Hi Dan, tony,
couple of thoughts about the forum:
a)
With all due respect to FI, I think that the word "Flyinside" should be removed from all the thread names for simplicity.
e.g.:
General Discussion (vs "FlyInside General Discussion")
Aircraft Compatibility * (vs "FlyInside Aircraft Compatibility(NEW)")
HTC Vive (vs "Flyinside for HTC Vive")
etc. etc...
Eventually we all know that this forum is about Flyinside
b)
The version number in the following forum names is actually not necessary since it's anyway always the latest:
FlyInside FSX Pro 1.71
FlyInside P3D Pro 1.71
Flyinside XP Pro 1.71
(having the version number implies that there are different threads for each version which is not the case).
but following point (a) I would actually anyway just name them: FSX, Prepar3D and X-Plane to make things more readable and simple.
c)
with regards to point (b), I think that the text "Please post your BUGS here." is not representing the spirit of those threads anymore. Not all issues are bugs. very often people are seeking for advice about configuration, howto use the sim etc.
Maybe something like "Sim specific discussion (e.g. bugs, configuration, howto etc)" would be more appropriate.
d)
Now that FI support all major sims out there, I believe that the general-discussion thread should no longer be the default place for debates.
Many (most?) issues only apply in specific sim, yet people are not always aware that their issue is not relevant on the other platforms.
(Using both p3d and xp in parallel since couple of weeks now, I only now realized that).
I would recommend to shift the focus from the general-discussion to the sim specific threads (FSX, Prepar3D and X-Plane) and encourage people to use those.
Maybe the text "Talk about anything FlyInside related" (in the general discussion thread) should be changed to something like:
"cross-sim and cross-hardware issues or when nowhere else fit better"
e)
I would recommend to create a "Crash/bug report" forum where people could publish those events. I believe that beside Dan nobody else is interested in reading those technical log outputs. Therefore it would be good to have a separated designated area where it won't bother anybody else.
(or maybe ask people to mail it directly to you... or even better, implement a crash reporting tool).
Hope my ideas could inspire you guys
cheers,
BlueThing