Poll : What do you think of the NEW LOOK MSE

lovinituk

fermi wrote: »

The testing account I was using still has 151 posts as it did before, so seems they still exist and not been soft or hard deleted. Just that whatever boards they reside on now is not one that is accessible to us.

That's a shame. It would have been interesting to see how many users complained about the last change (to the current look) giving them headaches and hurting their eyes. If I remember it went from an all green background to a mostly white background.

quidsy

lovinituk wrote: »

I appreciate your opinion but a couple of hundred users voting on this thread out of a user base of thousands is hardly a majority!

We represent active users. The user numbers are hardly accurate of actual posters using the forums daily.

But again, why should YOUR opinion, someone who admits to being used to this view type be more relevant than ours? You do not represent a majority either

lovinituk

quidsy wrote: »

But again, why should YOUR opinion, someone who admits to being used to this view type be more relevant than ours? You do not represent a majority either

I never claimed either of those things! YOU'RE the one that seems to be taking offence to the opposite view point whereas I am just stating my opinion.

redux

fermi wrote: »

There was a mostly empty beta one as well you could only get to if you new the number......

The way things are going, we don't have an iota when it will be sorted.

DigForVictory

I think there's an awful lot of white space framing the familiar green, so this browser must be out of date.
And I need to figure the brightness settings as wearing shades in the office is a bit daft.

quidsy

lovinituk wrote: »

Yes you can - its called a responsive website that produces a different style depending on what device it detects it is being viewed on - I would imagine that is exactly what they have done with the new design. Although I only saw the desktop version yesterday and it looked very good to me. To be fair though I do manage my own ecommerce websites so fully understand the requirements Google are imposing on webmasters (if they don't want to disappear in to the Google ether). I'm also very much for the modern look and feel of the clean/plain/white websites which is why I really like th new version.

This green version is ageing fast and is already out of date in my opinion. That might not matter to many of the older users but for the future of the business, they need to keep up with change or be left behind.

I guess for them its a risk between losing long standing regular members or losing many thousands of potentially new members because the site looks like it was made in the 90's.

I understand its a tough call, but as a business owner myself I know what I would choose.

No problem singling me out - I'm very thick skinned

I'm not taking offense only trying to explain to you, someone who made the above post, that not everyone has the opinion that the current colours or layout is from the 90's. Some of us use it every day without issue & the changes shown yesterday will be a major problem to us. The actual physical symptoms the screens produce as well as creating additional steps to post where currently there is only one will drive us away in droves. I can't actually risk my vision in order to help all these "new" users the owners hope to get.

The developers of this site need to find a happy medium. Ignoring the loyal & active current posters is not only arrogant but stupid. Thousands of helpful posters will no longer be around to drive the forum & content.

Oh & fyi, I'm younger than you & have been using interwebs for years. I run a site bigger than this but we don't ride roughshot over our users & have 13+ year users still actively posting.

foxtrotoscar_2

quidsy wrote: »

I'm not taking offense only trying to explain to you, someone who made the above post, that not everyone has the opinion that the current colours or layout is from the 90's. Some of us use it every day without issue & the changes shown yesterday will be a major problem to us. The actual physical symptoms the screens produce as well as creating additional steps to post where currently there is only one will drive us away in droves. I can't actually risk my vision in order to help all these "new" users the owners hope to get.

The developers of this site need to find a happy medium. Ignoring the loyal & active current posters is not only arrogant but stupid. Thousands of helpful posters will no longer be around to drive the forum & content.

Oh & fyi, I'm younger than you & have been using interwebs for years. I run a site bigger than this but we don't ride roughshot over our users & have 13+ year users still actively posting.

Any chance you would let us know which site this is please?

Mandelbrot

lovinituk wrote: »

I never claimed either of those things! YOU'RE the one that seems to be taking offence to the opposite view point whereas I am just stating my opinion.

"thems the truths!!" ... :whistle:

lovinituk

quidsy wrote: »

I'm not taking offense only trying to explain to you, someone who made the above post, that not everyone has the opinion that the current colours or layout is from the 90's.

I never claimed everybody did have or should have the same opinion as me.

quidsy wrote: »

Some of us use it every day without issue & the changes shown yesterday will be a major problem to us. The actual physical symptoms the screens produce as well as creating additional steps to post where currently there is only one will drive us away in droves.

Unfortunately thats what might happen.

quidsy wrote: »

The developers of this site need to find a happy medium. Ignoring the loyal & active current posters is not only arrogant but stupid. Thousands of helpful posters will no longer be around to drive the forum & content.

I think some of the regulars have an over inflated view of their own importance!! The forum would get along just fine without many of them.

quidsy wrote: »

Oh & fyi, I'm younger than you & have been using interwebs for years.

That's nice but unsure of the relevance?

quidsy wrote: »

I run a site bigger than this but we don't ride roughshot over our users & have 13+ year users still actively posting.

Good for you! Well done.

lovinituk

Mandelbrot wrote: »

"them's the facts" ... :whistle:

Of course - isn't that what debate is all about?

The only proof will be in the proverbial pudding if MSE do decide to remove the old template forever. It will be a very interesting time.

I realise I am not airing very popular opinions on this thread - call me the devils advocate if you like - but I just find some of the views here rather amusing. The person who suggested that all the dissatisfied people should remove all their posts before leaving for good was especially special!!