Remove Threadloom

[Ajdin]

I know it just got added but I don't see any suggestion threads related to this.
Here's my 2 cents.

Firstly, why? The default XF search engine works just fine and many addons the site has integrate with it unlike with threadloom. A good example is Minecraft Assocation account search. In fact, it's actually a crucial part of this forum.

Styling is terrible. It just is. Too bulky, colors don't match, etc. Feel like no effort has been put in.

Functionality. "OMG Image searching is useful!". It's actually pointless on MCM since the majority of the images posted on here are hosted externally on Imgur, Prntscr, Gyazo, etc. Besides that, the default XF search engine has almost the same key functionality.

Overall, Threadloom is a step backwards instead of forward. You could argue that it has better performance but even that is a pointless argument. Threadloom becomes useful performance wise if you have a massive forum(comparable to IGN's forum size) where scalability is an absolute must as it could potentially save hundreds of dollars in terms of server costs. For now and the next 30mil posts, MCM doesn't need it imo.

 

[Ajdin]

I personally like the look of the search results and searching seems to be faster now too. I've always felt Xenforo's default search was horrible.

The current colors of the search have no place in current's color palette if you're using the dark theme.[DOUBLEPOST=1506892812][/DOUBLEPOST]

I personally like the look of the search results and searching seems to be faster now too. I've always felt Xenforo's default search was horrible.

Also, if you click on advanced search, you'll be represented with the original XenForo search form. If you do a search there, the results are there just as quickly (if not faster) than with threadloom.

 

[Mick]

I introduced it purely to see what people thought of it and to see how it'd work in our forum. The features on their site looked pretty great but I guess in practice it's not as refined as our existing search feature.

 

[SheepeyDarkness]

Tab for threadloom searching and a tab for default searching? In other words premium/supreme members have the option to setting a default search option for themselves.

 

[Turtle]

Tab for threadloom searching and a tab for default searching? In other words premium/supreme members have the option to setting a default search option for themselves.

no, threadloom overwrites the original one i believe

 

[Eric]

Yea, sorta sucks compared to the old search system...

 

[Projecki]

Definitely not a fan of threadloom

 

[Mick]

I introduced it purely to see what people thought of it and to see how it'd work in our forum. The features on their site looked pretty great but I guess in practice it's not as refined as our existing search feature.

I'll move this now as we have reverted the search back.

Thanks.