New Boards Layout

anothernight

I don't like it. Everything looks way bigger than it should be on my 13in screen... especially the ads. Turning Adblock back on makes the site a bit weird(er than it already is).

If they meant to force the new layout on me last night, I think I've been left behind! Long may that last.

I won't use this site if the new layout becomes compulsory.

Vicxas

I don't appreciate being dumped onto the new layout without me selecting it.

I'll stick with my dark blue layout, thank you very much.

Noxin

Feels very slow to load posts.
Don't like the body layout. Made me move back from the desk so I could see wtf I was reading.
I do like the top menu though.

duffman3833

can we get a poll going to see if it yay or nay on the new layout?

InTheTrees

Oh my god...

I'm not a fan. Why doesnt the width increase when i increase the width of my window???

Its narrow and tall with a lot of empty space, so there's far more scrolling.

Squall Leonhart

duffman3833 wrote: »

can we get a poll going to see if it yay or nay on the new layout?

Done!

kneemos

duffman3833 wrote: »

can we get a poll going to see if it yay or nay on the new layout?

Really!

ronnie3585

I tried using it today, and approached it with an open mind in spite of the previous comments. In sum: it's a steaming pile of horse crap. Completely un-intuitive, fisher price type face and over intrusive adds.

Out ta f*ck!

Elemonator

Never changed for me

The Lem is happy out.

StupidLikeAFox

I appreciate that change has to happen, but for something like this it has to be gradual or people will just move on. Look at facebooks updates for example, there is never any huge wholesale change, just minor ongoing tweaks that people can get used to.

I spent ages writing out these responses in the feedback section but now realise that the thread was started by a random user and its unlikely that anybody is paying attention to it.

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

Firstly, every user who comes here does so with the intention of reading about a topic and viewing posts. after that they may contribute by thanking the post or replying to a post. However the design of the posts in beta dont draw attention to the post content. The time & username are given an equal prominence to the post content, and the "quote", "report" and "thank" buttons are larger than the post fonts too. This distracts the user from the post content - you are trying to shove features in their face but the result is that the user is going to be distracted away from the actual content of the post and less engaged, less likely to keep reading and less likely to stick around.

Secondly, I get that you are trying to introduce a colour scheme for each category or whatever, but I think this execution has been poor. It works for google where they have 5 colours, but you have introduced so many that After Hours has almost the same colour as Accomodation and Property (which could be confusing) and forums like "Bands" and "Electric Vehicles" have really horrible shades of brown (which looks crap, esp against the overall blue theme). Having this colour scheme also permeate throughout the forum view via font colours also gives the whole site a really inconsistent feel. A more subtle strip over or under the horizontal top menu a left border on the posts would achieve the same result but be less intrusive and keep the reading experience consistent.

Also, I don't like the fact that posts are standalone, in bubbles with rounded edges. Takes away the "conversation" feel and looks more like a classified website. I don't like the rounded edges at all tbh, except on buttons which look fine.

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

Another point on this - when browsing a forum, the "Last post" and "Most recent poster" are highlighted using the forums colour scheme.

What was the thinking behind this? When the user is scrolling down a page they are scanning the thread titles, which are plain black and less prominent than the "Last Post" and "Last Poster". Surely you want to give more prominence to the content the user is looking for? How many people ever want to read the "Last post" anyway, surely this should at least be linking to the "First Unread" if anything. Why is the "Last poster" given more prominence than the thread title - who ever read a thread topic like "What is on your bucket list?" and said "This might be interesting, I better go check the user profile of the person who posted in this thread last"

TL;DR I get the impression that posting in this thread and also over on the feedback thread is as effective as Tom Hanks in Castaway complaining to Wilson that the food is running low

dub_skav

Normal layout on most forums for me, but new layout on one or two, very annoying to have a different layout depending on which forum I go to.

Oh, and the new one is absolutely terrible, go to first unread post doesn't work, links don't work and it looks terrible

StupidLikeAFox

dub_skav wrote: »

Oh, and the new one is absolutely terrible, go to first unread post doesn't work, links don't work and it looks terrible

This is such a fundamental feature - it is crazy to think it is being overlooked

Cleveland Hot Pocket

It's absolutely awful.
There's no "page 2" of the latest threads, for instance, whereas there's three pages currently.

It looks like it was lazily designed for an app and just copy and pasted for the main site.

FURET

hate it

Canis Lupus

Jesus christ what is this? What's going on?

I'm still using the original boards layout in blue even on mobile I use the old desktop version so I've no idea what the new one even looks like.

smash

Poll going less than half an hour and 97.06% of people say no...

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Jesus christ what is this? What's going on?

My. Sentiments. Exactly.

Squall Leonhart

Antonio Gentle Penguin wrote: »

I'm still using the original boards layout in blue even on mobile I use the old desktop version so I've no idea what the new one even looks like.

I included a screenshot as an attachment on the first post

Canis Lupus

I switched back to legacy.....

I do feel bad because I know someone spent a lot of time making that new layout etc but yeah..... it's not for me.

Squall Leonhart

Canis Lupus wrote: »

I switched back to legacy.....

I do feel bad because I know someone spent a lot of time making that new layout etc but yeah..... it's not for me.

Only problem is, in a few weeks time you won't have that choice, new look boards will be the only boards!

Canis Lupus

Squall Leonhart wrote: »

Only problem is, in a few weeks time you won't have that choice, new look boards will be the only boards!

Have to say I'd potentially say goodbye to the site. Can't be dealing with that layout.

gandalf

Thanks for adding the poll, jaysus 97.73% against is fairly damning alright. I hope that delays any changeover until there is a serious rethink on the user experience of this new launch.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Oh God no. Bulky bubble size posts with less information and even more and bigger ads. Put it back, please.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Also:

Quoted post first, then the actual post and reply. Natural order. Why would I want to read a reply before I've read the argument that said poster is replying to??

fr336

Style over substance......and it's not that stylish.

Mars Bar

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

This is such a fundamental feature - it is crazy to think it is being overlooked

It isn't being overlooked. It's automatic when you click on the thread title!

maudgonner

Way too much blank space on the page, they seem to be twice as long as they are on the "legacy site".

I don't mind there being more ads per page, I understand the reason for it. But the actual post/thread content could be much denser.

OldMrBrennan83

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Cleveland Hot Pocket

gandalf wrote: »

Thanks for adding the poll, jaysus 97.73% against is fairly damning alright. I hope that delays any changeover until there is a serious rethink on the user experience of this new launch.

You'd hope.
But generally they just ignore the userbase and push through changes.