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It's tricky to pinpoint something like this, it's thousands of little files and hundreds of scripts, and loads of database entries, and server settings and whatnot.

Maybe in the future when things will be dire. When is Neowin usually at it's quietest anyway?

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... IPB3 is raping the database though....

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

While I appreciate all the effort that went into Atlas and IPB3, I have to agree with others here, I wasn't overly fond of the new forum. Perhaps there is some way of porting elements of the new theme into IPB2 so that it ties into the front page a bit better?

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I really liked the new Atlas theme, but I'm unsure what features IPB 3 brought. What features are we missing?
http://www.invisionpower.com/products/boar...lookandfeel.php

As a Sub I could test the test forum running on Atlas and trust me, it's very more "fresh".

The "Spy" feature is very nice, think of an auto-refresh page spotting new posts and new comments on news.

I think the new Blog software had the possibility to update the local blog from an external source, which was pretty cool.

I don't remember all the changes tho, but trust me, it was for the best.

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its a difficult call, also you dont know what server resource the other 3.0 forums have. That being said im sure Invision would have had feedback if it wasnt scalable. They are a VERY sound outfit with a very robust software package. On release date for a big product launch their own forums have 1-2k people. Even now they have 700 online.

I run and code/ manage another big invisionboard forum and havent as yet upgraded to 3.0 but I know there code inside out and I think over time you will see more big boards move to Invision.

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The one thing I miss is truly WYSIWYG on Chrome.

BTW, the Atlas-ish skin is awesome :D

Edit: But... I can't keep it because it has no "Latest Forum Activity" :(

Yeah it's amazing how much you miss that. I've just switched back too.

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The one thing I miss is truly WYSIWYG on Chrome.

BTW, the Atlas-ish skin is awesome :D

Edit: But... I can't keep it because it has no "Latest Forum Activity" :(

Yeah it's amazing how much you miss that. I've just switched back too.

Are you guys talking about the updated box at the top of the forum?

Or the page for all new posts?

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I like this (old) layout much much much better than what I saw of the new one.

Why fix it if it ain't broke

People really do use the "why fix what isn't broken?" phrase in the wrong context, way too often. A fine example is when idiots say it when Facebook change their design. Changes like what the Neowin forums when through and which Facebook keep implementing are all to do with improving the experience, not "fixing" it. You might ask "why fix what isn't broken?" but if you state that in situations like this, you must also agree with never improving everything? If that was the case with all web-based businesses, we would still be using the first Facebook design, with none of the features which were adding later ('liking' posts, tagging people in statuses, the link sharing feature, post comments etc). Likewise, InvisionPowerBoard would come, standard, without a lot of the features you enjoy today (even those on IPB 2).

It makes a lot of sense to keep improving the design of websites and adding functionality to them; you may not always like it, but others (usually the silent majority) will.

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