Bungie Community,
Did we mention that Bungie.net is a work in progress? Today, some more of that work is on display. An update just went live that is bristling with enhancements for your forum-going experiences. Compared to the weekly revisions that we enjoyed during the beta phase for “Bungie.next,” this one took a little while longer to become a reality. We hope you’ll agree that the extra wait has made this helping of new code all the sweeter.
Today’s upgrade is packed with over 200 fixes, tweaks, bumps, nudges, and turbocharges. Check out the highlights:
[b]News is easier to discover and share.[/b] If you look at the homepage and scroll down to the slider, you’ll see an instant preview of latest content the Bungie Blog on the leftest-most widget. When you drop a comment on those stories, the conversation will be mirrored automatically on the forum. This will yield better visibility when new details for Destiny emerge – or we continue to chronicle the rise of the Destiny Community to power.
[b]Bungie.net is smoother to browse using a mobile device.[/b] The Bungie Mobile App is unchanged, but if you surf our website on the go you might detect some slight changes in navigation and layout that make the waves a little easier to ride.
[b]Polls have returned.[/b] Let democracy reign, again. Your topics can invite an audience to select from Seven pre-determined options. If you’re asking “Why Seven?” you must be new here. Welcome!
[b]Question threads are brand new.[/b] When you mark a Topic as a question, you can circle back later and indicate which answer you like the best. We can help you out with that process, since an answer from a Bungie employee can light the way for other lost souls.
[b]You have bold new powers for sorting the forum.[/b] First of all, the index view for any forum has more immediate callouts of recent activity. Also, you can filter the Topics on a forum so that only the ones you’ve chosen to “Like” appear, allowing you to save your favorite conversations for later.
[b]You can now “Like” the Comments for Topics, too.[/b] This will impact the way content is sorted within a thread. More popular Comments will rise to the top, allowing even our less vocal members to influence the consensus. And, if the consensus is less important to you than consuming every trollicious detail…
[b]The order of Comments (and their corresponding Replies) to Topics can be sorted.[/b] Look at a thread. Find the new option in the upper-right. Select from “Popular” or “Oldest First.” You can take the temperature of the community, or you can read every single remark as they unfold. This new feature is new, and requires a little patience on your part. The site should remember your preference. Let us know if it works!
While your Private Groups remain greatly unchanged, all of these forum updates will be visible within your own clubhouses, too.
What more could you ask for? Plenty! We know. We’re listening. And we’re working on it. For now, please dive into the new toybox and keep the feedback coming.
Love,
DeeJ BNG
Assistant to the Community Manager
Bungie
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Best update so far.
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Good stuff. The only thing missing is Admin powers in Private Groups. That gets fixed, and I'll be 100% satisfied.
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*GivesDeeJHug* Did I ever tell you people that I love you?
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Ok, i'm gonna check all that stuff.
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To the Bungie Mobile!
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good to hear that visiting the site on my phone will be a little easier
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Loving the ability to steal polls!
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Best update so far! Good job web team.
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So that's what the question mark thing is? Sweet.
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LOVING these changes -- especially to touch functionality. Thank you!
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Please, to include pagination for ease of navigating larger threads, da?
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Bless you, you affected accent vocalizing, smoking jacket wearing, tiger taming, sexy beastman.
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Edited by A 3 Legged Goat: 3/21/2013 7:33:37 PMGreat work it's looking more like an update B.net now :)
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My mobile browser crashed again.......FUUUUU
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Edited by Icy Wind: 3/21/2013 5:06:31 PMThank you Bungie! -switches to Oldest First- Is there a way to make that a permanent change for people that like it?
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Ive seen that the forum tags on the left side of the screen have been removed on a mobile device..,,,, this makes navigation slower.
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I'm liking the new additions.
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Comment sort button is bright in the dark theme xoxoxo
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Thank you for the comment sorting option. Threads are no finally in a logical posting order.
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Polls returned, liking comments and sorting replies? So close to being perfect. Keep it up folks.
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I seem to be running into a few bugs since the update. First if I choose "Forums" from the top bar the drop down menu disappears instead of expanding to allow me to choose a forum. Secondly, sometimes attempting to see replies to a post makes them appear quite blurred. This is on an iPad 2 if it makes a difference.
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Awesome, thanks!
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Finally! Thanks.
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Oldest First? I'm liking it.
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Can we see who likes each post?
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There is not a single update in that list that I am not very happy with. Thank you webteam! Excellent job.