From 2006 to 2026 — a word about the new site
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@Joker I love the new interface. It's pretty Modern & not slow like the last one.
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Hi there, thanks for the hard work. I’m not sure how I feel about the new site just yet, I’m giving myself time to get used to it. My worst initial irks have been sorted, notably by changing the page width (though that’s not very intuitive).
I’m guessing the translation was done with AI. At times it’s quite good, but other times it’s completely inconsistent. I’m guessing that’s whenever there’s not enough text for context.
For example, in the main drop down menu, "My sessions" is translated into French as "Mes séances" which is wrong, we use the word "sessions". In fact when you click onto the page, the description does use "session". However, the title of the page is in English ("Buggie’s sessions").
Also, when displaying torrents, it correctly says "Commencé" for started torrents, but uses the infinitive "Avoir" for "Have", which makes no sense - it looks like you’re talking about a credit. You would use "Téléchargé" (downloaded) or "Obtenu" (obtained).
Also the text "Upload votre premier Torrent et recevez des points bonus !" (Upload your first torrent and receive bonus points!). The French have borrowed upload as a verb, but it’s conjugated wrong. It would be "Uploadez" in this sentence.
The First/Prev/Next/Last haven’t been translated.
There are probably plenty of others I haven’t picked up on. I want to stress that I’m not criticising as a whole, this is undoubtedly a godsend for someone who doesn’t speak English. But it’s a little clunky at times.As a side note, the "Modern view" feels a bit too busy for me, I think it could be tweaked a bit to be clearer. I prefer the "Grid view", however you can only see a single thumbnail without hovering, and often the one shown isn’t the best. It would be nice to be able to see the others in the grid too.
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Don't care much for the new layout of the site, honestly. The old version may've seemed out of date, but at least it was familiar.
Also don't like that we're being forced to change our passwords. I like using the same one consistently throughout many sites. I don't care about the supposed risks of passwords being leaked or whatever. It's weird that our arms are being twisted with the threat of not being able to login soon unless we get new passwords.
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@Buggie I disagree about the grid thumbnails.
There may be others images. There may be a dozen or more, but let's say it's restricted to six. So either those six are the same size as currently, meaning you'd be lucky to see more than a torrent or two on a page before you have to scroll down, or all six need to be reduced to fit the current window. Meaning they'd be way too small to see much of, so you'd need to open the torrent anyway.
Some torrents only have one image. Some have a couple. How do you handle those different quantities in a consistent way that's not aesthetically jarring?
You see the initial image, decide whether it's of enough interest to investigate further, and hovering over the camera shows you small thumbs as a pop-up A single click of the camera opens the images in the same large view you can scroll through, and clicking away from the image, or the "X" dismisses that popup, leaving you to carry on looking where you left off.
It would, though, definitely be handy for the uploader to specify which pic is shown as the primary thumb. It's probably tied to the order in which they were added, but I've only uploaded one new torrent since the change. Previously, the last image uploaded was the first shown. That seems to have reversed. But a simple "make this the primary image" ability would be excellent. But I'm sure there are far more important issues to address first.
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@Joker Thank you so much for your time, effort and dedication. I'm loving the new site.
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Sorry but the search function is so lame now. Before you could enter search terms with quotation marks and get torrent search results with that exact term(s), but now even with quotation marks you'll get torrents that have nothing to do with the exact search terms.
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@VanityJester it works fine for me
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As someone who has actively hated most UI updates in the last 5 or so years, and not be silent about that...
I actually really like this one. It does just about everything better, and most critically, it does what many other UI updates don't: it gives the user a substantial number of ways to adjust it to their preferences.
So that's a solid "well done" from me.
That being said...the scaling is kinda wonky at least for me. It seems like a bug, and I'm assuming its going to get worked on, but as of right now, its I'm having to do a lot of zooming and unzooming of the page, and its getting bit frustrating.
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Don't care much for the new layout of the site, honestly. The old version may've seemed out of date, but at least it was familiar.
Also don't like that we're being forced to change our passwords. I like using the same one consistently throughout many sites. I don't care about the supposed risks of passwords being leaked or whatever. It's weird that our arms are being twisted with the threat of not being able to login soon unless we get new passwords.
Is there something in particular that you don't like about the layout? There are many adjustable options in your profile preferences to make the site look and feel almost exactly like the old layout.
I understand your concerns about the password policy. All I can really say on this is that this decision was made with your best interests in mind. I know all too well about the convenience and ease of the same password across the board, and definitely understand the frustration of having to remember to type a new password than the one you've probably embedded into muscle memory.
With the security upgrades also came some upgrades for your convenience as well. For example, under the old system, once you logged in, you had exactly 6 hours before you were forcibly logged out, even if you were in the middle of something. Many users (including myself) found this to be very inconvenient and in some ways, even very frustrating. This has now changed.
In addition to being able to change how long the timer runs before you are logged out, the timer now runs on a rolling basis. This means that if you set the timer at a week for example, the timer will be for one week instead of only 6 hours, and every time you do something on the site (even just looking at the homepage while you are logged in), this timer will reset. This means that even if you are a user who only checks the site once every few days, you will only be asked for your password the first time you login, and after that point, you can keep going, without being asked for your password constantly, as long as you at least open the home page once a week.
This was done so that you not only have a better balance of convenience and security, and so that you have the option to choose the exact balance between convenience and security for your own personal preferences. I understand this change may not be your cup of tea, but in my opinion, it is better to be safe than sorry. We don't want to see anyone in a position where their account gets compromised, resulting in their ratio being destroyed such that it becomes almost impossible for them to get it sorted out without having to make a donation they cannot afford. I know it's not ideal for some, but our sysop takes the security and privacy of our users VERY seriously.
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@bak2jak report your wonky view using the ladybug button, this way the site owner will automatically be sent information about your device and its resolution to see what is causing it
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Is it just me or do the thumbnails seem different in the new site, as though they have been run through an AI image editor / generator rather than being proper screenshots?
I definitely appreciate the premise of modernization, but would be nice to actually see what the torrent contains
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Is it just me or do the thumbnails seem different in the new site, as though they have been run through an AI image editor / generator rather than being proper screenshots?
I definitely appreciate the premise of modernization, but would be nice to actually see what the torrent contains
are you sure you aren't just in the AI category?
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This new UI is absolutely amazing. I've never come out of lurking just to praise an upgrade before but I am so impressed.
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