New look Forum for non-logged in visitors

fermi

Goldiegirl wrote: »

I don't have permission to view that page (a bit worrying)

Don't be concerned. It's on an Alpha testing board that you had to click an activation link to become a tester on a few months ago. Only people who did that back then will be able to see it, otherwise you get that message. It's just as it should be.

See: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4909123

JDPower

Originally Posted by MSE Andrea
Hi Mandelbrot. For the time being existing forum members (i.e., they join the forum before the new version goes live) will have the ability to revert back to the old version but we won't be providing support for it and can't promise we'll be keeping it permanently.

In other words, we're getting that new look whether we like it or not, but it's ok, you can keep the old look for now. Sounds like they're just sticking their heads in the sand and ignoring the negative feedback (despite the banner at the top of the forum "A very big thank you to everyone who fed back to us on our new Forum look trial")

Kite2010

Why do I get the feeling they will ignore all negative feedback and only focus on the positive feedback received to make that horrible white look the new look.

Good way to getting old-ish members to say goodbye

Goldiegirl

fermi wrote: »

Don't be concerned. It's on an Alpha testing board that you had to click an activation link to become a tester on a few months ago. Only people who did that back then will be able to see it, otherwise you get that message. It's just as it should be.

See: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4909123

Ah, that explains it. I thought I was on the naughty step at first:rotfl:

elwoodpdowd

"Hi Mandelbrot. For the time being existing forum members (i.e., they join the forum before the new version goes live) will have the ability to revert back to the old version but we won't be providing support for it and can't promise we'll be keeping it permanently. "


This just prompted a long time lurker to register :rotfl:

nickj_2

i think if anyone thought that the new version was any good when they had a try of it , they would have stuck with it , the fact tat people have used it and returned to the old version speaks volumes ,
changing things just for the sake of changing things is not required if people are happy with what they've got , no doubt it has cost a lot of dosh to develop the new look , but it should be an improvment on the old . IT'S NOT

bod1467

A very big thank you to everyone who fed back to us on our new Forum look trial

Yes. We know. It's said this for several days now. Can this now be removed please so we can regain some of our screen for more useful things (like forum posts)?

MothballsWallet

I hated the new look for most of the reasons listed above, many of which can be considered breaches of W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) guidelines and industry standards.

MSE Towers, would you like to borrow one of my HTML/web page books that contains suggestions on web design?

--_Adam_--_2

I actually really liked the new forum design. It's fresh and clean, and actually renders really well here.

I applaud MSE for letting people give their views on the new design, but please don't make too many changes.

After a week or so of people using it, I suspect most will have forgotten how the old forum looked!

Adam

bod1467

bod1467 wrote: »

Yes. We know. It's said this for several days now. Can this now be removed please so we can regain some of our screen for more useful things (like forum posts)?

It's finally gone!