Now youâre just pretending to not understand.
You know perfectly well what I mean.
And Iâve said also I know about the different categories.
I donât, I am honestly interested in your feedback, but I need more substantiation other than claiming this isnât a sensible forum and the search is no better than others etc. What specifically do you need or would like to behave differently etc.? I can look into tweaks to settings, or keep an eye out in which direction the forum software is being developed etc,but general disatisfaction isnât going to help much after weâve had these discussions for the most part 6 or so years ago when we switched to this forum software, which is one of the best on the market btw, and it has evolved niceley since then.
but maybe we let this rest for a while and revisit later then 
and of course no technical tool can make everyone happy at the same time 
I really donât agree. A lot of the other film forums I have visited are still using data layouts that date back to the old era of the internet. Just because the forum itself is old doesnât mean its layout should still be.
The SWDbâs layout is fantastic. Simple while also still having some styling, easy to navigate and find threads, easy to use categories, and its works flawlessly on smartphones which is the main benefit. I rarely ever use other forums such as the blu-ray.com forums on my mobile as they simply do not work well on phones.
Seb and the other admins do a great job of constantly updating older pages to make them more uniform and I really appreciate all the hard work theyâve put into the site.
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Yeah, the smartphone people like the forum since itâs optimised for smartphones, the ones who use computers prefer the classical style forum.
Haha, yeah the blu-ray website is complete shit on mobile. Constant zooming in.
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Eh, not really. Iâd say about 75% of my time on here in via PC and I still prefer the modern layout. A constant issue I have is with classic style forum layouts is that many areas are hidden down a path of multiple links and pages. The icon bar at the top of this database is a lifesaver, and allows me to quickly access every feature and area of the forum via 1 or 2 clicks.
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I donât have this problem, donât know what forums you frequent though.
Anyway, keep up the good work even if I find the forum a bit of a pain. 
I would still like to hear about precisely what about it makes it painful? maybe we can enlighten with some tips and tricks, but of course old habits are a factor (objectively) and if one is used to 90s style message board UX, then this might be challenging, even if itâs already a couple years old (Discourse, that is, but so are some of its closest competitors)
Iâm getting â# Error 503 Backend fetch failedâ for the main site but not having problems accessing the Forum. Itâs the 3rd time in a week.
the forum or the SWDb itself? the forum should work fine, the main site is under DOS attack for the third time this week, so that would track
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The Forum is fine. Itâs the SWDb itself. I was just checking that wasnât just me. Thanks.
Blocked all manner of stuff and now itâs working again. Donât think it was a sustainable solution but hey 
unless someone donates a few million bucks we will have to live with this
Shit, that didnât hold for longâŚ
I was just coming here to say that. Oh well, Iâll come back tomorrow.
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Something is definitely going âPlanet of the Apes-shitâ here, on SWDB!
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Canât access the site either
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Yeah itâs hit by a DDOS attack again, and honestly, no idea how to stop it short of subscribing to CloudFlare or something⌠I need to sleep on it, as it would add more than 5 bucks a month to the tab⌠and put me in dependence of yet another major corporation 
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Same issue I have been seeing recently - accessing SWDB depends on which search link I use!
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