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Posted September 05, 2017
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Frankly I miss the old PM system.
Posted September 05, 2017
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Lin545: Its really really cool that you started to improve community www platform, that's for sure.
Today I noticed forum notifications to appear, which is great! Thank you for your work!
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Johny.: I was involved in development of chat, but thanks for forum notifications goes to our Features and Website Teams. :)
Thanks, dig the revamped features!
Posted September 05, 2017
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zeogold: Wait, did the site ever work on mobile at all? I was under the impression that it was a hopeless endeavor to even try.
You basically see the same website you access via desktop. Not comfortable to use on phone, but if you are persistent the forum is usable, and chat is very annoying to use
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kusumahendra: On PC, it looks nice. I don't know about functionality since I haven't use it yet

But on Android, oh god. Do you guys just forgot people also can access your website, especially forum and chat, on android phone???

The forum requires a bit hard work with manual zoom and scroll. Uncomfortable, but do-able

the old chat requires landscape orientation. And everytime I scroll, it will focus on textbox and display onscreen keyboard. Very uncomfortable, but still usable

This new chat? it's basically unusable on my android phone. I can't even choose a friend to chat, let alone display chat history.

Seriously guys..... sigh
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Hunter65536: I'm on tablet while choosing people in chat isn't working I'm able to choose them from friends icon. Is that not working on mobile?
Don't have my phone right now. Will check later
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adaliabooks: Tapping doesn't seem to work, but if you type their name and hit enter in the search box thing that works.
-_-; sigh . Why do we even need this kind of workaround in the first place
Post edited September 05, 2017 by kusumahendra
Posted September 05, 2017
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SirPrimalform: Frankly I miss the old PM system.
Who doesn't? I really feel like quite a lot of websites hit a peak of functionality some years back, but since everything online has to keep being redesigned so as not to appear outdated things keep being changed for the worse.
Posted September 05, 2017
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Lin545: Its really really cool that you started to improve community www platform, that's for sure.
Today I noticed forum notifications to appear, which is great! Thank you for your work!
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Johny.: I was involved in development of chat, but thanks for forum notifications goes to our Features and Website Teams. :)
There is an issue with multiple tabs browsing - I seem to be getting the notification on all (including the blinking), which is logical,
But once I refresh one tab, notification is gone, even though I didn't click on link to the forum post, didn't even click the bell...
It stays as if nothing happened on other tabs - and then it seems to clear on all tabs at once, when I actually click it.

Regarding chat, is there a way to keep the list of open chats between session? I assume that was the initial idea?
What is expected about better discrepancy between regular chats, chats with friends, and block lists?
Also I can't put my finger on it, but I have a feeling chat history should be easier to go through, maybe add tabs?
Posted September 05, 2017
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adaliabooks: Can it possibly be worse than it was though? I couldn't do anything in chat on my phone with the old layout...
Yes. On my ipad, I currently can't use the chat at all now because I can't select a person to chat with. In the previous version, I was at least able to see the chat of the person at the top of my chat list, and I could select someone else by tracking down a forum post from them and selecting the option to chat with them.

I never could select someone different directly in the chat window, and that hasn't been fixed with the new version.

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Johny.: Actually about new chat - I didn't hear too much complaining, so I assumed you (users) like it. :P
Here's your complaint: unless (generic) you've changed things in the past 12 hours or so, chat is now completely un-usable on my ipad. Works on the laptop, but the only thing gained is extra clicks before I can do anything with it. I'm willing to wait and see how it works in practice on the laptop, but if I can't select anyone on the ipad, then it is literally worse than useless on the ipad (I could clear a notification for something that I can't actually access and review).

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zeogold: Wait, did the site ever work on mobile at all?
Yes. Some things were distinctly less comfortable to use, though.
Posted September 05, 2017
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Johny.: [...] You'll get a reply to other parts of your post soon (yes, I love this word) by either things changing, or official statements.
Now that the new notification system is up, and I've checked it out a bit, please share in detail what about it is awesome. Genuinely interested in your take and PoV.
Posted September 05, 2017
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zeogold: [...] make sure I reply to ALL notifications I get at once since, as soon as I turn away from the page, everything's gone.[...]
And by the way, God help us if the notifications ever go down again. Because then we'll never see anything. Ever. You'd have to specifically look up a person and see if they messaged you. [...]
Wait, we don't get individual notifications next to each user in that scrollable suggestion list? Like we did in the previous version next to each user in the contacts list?

I'm waiting for my mood to improve before looking more into it, but the more I read about it, the longer it's going to take for my mood to improve.


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zeogold: [...] I think having only avatars on the left is a bad idea [...] Edit: Oh, and I suspect this'll make scamming somewhat easier as well. People will be less vigilant what with just the avatar on the side. [...]
*rolls eyes*

Thanks GOG for doing away with the little info about users you provided in chat instead of adding info that was present in the old PM system; really great job.



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SirPrimalform: Frankly I miss the old PM system.
Yeah, I liked it's simplicity, no bells and whistles, just basic functionality to exchange messages with others.
Posted September 05, 2017
Good Guy GOG actually left the chat feature crappy because they wanted us to stop wasting time on things like friends and get working on our games backlog, but sadly the normies win this round.
Post edited September 05, 2017 by Crosmando
Posted September 05, 2017
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HypersomniacLive: Thanks GOG for doing away with the little info about users you provided in chat instead of adding info that was present in the old PM system; really great job.
Actually they've just moved it, the username and avatar appear at the top of the chat window now (as well as the avatar at the side)
Posted September 05, 2017
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adaliabooks: Actually they've just moved it, the username and avatar appear at the top of the chat window now (as well as the avatar at the side)
I stand corrected, but it's not exactly like you say - the username appears at the top of the chat window, but the avatar shows only at the left side.

Anyway, too much unpleasant, and unnecessary, change for one day. I'm off.
Posted September 06, 2017
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adaliabooks: Actually they've just moved it, the username and avatar appear at the top of the chat window now (as well as the avatar at the side)
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HypersomniacLive: I stand corrected, but it's not exactly like you say - the username appears at the top of the chat window, but the avatar shows only at the left side.

Anyway, too much unpleasant, and unnecessary, change for one day. I'm off.
Oh right, I was going based on memory, I just knew it was shown (as I plan to use it to re implement some of my script functions from the current info bar)
Posted September 06, 2017
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adaliabooks: They've also combined the room list and the message window into one, which should make things less complicated and quicker (also means I'm going to need to rework all my chat functions in the script)
To me it looks more complicated than before. Also it's a significant regression that you do not see the names of the chat users anymore. And once again, how can such a blatant bug, that you have to add the users to the list every time you open the chat page, slip through the tests, assuming that someone at GOG even tests anything at all before a release.

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ZFR: You can still access the original chat by clicking More and Classic Chat.
Apparently I'm too stupid or too blind to find that. I do not have a "More" on my chat page.

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zeogold: Wait, did the site ever work on mobile at all? I was under the impression that it was a hopeless endeavor to even try.
The old, colorful GOG worked quite well. You even could buy games while being on a mobile device.
Posted September 06, 2017
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Breja: In addition to what Hypersomniac mentioned, I find it terribly annoying how the users I blocked are now dumped together with all the ones I talked with instead of being at the bottom of the list (and are not even in any way marked on the list as blocked), and the drop-down menu holding the list of users only shows five at once. It all makes finding someone needlessly bothersome.
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Johny.: Sure - your suggestions make sense, enjoy.
It would be nice if Galaxy stopped opening the main window every time I get a new message.
I only left the chat window open for a reason. ;)
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zeogold: Wait, did the site ever work on mobile at all? I was under the impression that it was a hopeless endeavor to even try.
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kusumahendra: You basically see the same website you access via desktop. Not comfortable to use on phone, but if you are persistent the forum is usable, and chat is very annoying to use
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Hunter65536: I'm on tablet while choosing people in chat isn't working I'm able to choose them from friends icon. Is that not working on mobile?
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kusumahendra: Don't have my phone right now. Will check later
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adaliabooks: Tapping doesn't seem to work, but if you type their name and hit enter in the search box thing that works.
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kusumahendra: -_-; sigh . Why do we even need this kind of workaround in the first place
What the fuck even, I assumed this change was basically to improve the mobile experience. NOT make it worse.
Post edited September 06, 2017 by omega64
Posted September 06, 2017
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ZFR: You can still access the original chat by clicking More and Classic Chat.
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eiii: Apparently I'm too stupid or too blind to find that. I do not have a "More" on my chat page.
I'm pretty sure ZFR is making a joke, referring to the bundling of Galaxy into some of the installers, making you click "more" then "classic installers" to find the non-Galaxy-ified versions.
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