Poll : What do you think of the NEW LOOK MSE

Knit_Witch

I tried the new layout as a guest on my mobile, I had to turn the brightness of my screen down so far that I couldn't read anything else (if I flipped tabs to find some information out for instance), oh and it doesn't scroll properly, the links don't work on a mobile and frankly it sux

fermi

This is a 'moneysaving' site, so I guess they didn't spend much on it.

anoncol

fermi wrote: »

Things could get missed on this thread, so...

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5224895

I've just sent them this

I know the mobile friendly sites get rated higher by google so I understand you rushing the new design out. But its a dire design even on a mobile, with too much white space, and the screen on a mobile or desktop now doesn’t fit more than a couple of posts or threads on a screen any more.

I suggest you look at Androids material design on how to do a mobile friendly site properly or even iOS had a similar design it its OS update last year with simple colours.

Mobile friendly is about working well on a small screen, not making all text enormous with loads of white space without any information on the majority of the screen real estate, that is totally against good design on a small screen.

Please take the feed back of the majority of your users into account. The majority hate the new design, many who do use it on a mobile.

Kantankrus_Mare

Had 2 mins on it and hated it instantly.

Couldnt find user cp, new posts and hated the colour and layout so needless to say I am back to original version.

eslick

I joined the site in 2006, but the last change stopped me contributing to the site in terms of post, still visit but instead of the daily visit, spending hours per day it's maybe once a week. Quick scan through and away. But the new design is so bad without logging in I won't bother at all. It's funny how forum sites people used to visit make changes to entice new users but lose their original members. I wonder if any of these sites ever check their existing users visits and see how many they lose in time, guess they just think we have died off, stopped searching the net. I remember having to give a Christmas presentation at work, management knew me as someone to go to if they needed help with deals, finance etc and I shared to around 200 people the joys of MSE, that was then can't remember the last time I told someone to come here. Such a shame as we used to love it but it's just not the same any more

home_alone

Sorry but its the worst site format I have seen

masonic

Campden wrote: »

I can't find the View First Unread Post button, can anyone help, please?

It is in exactly the same place as in the old design, but there is a bug in the new design that means the link is incorrect. I pointed this out to them months ago. They don't seem to be in any hurry to fix it.

Perhaps if they ironed out some of the obvious bugs in the new design, it would be less offensive to people? I would probably be able to tolerate it if all the buttons (such as first new post) worked properly.

marywooyeah

The new layout is horrible - it looks really cold and basic and the extra spacing makes it hard to navigate around. The old green layout was much better.

DigForVictory

Please make it go away & leave me to my beloved vintage green & white?

doe808

New site is awful. Trying to think of anything constructive to say- but simply cant.