I did wait to get accustomed to it so that my comments are not just due to the change factor.
I think it is now possible to make some assessment and I would appreciate others’ opinion to see if it is just me…
There are some good points:
the editor is much less whimsical
the possibility to tag topic is a good thing
search has improved (a little).
Editor is better and has a live Preview. What a strange concept in the world of the inventor of WYSIWYG ! Did we return to the 90’s editors with their control characters ?
Tags are good, but IMHO it would be useful to have major and minor tags. That would help focus when we list threads by tag by making it possible to select only the major one
All posts are now reviewed to avoid spam. Good enough. But why can it take hours (in a case, already 5 hours and still in review) for a very simple answer post (no URL, no bizarre word) to be reviewed. A bit frustrating. And that does not allow for any rapidly going discussion.
Many features seem to be inspired from SO, but without some critical capabilities, as the inclusion of images.
The concept of upvote or downvote has been introduced as well. Was it really needed ? Won’t it lead to some regrettable side effects that we see in SO where some do not dare propose an answer or even ask a question for fear of a negative vote ? That’s particularly the case for anyone not very fluent in english who may not express properly his/her opinion. I did find that previous developers forum was a more welcoming place than SO. Hope that will not change.
because of increased spacing, there are now just 15 instead 25 posts per page. And you have to scroll a lot more to get at the end of the shorter list. That do slow down the screening.
how can one see the threads he contributed to ? Seems we can only filter the one we authored.
It seems now quasi impossible to edit a post, and of course delete it.
