Old thread: 2012 Forum redesign

Former_MSE_Ian

Hi Errata,

Please could you let us know what style you are looking at and what browser you are using. Thank you.

Ian

Errata

MSE_Ian wrote: »

Hi Errata,

Please could you let us know what style you are looking at and what browser you are using. Thank you.

Ian

IE and I think I'm on newstyle It's only happening on the main forum board, the sub boards are ok as is my User CP doodah.

Mikeyorks

MSE_Ian wrote: »

Hi Errata,

Please could you let us know what style you are looking at and what browser you are using. Thank you.

Ian

Same problem.

IE9 New masthead - stretchy - less bright.

And - either my sight has improved dramatically overnight. Or the font size across the forums has suddenly enlarged? My monitor is set at 125% zoom .... as is default and usual. Can't see anything in the MSE options that appears to have changed.

fermi

caz2703 wrote: »

Thank you for this. Back to the New masthead, stretchy, less bright skin with the sidebar removed. It's like a whole new forum without all that erm stuff!

Indeed it is.

Getting rid of that damn useless sidebar makes the world of difference.

jamie11

There seems to be no tick to say 'you have a post in this thread' I don't read all of them so now I struggle to find the one I'm interested in, the avatars are far too small for my aged eyes to make out,. Overall I prefer the previous version.

katsu

OneYorkshireLass wrote: »

That's great, thank you :T

It's very ... flat. If that makes sense. In the old version the posts 'pop' more, making them easier to follow.

I totally agree, it looks flatter to me - less vivid and three dimensional.

It feels slower to read with the big banner for each poster across the top of their post and the gaps between posts (the white space around the framed posts).

Also agree with errata - the hover on the link and see a bit about the thread was very useful.

meher

Main site > MoneySavingExpert.com Forums > MoneySaving & The Site > Site Feedback > NEW new MSE forum design (Page 7) finally belongs where it should be :A but why is it in italics - I admit I like to see uniformity in use of fonts or it would lend a cluttered appearance.

I also liked the idea of lining up the fb and tweet buttons alongside our collection of buttons and now with this ...

Fifer wrote: »

could the buttons and prescence light at the bottom of posts be made smaller? They seem somewhat out of proportion in the narrower style.

MSE_Forum_Manager wrote: »

Hi Fifer,

Yes, I believe that is very much part of the thinking for the redesign proper.

... being considered it should look neat and tidy little box

I don't know if I'm the only one though, I feel a little lost on the forum without having a clue where I posted. I don't subscribe so it is so difficult now to track threads because the little sign on threads appears to have vanished. Or has it been redesigned and that I haven't seen it?

taliesin

In recent weeks, posts have been restricted to a thin band a quarter of the width of my screen. Really annoying to have paid a small fortune for a large screen and then having sites ignore your investment. I guess this is the difference between what you are calling "stretchy" and "fixed width". Like others, I find it bizarre that you are seeking to change something that was working fine - the value of this site does not lie in the flim-flam, it's the content provided by the users. That should be waaaay up front. You've been seduced by these "graphic design", "image is all", "medium is message" types, Martin!

But I didn't come here just to repeat what others have said. The most useful bit of the original post was a (well-hidden) link that changed the presentation from "fixed-width" to "stretchy". Why not put that as a big, clearly visible button somewhere at the top of the page?

fermi

meher wrote: »

Main site > MoneySavingExpert.com Forums > MoneySaving & The Site > Site Feedback > NEW new MSE forum design (Page 7) finally belongs where it should be :A

Excellent.

Just on the new version it seems, as for a sec I thought "no it's not!

Mort

Your article alert may need attention, text positioning is way off, it is forced over to the left in a narrow vertical strip
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3501211