New MSE website

forgotmyname

Seems quoting is totally broken also.   I edited the above post to only quote the one fussy splodge
comment and it appears to have duplicated it.

DoaM

flossy_splodge said:

poppellerant said:

These are my current uBlock Origin rules which make MSE much cleaner, in case they help anybody:

forums.moneysavingexpert.com##.mainNavHeader
forums.moneysavingexpert.com###header
forums.moneysavingexpert.com##.SecondaryPanel
forums.moneysavingexpert.com##.MainFooter.Footer
forums.moneysavingexpert.com##.MainContent.Content:style(width: 99% !important)

If this allows the threads/posts to occupy the full width please can you give me simple instructions on how to do it.
Many thanks

Instructions for browsers with uBlock Origin extension installed:

1. Right-click on the uBlock icon and select Options
2. Click on the My filters tab
3. Copy the listed filters and paste them into the white box
4. Click on Apply changes
5. Refresh the MSE forum page and see the goodness

PS ... the filters I use are largely the same as above but I use one less to achieve the same result. (Note: I haven't nuked the page footer in my implementation):

forums.moneysavingexpert.com##.mse-tools-masthead

forums.moneysavingexpert.com##.SecondaryPanel

forums.moneysavingexpert.com##.MainContent.Content:style(width: 99% !important)

Question - has anyone found a way to stretch the content to get rid of the wasted space at the left and right?

poppellerant

DoaM said:

Question - has anyone found a way to stretch the content to get rid of the wasted space at the left and right?

I haven't found a way, but to be honest it is small enough to look fine on my screen - I'd say about 25% of my screen's width is wasted now, which I can live with.

forgotmyname

Fill the page better, I had to zoom the website, increase 2 levels fills my screen better
without having the text so large that it looks like an eye test for MrMagoo.

Im using Firefox with the   Zoom Page WE  16.7   addon. Allows me to zoom only this website.  Still a load of wasted space on a 1440P monitor/resolution.

DoaM

I can zoom using Ctrl and mouse wheel - no need for an addon/extension. But that sort of defeats the objective of making the screen usable. I'm happy with the font size at 100% - I'd just like to see more of the text on the same line.

On my 1920 monitor I'd say ~35% of the screen width is wasted. (~53cm width, 34cm of content, 19cm of wasted space ... 9.5cm each side).

Roger1

I came across the new layout this morning, first time logging in since the change.  Heavy weather!  It's taking me much longer to find what I'm looking for.

I have used the forum for years.  I can no longer make use of the following:

• clicking the symbol to the left of a forum sub-heading took me straight to newest posts. No longer, there's no such symbol.  Clicking on the title takes me back to the first post.
• hovering over a post showed me the content of the post, easier to sort whether to read in full or not.  No longer.

There may well be a way to do this, but I haven't found it yet.

alanwsg

Roger1 said:

• clicking the symbol to the left of a forum sub-heading took me straight to newest posts. No longer, there's no such symbol.  Clicking on the title takes me back to the first post.

Clicking on the title does take you to the first unread post.
(But not the first time you do it - it hasn't been carried over from the previous forums).

You can use "Mark all viewed", under your profile badge (Top right) to mark all threads as read.

Farway

poppellerant said:

DoaM said:

Question - has anyone found a way to stretch the content to get rid of the wasted space at the left and right?

I haven't found a way, but to be honest it is small enough to look fine on my screen - I'd say about 25% of my screen's width is wasted now, which I can live with.

I found, Firefox browser, following the advice below worked, I just have a very narrow strip on RH now

DoaM said:

flossy_splodge said:

poppellerant said:

These are my current uBlock Origin rules which make MSE much cleaner, in case they help anybody:

forums.moneysavingexpert.com##.mainNavHeader
forums.moneysavingexpert.com###header
forums.moneysavingexpert.com##.SecondaryPanel
forums.moneysavingexpert.com##.MainFooter.Footer
forums.moneysavingexpert.com##.MainContent.Content:style(width: 99% !important)

If this allows the threads/posts to occupy the full width please can you give me simple instructions on how to do it.
Many thanks

Instructions for browsers with uBlock Origin extension installed:

1. Right-click on the uBlock icon and select Options
2. Click on the My filters tab
3. Copy the listed filters and paste them into the white box
4. Click on Apply changes
5. Refresh the MSE forum page and see the goodness

PS ... the filters I use are largely the same as above but I use one less to achieve the same result. (Note: I haven't nuked the page footer in my implementation):

forums.moneysavingexpert.com##.mse-tools-masthead

forums.moneysavingexpert.com##.SecondaryPanel

forums.moneysavingexpert.com##.MainContent.Content:style(width: 99% !important)

Question - has anyone found a way to stretch the content to get rid of the wasted space at the left and right?

Cornucopia

If you have issues with the new Forum design that you would like the MSE team to look at, please post them in the official snagging thread:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6100014/new-forum-snagging 

RumRat

No problems with wasted space......MS New Edge browser + UBlock Origin tweeks.