Forum Redesign Tomorrow...

Errata

Agreed - Black script on a dark grey background is not a good look - it's practically unreadable.

robt_2

Why oh why do they not test things first. Or hire a decent designer. These days, the site is too large and complex to not have a proper designer.

Horace

Errata wrote: »

Agreed - Black script on a dark grey background is not a good look - it's practically unreadable.

As a visually impaired person, black script on a grey background doesnt work at all and it makes it nigh on impossible to read. To change forum I now have to use the link at the top of the page and to be honest this can be a pain the bottom.

If it ain't broke as they say, why fix it?

Errata

Something else has been weirded. I did a search on Forums, found what I was looking for, pressed my back button as per usual and got this although I hadn't tried to do a new search -

This forum requires that you wait 15 seconds between searches. Please try again in 4 seconds

Tried another search on Main Site, got my results but couldn't and my back button wouldn't work

meher

robt wrote: »

Why oh why do they not test things first. Or hire a decent designer. These days, the site is too large and complex to not have a proper designer.

you got your answer right there - because the site is too large and complex you cannot just hire any designer - a little tweaking here and there going wrong could upset the entire system which is otherwise functioning smoothly without any interruptions

my husband belongs to a respectable professional community forum and whenever I decide to go and mind a bit of business there it gives me the message that it is closed for maintenance - we have minimal such interruptions on this board and it must be a herculian task to manage it all as well please our individual aesthetics

my only comment and observations that's not too constructive perhaps is that this site goes so far to make it user friendly and in the process defeats it's own pupose because too much pointers and directions just get hidden among the clutter

one button for form jump would do

one search button

one contact button

etc.

but again that's just my preference who won't find anything even when it's there right in front of my eyes

robt_2

meher wrote: »

you got your answer right there - because the site is too large and complex you cannot just hire any designer - a little tweaking here and there going wrong could upset the entire system which is otherwise functioning smoothly without any interruptions

Totally wrong I'm afraid. As far as the forum software is concerned, a different skin (theme) or any alterations can be applied to as little as one user, or a group of users (for example Board Guides, or members with over 10,000 posts).

Horace

Thank you for fixing the forum jump button - I can now read and find where I want to go without having to scroll up the page and use the link at the top:j

This forum is great and it must be a herculean task to work on it - you are doing great and I just love it - thank you, thank you, thank you.

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