Whinges about the new forum

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  • craigus89
    craigus89 Posts: 887
    I also want to be able to see what used to be “new posts” but just within the road sub-category. I don’t want to see the whole forums latest posts, just those in the road section.
  • cowsham
    cowsham Posts: 1,399
    timothyw said:

    tashman said:

    How can I now view the posts i was involved in? I don't want to go through every post to see if there's new activity on those threads. I used this as my default page previously

    This, 100% this, I always would hit this page first ('Your Posts'), then 'New Posts', then usually I would go do some work and stop pissing about on the internet :smiley:

    But yeah, I have to add, I don't like the new layout, too much wasted space on desktop and looking at it on my phone earlier was such a car crash that I gave up trying....
    Me too -- anyone know of another half decent cycling site that hasn't been numtied yet ? -- this sort of thing has happened to three other good websites I've been on ( unrelated to cycling ) and in each case it killed the site dead -- the original site seemed to be of the same off the peg (built by experts) site that the most hobby sites were using -- why do the site admin suddenly believe they are site building experts?
  • Everything will depend on our feedback. The forum will sooner or later come to the kind that we need ;)
  • looks awful to me. too much white, only uses a tiny bit of the screen.

    i did't come here much over the last year or so anyways because of all the ad's everywhere

    think i'll come even less now
  • photonic69
    photonic69 Posts: 2,774
    Looks very clinical and boring. Almost like looking at a .txt doc. Most web pages that are now optimised for mobile are shite on a desktop. Our work one is a case in point. They’ve spent a shedload and it’s crap. Too much scrolling.

    I’m using an “advertising reducer” which seems to cut a lot of craplet on the mobile browser.


    Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.

  • pippi_langsamer-2
    pippi_langsamer-2 Posts: 1,470
    edited November 2019
    Why do I suddenly have a "-2" after my username?
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Even turning my phone horizontal means stacks of dead white space either side.

    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • My eyes are on fire, please set the back ground darker and bump up the font size.
    My monitors are about to burn out....
  • jesus christ this looks awful

    Only uses a tiny part of the screen and the listing of new content is crap compared to the old site.

    Another good forum ruined by un-needed changes.
  • The screen layout is, frankly, terrible.

    Elements all misaligned, key navigation moved to the right almost as an afterthought.

    Lack of spacing between thread titles coupled with secondary info being given equal font/colour treatment creates a very confusing, cluttered page.

    This overall layout and page hierarchy requires the user to invest extra time and effort to understand.

    The old forum was far from perfect, but at least it enabled users to quickly and easily navigate into the sections and pages they wanted.
  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,978
    Might just be me but I find it hard on the eyes, all that white space I think.
    I can't be bothered looking at it....that's apart from all the other things listed above that now seem broken. It doesn't work for me.
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  • daddy0
    daddy0 Posts: 686
    Everything being white and one font makes it hard to find anything. The old forum presentation made it easy to navigate and visualise where everything was - this is very hard to use. My old eyes are actually hurting after just a few minutes use. It will probably put me off using the forum TBH.
  • Thanks again for your feedback - we are listening. Bear with us while we continue to get the new forum up to speed over the next week.
    George
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  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674

    Most web pages that are now optimised for mobile are shite on a desktop.

    They're not usually that great on mobile either.
    I can't see the benefit of the "format everything like an Apple ad" trend - it's pretty much web 101 to enable a different page for mobile and desktop.
  • Is there a search anywhere?
  • wolfsbane2k
    wolfsbane2k Posts: 3,056
    Oh dear, that's an awful backwards step.

    Simplicity has been lost - i can no longer go straight to the subforum I want
    far, far to much white space which should be being used for displaying information.

    Honestly in terms of useability for a desktop user has gone by far the wrong way, and this isn't just a "fighting change that's been forced on us" approach.

    Without significant change i'll be using the forum less, sorry.
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  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942

    plus is the default that when you click thread it always starts at the beginning of a thread or am I missing something

    Because everyone is essentially viewing the new forum for the first time, you will be taken to the beginning of each thread when you initially click on it. If you were then to view the thread again, it will take you to your last viewed post.
    only if you don't clear cache from your computer ever!
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  • thistle_
    thistle_ Posts: 7,217

    My eyes are on fire, please set the back ground darker and bump up the font size.
    My monitors are about to burn out....

    Can you make your own skin for the forum on this new fangled system? Say Bikeradar-Classic :smile:
  • ryan_w-2
    ryan_w-2 Posts: 1,162
    Hate it. Was much better before and now just sh!t.

    Will stick to WeightWeenies from now on since you can actually use / navigate it without having a seizure.
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  • haydenm
    haydenm Posts: 2,997
    Two things I really like about the new forum, a) it remembers where you left off in a thread, and b) it amalgamates quotes to avoid pyramid quoting. That's about all I actively like about it, I'm sure I'll get used to the change though
  • I assume that someone researched how people actually use the site before making the changes?
  • feltf70
    feltf70 Posts: 20
    edited November 2019

    Why do I suddenly have a "-2" after my username?

    To be fair I would happily take that!
    I have a new username (part of my signature) and have lost all post history.
    Will give the benefit of the doubt for a couple of weeks to see if it can be sorted.

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  • wolfsbane2k
    wolfsbane2k Posts: 3,056

    I assume that someone researched how people actually use the site before making the changes?

    Of course not. :s
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  • slowmart
    slowmart Posts: 4,516
    migrating a community across to an untested environment and expect a smooth and trouble free process.

    If you’re not a user that might well be the case.

    Is it just me or do you think someone has a sense of humour and trying to show the community the pain to come from Brexit?
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  • slowmart
    slowmart Posts: 4,516
    Clearly the user interface design wasn’t high up on the priority list for the database migration and launch of the new platform
    “Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring”

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  • samiam
    samiam Posts: 227
    Terrible change. Sorry. Usability on desktop is terrible now.

    Won't be using much now. Not sure why this was necessary.
  • samiam said:

    Terrible change. Sorry. Usability on desktop is terrible now.

    Won't be using much now. Not sure why this was necessary.

    +1
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,286
    Most comments will be about appearance, simply a change in workflow, and resistance to change.
    One biggie that I have noticed is that is does not recognise having more than one device so you get loads of "new" posts when logging onto another device.
    Time consuming and frustrating.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,275

    Is there a button to edit/delete a post? I couldn't see one...

    You can edit by clicking on the cog in the top-right corner of your post, but there's no option to delete.

    Edit the post using ... ?
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