Annoying sidebar

J_B

One of the unanimous dislikes of the latest 'improvement' of the forum was the annoying sidebar on the left.

I'm sure we were told that HQ were working on fixing this annoyance, but do we have any news?

MalMonroe

I must have missed that vote - where and when was it held?

I actually don't mind the sidebar. And now I'm used to the improved forum, I don't dislike it. Am I an anomaly?
 

J_B

Sorry, wrong choice of word perhaps, but in one of the rare acknowledgements of punter's dissatisfaction one of the MSE team commented that they were working on moving it back to the right after many requests.

Jenni_D

If it was a floating sidebar (i.e. it scrolled down the page as you do) then the space on the left wouldn't be totally wasted. Likewise if they move it to the right.

If they do move it to the right then there's no reason why threads/posts below the bottom of the sidebar can't stretch to use the space underneath it. (Having it on the left makes such a scheme less workable - it wouldn't look right since we read from left to right).

Plus they should use the full available width of the screen ... notwithstanding the sidebar, having lots of wasted space on the left and right is utterly pointless. Unless you read this forum on a tablet in portrait mode, anyone reading this forum on a computer will be using widescreen, landscape mode monitors.

jim1999

Jenni_D said:

If it was a floating sidebar (i.e. it scrolled down the page as you do) then the space on the left wouldn't be totally wasted. Likewise if they move it to the right.

If they do move it to the right then there's no reason why threads/posts below the bottom of the sidebar can't stretch to use the space underneath it. (Having it on the left makes such a scheme less workable - it wouldn't look right since we read from left to right).

Plus they should use the full available width of the screen ... notwithstanding the sidebar, having lots of wasted space on the left and right is utterly pointless. Unless you read this forum on a tablet in portrait mode, anyone reading this forum on a computer will be using widescreen, landscape mode monitors.

Thought you had been banned!

And yes, exactly.  Shift to the right and full width of the screen (whether fixed or floating) would allow me to use the site as designed.

Jenni_D

It was a two-week sabbatical.

jim1999

Jenni_D said:

It was a two-week sabbatical.

Ah.  Welcome back!

prowla

That appears to be the way "modern" websites are laid out - I have a window which is full of pale green filler and as an afterthought shows two one-line posts.

J_B

I've found the post from @MSE_Laura ....

25 June at 4:29PM

MSE_Laura MSE Staff 47 Posts

    

Hi Forumites,

We wanted to say a massive thank you for all of the feedback you’ve given us over the last 10 days.

Some of the key things you’ve mentioned are the blank space on the left-hand side, the font size, the view on different devices and the bookmark icon overlapping – all of which we’re prioritising to find solutions for… watch this space!

It's impossible to reply to each of you who've provided us with feedback and not everything will be changed immediately, but don't worry, we've listened and noted everything down 👍.

We’re also going to be prioritising the issues raised by the Compers over the coming months. As always, thank you for patience with this.

Now we’ve captured a lot of the feedback, we will be closing this thread permanently.

But don’t forget, the feedback form is still here if there’s anything else you spot!

All the best,

MSE Laura