So yeah, I finally caved. It seems the "old forums" are going to die anyway. I'm not really happy with the new interface. But it seems I have no real choice anyway.
One thing I immediately noticed is the lack of game-specific forums and subforums. Like, SuperTux, SuperTuxKart, etc. categories, they all vanished. 🙁 This already is a massive downgrade, now the discussions will be all over the place. 🙁
Or is it already possible and I overlooked it?
What I like is that you can add an arbitrary number of links in your profile, but in "exchange" the profile description must be VERY short. Also, for some reason, you no longer can add XMPP and e-mail. 🙁
I guess I have to get used to it, but for now it feels like a downgrade. Hopefully the missing features will get added over time.
The emoji selector is really nice, although I think the list is maybe TOO big. Would be nice if "important" emojis would be shown at the top (pre-selected by forum) and not all 1000 variants of the same smiley face. 😆
Is this forum "official" now or still experimental? If it's still experimental, then it's OK, ignore my complaints then.