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[QueenPurpleScrap]

I was away from the forums for awhile and was surprised by the new look when I came back. I knew something was coming, just not that it would be so quick. Having read a few pages and playing around a bit I have some thoughts.

 

There are many things to like about the new design:

• the overall clean look
• the general organization
• being able to create/upload my own avatar
• the option to change the background image
• the ability to change my display name if I wish
• I haven't used it but I like the idea of multi-quote
• I like the idea of quoted material being a different color than the current text of a reply. But it quickly gets harder to read the referenced items because the text goes lighter, not just a different color. Maybe dark blue, dark brown, dark green and dark grey for the replies.
• The signature line is easy to find.
• I found the search option easy to use
• The preview post option*
• the 'Like' button, making it easier to show appreciation for someone's comments/ideas without cluttering up the site with a lot of replies which are just "I like this"*
• the ignore feature. If this was there before I didn't notice because I've never had cause to block anybody.*
• one more thing: how easy it is to see which threads have posts I have not read yet. Not that I read them all but for the ones I tend to look at more often it's nice to know that if the title is bold there are new posts.**
• and associated with that is the 'go to first unread post' option, though I don't always see that.**

However, there are a few things which are not so good:

• It's too bright. There's an awful lot of white screen which is harder on the eyes than a darker screen. (I know this is already being looked into).
• Not enough contrast between the text and the background. In some instances the text is so light I have to copy it into notepad so I can read what is being said. Even some of the text that is dark is so small that it is still hard to read against the bright white. The default text needs to be a little bigger and a little darker. Light or even medium blue against white or white against light to medium grey is frequently going to be difficult to read.
• The text editor does not work in ie11 very well. Earlier I could not copy from a word document and paste in here. I had to go to Mozilla in order to do this. Just now I tried to change the color of some of my text and was unable to do so.
• What is the deal with the attachments? Are we supposed to be able to upload pictures or not? If we aren't going to have the ability to upload anything then this segment is useless.
• No images in the signature line.
• having to follow a topic (story) I created because of the date settings for gathering 'my content.' Is this something which could be changed by the user at some point?
• a topic I create not appearing under my content*

Overall I like the new look to the forums and think that with a little tweaking it will be really nice.

 

One more quick note: everything I wrote here is much easier to read in this window than when I clicked to preview post.

 

*edited/added text

Modifié par QueenPurpleScrap, 03 mars 2014 - 03:53 .

[Jesse Reid]

Thanks for that. Seems to be working on my end too.

I confess that I didn't think to look in the ignore section.

Another way to do it is if you hover over someone's signature an "X" should appear in the top left of the signature area. Clicking that will give you two options, ignore all signatures or ignore just that signature.