Flarum - a Discourse clone or is it a better PHP forum solution?

[s.molinari]

I searched for the word "flarum" here and was surprised it was never mentioned.

At any rate, it looks like it is following Discourse a bit in style and UX. Though, I like Flarum more already, and just used it for about 5 minutes. It seems it isn't as opinionated as Discourse is, from what I can tell from my first impression.

http://flarum.org/

Still, it looks interesting.

Scott

 

[s.molinari]

Correction. I guess I forgot to look, and the "Search in this forum only" was checked, when I did the search. There are several mentions of the software here.

Like: https://theadminzone.com/threads/flarum.130576/

Scott

 

[Digital Phoenix]

Seen it, don't like it.

 

[Joeychgo]

Me either

 

[Digital Phoenix]

Me either

It seems to be change for changes sake and nothing more. It's hidiously designed and severely lacking.

 

[ozzy47]

Correction. I guess I forgot to look, and the "Search in this forum only" was checked, when I did the search. There are several mentions of the software here.

Like: https://theadminzone.com/threads/flarum.130576/

Scott

Pesky little check box.

 

[Digital Phoenix]

Pesky little check box.

That should be unchecked by default.

 

[ozzy47]

It is, unless you are in a forum, if you do a search from the home page, or any page not in a forum, it is unchecked.

 

[s.molinari]

It's hidiously designed and severely lacking.

I agree with the lacking, but hideously designed? It is clean and unobtrusive, which seems to be the trend lately. And, as is with any good software, the design is customizable.

Scott

 

[Joeychgo]

It is clean and unobtrusive, which seems to be the trend lately.

Trend? Um, where?

 

[s.molinari]

https://help.netflix.com/help
https://www.dropboxforum.com/hc/de
https://github.com/
https://forums.adobe.com/welcome
http://www.yelp.com/talk
https://www.etsy.com/forums
https://www.quora.com/
https://www.soundcloudcommunity.com/soundcloud
http://www.zillow.com/advice/US/zillow-questions/question-discussion-guide/
https://www.godaddy.com/help
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ForumHome (although the design is more busy than most of the others)
http://community.envato.com/

Just to name a few.

Scott

 

[s.molinari]

Oh, and I think the trend comes from sites attempting to be as "mobile friendly" as possible more than anything else.

Scott

 

[Digital Phoenix]

When I see thngs like flarum/discourse I automatically think, dumbed down software for simpletons.

 

[cheat_master30]

When I see thngs like flarum/discourse I automatically think, dumbed down software for simpletons.

Which is a pretty good summary of todays internet users. Simple minded and too stupid to figure out how anything works outside of Facebook. Best to ignore most of them.

 

[Digital Phoenix]

Which is a pretty good summary of todays internet users. Simple minded and too stupid to figure out how anything works outside of Facebook. Best to ignore most of them.

I really could not agree more.

 

[meetdilip]

I liked Flarum at first look. Was comfortable using their UI.