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NaughtiusMaximus

MSE_Ben_H said:

NaughtiusMaximus said:

Why does literally half the width of my screen consist of empty space?

Hi @NaughtiusMaximus,

If this looks like a broken layout could you send a screenshot to ForumTeam@MoneySavingExpert.com with details of your device, operating system or browser.

We can then check to see if we can reproduce the issues you're having.

Thanks,

Ben

It was more of a rhetorical question combined with facetiousness, I know the reason is because of the utterly pointless sidebar on the left of the page combined with the site being optimised for narrow screen resolutions.

The combined result of this is when viewing a forum thread, roughly the 15% of the page closest to the left of the screen is empty space, next 15% sidebar, next 50% is the useful part (ie the thread), last 20% is more blank space. Scroll down past the first few posts and you've lost the sidebar resulting in the 50% blank space I mentioned in my earlier post..

MSE_Laura_F

Jenni_D said:

MSE_Laura said:

Jenni_D said:

If you don't want feedback I suggest you close this thread - that's TWO of my posts you've nuked. 🙄

Hi Jenni_D,

We really appreciate feedback and are asking all users to submit their thoughts via this feedback form.

Many thanks,

MSE Laura

That's a complete and utter waste of time ... I've read previous posts where people posted about the change to the new forum (from the old "green" board you used to have) and almost all suggestions were completely ignored. I don't expect this feedback process will be any different. 🙄

Jenni_D, we can assure you we wouldn't waste our users' time like that. It's a genuine invitation for constructive feedback. We can tell you now, we won't be able to follow through on every single suggestion because it's not an unlimited pot of gold.  

Over the coming months, MSE Ben will post updates on what developments we're making in response to your feedback. In the meantime, please do read our new rules, one of the pillars of which is 'keep it kind'.

Thanks,

MSE Laura F

Shakin_Steve

Like anything new, it will take time to get used to. It's very colourful and bright, lots of red.

Ngozi

Am I being blind, can't find the Referral section? 
Even if I go by my last posts, search for threads etc...?

MSE_Ben_H

NaughtiusMaximus said:

It was more of a rhetorical question combined with facetiousness, I know the reason is because of the utterly pointless sidebar on the left of the page combined with the site being optimised for narrow screen resolutions.

The combined result of this is when viewing a forum thread, roughly the 15% of the page closest to the left of the screen is empty space, next 15% sidebar, next 50% is the useful part (ie the thread), last 20% is more blank space. Scroll down past the first few posts and you've lost the sidebar resulting in the 50% blank space I mentioned in my earlier post..

If you could let us know what screen resolution you are viewing the Forum on, we can certainly look into how we might improve this. Obviously we have to design for all manner of devices from smartphone screens to large desktops and even TVs. We optimise for the screen sizes that are most popular or we'd spend all our time designing and re-designing and never be able to introduce any changes.

The left-hand is the main Forum navigation - without it, it would be quite difficult to get anywhere else on the Forum, but feel free to put any more feedback or suggestions through the form as we'll be looking at everything that is sent through that.

strawb_shortcake

Jenni_D said:

It's not a broken layout ... just a very poorly-designed layout that's geared towards mobile users rather than desktop users. (i.e. same as the previous "skin" - this new design is simply lipstick on a pig). Desktop users have a landscape orientation whereas the forum design is more-suited to a portrait orientation.

As a mobile user, I don't like the new format, trying to navigate the threads is not as easy as the previous interation. I don't think it flows as well. 
I would suggest that the topic headings in the boxes were hyperlinks to the topics for efficiency, also the font seems far too small.

Jon_01

MSE_Laura_F said:

Jenni_D said:

MSE_Laura said:

Jenni_D said:

If you don't want feedback I suggest you close this thread - that's TWO of my posts you've nuked. 🙄

Hi Jenni_D,

We really appreciate feedback and are asking all users to submit their thoughts via this feedback form.

Many thanks,

MSE Laura

That's a complete and utter waste of time ... I've read previous posts where people posted about the change to the new forum (from the old "green" board you used to have) and almost all suggestions were completely ignored. I don't expect this feedback process will be any different. 🙄

Jenni_D, we can assure you we wouldn't waste our users' time like that. It's a genuine invitation for constructive feedback. We can tell you now, we won't be able to follow through on every single suggestion because it's not an unlimited pot of gold.  

Over the coming months, MSE Ben will post updates on what developments we're making in response to your feedback. In the meantime, please do read our new rules, one of the pillars of which is 'keep it kind'.

Thanks,

MSE Laura F

If you really didn't want to waste users time, you could have have setup a beta somewhere that users could have looked at and given feedback on before you set it live.

mjm3346

Ngozi said:

Am I being blind, can't find the Referral section? 
Even if I go by my last posts, search for threads etc...?

Not permitted by the new rules

Referral codes and links

Please don’t share referral codes and links as we cannot verify their validity and security.

Consumerist

There was time, when the dinosaurs roamed the earth, when I could see which board I was on. But that has been "improved" out of existence. I just wish I knew where I was on this forum.

MSE_Laura_F

Ngozi said:

Am I being blind, can't find the Referral section? 
Even if I go by my last posts, search for threads etc...?

Hello Ngozi,

We've taken the decision to close some of the boards. There's more info in our announcement here.

Best wishes,

MSE Laura F