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It's just not the same is it?

FindMyWayBack
FindMyWayBack Posts: 342 Forumite
Fifth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
edited 7 May 2021 at 11:39AM in Site feedback and Forum Help
It has now been some time since the new site went up and I have really tried to get used to it and like it, but it's just not the same.
One of many things I miss is the ability to hover over a post to see a preview of the text, I also miss the ability to click new posts form any location and find all the extra steps tedious. Yes I know I can refresh....
The profile pictures and names, and the signatures are just not as good.
So I come here every once in a while but it doesn't gel for me like it used to...
How are others feeling?
Edited to add: I made a new account, I had been here for years and had many posts

Old enough to know better...........




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  • EssexExile
    EssexExile Posts: 6,516 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    One gets used to the usual formats for forums, this one is unusual. It seems very clunky and amateurish. Yes, I miss the hovering bit too.
    Tall, dark & handsome. Well two out of three ain't bad.
  • FindMyWayBack
    FindMyWayBack Posts: 342 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    One gets used to the usual formats for forums, this one is unusual. It seems very clunky and amateurish. Yes, I miss the hovering bit too.
    Yes I think there are many that are much better. 
    Old enough to know better...........




  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    No problem for me .
  • FindMyWayBack
    FindMyWayBack Posts: 342 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    JJ_Egan said:
    No problem for me .
    It's not a problem, it's just not as fun as it used to be it's very basic
    Old enough to know better...........




  • J_B
    J_B Posts: 6,907 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Suppose they were just being money saving ;):D:o
    The forum doesn't bring them any income (does it?) so they bought a cheap basic model in the hope of p'ing off all the customers who didn't advise the use of the MSE recommendations!!!! ;-)

  • Its total and utter rubbish and many parts of the forum are dying on their feet, I'd love to see how many members mse claim they still have, sending out x million e mails every week doesn't equal active members.
    I used to spend lots of time here but its now just the occassional visit.
  • john539
    john539 Posts: 16,968 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    edited 8 June 2021 at 1:30AM
    The forums have been wiped out by the re-platform & redesign in the nmae of "progess".
    So much simple basic functionality has been lost that evolved over many years that was taken for granted.
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 14,243 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    The site just wastes so much screen space, so that I have to scroll more to see the content.
    The content doesn't grow if I resize the window, the poster info block to the left of the text is bigger than the text, as is the padding & Quite/Thanks buttons block below.
    It's typical of sites which place the importance of design fripperies over the user experience.

  • Jonty6262
    Jonty6262 Posts: 236 Forumite
    Third Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    It's garbage
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