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There's a toggle on the bottom left. But it's not obvious.
Look at my screenshot above. I use an ibook G4 12" with 1024x768.
And that is after toggling the width!
Ok. So I'm not missing it. Hopefully that will get updated soon. It's a lot easier to direct someone to a post if need be.
A poll asking for very specific like/dislike criteria and on which device would be perfect! The poll should be prominently placed on the home page, perhaps at the right and remain on top.
I find this new design very readable both with and without eyewear/correction, and on both my 6+, mbp15, and iMac 27.
I find this new design very readable both with and without eyewear/correction, and on both my 6+, mbp15, and iMac 27.
I was closing in on 500 posts at the pace of an unmotivated, elderly turtle.
But now apparently that requirement for avatars is gone?
Oh, the humanity!
But now apparently that requirement for avatars is gone?
Oh, the humanity!
Not sure if I like it. Seems cluttered. I'm sure we'll get used to it though.
my favorite quote from iPod discussion, 2001:
"David:
I really wanted to like it. Really. But do the math:
20GB hard drive: $199 from APS tech.
MP3 player: $50 from Best Buy.
You save $150 plus get an extra 15 Gig of storage!"
...lol. people still can't do nuance, it's all strict adherence to logic, or straight up plato's cave. i wonder if David is still lugging around his computer to listen to music on the fly.
"David:
I really wanted to like it. Really. But do the math:
20GB hard drive: $199 from APS tech.
MP3 player: $50 from Best Buy.
You save $150 plus get an extra 15 Gig of storage!"
...lol. people still can't do nuance, it's all strict adherence to logic, or straight up plato's cave. i wonder if David is still lugging around his computer to listen to music on the fly.
I don't like it. What I liked most about the old one is how everything was visually bounded together, like you knew where each individual post was. Putting a border around posts would be a huge step forward.
Thanks for the avatar.
Over the weekend, we launched a new version of the MacRumors Forums. Beyond a long overdue redesign, we also migrated to a new discussion platform called XenForo.
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Looks fine to me. But even if I didn't like it, I couldn't justify complaining about a design for a website I don't pay to be a member of.
I saw the new design this AM and thought I accidentally clicked on a new section instead of the forums and just closed the window. Then came back later and saw the new setup again and figure it out.
nice, I guess. I am not thrilled with it but I'll wait it out some and see.
nice, I guess. I am not thrilled with it but I'll wait it out some and see.
You mean like I suggested? If it can be done by a user I would do it. What do you mean with "home page"? The address forums.macrumors.com where I see all the big items with small titles for all the subforums?
Could it be placed in the PRSI or current events, maybe? Maybe I'll start a poll there and if someone sees one of the several threads about the new forum style, one can post there and tell, that there is a poll buried somewhere in the "community discussions" -> "current events".
Or maybe put it here? -> macrumors.com news-discussion https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/macrumors-com-news-discussion.4/
Am I allowed to start a poll there as normal user? One could justify it by saying, that it is discussing the news, that there is a new forum style.
Go back to the stone age you 50 years old forum lover. The new forum looks amazing.
The design is outstanding. It's more modern and more fun to type on. Browsing and reading isn't as nice though. The layout seems harder to process when browsing through the forums and scrolling through a page. Too busy looking and hard to quickly distinguish the components of someone's response box/name/status/buttons/signature/etc. Big step in the right direction though.
Here's my feedback.
Too much white on the sides doing nothing. Tone it down a bit. (Could use a dark mode).
In the quote notification center it's really difficult to go to the specific thread you were quoted in. Right now the only way to go there is to click on the title of the thread, which isn't highlighted or put in bold so it gets lost easily in the sentence. Make the whole box click-able.
The main forum page used to contain the thread with the newest reply. That's gone now. Would like to see it back, mainly because, well, every forum ever has that feature.
No down vote button? What?
Personally I find the letters in thread posts to be a little too slim.
The similar threads thing below each thread has threads in them that are mostly over 5 years old. Not really relevant anymore.
That's it for now.
Too much white on the sides doing nothing. Tone it down a bit. (Could use a dark mode).
In the quote notification center it's really difficult to go to the specific thread you were quoted in. Right now the only way to go there is to click on the title of the thread, which isn't highlighted or put in bold so it gets lost easily in the sentence. Make the whole box click-able.
The main forum page used to contain the thread with the newest reply. That's gone now. Would like to see it back, mainly because, well, every forum ever has that feature.
No down vote button? What?
Personally I find the letters in thread posts to be a little too slim.
The similar threads thing below each thread has threads in them that are mostly over 5 years old. Not really relevant anymore.
That's it for now.