Has the Spy Disappeared?

[MacDawg]

Have I lost my mind or has the Forum Spy disappeared?
Not only can I not reference the Spy, but it seems to be gone from the Menu Bar as well

But since I see no other comments about it, I am concerned I may have let go of my last thread of sanity in this world

 

[OllyW]

Don't worry, it's not just you, the Spy tab has gone and 'http://spy.macrumors.com' no longer works.

Has it been removed on purpose @arn or is it a temporary glitch?

 

[SandboxGeneral]

@arn It's broken!

 

[arn]

What are you talking about?

We are moving to xenforo 2.1 imminently and it has an entirely new plugin system. Spy wasn’t ported over by the original dev and we didn’t get it rewritten. @MacDawg you may be the only person that was using it. Sorry

I turned it off in prep of the switchover.

arn

 

[MacDawg]

Well that's unfortunate

 

[SandboxGeneral]

@arn He's not the only one who uses it. I know we both use the split view for Spy and it's fantastic.

 

[0989382]

Can you guys find a plugin to block out all the haters?!

 

[cube]

@arn He's not the only one who uses it. I know we both use the split view for Spy and it's fantastic.

I did not know about those mods.

 

[arn]

There might be a replacement. I’ll look into it.

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/new-posts-live.6426/

 

[cube]

It was usually quicker to switch subforums going through the spy.

 

[SandboxGeneral]

Will we finally get dark mode with the update?

 

[ButteryScrollin]

I've used Spy daily for years!

 

[arkitect]

Spy no longer supported?

Seriously?

That was a stupid decision, MacRumours.

 

[SandboxGeneral]

That was a stupid decision, MacRumours.

I have a feeling it was less MacRumors, and more Xenforo.

 

[xodh]

Another vote for Spy. Invaluable.

 

[cube]

I very rarely look at the front page or non-PRSI sub forums.

 

[maflynn]

I very rarely look at the front page or non-PRSI sub forums.

And this relates to Spy being removed??

 

[cube]

And this relates to Spy being removed??

The Spy is how I see new non-PRSI threads.

 

[Yakibomb]

There might be a replacement. I’ll look into it.

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/new-posts-live.6426/

Ah man, that kinda sucks. I had no idea the Spy wasn’t very popular, I visit it more that the Front page! Hopefully you manage to work something out for us.

 

[dukebound85]

What are you talking about?

We are moving to xenforo 2.1 imminently and it has an entirely new plugin system. Spy wasn’t ported over by the original dev and we didn’t get it rewritten. @MacDawg you may be the only person that was using it. Sorry

I turned it off in prep of the switchover.

arn

I used spy as THE way when browsing the forums.

I hope this can be returned. Not having it would be quite a let down after all these years

Honestly it’s odd to navigate the forums without it.....I keep looking for the spy link

 

[tranceking26]

I used spy quite a bit. Although it was sometimes a bit tricky to click on something in time!

 

[mlemonds]

This makes me sad

 

[bmacir]

What are you talking about?

We are moving to xenforo 2.1 imminently and it has an entirely new plugin system. Spy wasn’t ported over by the original dev and we didn’t get it rewritten. @MacDawg you may be the only person that was using it. Sorry

I turned it off in prep of the switchover.

arn

I used it a LOT. Will it ever come back?

 

[Intell]

I loved the spy. One of the great features of MacRumors. Hope it returns

 

[oddnendz]

I am sorry to hear that Forum spy is gone. My macrumors tab was set on http://spy.macrumors.com. That was the best thing about macrumors. A running commentary about what everyone was talking about. It's removal makes macrumors less useful to me and honestly, less enjoyable.