Why Habbox isn't as good any more (imo...)

[Robbie]

The reason v6 hasn't been released is because Jin wants it doing a certain way and so he writes up a 'spec' on what it should have and how it should be coded etc and were still waiting for that basically

[Meanies]

it hasn't been done already properly, that is a huge niche imo and if habbox did it properly i think that's what they could be known for

spose, but i can't see it working on hx because of how scared everyone is of something going wrong
they'd either make it only staff who can update it, or every little change has to be approved by someone like the old habbo friends system and then if something goes wrong with it no one will bother fixing it like most things

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Video embedding works of some sort now.

i actually remember it not working now. meant we had to get rid of most of the games or something because it wouldn't work right, and that was sometime last year and its still not fixed properly??

but srsly install jce, it's so much easier to use than other editors

[xxMATTGxx]

spose, but i can't see it working on hx because of how scared everyone is of something going wrong
they'd either make it only staff who can update it, or every little change has to be approved by someone like the old habbo friends system and then if something goes wrong with it no one will bother fixing it like most things

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i actually remember it not working now. meant we had to get rid of most of the games or something because it wouldn't work right, and that was sometime last year and its still not fixed properly??

but srsly install jce, it's so much easier to use than other editors

I think it now works. I'm only just "previewing it" so it's not like saved to the actual site, but the video shows and what not. I'll look into JCE anyway!

[Catzsy]

ok lets settle this, matt study web codding at college drop whatever u doing pls

hx.com is getting neglected I agree but every thread seems to be 'WE HATE MATTG ITS ALL HIS FAULT' lets be honest habbo itself is killing habbox, our rare values is no longer needed because the mp, habbo introduced on clent news & the merge has hit us bad.

Couldn't agree with you more, richie, but not a bad way of publicising his forum I guess. Also Habbox is not in bad shape at all - plenty of members coming on. I don't know about the site because I am not code savyy but it looks okay to me. Just sounds like sour grapes half the time.

[Meanies]

Couldn't agree with you more, richie, but not a bad way of publicising his forum I guess. Also Habbox is not in bad shape at all - plenty of members coming on. I don't know about the site because I am not code savyy but it looks okay to me. Just sounds like sour grapes half the time.

you don't have to be code savvy to know if a site is run well or not :S

[Catzsy]

you don't have to be code savvy to know if a site is run well or not :S

Well I think the running of it is fine. I thought it was the look of it people were complaining about. Dan is working on the rare values side of it as he is well aware of the impact of Marketplace.

[Tintinnabulate]

Couldn't agree with you more, richie, but not a bad way of publicising his forum I guess. Also Habbox is not in bad shape at all - plenty of members coming on. I don't know about the site because I am not code savyy but it looks okay to me. Just sounds like sour grapes half the time.

Design is awful and has been admitted by general management. You seem to have this auto "defend habbox even if I am wrong" thing in your head.

[Catzsy]

Design is awful and has been admitted by general management. You seem to have this auto "defend habbox even if I am wrong" thing in your head.

If you read my post I said that I couldn't really comment of the design because I am not code savvy. Also I only defend Habbox if I think they are right. Up to you if you think I am wrong and tbh it doesn't bother me one iota.

[HotelUser]

Design is awful and has been admitted by general management. You seem to have this auto "defend habbox even if I am wrong" thing in your head.

She's entitled to her opinion, just as you are entitled to plaster yours all over feedback

I do not think there are many content based staffmembers who would suggest that they're still a fan of Habbox.com in terms of site design and features offered. I remember when Habbox.com made the transition to Joomla and although I was not a fan, I did think at the time that it at least looked very good. That was years ago, and now I believe it's outlived its welcome.

What annoys me is how for months and months we've been discussing overhauling the site, but up until recently there's been little leeway to start maneuvering. Why this was so? I've no idea, but it really doesn't matter. The coders now have a basic principal for what Habbox.com should feature, and I think most everyone is on the same page as to how it should be designed.

It would be easy to say that general management over prioritize the forum where other elements of Habbox remain neglected simply because HxF is at the heart of the fansite and requires an immense amount of attention as well as impeccable decision making. Despite this, though, I wouldn't say they're over prioritizing anything. Dealing on the forum is just very time consuming, and since it's where most all user -> staff communication takes place, we just notice more being done around the forum.

[Meanies]

She's entitled to her opinion, just as you are entitled to plaster yours all over feedback

I do not think there are many content based staffmembers who would suggest that they're still a fan of Habbox.com in terms of site design and features offered. I remember when Habbox.com made the transition to Joomla and although I was not a fan, I did think at the time that it at least looked very good. That was years ago, and now I believe it's outlived its welcome.

What annoys me is how for months and months we've been discussing overhauling the site, but up until recently there's been little leeway to start maneuvering. Why this was so? I've no idea, but it really doesn't matter. The coders now have a basic principal for what Habbox.com should feature, and I think most everyone is on the same page as to how it should be designed.

It would be easy to say that general management over prioritize the forum where other elements of Habbox remain neglected simply because HxF is at the heart of the fansite and requires an immense amount of attention as well as impeccable decision making. Despite this, though, I wouldn't say they're over prioritizing anything. Dealing on the forum is just very time consuming, and since it's where most all user -> staff communication takes place, we just notice more being done around the forum.

Why are you saying that it's Joomla that makes it not look very good, its the design that makes it not look good. Joomla is very powerful when used correctly, which Habbox isn't utilising well.

@ the bold bits - it's not the heart of the fansite. what part of Habbox is official? the main site.
2nd bold bit - more is noticed as being done on the forum because that's what users give feedback on, rarely do people give feedback on the site. when i was agm i made a few threads asking for feedback on things to do with the site and was lucky if there was one page of replies. the forum feedback thread the other week got over 25 pages i think. this is probably because people who use the site don't use the forum which maybe should be advertised more on the site, and people who use the forum don't use the site