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How does everybody like the new look?

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Eh, don't worry, you'll never be sub-average around here.

Its not every day you have a king that masquerades as a janitor....

No get back to work. I think @Secret Chief clogged a toilet somewhere...
I have no ability to select text for various functions!
And I see no way to click on the post quoted !!

Help me, @Quagmire, you're our only hope.
(Yes, I am channeling her.)
 

icehorse

......unaffiliated...... anti-dogmatist
Premium Member
I see this kind of thing happen to a lot of websites. It appears to be favoring style over functionality.

It's less usable than the old style. Not as much information is visible at a time. It requires us users to have to scroll more, and as a general rule of UX / UI design, the more you have to scroll to get stuff done, the less user friendly the website (or app.)
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
The loss of function is unacceptable.
They better get crack'n, & fix this.
Or heads will roll !!!!
 

Debater Slayer

Vipassana
Staff member
Premium Member
I see this kind of thing happen to a lot of websites. It appears to be favoring style over functionality.

It's less usable than the old style. Not as much information is visible at a time. It requires us users to have to scroll more, and as a general rule of UX / UI design, the more you have to scroll to get stuff done, the less user friendly the website (or app.)

To reiterate two points of clarification from earlier:
  • The update is not for style. It was necessary to avoid closure of the forum. The old software had become too outdated and broken to sustain the forum.
  • The update is still ongoing. The owners are going to add more features and iron out some kinks. What you see now is just the elementary form of the update.
 

icehorse

......unaffiliated...... anti-dogmatist
Premium Member
To reiterate two points of clarification from earlier:
  • The update is not for style. It was necessary to avoid closure of the forum. The old software had become too outdated and broken to sustain the forum.
  • The update is still ongoing. The owners are going to add more features and iron out some kinks. What you see now is just the elementary form of the update.
That's great news, I hope they take usability concerns seriously. I'd be happy to provide more detailed UX / UI feedback if it would help.
 

Debater Slayer

Vipassana
Staff member
Premium Member
That's great news, I hope they take usability concerns seriously. I'd be happy to provide more detailed UX / UI feedback if it would help.

Feedback definitely helps. There's a thread for that specific purpose so that we have a reference to use when communicating with the owners:

 

Shadow Wolf

Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
I don't like it, especially as I'm having to relearn and refind everything.
It seems like things were moved around to take many steps back.
 

Sgt. Pepper

All you need is love.
OMG. What happened to RF, and when will it be switched back to normal? Will we have the option of switching it back to normal?
 

Shadow Wolf

Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
And why are givers of ratings openly displayed now? Isn't that away to make things more highschoolerish and less mature for debate when it comes with a cheering section?
 
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