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  • #62
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    I don't think so. When I enter a forum, around 40% of the screen is taken up by a header. If I hover over a header link my whole screen is gone. When you do it accidentally it's even more annoying. On certain sections there's scroll bars inside scroll bars. When I scroll down the page the large header goes away but now I lose my search. There's a pile of major fcuk ups from the get go.

    Then down to the content... big banner... then buttons, with no primary or secondary colour scheme for priority. Everything seems on top of itself. A third of the content area taken by space for a sticky banner, fantastic!

    Thread summaries look awful, and I can't hover to see the first post any more. I can't go further, back to legacy view please.


  • #63
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    The design and colour scheme is way too simple, scrolling down the Latest Posts isn't intuitive and just becomes a wall of text making it difficult to see what threads belong to what forums.

    Look at the state of the Trending box

    That surely is beta or testing, right? They're not going releasing this in any way, are they?


  • #64
    HensVassal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,569 ✭✭✭HensVassal


    This new format is fucking dire. Whose idea was it to change from the original format? Where are all the normal features? Have to scroll back up to the top to go to the next page and when you do open a thread the car-crash of a view is just painful.

    Complete and utter trainwreck.


  • #65
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Duggy747 wrote: »
    That surely is beta or testing, right?

    Observation would lead me to believe this isn't even Alpha.


  • #66
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    It looks dreadful - it looks like something from 1999.


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  • #67
    frash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,623 ✭✭✭frash


    Duggy747 wrote: »
    The design and colour scheme is way too simple, scrolling down the Latest Posts isn't intuitive and just becomes a wall of text making it difficult to see what threads belong to what forums.

    Look at the state of the Trending box

    That surely is beta or testing, right? They're not going releasing this in any way, are they?
    Add your reply here.Your 'trending box' link doesn't work in the Beta version - only the legacy

    Who tested this ****e?


  • #68
    FAILSAFE 00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,437 ✭✭✭FAILSAFE 00


    From when it was first shown a long time ago the overwhelming response was negative yet its still being developed :confused:


  • #69
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    It seems to be the thing to do these days - digitalspy introduced a hideous new look and traffic suffered, they did tweak it a bit to make it more useable but the old software was so much nicer.


  • #70
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    Is this just change for the sake of change? From a user perspective there's no need for it, and indeed users seem to consider it universally awful. Strange decision.

    Maybe they're trying to appeal to some hip new crowd and they don't care about us anymore.


  • #71
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,854 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    I got a flash of it and thought my browser was crashing, it looked some cr@ppy web mail. Were the developers checked for colour blindness?

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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  • #72
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Form over function.


  • #73
    Benimar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,790 ✭✭✭Benimar


    Dear Jesus, that is awful!

    What are they thinking??!!!


  • #74
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,887 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Saw this and thought of you, Boards.ie

    https://cdn.meme.am/instances/65080378.jpg


  • #75
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    It definitely looks like something that was designed by photo blog trends instead of thinking of that sites actual purpose


  • #76
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    I would pay a €1 a month to keep the old layout. That's how much I dislike the new one. And I don't pay for nothing on the Internet. :rolleyes:


  • #77
    Michael D Not Higgins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,223 ✭✭✭Michael D Not Higgins


    I'm getting deja vu from every Facebook redesign. I can't even remember what Facebook used to look like.


  • #78
    Knex*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,477 ✭✭✭✭Knex*


    Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »
    I'm getting deja vu from every Facebook redesign. I can't even remember what Facebook used to look like.

    I've never minded the changes on Facebook, or YouTube or even on Boards before. This one though, jaysus.


  • #79
    duffman3833
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭duffman3833


    If it aint broke just leave it. People who use the site like it for what it is. Why change it on them, why :(


  • #80
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,321 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Candie wrote: »
    Traffic is obviously waaay down since the cloud flare thing, and forcing this mess on people is going to be another nail in the traffic coffin.
    It's been dropping since before the DDOS attack. This is not the time to be changing people's comfort perceptions. Maybe it's just the old fogies like me who are thrown by it? Still you're going to lose many of those IMHO.
    It would be wise to keep this old version as an option for the sake of keeping users.
    +1 and I'd even pay for it.
    Why go ahead with something so despised, with something your users don't want?
    Professey Chin wrote: »
    It definitely looks like something that was designed by photo blog trends instead of thinking of that sites actual purpose
    IMH it's a way to make the desktop look more like the mobile site as more and more browse by mobile devices. It's a "thing" in the industry. Apple tried it with elements from their iOS moved to their desktop. Some were utterly 'kin stupid too. EG removing scroll bars from windows unless you were scrolling, like on a phone. That makes perfect sense on the limited screenspace of a phone, but is completely retarded on a desktop. Reversing the scroll direction was another genius move. And that's Apple FFS. They made their name with look and feel. At least with Apple they left the options to go back to the old behaviour and the majority of folks I know clicked those options.
    mad muffin wrote: »
    I would pay a €1 a month to keep the old layout. That's how much I dislike the new one. And I don't pay for nothing on the Internet. :rolleyes:
    I'd pay a fiver per month to keep it TBH.

    This all reminds me of when a pub local to me that was always stuffed with people decided to "have a meeting" and brought in some expert or other and they totally revamped it. Nice jobs going in the revamping, rolled out a flashy opening night and then... tumbleweed. It's so empty these days I dunno how they keep the doors open.

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



  • #81
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    I'm using the beta right now and there's so much wasted space I could vomit. Can we at least change how posts width appear? It doesn't seem to scale on window size beyond a certain point anyway. Instead I have about 1/3 of the page with posts, rest is blank useless space, and the posts are squeezed down multiple lines instead of one on the legacy.

    Boards pls, what the actual.


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  • #82
    Magico Gonzalez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,328 ✭✭✭Magico Gonzalez


    Harder to use, way more space for advertising, can read less posts on one page and see more sh1t that has no relevance or use to me.

    If your objective was to make the site significantly less user friendly and significantly more annoying at the expense of ad revenue it has been a resounding success. If not, it's a sh1tshow.


  • #83
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Really does look like it's built to be formed around adverts since they take up most space and are the only colourful things that pop out.

    Adding the fact that the Talk To is so prominent there gives you an idea where they want to go with this forum.


  • #84
    PabloAndRoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,501 ✭✭✭PabloAndRoy


    is it just me or is this new look actually unusable in chrome?

    None of the "My Threads", "My Forums" links are working.. even the header menu where i can select topics is not working. I don't even have the "bring me to legacy" button or whatever its called.

    I didn't switch it on and now can't switch it off. Am in Ireland on a common Irish network.

    Currently have to use Firefox, which is nice :)


  • #85
    MillField
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 646 ✭✭✭MillField


    I'll settle for it as long as you guys keep the dark theme!


  • #86
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    MillField wrote: »
    I'll settle for it as long as you guys keep the dark theme!
    a dark theme of the new unusable layout is still an unusable layout.


  • #87
    MillField
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 646 ✭✭✭MillField


    smash wrote: »
    a dark theme of the new unusable layout is still an unusable layout.

    Ok, dark theme and a usuable layout please. ;)


  • #88
    Rayne Wooney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,136 ✭✭✭✭Rayne Wooney


    It's like something the government would come up with after spending 10 million with an extra 15 for consultants


  • #89
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    Just change the site url to https://talk-to.ads and be done with it


  • #90
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,420 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    *Checks date*

    Sh1te, 19 days after April 1st.


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  • #91
    One eyed Jack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,580 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    I accidentally had the beta site come up earlier on my phone. There's far too much padding and white space. On 40 posts per page, I'm scrolling enough already! It's less and less like a discussion forum Boards is becoming tbh. I don't know what this latest effort is about or who it's aimed at.


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