I really hate the 'new Hive' hate

[Kyrbi0]

I've already seen several topics bashing on the new Hive (not pointing any fingers... whoops!), so I thought it appropriate to throw some positivity that way... So let's talk about what we like about Hive 2.0!

Of all the improvements, one of my personal joys is having a built-in "Draft saving" functionality. I can't tell you how many times I worked on a post that got too long (seems all mine do :<...) and had to jerry-rig some way to work on it over time; usually a clunky Pastebin or even hosting it on my blog, lol. Now I can just walk away. Or better, if my computer dies mid-post, it helps me in emergencies too.

What about you?

 

[Deleted member 219079]

I was doing a spell creation tutorial, got excited that it saved the tutorial as a draft, I would no longer have to fiddle with pastebin. Seems like the attachments time out and I lost the graphics I made for the tutorial... Now I'm creating smaller tutorial the old school way.

I like the red alert notification. No need to go to user CP.

I wish we had the ability to comment on a reply, like Stack Overflow has. Also marking an answer as a solution would be dope on the World Editor Help Zone. Beside that, what else could we ask from a forum really? I guess integrated chat and hive API, but that's not relevant in my eyes.

 

[pyf]

Images now automatically fit the screen. Therefore, no need for me to resize them with IrfanView anymore.

And yes, the red alert notification is a great feature.

 

[Murlocologist]

Hide signatures classic my favorite.

 

[Ralle]

Ha! I had to read the title multiple times to realize you weren't being negative.

I really love conversations. So much easier to work with than PMs.

 

[deepstrasz]

I really love the new Hive love.

It's all a matter of adaptation and killing nostalgia.
We've got so many improvements and features on this "version".
Basically, it's great quality of life. Surely, there's mostly even better to come if needed.

 

[StoPCampinGn00b]

Automatic draft saving is a life saver. If only I had that when I was a map mod making long reviews!
Quick and effective XenForo addons such as the stream feature. There are more addons / plug ins out there.
I missed my user CP a lot for the first week, as that was my default page. But I learned that the instant alerts feature and the dropdown menu is better.

My only major gripe with Hive 2 is the dominant forum color. Lol, I think I'm going to put up a poll to see if we should go back the the lighter grey-brown other than the dark grey we have now. That touch of brown felt so warm compared to this generic cold feeling dark grey.

Spoiler: Le old forum color

 

[Kyrbi0]

I actually really miss the User CP; having "Unread Watched Threads" as my 'main page' is sort of an OK substitute.

And funnily enough, this new color is closer to my preference, because I used the Terran skin (gunmetal & bluuuuuuue for dayz).

 

[Chaosy]

There are many quality of life changes, nothing mindblowing that stands out to me though.

Still, the alerts are handy compared to the old usercp and it's probably the most used one. So that would be the one of choice for me.

 

[chobibo]

I love how it makes me feel like a kid. I still haven't gotten used to the new interface and I keep trying to learn how to use the new stuff. Is there no more classic style though? I liked the minimalist look really much T_T

 

[PurgeandFire]

Conversations and notifications are amazing. It is so so useful to know when someone quotes you/replies to you without having to keep a backlog of threads somewhere.

 

[KILLCIDE]

Mention alerts is pretty high up there (when they work @Ralle ), but my all time favorite has to be automatic draft saving. I'm too embarrased to admit the number of times I've accidently hit the "back" button while whipping up a review for a spell.

 

[Kyrbi0]

Speaking of which, I know it's probably not possible/too hard/too much work/etc, but I could really have used a "draft-saver" for the Pastebin the other day... Lost a significant amount of long-fermented, never-crystallized thought. :<

 

[Shadow Fury]

Ever heard of copy-pasting into Microsoft Word/Notepad? I did that with my reviews long ago. Now it's much easier at least with autodraft saving
However, I miss my old User CP; it was easier for me to check all my notifications and keep track of the rep I received.