Forum Upgrades
- Thread starter The Escapist Staff
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I wish to learn of these secret reason...TimeLord said:
But then they wouldn't be secret anymore...
A moral dilemma appeared!
Not the biggest fan, but as with every update; I'll get used to it and forget all about the old one.
These upgrades never ruin anything but they never improve anything either. Wouldn't the designing time be better spent fixing the poll-eating issue?
My only issue is the report button.
I know I'm eventually going to hit it accidently instead of the quote button beside it.
Apart form that it looks good.
I know I'm eventually going to hit it accidently instead of the quote button beside it.
Apart form that it looks good.
Since I'm not a vagina I think it's cool. Things are a little easier on the eyes than they were and nothing massive has changed. My only real comment for improvement is that the profile information and, to a lesser extent, the user groups should also be updated to look like this. The old style feels out of place when it's put next to this update.
I think it needs more colour in it, we already have plenty of white, adding grey doesn't really help.
I think the avatar placement might look better if it lined up with the other things on the side, or vice versa.
I think the report/flag button is looking at me strangely, I will accidentally press it instead of quoting someone.
I just noticed the change, thanks.
I think the avatar placement might look better if it lined up with the other things on the side, or vice versa.
I just noticed the change, thanks.
I have been toggling back and forth and would like to agree with the following suggestions that have been pointed out in this thread.
-Avatar should be aligned left with the texts.
-The "new" text, when there have been more posts on topics, doesn't have a very nice colour. Normal red would be nicer.
-The grey bar on top is too big and separates posts too much, making each post look like they are their own topic.
-Also, the user name is kinda lonely up there. It seems so disconnected from the rest of your profile.
I know you do not cater customers using mobile devices, but that quote button and report button are seriously too close to each other. I checked this site on my mobile and I can guarantee some misplaced reports in the future. As for getting used to having them on top of posts instead of below, I'm sure it's just a matter of some practise.
I like that when hovering over post and quote button, they are highlighted blue. If you're not changing the report button anywhere, I'd like to suggest that the button is highlighted red when hovered over.
But overall, the look matches the rest of the site much better now. One last thing, when is the toggle function going to be taken out?
-Avatar should be aligned left with the texts.
-The "new" text, when there have been more posts on topics, doesn't have a very nice colour. Normal red would be nicer.
-The grey bar on top is too big and separates posts too much, making each post look like they are their own topic.
-Also, the user name is kinda lonely up there. It seems so disconnected from the rest of your profile.
I know you do not cater customers using mobile devices, but that quote button and report button are seriously too close to each other. I checked this site on my mobile and I can guarantee some misplaced reports in the future. As for getting used to having them on top of posts instead of below, I'm sure it's just a matter of some practise.
I like that when hovering over post and quote button, they are highlighted blue. If you're not changing the report button anywhere, I'd like to suggest that the button is highlighted red when hovered over.
But overall, the look matches the rest of the site much better now. One last thing, when is the toggle function going to be taken out?
I really like this new look.
The posts are separated nicely, the avatars are a bit bigger, jet not to big, the red buttons were annoying and were sticking to much out.
All in all, great change.
The posts are separated nicely, the avatars are a bit bigger, jet not to big, the red buttons were annoying and were sticking to much out.
All in all, great change.
That's fine. Every post is looked at, so accidentally reported posts will simply be dismissed.Ed130 said:
I'm mostly ambivalent to the look. The big problem is that the overall box is...Well, big. I also concur with people who would like a little more contrast going on. Or maybe just make the bar Escapist blue.
+2Xan Krieger said:
I dont like it. Its not a bad look, but it just seems like its taken the parts that should be as unobtrusive a part of the forums as possible and made them more noticeable.
Its form over function... It should be designed to have as little distraction from reading posts as possible. To me the new design has increased the distractions, particularly with the bar between each post.
It looks great and works badly.
To be quite honest I don't mind the change at all. I actually like it a bit. The only issue I have is that when I try to change the text size it ends up resetting to the small text. That's the only issue I have. It'll just take some time getting used to like when the last one was implemented.