Whinges about the new forum

craigus89

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

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

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?

liamblack

Everything will depend on our feedback. The forum will sooner or later come to the kind that we need

dcaine

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

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.

pippi_langsamer-2

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

gweeds

Even turning my phone horizontal means stacks of dead white space either side.

darkhairedlord

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

mbrads

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.

option_click

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

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.

daddy0

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.

George_Scott

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

kingstongraham

I think I must be getting old too.

bompington

photonic69 said:

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.

kingstongraham

Is there a search anywhere?

wolfsbane2k

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.

bianchimoon

George_Scott said:

bianchimoon said:

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!

thistle_

darkhairedlord said:

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

ryan_w-2

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.

haydenm

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

kingstongraham

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

feltf70

pippi_langsamer-2 said:

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.

Signed: the p1ss artist formerly known as Daniel B

wolfsbane2k

kingstongraham said:

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

Of course not.

slowmart

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?

slowmart

Clearly the user interface design wasn’t high up on the priority list for the database migration and launch of the new platform

samiam

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

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

Darius_Jedburgh

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

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.

pinno

George_Scott said:

thistle_(mbnw) said:

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 ... ?