Can't retrieve old mse colouring and format.

ampersand

This tells the story so far:

View Poll Results:
What do you think of the new look forum
Love It 6 2.08%
Not bothered 12 4.15%
Hate it, please make it stop 271 93.77%

Voters: 289. []
You have already voted on this poll

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I see the new version on my phone and still dislike it entirely. It is not intuitive, crops avatars making them unrecognisable, refuses to change fonts, has a nasty cheap look, bright white does not make for a kind read, fails to accept me as already logged in, wipes posts.

bod1467

The numbers for the first 2 are unchanged. The last one has increased further.

The new theme is just, well, shoddy. There doesn't appear to be any clear structure to it, and it has very poor use of screen real estate. They're obviously expecting everyone will visit the site on mobile devices, and are screwing over desktop users in the process.

DigForVictory

I'm managed to beat my desktop into submission (hurrah - lovely old green) but the blinking (safari) phone is obdurately Modern, so I tried Opera & still drat...
How can you bully a mobile into staying Old Style?!

bod1467

Check the app settings and see if you can request the desktop site?

DigForVictory

Can do, have done in Safari & hallelujah, back to the familiar much-loved green. Huge thanks, bod!

Y'know, if the idea was to make everything more mobile friendly, I can't feel it was a howling success.

Bollotom

Well done Bod1467. Just what's needed for us old dinosaurs.:cool:

Eenymeeny

Still can't find the 'first unread' button, or did I imagine it?
I've voted 'hate it' but really I don't mind it being changed to accomodate the needs of phones etc. I'd just like some of the old features to be included and I, as others have said, also find it difficult to read over a long period. (Surely keeping people on the forum/website for the longest time is the main aim?)

[Deleted User]

Thanks for that. The old version is so much nicer particularly on a tablet.

Kernel_Sanders

I've tried to get used to the new format but when you click 'login and quick reply' under the post you want to reply to, it fails to quote. Totally pointless then, just like the new format appears to be. Now to that poll.. ...but I suspect all our votes will have about as much impact as UKIP's.

Eenymeeny

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

I've tried to get used to the new format but when you click 'login and quick reply' under the post you want to reply to, it fails to quote. Totally pointless then, just like the new format appears to be. Now to that poll.. ...but I suspect all our votes will have about as much impact as UKIP's.

I used that button just to log in (not replied) and have stayed logged in since. Don't know if that would be any help? As you see, using quote now...