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  • #422
    timthumbni
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,845 ✭✭✭timthumbni


    I may like the new colour and look better if I didn't have adverts every 4th post whilst scrolling down the comments.


  • #423
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,839 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Ok I'm in the responsive site now using touch and holding my phone in portrait.

    All I can see on the screen is the boards logo, search icon, menu thing you click and 2/3 of my notifications icon all surrounded by blue. Then underneath that, the title of this thread surrounded by a green box even bigger than the blue box. Underneath again white box with welcome to the new boards blah blah blah, reply and follow, Facebook and Twitter icons, forward/back buttons and numbers telling me I'm in 36 if 29 (huh?).

    That's it! I can't see a single members post without having to scroll down. Doesn't make life easier.

    Oh yeah, when I click on my notifications it opens up as if I was using the full site. Text is tiny though so I would have to zoom in and scroll over and back. I reported this issue six months ago (I was the second post in the ignored beta feedback thread).

    I'm gonna try this for the day tomorrow see if it's me rather than the site that has problems.


  • #424
    The Masculinist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 331 ✭✭The Masculinist


    Very hard to navigate around the new layout. You will lose traffic if you keep this.


  • #425
    Pretzill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,782 ✭✭✭Pretzill


    Patww79 wrote: »
    You're in for a treat.

    I clicked on the responsive site and mmm, a treat? No. Was there long enough to cast my vote, no. Just no. It's missing a main function I couldn't find where to post - that should be evident. It isn't. I left. No.


  • #426
    Boskowski
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,361 ✭✭✭Boskowski


    Boskowski wrote: »
    Horrendous. This has the potential to turn me away from boards. The old touch site was way better, way clearer. No matter what look I chose I'm looking at this fkn 'sponsored post' aka advertisement from laya. I'm a subscribed ( paid) user for years now but I won't be much longer.

    Now I'm going to change my tune a bit. Still critical but nothing like my first impression.

    I'm talking about how it looks like on a phone (iOS) btw.

    Forum and thread navigation needs to be worked on. It's not clear to me how I go to start, finish, first unread.
    Color scheme is very bright. Toning it a bit more into grey tones might help.
    I couldn't find the edit post function. I use that quite a bit as I'm a bit anal about my grammar and style.
    I understand money must come from somewhere so as much as I hate ads I get it they're a necessary evil. But staring for days on end at that laya post is frustrating.

    Other than that I actually prefer it to the old touch site. Fonts and readability are better. I like the drop downs although they seem to leave certain artefacts like icons in the wrong place when snapping back up.
    Also I liked find all post by B, find all threads by B as its the handiest way to check whether someone actually engaged with you. What would be fantastic actually if for your own post there'd be a link to the next unread post where your post is quoted.

    As I'm a frequent enough user (and I'm an experienced IT professional too) I would be willing to create 'proper' bug reports when I see one. Where is the right place for this? Hardly here in AH?


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  • #427
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,622 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Used it for the first time today.

    I'd assumed there was an element of people complaining just for the sake of it: Drastic change is always accompanied by more people saying NO NO NO loudly than others saying, "ok".

    But, honestly, this new layout is not an improvement and I have to agree: it's not great.


  • #428
    longshanks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭longshanks


    This is worse than the last season of Lost.


  • #429
    Lemsiper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 840 ✭✭✭Lemsiper


    It's very shīt


  • #430
    Sheep Lover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭Sheep Lover


    I'd rather a mild case of syphilis than this layout tbh


  • #431
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,046 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I voted yes but have decided I hate it.

    Had to drag open the reply box on mobile to post this. Can't edit posts.
    Not sure how to multi quote.
    Where the link to see my quoted/thanked posts?
    It feels awkward now trying to see the status over my threads.
    The green and blue don't match for AH, the most important forum. Even worse is they did this on mobile so my chrome address bar is green followed by..
    I don't need the BOARDS.IE blue bar to float at the top of the page.. So much real estate gone.
    I don't why my avatar logo is used for my notifications.
    I picked a Nintendo thing years ago but now it has special meaning to me.

    I'm an amateur site builder and if I flick back to my latest creation which is actually far more complex than boards, my work on design is so so much better. I don't know how boards cant afford better than me.


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  • #432
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,046 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I mean look at this crap.

    http://i.imgur.com/aWy2Aqf.jpg


  • #433
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,480 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    Back to (web design) school for someone.

    Is it really the case that a site cannot be designed to cater for all platforms? Rather than platforms being able to cater for all sites...

    Not your ornery onager



  • #434
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,745 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I'm afraid I hate it too.
    I mostly view Boards from a Windows phone. NONE of the tabs at the top of the page worked.
    The return to legacy link wasn't working.
    I posted in another thread and my post just vanished.

    The new look is far too bright, stickied threads are hidden, and general navigation I found to be just frustrating.

    Please don't change to it.


  • #435
    s8n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭s8n


    Its a poorer UI. Not a fan, leave as it.


  • #436
    Optimalprimerib
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,885 ✭✭✭Optimalprimerib


    90% it comes up webpage not found or 404 error. so unfortunately I can't give an opinion because it's not working.


  • #437
    12Phase
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭12Phase


    Why is EVERYTHING SO HUGE ?!

    On Chrome on Nexus 6P and seriously this site looks terrible. It's wasting massive amounts of screen space. The fonts are far too big and it's very difficult to navigate.

    If this becomes the interface for boards, I won't be visiting anymore. It's painful to use.

    See :


  • #438
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,380 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Boskowski wrote: »
    As I'm a frequent enough user (and I'm an experienced IT professional too) I would be willing to create 'proper' bug reports when I see one. Where is the right place for this? Hardly here in AH?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057588235


  • #439
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    It's like the population of Iran.

    Largely Shiaite


  • #440
    Permabear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39,019 ✭✭✭✭Permabear


    This post has been deleted.


  • #441
    InTheTrees
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,900 ✭✭✭InTheTrees


    Well this is just great. Living abroad here so no legacy alternatives. Cloudflare plus some amateur graphic design and boards.ie is almost unusable.

    I spent a long time putting a post together yesterday only to have it disappear because of Cloudflare. Its getting ridiculous. Come on boards and fix this mess.


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  • #442
    Chain Smoker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,484 ✭✭✭Chain Smoker


    https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/MobileHIG/LayoutandAppearance.html
    Make it easy for people to interact with content and controls by giving each interactive element ample spacing. Give tappable controls a hit target of about 44 x 44 points.
    Pass this on to your design team, guys, it's fairly basic stuff. I'm actually incredibly good at hitting targets on a touch screen but I imagine a lot of people are unable to navigate the current layout of individual forums at all without zooming in.


  • #443
    Permabear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39,019 ✭✭✭✭Permabear


    This post has been deleted.


  • #444
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,046 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I only come back here to see this thread. I've a choice when I open my phone.. reddit or this. Before it was 50/50. Outside of this thread it's like 90/10.


  • #445
    blackplum123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 266 ✭✭blackplum123


    Sorry , hate it . Please go back to original layout


  • #446
    Reckless Abandonment
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,555 ✭✭✭Reckless Abandonment


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I only come back here to see this thread. I've a choice when I open my phone.. reddit or this. Before it was 50/50. Outside of this thread it's like 90/10.
    Add your reply here.
    Have to agree . Never really used redditt till they made a balls of this.


  • #447
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    Just checked it out.


    Oh dear God no.


    Too bright and bubbly.


    Too much going on.


  • #448
    12Phase
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭12Phase


    This is nearly as popular as Mondelēz's new Cadburys Dairy Milk with Marmite.


  • #449
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,280 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    I can use the legacy site from abroad FWIW


  • #450
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,165 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I only come back here to see this thread. I've a choice when I open my phone.. reddit or this. Before it was 50/50. Outside of this thread it's like 90/10.

    Same here. Interface would make me stop using the site


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  • #451
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    pickarooney wrote: »
    I can use the legacy site from abroad FWIW

    Same here.

    Go here and at the bottom is the Forum Skin drop down. Change to anything else and your experience will return to normal.


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