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Posted: 11/14/2016 2:09:24 AM EDT
[Last Edit: GoatBoy]
We have been hard at work for over a year on the design and development of the new website. The process took this long because we started with our data tier and worked all the way forward to the newly designed interface. This effort has included not only the code that runs the site, but everything down to the servers themselves, with much more power behind the scenes! 
To begin, don't panic! That's right, DO NOT PANIC! There will be some pretty drastic changes, but overall they are to improve things, and our teams of testers, made up entirely of your fellow users, have been enjoying the site enough to beg it to go live. The overall design and layout is similar when you get into the forums and threads. Navigation at the top of the page will be different however, with the use of drop down menus, versus the bar of communities and tools that exist on the current, now dubbed old, site. This is shown in the image above, where you can make out the typical top of the site. The user tools are much easier to see and use and have moved to the top right of the page. To ensure ease of use and the ability to jump to where you want to go quickly, we have added a sticky bar, barely visible in the second photo, which will keep all these links at your fingertips. A few other items of include the addition of amazon product sharing, where you simply need to grab the items ASIN number and a nicely formatted product listing will show up in your thread. We also have created a similar sharing mechanism for tweets, which will share a formatted tweet in your thread. Polls have received a facelift to look nicer and work within our framework. We have added user mentions where you can simply put @goatboy in your post and that user will receive a notification with a link to the mention. The new post editor is now a merged WYSIWYG editor and BBCode editor, so you can click a button to jump between the two to make sure it looks perfect. Media sharing for team members has been entirely rewritten to create a very easy to use interface in either editor. Bronze members have also been given the ability to attach images to threads, so all team members can simply upload a photo from their phones, or computers, and add them to a post. A lot of new smilies have been added (see image below) for those quick reply moments when you need a touch of levity. User avatars have been increased in size to allow for more self expression. With all of these additions, and more, the greatest feature of the new site is that it is entirely responsive , and will adjust to fit your device of choice. This means that viewing on a phone or tablet will be a much more enjoyable experience. We think that the more you use the new site, the more you will wonder what appealed to you from the old one! 
All of the changes mentioned are not where things end. There are an number of additional changes to the site which will be available at launch, as well as a number of additional upgrades coming in the following months. For those of you who enjoy social media, we are introducing several ways to share ARFCOM with friends on, and off the site, as well as earning special site awards for helping us to spread our firearm passion. The internet is a different space than it was years ago, and we've tried to not only handle what is available to everyone today, but to also plan for future changes and trends. So this brings us to the all important question. When will this new version of ARFCOM be released to everyone? When will the site change over? At this time things are being finalized and our estimate is a week or two away. (Possibly sooner!) We have been hard at work fixing bugs and adding new toys for all our testers and responding to all their feedback. The new site promises to be a massive upgrade, but also a continuation of our effort to improve its speed. The new code has been focused on lighter clients and also less resource intensive for our servers. Special thanks to everyone who has helped with testing and feedback! |
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Posted: 11/14/2016 2:15:45 PM EDT
[#1]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GoatBoy:
Beta testers volunteered in the team forum and everyone was added to the group. We also open beta testing to Lifers and Mods for their input. We have been working through testing and bug fixes for a couple months now. (Also allowed us time to finish a few extra features and finalize some other sections of the site.) Dang it missed that thread. oh well. Thanks Goatboy and everyone else who has put time into this. |
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Posted: 11/14/2016 2:21:22 PM EDT
[#2]
Wow.
First trump and now this. My peen can only get so erect. |
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Posted: 11/14/2016 2:29:44 PM EDT
[#3]
Does the search feature work well now?
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Posted: 11/14/2016 3:09:46 PM EDT
[Last Edit: SonofHater36]
[#4]
When can we get an ARFCOM faces app for phones? Many a time have I found that a
 or  would have been much more effective when texting someone than the garbage emojis we have now
And one thing: will the new arfcom support foreign characters like Cyrillic? |
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Posted: 11/14/2016 3:34:55 PM EDT
[#5]
Cant wait to see it all arrive
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OR, USA
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Posted: 11/14/2016 3:44:53 PM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By uxo2:
Just like a new phone. Looks cool, but no clue on how to use it. So I'll just mash buttons till something happens. Lol. You just described me. |
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Posted: 11/14/2016 4:30:54 PM EDT
[#7]
Does anyone know how much larger the avatar size is going to? Yeah, I'm already looking at avatar improvements.
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Posted: 11/14/2016 4:56:22 PM EDT
[#8]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By -Apocalypto-:
Does anyone know how much larger the avatar size is going to? Yeah, I'm already looking at avatar improvements. I would also like to know this. Dimensions and file sizes would be much appreciated. I already cut out like 1500 of the old size, might as well start spitting them out at the new size, too. |
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Posted: 11/14/2016 5:52:08 PM EDT
[#9]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By -Apocalypto-:
Does anyone know how much larger the avatar size is going to? Yeah, I'm already looking at avatar improvements. Not sure they settled on a size yet, but last I saw was x2 the current limit. |
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Posted: 11/14/2016 5:52:45 PM EDT
[#10]
MAGA
Making Arfcom Great Again |
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Posted: 11/14/2016 7:18:28 PM EDT
[#11]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M4-AR:
Not sure they settled on a size yet, but last I saw was x2 the current limit. In pixels, or in kilobytes? |
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Posted: 11/14/2016 7:19:23 PM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By -Apocalypto-:
Does anyone know how much larger the avatar size is going to? Yeah, I'm already looking at avatar improvements. Hold onto your butt! New avatars will be set to 500x250, but will display at a smaller size. The reason for this is to have high resolution avatars for devices that continue to improve. (High resolution phones and tablets for example.) The avatars will no longer allow animations. (No more gifs! Booo, yes I know.) You will however have a nice interface to upload any file and crop it to fit within the space so it will be easier to get your avatar set for less savvy users. We are taking away the file size constraint as images will all end up in the same relative file size range, which will be larger than the current site, but not by much. |
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Posted: 11/14/2016 9:44:06 PM EDT
[Last Edit: dphill]
[#13]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GoatBoy:
Hold onto your butt! New avatars will be set to 500x250, but will display at a smaller size. The reason for this is to have high resolution avatars for devices that continue to improve. (High resolution phones and tablets for example.) The avatars will no longer allow animations. (No more gifs! Booo, yes I know.) You will however have a nice interface to upload any file and crop it to fit within the space so it will be easier to get your avatar set for less savvy users. We are taking away the file size constraint as images will all end up in the same relative file size range, which will be larger than the current site, but not by much. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GoatBoy:
Originally Posted By -Apocalypto-:
Does anyone know how much larger the avatar size is going to? Yeah, I'm already looking at avatar improvements. Hold onto your butt! New avatars will be set to 500x250, but will display at a smaller size. The reason for this is to have high resolution avatars for devices that continue to improve. (High resolution phones and tablets for example.) The avatars will no longer allow animations. (No more gifs! Booo, yes I know.) You will however have a nice interface to upload any file and crop it to fit within the space so it will be easier to get your avatar set for less savvy users. We are taking away the file size constraint as images will all end up in the same relative file size range, which will be larger than the current site, but not by much. I knew there would be math 
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Posted: 11/14/2016 10:28:37 PM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GoatBoy:
New avatars will be set to 500x250, but will display at a smaller size. That aspect ratio will be better IMO. The 175x95 is awkward. |
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Posted: 11/14/2016 11:03:50 PM EDT
[#15]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RR_Broccoli:
Whoohoo! While the other stuff is going to be great, the number 1 reason for frustration here is the quirks of the editor. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RR_Broccoli:
The new post editor is now a merged WYSIWYG editor and BBCode editor, so you can click a button to jump between the two to make sure it looks perfect. Whoohoo! While the other stuff is going to be great, the number 1 reason for frustration here is the quirks of the editor. And please, for the love of God, introduce quote auto-trimming!!! |
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Posted: 11/14/2016 11:15:09 PM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SecretSquirell:
And please, for the love of God, introduce quote auto-trimming!!! You will have the option of quoting all or quoting one |
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Posted: 11/14/2016 11:18:47 PM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TN-MadDog:
You will have the option of quoting all or quoting one Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TN-MadDog:
Originally Posted By SecretSquirell:
And please, for the love of God, introduce quote auto-trimming!!! You will have the option of quoting all or quoting one So there's going to be no quote limits? That's gonna get out of hand. Should just auto-trim it to the previous 2,3 or 5. |
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Posted: 11/15/2016 1:11:59 AM EDT
[#18]
It's not out of hand. It's all masked except the last quoted post. Then click if you want the whole nest. Works well, but takes a bit to get used to. At first I felt this urge to extend every one. It goes away.
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Posted: 11/15/2016 1:18:13 AM EDT
[#19]
webm support?
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Posted: 11/15/2016 1:21:54 AM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gulftanker:
Did the search function get an upgrade, too? |
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Posted: 11/15/2016 1:22:53 AM EDT
[#21]
Sounds awesome.
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ND, USA
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Posted: 11/15/2016 1:29:20 AM EDT
[#22]
New Arfcom?
I wasn't aware that our old Arfcom was broken/worn/in need of replacing.... :P |
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MI, USA
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Posted: 11/15/2016 1:32:03 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Michigan_Man]
[#23]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GoatBoy:
Hold onto your butt! New avatars will be set to 500x250, but will display at a smaller size. The reason for this is to have high resolution avatars for devices that continue to improve. (High resolution phones and tablets for example.) The avatars will no longer allow animations. (No more gifs! Booo, yes I know.) You will however have a nice interface to upload any file and crop it to fit within the space so it will be easier to get your avatar set for less savvy users. We are taking away the file size constraint as images will all end up in the same relative file size range, which will be larger than the current site, but not by much. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GoatBoy:
Originally Posted By -Apocalypto-:
Does anyone know how much larger the avatar size is going to? Yeah, I'm already looking at avatar improvements. Hold onto your butt! New avatars will be set to 500x250, but will display at a smaller size. The reason for this is to have high resolution avatars for devices that continue to improve. (High resolution phones and tablets for example.) The avatars will no longer allow animations. (No more gifs! Booo, yes I know.) You will however have a nice interface to upload any file and crop it to fit within the space so it will be easier to get your avatar set for less savvy users. We are taking away the file size constraint as images will all end up in the same relative file size range, which will be larger than the current site, but not by much. 
I was excited to re-up my team membership and choose a brand new flashy avatar until 'i read this. |
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Posted: 11/15/2016 1:37:07 AM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Michigan_Man:
I was excited to re-up my team membership and choose a brand new flashy avatar until 'i read this. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Michigan_Man:
Originally Posted By GoatBoy:
Originally Posted By -Apocalypto-:
Does anyone know how much larger the avatar size is going to? Yeah, I'm already looking at avatar improvements. Hold onto your butt! New avatars will be set to 500x250, but will display at a smaller size. The reason for this is to have high resolution avatars for devices that continue to improve. (High resolution phones and tablets for example.) The avatars will no longer allow animations. (No more gifs! Booo, yes I know.) You will however have a nice interface to upload any file and crop it to fit within the space so it will be easier to get your avatar set for less savvy users. We are taking away the file size constraint as images will all end up in the same relative file size range, which will be larger than the current site, but not by much.
I was excited to re-up my team membership and choose a brand new flashy avatar until 'i read this. Ok, this sucks. |
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Posted: 11/15/2016 1:44:31 AM EDT
[#25]
Nice!! Thank you for your constant forward thinking with AR15.COM. This site has been a pleasure to use and just gets better with time!
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Posted: 11/15/2016 1:53:20 AM EDT
[#26]
Best year ever
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Posted: 11/15/2016 1:59:46 AM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Michigan_Man:
I was excited to re-up my team membership and choose a brand new flashy avatar until 'i read this. For now we want to provide a better system all around. Let's see how launch goes and we can discuss allowing animated avatars again. This increased avatar size is not good for keeping animated avatars looking good under 30kb in size. |
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Posted: 11/15/2016 2:19:16 AM EDT
[#28]
I can tell I'm getting older. I want everything else to upgrade and change and ARF to stay the same.
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Posted: 11/15/2016 3:36:35 AM EDT
[#29]
Nice. I must have missed the thread in team.
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Posted: 11/15/2016 4:12:47 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By davisac:
That aspect ratio will be better IMO. The 175x95 is awkward. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By davisac:
Originally Posted By GoatBoy:
New avatars will be set to 500x250, but will display at a smaller size. That aspect ratio will be better IMO. The 175x95 is awkward. While I do like submitting the images at a larger size than they display (I always make mine as big as I can without going over the 20K limit), I disagree on the aspect ratio. 500x250 (2:1) is even worse than the current aspect ratio. We're trading too much width and not enough height, for even more width and less height. I have never liked the current aspect ratio but have been able to work withing those confines and make some decent avatars for members. 4:3 is the most popular ratio for a reason. Widescreen is 16:9 and would be a compromise if the images need to be wide and flat, because of the proliferation of good widescreen images. Widescreen will display in the current avatar size but are slightly distorted, whether or not it's noticeable depends on the pic. 512x288 would yeild a standard widescreen ratio. We are talking about display size where a very few pixels can make an obvious difference. I know it's probably too late to change. Just putting this out there . . . |
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Posted: 11/15/2016 4:33:48 PM EDT
[Last Edit: -Apocalypto-]
[#31]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TerryC: While I do like submitting the images at a larger size than they display (I always make mine as big as I can without going over the 20K limit), I disagree on the aspect ratio. 500x250 (2:1) is even worse than the current aspect ratio. We're trading too much width and not enough height, for even more width and less height. I have never liked the current aspect ratio but have been able to work withing those confines and make some decent avatars for members. 4:3 is the most popular ratio for a reason. Widescreen is 16:9 and would be a compromise if the images need to be wide and flat, because of the proliferation of good widescreen images. Widescreen will display in the current avatar size but are slightly distorted, whether or not it's noticeable depends on the pic. 512x288 would yeild a standard widescreen ratio. We are talking about display size where a very few pixels can make an obvious difference. I know it's probably too late to change. Just putting this out there . . . Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TerryC: Originally Posted By davisac: Originally Posted By GoatBoy: New avatars will be set to 500x250, but will display at a smaller size. That aspect ratio will be better IMO. The 175x95 is awkward. While I do like submitting the images at a larger size than they display (I always make mine as big as I can without going over the 20K limit), I disagree on the aspect ratio. 500x250 (2:1) is even worse than the current aspect ratio. We're trading too much width and not enough height, for even more width and less height. I have never liked the current aspect ratio but have been able to work withing those confines and make some decent avatars for members. 4:3 is the most popular ratio for a reason. Widescreen is 16:9 and would be a compromise if the images need to be wide and flat, because of the proliferation of good widescreen images. Widescreen will display in the current avatar size but are slightly distorted, whether or not it's noticeable depends on the pic. 512x288 would yeild a standard widescreen ratio. We are talking about display size where a very few pixels can make an obvious difference. I know it's probably too late to change. Just putting this out there . . . I've already made up a couple of new possible avatars for me at the 500 x 250 ratio, they look great but I have to wait and see how they look once they are loaded up on the new site before I decide which one I'll go with. Edit: It did take me a few tries to get it right, you have to make them wider than the old ones or they look distorted when you resize to 500 x 250.
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Posted: 11/15/2016 5:25:30 PM EDT
[#32]
I'm thinking when we go over to the new site, the program will resize everyone's avatar to the new aspect ratio...195 x 75 to the new 500 x 250 and then making a smaller version of it at the new ratio. Will everyone's avatar then be distorted? This is my current avatar just resized to the new ratio. Become distorted and out of focus.  This is a new one I made at the new ratio from an original I have.  I know the avatars will appear smaller on the new site than these examples, but I'm thinking everyone may have to upload new ones due to the old ones being slightly distorted under the new ratio.
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Posted: 11/15/2016 8:57:54 PM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By -Apocalypto-:
I know the avatars will appear smaller on the new site than these examples, but I'm thinking everyone may have to upload new ones due to the old ones being slightly distorted under the new ratio. It'll be interesting because a good percentage of avatars are already too low res to make out. |
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Posted: 11/15/2016 10:33:47 PM EDT
[#34]
... brutha, this is tough on Conservatives. Please don't let us down
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Posted: 11/15/2016 10:38:48 PM EDT
[#35]
Schweet!
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Posted: 11/15/2016 10:47:58 PM EDT
[#36]
Pepe the frog emojicon??
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Posted: 11/15/2016 10:48:05 PM EDT
[#37]
Is this compatible with my AOL browser?
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Posted: 11/15/2016 11:32:51 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KILLERB6:
MAGA!!!
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Posted: 11/15/2016 11:38:17 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MaxxII: Thanks for not just being complacent at having the best firearms resource website in the world. Seriously. With everything going on, the urge to not mess with success must have been strong...glad y'all fought it and worked towards making a great board even better. Fuckkkk. I am old and had enough of change in 2008 and 2012 to last the rest of my short life. Ahhhhh fuck it I have changed a wife before so let's give it all a whirl I hope this new site change goes much better than the wife change and the change ole jug ear brought us twice |
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Posted: 11/15/2016 11:46:21 PM EDT
[#40]
Ah ha! That's why DU has been down a week.
You stole their code for the upgrade! Woo Hoo !!!!!! 90s ASCII web site FTW !!!!!!!!! |
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Posted: 11/15/2016 11:49:35 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Leisure_Shoot:
Is this compatible with my AOL browser? No. Only Netscape 2.0. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 11/16/2016 12:08:38 AM EDT
[#42]
I just wanna know if I can tag a user, or otherwise label them without ignoring them.
You know, to keep track of the communist trolls and the shitbags and whatnot. Can we please do that? |
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Posted: 11/16/2016 12:08:43 AM EDT
[#43]
If I like my post count, do I get to keep it?
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Posted: 11/16/2016 12:51:47 AM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mean_sartin:
If I like my post count, do I get to keep it? Nein |
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Posted: 11/16/2016 4:06:09 AM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By timthemedic:
I just wanna know if I can tag a user, or otherwise label them without ignoring them. You know, to keep track of the communist trolls and the shitbags and whatnot. Can we please do that? I dunno about the site, but there is a script you can run, to accomplish what you want. I can't remember who posted the one they made, but I bet Subnet can point you in the right direction. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 11/16/2016 8:07:04 AM EDT
[#46]
Neat! I am a big fan of the attaching images feature. Trying to find an image host these days that isn't absolute dogshit has become nigh on impossible without wading through 1.6 million ads and crap. I for one, welcome our new board overlords.
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Posted: 11/16/2016 8:10:11 AM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Going_Commando:
Neat! I am a big fan of the attaching images feature. Trying to find an image host these days that isn't absolute dogshit has become nigh on impossible without wading through 1.6 million ads and crap. I for one, welcome our new board overlords. For me, that function alone makes it worth changing
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Posted: 11/16/2016 8:24:21 AM EDT
[#48]
Tag
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Posted: 11/16/2016 8:28:18 AM EDT
[#49]
Upload images from a phone!
Excellent!
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Posted: 11/16/2016 11:33:52 AM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Going_Commando:
Neat! I am a big fan of the attaching images feature. Trying to find an image host these days that isn't absolute dogshit has become nigh on impossible without wading through 1.6 million ads and crap. I for one, welcome our new board overlords. imgur is fantastic |
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