Classic Client vs Next/Mobile

I completely agree with this. Without a doubt, for me, IMVU Classic is the primary way to enjoy IMVU, and I'm not going to change that without good reason.

I think IMVU Mobile has some interesting features, and I actually use it as another social network, but never for visiting rooms or chatting for long periods of time.

I've been on IMVU for a long time, and I've also abandoned it for a long time. But if I've come back, it's because it still has something I like, and that's the classic store and catalog browsing system. Without a doubt, if they had changed this, I would have forgotten about IMVU a long time ago.

I also find what's happened to the creators sad. Beyond the violations of the creator rules, I've also met some who have had their accounts stripped away without much explanation, and we don't understand why. Not to mention those who have directly decided to abandon their business model or their involvement in adding value to the catalog because of the direction the service is taking.

Not to mention music, which is currently inaccessible, both for purchasing new titles and managing existing ones. What will happen to all of that?

Please listen to your community and reach out to them.

I have been here 19 years and It's Classic or nothing -- everything else is a failed attempt.  When Classic no longer functions it will be BYE BYE IMVU... Today their 2FA service is not functioning and it's been 12 hrs without so much as a response to by support ticket ... so I guess I better start packing my bags!

The Real Reason They Have Sooo Many Client Versions:

The IMVU Next Was Suppposed To Replace The IMVU Classic...

The IMVU Staff Quit Development Halfway Through BETA Of
The IMVU Next, Which Is Why It Has Higher Quality Visuals,
But It Suffers Everywhere Else, & The Mini-Game Thing Has
Been Shut Down...

The Real Reason Why They Want To Merge The IMVU Next Into
The IMVU Classic In Order To Equally Make All Clients Equally
The Same, Is Not Because The IMVU Desktop Program Supports
This Or That Feature...

The Real Reason They Want To Make IMVU Next
Merged With IMVU Classic, Is Only Because Nobody
Wants To Use Their Overall IMVU BETA Client Which
Is Already More Like Mobile & Next...

But No, They Want IMVU Next To Merge Into
The Overall IMVU Classic, & Only, Because
Everyone Like That The Most...

& They Completely Ignore The Fact That They
Already Have A Desktop Client That Supports
What They Want To Do With IMVU Classic,
But Nobody Uses It, Because Classic Is Better...

Soooo, The Staff Is Actively Hating The IMVU Classic,
Because It Has Soo Much Attention That It Was
Brought Back Out Of Necessity Of Money Loss
That The IMVU Staff Could Not Deal With,
Or Something, ~_~

The Reality Is, Leave The IMVU Classic Alone,
If You Want A Desktop Working Like Next & Mobile,
Then Make The Next & BETA Clients Better So
That People Want To Switch To Them, & Then You
Can Ultimately Merge BETA & Next & Classic Together...

But IMVU Staff Won't Do That, Because They Hate
Their Customer Enough Not To Do That, ~_~

& Just So We Are Clear??

The IMVU Staff Didn't Make IMVU, They Just
Enhearited The Client From A Staff Whom
Already Loved The Platform, & The IMVU Staff
That Currently Runs It, Never Did Anything
Positive With The Product, & That's Why It Feels
Like They Hate The Customer, ~_~

It's A Proven Fact That The IMVU Original Team & Staff
Was The Only Staff Around When IMVU Was At It's Best,
& People Enjoyed IMVU The Most...

Nobody Is Enjoying The New Atmosphere Under The
New IMVU Staff, & Older Veterans Leaving Over This
& Newbies Not Wanting To Engage The Product As
A Shop Developer, Seems Pretty Clear To Me
That This Can Only Go One Way For IMVU...

Into A Trash Bin...

The Only Time People Have Enjoyed Being Here
Was Under The Older Staff & Their Team...

You Can Not Only See It In The IMVU Client Updates,
But You Can Also See It In The Attitude With The Over
All IMVU Staff Who Sound Like Their Bitter, & Hateful
All The Time As You Use Support Tickets For Things,
& Completely Get Cold Shoulders From The Staff...

It's Like Someone Left A Draft Window Open,
& Cold Air Came In, & Nobody Understands
Why The Staff Is Behaving The Way That They Do
Twards The User Base At All...

They Even Have Robbed People Of Their Accounts,
& Actively Refuse To Explain Why The Accounts
Have Been Taken Away, Until 1 Staff User Actually
Exposed The Problem Wide Open...

I'm Just Saying Instead Of Making The IMVU Classic Client
Worst, Make All The Other Clients Better...

I Already Know Their Response Is: "NO"

& I Can Already Tell You I Know What Their
IMVU Updates Are Long Before They Update,  

It Doesn't Take A Genius To See That Every
Update & Change Is Made To Make IMVU Worst...

Sooooo, When The Next Update Comes To
Overall Break Something, Merge Something
Into The Classic, Or Even Further More
Cause Problems Elsewhere??

I'm Not Gonna Be Shocked, & Above All,
I'm Not Gonna Be Shocked When They
Fade Out The Old AP To Get People To
Buy The New AP +, They Have Already
Done It When Like The Last 5 AP Editions
As It Is...

Everything I've Just Said About IMVU,
Makes People Feel Like Criminals Are
Now Running A Platform They Used To
Have Fun On...

Like I'm Talkin About Criminals That Came
Out Of A Prison With Shackles, & Orange Suits,
Yaaaaahh, IMVU Feels Much Like That Is Who
Runs The Experience That We All Feel Neglected From, ~_~




How Many Other People Feel The Same Way??

Realistically, removing the classic version of imvu will definitely cause a 50% online loss. I don't think an app like imvu with thousands of users will take this risk, it will offer better alternatives, I think it will continue to improve by researching the games on the market, collecting information analysis and adding different features from its competitors, which will allow millions of people to join us and be online in the future. I would like to express my endless gratitude to the imvu management for sharing this beautiful app with us and making it be in our lives for many years. ♥

Imvu Classic is the best and need some updates, I make a post about Imvu Classic Gif. Hope you guys can read it <3 

I am always going to be of the mind that they need to finish desktop so it has every single feature that classic had. I would definitely try to move over and use it more if it had a couple of missing features that I keep waiting for them to do. 

Regardless, I am trying to use desktop more now, especially with the new radio function, but also just because I am noticing there's a lot more traffic coming out of mobile and those that don't know where to get classic. I see those live rooms getting a lot of traffic while old school rooms are empty. 

I'm not going to hold on to some hope that classic will be around forever and ever, but at the very least if it gets to a point that we can't use it anymore, at least we can say that desktop has everything in it that classic had.

Graphically, I think some of that blurring is the anti-aliasing, as I notice in classic everything is very crisp and pixelated. I actually took a picture of somebody in the shop and managed to easily get the background out because there was no anti-aliasing on it. 

I've also gone into some of these rooms now in desktop and it's amazing how much better they look because you can do all sorts of tricks with lighting and glows. I walked into one room through imvu Labs, and was just marveled at the color change that you saw through a glass window, or little lamps on the walls that suddenly put off a nice glow. I do agree though, the colors are a bit different, as now when I create and I make dark clothing, I make it a little lighter so it looks ideal in the new platform. 

Still, I'm just waiting for them to get those missing features in and then I'll try using it more. 

It would be a good idea to make the desktop/Next work like the classic client. Unfortunately IMVU won't be able to keep the classic client running when Microsoft ends support for 32 bits applications, because that is what the Classic client is. 32 bits. Is Windows ceases to support 32 bits, there is unfortunately nothing that IMVU can do but improve the dektop, but as they are doing now, I feel like that is never going to happen. The Classic client will eventually die, and with it my avatar will die.

Editing is easier in the client and I've noticed on mobile that "Shared Rooms & Our Room" not displayed and a lack of mobility in large rooms, like being able to click to a distant area in the client but unable to do the same in mobile

So, hoping that corporate greed won't make them ditch the client cause I believe that's what's in play in not making Platinum VIP (Going by room count) the same level as Legacy VIP instead of having to purchase 2 VIP subscriptions

I agree. There is a feature of Next I like: seeing the pose itself before you decide to land on it. I am a decorator at heart and the feature how to handle furniture in Next is something to get used to. That feature sucked in the beginning, but last time I checked Next, I noticed the changes. 

The mobile system.. I only use it to chat with my IMVU spouse when I'm not near a computer, send messages and the rewards feature when I log in. It's nice that I can do that BUT for shopping, decorating and dressing up it's an abomination. 

I still use Classic as my main. Mostly because dressing up is so much easier in the Classic version. I have several female items that I can use with a male avatar. How ever, in Next I'm unable to select it. 

In Next and in the mobile system I don't even recognize my own products, let alone those products I bought. 

I am not able to go back to the deriveble product a product is derrived from in the none Classic systems.

The list goes on and on. 

Why can't IMVU listen to the features we like in each system and starts building one from scratch, matching our preferences? I have the feeling that Next and Mobile are rushed systems. Rushed to get it out in the open as soon as possible. And us, the users are the unpaid field testers.

We need an edit feature, as more feedback. Lol.

Goodness, IMVU* in the beginning as well. I need more coffee.

Hopes* not hops in the beginning. Apologies for any typos.