(Jan. 04, 2017 5:01 PM)Yami Wrote: So I guess I'm back from the 3 months of suspension huh. Seemed this site had changed drastically where some features I miss and while looking back to the old UI where it still a user friendly in some places. The newer UI now is nicer but I believe the Mobile version should've been left out a bit longer to complete the changes and incomplete work. Therefore, I would be using the desktop version for now on my mobile device.
The mobile version and the desktop version are the same site entirely. Certain sections are just resized and rearranged as the screen size also is resized and rearranged. Delaying one half wouldn't fix anything (nor was it possible, as the whole site is built around this functionality). If there are features you miss that haven't been mentioned already, feel free to let us know and we'll look into it. This is V1 (well, more like beta, let's be honest) of the platform we'll have for probably the rest of the WBO's existence; we expect to always make changes and improvements. It's also our first time using MyBB 1.8, and our first time with a totally custom design vs. a lightly modified, pre-existing theme.
I did the design and development myself and finished the best product I could by the deadline I had (that we suffered severe downtime during the update was unrelated to the design, but due to the fact that we upgraded the entire platform our site runs on). As many of the projects we were launching tied deeply together, this was unavoidable. Ultimately, I think the quality of the version that I launched with is solid and, despite its many flaws, of higher quality than many sites produced by much larger teams in similar kinds of communities. This is also the first time I have ever tried to develop a mobile responsive design, and the first development work I've done in years.
There is also obviously nobody more frustrated with the current issues on the site than me; it reflects directly on me as it's my work, and the plan was not to ship something compromised. To be honest, I bit off more than I could chew in the timeframe allotted; not only are there still issues that need to be fixed, but my health suffered extremely as a result of over-working.
That said, I don't think we would have a site as good as it is right now had we not reached beyond what was comfortable. Compared to our eight year history and our indefinite future, a rocky few weeks is workable.
Speaking of which, as this is the Going Away/Coming Back thread: a sincere apology for my absence over the holidays. I had really felt I was getting better (again) but I ended up becoming really sick (again). That said, I think I'm in the clear now.
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