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Foxy16

I can't see what improvements have been made, just more clicking again to get to posts. A couple of things that were complained about last time, no description of post when hovering mouse over title, having to click on a thread, being taken to 1st post then having to click on last page to read latest entry, then clicking on the back button several times to get back to main forum, now if that had been addressed that would have been some improvement. All other forums have this facility, plus forum loading is still a lot slower, Windows 10, Edge, than it used to be.

Thrugelmir

MSE_Laura_F said:

cfw1994 said:

MSE_Ben_H said:

J_B said:

I presume/hope that someone will soon be along with a way of hiding all the stuff on the left of the page

Hi @J_B ,

We'd rather people don't alter the display of the Forum as this can mean people miss important messages and could risk security when using the Forum.
The left hand-side is now the main way to navigate the Forum.

 If you have any specific feedback about what you'd like to see (or not see) please use the feedback form.

Thanks,
Ben

Why have you used up around 25% of the screen on that column of indexes?  
Have people complained about being unable to navigate the forum?

It is a huge waste of space for most people: they head into a sub-forum to read topics, and can now see far less than they could yesterday.  

I”d rather you gave the option to completely hide it, like many GUI-based systems do.  Pop it out if you hover or click somewhere.  Don’t force it on everyone.

I’ve provided feedback, but this seems a crazy waste of screen space to me.

Have a quick read of our post above. Lots of people are telling us about the wasted space and we're already speaking to our developers in Canada to get it sorted. Bear with us.

I've been using large screen monitors for over 30 years and will never change. The trend to viewing on Phones is totally retrograde. Why damage your eyesight unnecessarily. The wheel was invented over 2,000 years ago. Seems as if today techies would make it square just for the hell of it as it would look cool, rather than serve practical use. 

Jenni_D

Foxy16 said:

I can't see what improvements have been made, just more clicking again to get to posts. A couple of things that were complained about last time, no description of post when hovering mouse over title, having to click on a thread, being taken to 1st post then having to click on last page to read latest entry, then clicking on the back button several times to get back to main forum, now if that had been addressed that would have been some improvement. All other forums have this facility, plus forum loading is still a lot slower, Windows 10, Edge, than it used to be.

BiB ... in the desktop view there's a breadcrumb trail at the top, above the thread listings or posts (if you're in a thread). So only 1 click to get back to the board or forum home.  

Edit: I've completed the feedback form to confirm my comments about the poor UI design.

2childmum2

On the old forum, on the list of boards, it was possible to see the last post on each individual board which meant I could easily check to see whether there were any new posts without having to click through to the actual board.  Now when I go to 'All boards' many of the boards I looked at (e.g. student money saving, food shopping and groceries) have become tiny little 'sub-boards' and the latest post shown now applies to the board as a whole (e.g. 'money saving' or 'shopping and freebies').  Now I have to go to each individual board to find out if there are new posts.  There is so much more clicking about on this new forum!!!

10_66

MSE_Laura_F said:

...Screaming out at us from the feedback are a few issues...

• It looks like we all need to go to Specsavers because the font's a bit too small...

@MSE_Laura_F

I realise that you may have meant the above sentence in jest, but please be sensitive to what an unnecessary throw away comment like that means to those of us whose sight issues cannot be rectified by "going to Specsavers". 

Former_MSE_Laura

ripplyuk said:

Does anyone know where the health board is now? It used to be under ‘Marriage, relationships and families’ but it’s gone. Has it been removed? 

Hi Ripplyuk,

If it's the Health & Beauty Moneysaving board you're looking for, you can find this under Spending & Discounts. Hope that helps!

Many thanks,

MSE Laura

MSE_Laura_F

10_66 said:

MSE_Laura_F said:

...Screaming out at us from the feedback are a few issues...

• It looks like we all need to go to Specsavers because the font's a bit too small...

@MSE_Laura_F

I realise that you may have meant the above sentence in jest, but please be sensitive to what an unnecessary throw away comment like that means to those of us whose sight issues cannot be rectified by "going to Specsavers". 

Hi 10_66,

You're absolutely right. I didn't mean to cause any offence. Lesson learned! 👍

Would you like me to edit the original post? I'd be more than happy to.

Best wishes,

MSE Laura F

10_66

MSE_Laura_F said:

10_66 said:

MSE_Laura_F said:

...Screaming out at us from the feedback are a few issues...

• It looks like we all need to go to Specsavers because the font's a bit too small...

@MSE_Laura_F

I realise that you may have meant the above sentence in jest, but please be sensitive to what an unnecessary throw away comment like that means to those of us whose sight issues cannot be rectified by "going to Specsavers". 

Hi 10_66,

You're absolutely right. I didn't mean to cause any offence. Lesson learned! 👍

Would you like me to edit the original post? I'd be more than happy to.

Best wishes,

MSE Laura F

Thank you for your reply MSE_Laura_F, and for taking on board my comment.  I leave it up to you whether or not you wish to edit your post.  Thanks again  

trickydicky14

Why mess? it was doing just fine.
And please put pensions back with savings and investments not half way down the page.
Give me back the old green screen that was calm and easy to read.

jim1999

soolin said:

Strangely I seem to have a different view on my iPad to that being reported , I’m using Safari as well. I’m terrible at cut and pasting but I’ll try and add a photo as my view is quite clear and I don’t have any wasted space.

Once the browser is narrower than 960 pixels (as I recall), the left-hand menu vanishes - effectively the site switches into "mobile friendly" format.

You can see this behaviour by using a normal browser window on a computer and slowly dragging the window narrower.

For some reason it's interpreting it as mobile-friendly format being required - perhaps because it's an ipad.