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1. The events calendar that used to sit on the side. It was just so freakin' useful, I can't believe it's gone.
2. The database sidebar, which allowed you to quickly display/access the databases that were most important.
Bring these features back, in some form, and I'll be happy enough with the 'new' format.
Yep.
I couldn't agree more.
The new hotness seems to force a good deal of conformity.
Many chapter founders were able to use the sidebar to customize, and individualize their chapters. "External Links" were used to create unique menus, etc...
I miss that, really do.
Okay, maybe most people didn't use the "Submit Event" feature, but I sure did. What's more, I had intended to use it even more for Halo2. You see, I will be runnning an Xbox Live 24/7 Halo2 Dedicated Host (Draquar) {my Group is the bungie companion for my dedicated host}, and I was going to use the "Submit Event" feature to schedule what gametypes were going to be available on any given day.
[color=green]Pros[/color]
* The Forums are now cool...* and your Signature now appears in your Group Forums, the same as in bungie.net Forums.* The code is the same in-chapter, and in-bungie.net forums.
The one thing I really like about the new hotness is the fact that you can write a News Article and link it to a corresponding Forum Thread. I will be creating Resources, advertise those Resources with a News Article, and my members may comment and question the info in said Resources through the connected Forum Thread.
That's cool, but we lost a lot of functionality. Unique functionality. And for that, I am sad.
Question is, is what we gained worth what we lost?
Seems like a lot to give up.
More Themes will be cool admittedly, but where are our options for creating unique interfaces?
[Edited on 10/15/2004 9:48:00 AM]