MacRumors Forums Theme Change and New Platform

[colodane]

I wasn't aware that a change was coming, so needless to say it was quite a surprise yesterday! But overall a pleasant surprise. After the usual few minutes to get used to the newness, I found myself liking it with one exception:

The thing I don't like is the treatment of the poster info on the left side of the screen when looking through the posts. All that info is useful and should remain, but the present formatting of it gives it too much visual attention. The poster's join date is the same size text as the date/time of the post itself. Plus, the poster info section is highlighted in blue giving it even more attention. So my eye keeps getting drawn to the detail on the poster info section rather than to the date/time/content of the post itself - which is what I primarily want to see.

Could we keep the present size of the poster avatar and user name but make the size of the user join date, # of posts, Macrumors # and cute tag lines smaller and less distracting??

Thanks!

 

[Levina]

What a surprise! Looks very good: clean and modern, lots of white. I like it a lot. Some of the negative feedback made me chuckle. We went through the same thing last December over at my photography forum and I'm seeing the exact same complaints here. Change is more difficult for some people than others. I hope the MR staff stick to their gun; the naysayers will come around. Just give them time to get used to the new design. Two thumbs up from me.

 

[definitive]

This looks like a nice change from the aging VBulletin forum.

I must admit that the choice of colors is a little odd (red buttons, green post numbers, and turquoise here and there, but otherwise it looks nice.

 

[Rogifan]

One thing I liked about the old format is when you clicked on Forums you could easily see the last thing posted in each forum. I wish you'd go back to a similar layout.

 

[timize]

So there's no "back to top" button in the mobile view...

 

[AdeFowler]

I like it a lot. Despite being an old git I quite like change; keeps me on my toes . It makes you wonder why the likes of Apple and Adobe have got such bad forums.

The only thing I don't like is the 25 posts per page limit. That will soon become very frustrating.

 

[needfx]

public display of who-liked is frowned upon and might reveal more about the interactions & sympathies, or lack of, between members

 

[576316]

public display of who-liked is frowned upon and might reveal more about the interactions & sympathies, or lack of, between members

Naa. I don't agree with that. People should be able to publicly show their interest in a particular post, otherwise 'likes' don't mean anything. They don't contribute towards anything so then they're just numbers on a screen. Seeing who liked your post makes them far more meaningful.

 

[576316]

Just noticed that posts submitted soon after each other from a user in the same thread don't get 'grouped' together as one post, like they used to.

 

[^^BIGMac]

I've turned off a caching thing... so it might fix the login issue. Can someone let me know?

arn

@arn
Um...seems to be working. I'll keep testing but I have quit Safari this morning and when I went back I was still logged in. Yay!

 

[Porco]

Where do saved drafts save to? (locally or on MR's servers?) Can it be turned off without turning off Rich Text formatting entirely?

 

[^^BIGMac]

This is a great change.

Give the admins a few days to tweak stuff ...

Stop complaining!

 

[DDustiNN]

@arn
Please install this

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/rellect-desktop-version-for-mobiles.2985/

It seems multiple people (myself included) are asking for this option.

Thanks!

 

[Don't panic]

is it possible to move the giant 'report' button away from that position?

same with the 'edit' button

or at least put it in color that fades in the background (like the white on green of the post number)
it looks like a bolded part of a post and really interferes with the flow of reading a thread.
same with the edit.
put them top right, with the post number.

even better would be to eliminate the extra 'rows' that thes button add, by compacting them something out of the way.

similarly, the name of people liking a post shouldn't add yet another line to the posts, making avery post even more bloated

 

[spinedoc77]

You are definitely not the only one who doesn't like the circular avatars. Not to worry, I have posted a fix (for desktop) here: How to browse MacRumors with normal square avatars again!

Thanks for the reply and help, but I'm on IE so I'm not sure how to get that to work. I'm also hesitant about borking other web sites.

I'm surprised no one else is annoyed by not seeing the page numbers of a thread unless you mouse hover? Doesn't anyone else use a tablet?

 

[Don't panic]

This is a great change.

Give the admins a few days to tweak stuff ...

Stop complaining!

it is by complaining that we can get the admin to fix stuff.

and the new look sure need LOTS of fixing...

 

[HarryPot]

It might be I just need time to get used to the new layout.

But so far, I'm not a fan. In the main forum page you can't see the last post. And sub-threads are hidden.

Once in a thread things are nice, but it do looks WAAAYYY too bright. And it is more difficult to distinguish between a quote and the actual post.

 

[spinedoc77]

I can't stand this "modern" direction all UI's are taking, this "clean" look. I want functionality. Functionality to me is not having to look at a blinding white screen at night/in the dark. It's having the ability to see the last post on the front page. It's having the ability to see page numbers of a thread without having to mouse hover, or if you are on a tablet completely lose the function.

It baffles me why devs are going this way universally. iOS, Android, OSx, heck even windows a little bit are embracing "clean" and "modern" looking and throwing away functionality.

 

[gluckett]

This is a great change.

Give the admins a few days to tweak stuff ...

Stop complaining!

Well, if people don't make it known what they don't like about the new look, there is a smaller chance that the admins will tweak the things that will make people like it more.

 

[Don't panic]

I can't stand this "modern" direction all UI's are taking, this "clean" look. I want functionality. Functionality to me is not having to look at a blinding white screen at night/in the dark. It's having the ability to see the last post on the front page. It's having the ability to see page numbers of a thread without having to mouse hover, or if you are on a tablet completely lose the function.

It baffles me why devs are going this way universally. iOS, Android, OSx, heck even windows a little bit are embracing "clean" and "modern" looking and throwing away functionality.

in this context, 'modern' has become a translation for 'bloated'

they are following the trajectory of MS Office suite: add tons of useless stuff, hide or eliminate the useful and make sure anything that was reachable with one click/mouseover now requires seven of them

 

[SusanK]

Wow, MacRumors has had an iOS7 makeover.
It's very white and bright. I found the old boards much easier to navigate and threads easier to read, but like everything we'll all get used to it.
I do appreciate the background work that goes into these kind of places though.

*Why do iOS emoticons not work?

Jonny was here.

 

[needfx]

Naa. I don't agree with that. People should be able to publicly show their interest in a particular post, otherwise 'likes' don't mean anything. They don't contribute towards anything so then they're just numbers on a screen. Seeing who liked your post makes them far more meaningful.

in a debate, for example in the PRSI subforum, people following a discussion discreetly, can't upvote without coming out

if disclosure makes it more meaningful, is up for debate as well in my opinion

 

[Benjamin Frost]

I like it a lot. Despite being an old git I quite like change; keeps me on my toes . It makes you wonder why the likes of Apple and Adobe have got such bad forums.

The only thing I don't like is the 25 posts per page limit. That will soon become very frustrating.

My feelings, too. Especially about Apple's forums; they're appalling. I find their whole support pages a complete mess. And I wish we had 100 post pages.

 

[Benjamin Frost]

Just noticed that posts submitted soon after each other from a user in the same thread don't get 'grouped' together as one post, like they used to.

That's good. I always thought it silly when two unrelated comments were forced together.

 

[Huntn]

My feelings, too. Especially about Apple's forums; they're appalling. I find their whole support pages a complete mess. And I wish we had 100 post pages.

I second the 100 post pages.