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Sneaky Peek - New look MSE forums

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  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    jinky67 wrote: »
    I actually have now decided I rather like the user cp where it is

    change you know:wink:

    No definitely not where it is now as it is inconsistent i.e. it's the only heading in the Quick Links dropdown that is a hyperlink.

    Much better on the main green bar as it was previously.
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
  • reniannen
    reniannen Posts: 9,139 Forumite
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    edited 8 May 2010 at 12:45PM
    Thanks for letting us road test it :) Overall I'm liking the cleaner and more up to date look. I think the forum was in dire need of a revamp. Love the idea of being able to customise it in future too (I'm a firefox user I'm used to customising everything!)

    I have a few niggles, most have been mentioned I think, but for the sake of adding my weight to the arguments here goes -

    1. for the same reason as others have said I don't like the thread statistics box - it's obtrusive and the information can be found elsewhere. The social networking buttons would be better as smaller icons somewhere which I think most people are used to now at the bottom of blog posts etc.
    But my main problem with it is that it interferes with copying and pasting a post as a template for another, which I do all the time when posting competitions. I have to preview the post and then delete all the html for the box, which is a pain in the neck.

    2. I would like the 'you are subscribed to this thread' icon to be a wee bit bigger and more visible? and I don't really understand what the arrow means, I think the tick makes more sense as an icon.

    3. I think the posters name could be slightly bolder, and the people who have thanked the post underneath

    4. could you bring back the expired button on the comps board please? Save our poor board guides

    5. a very minor one - why is the title of the thread above the resource bar? (at least on the competitions board) I think it would make more sense below it. Maybe it was always like that lol and I've just noticed

    Others I think have been covered several times over like the thanks button issue and the signature needing to be separated more.

    Also as a yahoo email user I would also appreciate an easier to use abuse reporting system please
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    reniannen wrote: »

    Also as a yahoo email user I would also appreciate an easier to use abuse reporting system please

    It is very easy to use any e-mail provider with the current mailto abuse button. You simply need to configure your chosen e-mail client once and job done!
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
  • MARTINS_DOLL
    MARTINS_DOLL Posts: 11,141 Forumite
    edited 8 May 2010 at 3:59PM
    The expired button on the comps board seems to have disappeared.

    Can it be brought back please as it saved our hard working BGs from manually moving a comp to Game Over if it has expired early?

    Thank you!
    ................................... MSE MARTIN LEWIS ... :A ... THANK YOU.......................
  • reniannen
    reniannen Posts: 9,139 Forumite
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    espresso wrote: »
    It is very easy to use any e-mail provider with the current mailto abuse button. You simply need to configure your chosen e-mail client once and job done!

    oh how do you do that?

    For me the link works ok and opens a new email on yahoo, but it always cuts off the post url in the subject, so I have to go back and c+p it in (yeah ok it's not major but slightly pernickety)
  • whitewing wrote: »
    Also as a yahoo email user I would also appreciate an easier to use abuse reporting system please

    I use Yahoo and I don't have any problems :o All you need is the abuse address, which is posted on every page is the resource bar ~ [EMAIL="abuse@moneysavingexpert.com"]abuse@moneysavingexpert.com[/EMAIL]. Then you need the link of the thread/post you want to report. To get the former its in your top address bar, to get the latter find the post you want to report, click its post number* and copy the link in the top address bar. Then when you compose the email the subject line should be 'Reporting post' follwed my the link.

    * If you use a multi tab browser right click and 'open in new tab'. That way there is now need to deviate from the main thread.

    I don't report that many posts/thread I may add because I tend to spot them too late. However when I have had to report them its not at all hard. If it helps keep the forum under control/safe then typing (c&p'ing) a small email does't take that much time :D
  • Sublime_2
    Sublime_2 Posts: 15,741 Forumite
    BeenieCat wrote: »
    • Fix the thanks

    Thats the one thing thats been niggly for me. I can give, and remove thanks, but when I go back to a thanked post in a thread, the thanks button is still showing.

    I quite like the new low profile of the thanks bit btw.
  • meher
    meher Posts: 15,910 Forumite
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    The 'this post has been thanked by...' should be in bold IMO.
    I thought keeping the whole thanking a low profile was one of the finest features of this new format.
    Perhaps also this could be in a different font as to me it looks all 'much of a muchness'.
    likewise to me the fonts being the same lends the tidy look
  • meher
    meher Posts: 15,910 Forumite
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    When you make an edit, you can compare and switch over to the one you'd like to keep - that's a clever feature :D
  • Daphne01
    Daphne01 Posts: 22,145 Forumite
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    On the comps board I really hate the thread statistics at the side of the op, it makes the post look really cluttered.
    Apart from that the new look gets a big thumbs up from me. :T
    A strong man stands up for himself, a stronger man stands up for others.




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