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MacRumors Forums Redesigned and on a New Platform
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didnt read the thread but I'm sure it's full of hate. I switched from vbulletin to xenforo this year too, absolutely no regrets. It runs SO much better, and it's way easier on the server than VB. VB has been a joke for a long time, no reason to stick with them
This is not possible. However, the staff are working on improving the visual elements.
There's really no old style--it was a different and outdated forum software that was replaced by a newer different forum software that is being supported.
Just had a look at the Audentio website. My brain hurts. That is one fugly advert for a design studio.
I find it a little harder to focus on the post text itself now. All that bright white (wasted) space, the huge user pictures on the left, and the dark and bolded button text at the bottom of each post seem to bury the text in which I'm actually interested.
Perhaps I'll get used to it.
Perhaps I'll get used to it.
Once we have passed certain point in our life, it gets harder and harder to get used to changes when it was working perfectly fine before the change...
To the point where we just don't want to spend any more time to get used to new things...
To the point where we just don't want to spend any more time to get used to new things...
Yea, the compact-ness could be tightened up a bit, and as someone said above, change the 'emphasis' contrast between the post text and the other stuff a bit. But, all in all, I think it's a nice improvement. And, gaining responsive presentation is a pretty big deal.
There is no old layout, the entire forums were switched from the vBulletin software to XenForo. The current layout is using a responsive theme that changes based on screen size. Hopefully we'll have a variety of themes in the future.
I like a lot of it. The most disturbing is the shifting of the lines of text as the page loads. I think it is resizing for the ads on the top and bottom. I start to read a post and it shifts down a line or two and then may shift up a line. Very tiring on the eyes.
Looks great. The old one was charming, but this one is responsive. Win.
I like it! I like how it lets you toggle the width as well. Is it possible to have a custom width?
I'm really liking the design, though I feel like the avatars should have the square rounded-corner shape like that of an app icon instead of a circle.
Like it except that each post takes up more vertical space than before. On a 15" screen it can barely display more than 3 posts at a time now.
God this is one FUGLY design. Flat, "responsive", "modern" is other words for no talent "designers". Let's take elects of great design, "flatten them" to something from a 1980's Apple 2 and call it "fresh" and "modern".
It's got way too much white space, way too flat icons, and just reeks of horrible-ness.
Time to fire the "designers". Will be great when this trend hits the garbage can where it belongs.
It's got way too much white space, way too flat icons, and just reeks of horrible-ness.
Time to fire the "designers". Will be great when this trend hits the garbage can where it belongs.
I personally hate the new look. I find finding out where to put my reply is much more difficult. There's no contrast anymore. Everything is just white, without lines or borders.
Now the forums look just as bad as the rest of the site. Was this all made by a blind person? Why is everything so large?