried logging in manually somewhere else. On my fourth or fifth try (after double-checking the password with the 'forgot your password?' function) it went through. Satisfied I had the right user/pass combo, I went back to the timed out page and hit fresh. It came up with some window asking to confirm I wanted to login with my (correct) Adobe ID and I said 'confirm'. So I *think* I'm linked, but I don't see any visual cue. At least, it doesn't ask me when I login anymore.
At any rate, is there way to verify it at our end? It'd be nice to have that peace of mind. Also, it'd be nice if I could find out why I timeout 90% of the time I try to login with my Adobe ID -- is it just that overloaded with users logging in?

Difference between the TABs "All Content" and "Discussions" on the new forum?

Hi,
Does anyone know the difference between the TABs "All Content" and "Discussions" on the new forum? They seem to be the same. I'm confused.
Petey

Petey,
Though I was part of the forum update beta, there was some that we could not effectively test, plus some aspects (like "Like"), that some liked, but others did not. That sort of thing happens.
Also, now that we have the full version, and all servers are synced, there will probably be things that the beta testers did not get to experience. We will all be learning, in the process too. Also remember, much of the new forum software was provided by Jive, and though many of us commented (pros and cons), only so much could be addressed. It was not quite like doing a beta on Adobe software, as there was a complete, separate layer in between.
So far, what I see looks close to what we saw a few weeks (months?) ago. Now, I need to really put the real software through its paces, to see what got changed from then, until now.
Good luck,
Hunt

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This topic has been moved to Forum Info & News corner.
Thanks for the new Forum!

I too have benefited from good advice on my MSI K8n Neo2 mb questions. The members here are knowledgable and polite. Questions asked nicely are answered by good suggestions. Thanks to MSI for sponsoring such a useful owner's forum.

Hey regulars, same names in the new forum?

hey, is everyone keeping the same names come monday with the new forums?
if you've got something new, share it here so we know who we're dealing with.
i'm the same, dave milbut.
if the lights go dark and don't come back on, well, it's been great getting to know you all and learning from you! you're the best bunch of pros a guy could wish to learn from!
cheers, dave (aikodude at yahoo dot com)

dec9 wrote:
My name changed from David E Crawford to dec9 Everything seems to be running real smooth and quick on my computer.The color choice is nice and even a spell check too boot and it works!!
ah! i was trying to figure out who dec9 was! the spell checker works, but i notice that the edit box for the forum does something that DISABLES the built in speeel [sic] checker for firefox... the one that gives the little red line under misspelt words... that's kinda annoying...
dave

Getting help with the new forum software

Searching for some help I located the Jive 6.0 community user help and thought I could share this information.
http://docs.jivesoftware.com/jive/6.0/community_user/index.jsp
It provides explanations and examples and seems to be useful.
For instance, what does threaded and flat mean in the Profile preferences?
Type "flat view" in the search field to get the answer.
How to use the editor?
Search for "content editor".
etc, etc.

Thanks, Dude for this.
Just in addition, from a previous discussion it has been said this new forum runs on Jive 5.0.5.
And you can actually check it out, open the source code of the current page, you'll see a lot of 5.0.5 references, such as
window._jive_resource_url = prepareUrl("/5.0.5/")
kjs.load('/5.0.5/resources/scripts/gen/8955a433291e9fdcf40ae92adce79aae.js', [ ]);
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/5.0.5/styles/jive.css" type="text/css" media="all" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/5.0.5/styles/jive-icons.css" type="text/css" media="all" />
etc.
Nicolas.

The new forum format seems like a step backward

After using it for a few days, the new layout of this forum seems less user-friendly than the previous version.
1) Most users go to a forum for one of two reasons. They want to find the answer to a question or they want to browse by topic.
The standard layout for every other forum I have used has a home screen that clearly lists topics and has a box to start a new discussion or ask a question.
2) The default "Overview" opening screen for this forum lists recent posts but no topics. You need to click "refine this list" to get to the topics page. It has a box labeled "Ask Your Question" and another choice on a different part of the screen labeled "Start a Discussion". Are questions and discussions different from each other? Are they stored on different pages?
3) Two of the upper tabs are labeled "All Content" and "Discussions". What's the difference? Clicking either one seems to produce the same results.
4) It took me a while to figure out that the numbers in the yellow box at the top could be used to access different FAQs rather than pages of the single FAQ shown. Why not label it clearly? ("click number for other FAQs").
I get the impression that "different" took precedence over "useful" when this forum was redesigned.

I think many of us feel your pain and agree with you. I liked the old format because it was clean, easy to use and I knew where everything was that I wanted to access. I'm getting the hang of the new format but it is coming slowly.
The new format seems so "un-Apple-Like" because it seems to not be very user friendly. My assessment is that is geared to a younger, hipper crowd (that certainly does not include an old guy like me) which is every other company's target customer base. Apple always seemed to "think different" but not so much on this one - IMHO.
We will ultimately get used to the format or we will not come back. I don't see the latter happening! I have personalized my homepage but still find it necessary to have at least 4 open tabs in every session so I can navigate the way I want.
I said in an earlier thread that there are too many bells and whistles for my needs and taste but it is what it is. If they could get the problems ironed out for use in the iOS on the iPad I would be a much happier camper. Until then I will trudge along making mistake after mistake ....

Thanks for the new Forum!

I would like to personally thank and (welcome all others to thank) the administrators, moderators or anybody involved with the evolution of our new forum. This new feature rich format is by far the best I have seen and I am a member of quit a few other forums. MSI should consider themselves very fortunate to have such a great team working on their forum. I know as users we are very appreciative, Thanks again!
P.S. Yes it seems like you have fixed the slowdown problems as the pages seem to be loading at normal speeds again.

I too have benefited from good advice on my MSI K8n Neo2 mb questions. The members here are knowledgable and polite. Questions asked nicely are answered by good suggestions. Thanks to MSI for sponsoring such a useful owner's forum.

Questions regarding the new forum

Hey there posters,
With the new separation from the residential and wireless forums there are a couple of questions that I have:
Will there be a separate, "new" set of Community Leaders? Or is the CL tag shared among both boards?
Will we be seeing new moderators?
How will this effect our communication with Admins/Mods?
Will we get snazzy blogs from people like BeckyC and the other mods that run the community beat?

supitsmike wrote:
Hey there posters,
With the new separation from the residential and wireless forums there are a couple of questions that I have:
Will there be a separate, "new" set of Community Leaders? Or is the CL tag shared among both boards?
Will we be seeing new moderators?
How will this effect our communication with Admins/Mods?
Will we get snazzy blogs from people like BeckyC and the other mods that run the community beat?
There is that CL Forum that I told you about. Remember? They have their own little forum for themselves. Like mods and admin post in there too. Us people can't see...only CL's.
There most likely will be or mods that were part time will become probably full time. Lithium has to hires the moderators though. Admin not sure there. I know that guy Doug is a newer admin.
Doubt it.
My question though here it goes...let me see if I can be loud and clear....
Will there be an MVP section/blog for us wireless folks?

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