A bit dead around here isn't it?

navrig2

I don't get any pop up adds but I do miss the old format. I am a member of so many forums which still follow the old style that this does feel a bit odd.

wolfsbane2k

Same as above, used to pop on here when I stopped for a brew as there was always something to catch up on via one of the threads i'd posted on.
Now, the new format makes it impossible to see the threads I've posted in (egosearch) , rather than just those I created, the movement of the "bargains spotted thread" and the general downturn means I canne be bothered and am now frequenting the STW and cycling UK forums. Someone mentioned LFGSS, but i'm not that much of a sadist.

chris_bass

thistle_(mbnw) said:

Might help if the forum "homepage" was the alldiscussions page not the most recent page so folks can go to the section they want more directly and it looks more like the old forum.

I have a couple of sections bookmarked so I can go straight there and it's like the old forum but white and with big text and some odd quirks.

the zwift forums have the sectins down the left of the screen and most recent posts (regardless of section) on the right - seems to work quite well

https://forums.zwift.com/

surrey_commuter

dodgy said:

Here's fairly good evidence of the downturn, I posted this in another thread on here somewhere.

Can you explain why page visits are a tiny fraction of overall visits?

tonysj

term1te said:

Only come here now when I'm really bored, and can face having to delete the awful pop-up adds every time I change page. My cursor immediately hovers over the bottom right of the page waiting to click the tiny cross. Not that I particularly liked the old format, just don't like this new one. But fora need money to run, and we don’t pay anything, the advertisers do, until no one is looking anymore

That Bl**dy video advert at the bottom right corner is doing my head in, its right where the scroll arrow is.
Its getting t the point that I wont both coming on here simply due to that annoying advert position....
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luv2ride

Any one getting the "hanging" issues, when opening threads etc? Think I could cope with the new layout, but the lag between opening threads and posts is proving crippling for me...

thistle_

chris_bass said:

thistle_(mbnw) said:

Might help if the forum "homepage" was the alldiscussions page not the most recent page so folks can go to the section they want more directly and it looks more like the old forum.

I have a couple of sections bookmarked so I can go straight there and it's like the old forum but white and with big text and some odd quirks.

the zwift forums have the sectins down the left of the screen and most recent posts (regardless of section) on the right - seems to work quite well

https://forums.zwift.com/

I don't get anything down the side on my mobile, but with the small screen that wouldn't work. Everything's neatly divided into sections for me, like the old BR forum.

arthur_scrimshaw

wolfsbane2k said:

Same as above, used to pop on here when I stopped for a brew as there was always something to catch up on via one of the threads i'd posted on.
Now, the new format makes it impossible to see the threads I've posted in (egosearch) , rather than just those I created, the movement of the "bargains spotted thread" and the general downturn means I canne be bothered and am now frequenting the STW and cycling UK forums. Someone mentioned LFGSS, but i'm not that much of a sadist.

wolfsbane2k said:

Same as above, used to pop on here when I stopped for a brew as there was always something to catch up on via one of the threads i'd posted on.
Now, the new format makes it impossible to see the threads I've posted in (egosearch) , rather than just those I created, the movement of the "bargains spotted thread" and the general downturn means I canne be bothered and am now frequenting the STW and cycling UK forums. Someone mentioned LFGSS, but i'm not that much of a sadist.

Re the ego search, there is a clunky way around this - if you click on your user name at the top of the screen that leads you to your account details, there's a 'Posts' button, this takes you to all your posts but it doesn't tell you if anyone has subsequently posted.

bobmcstuff

wolfsbane2k said:

Same as above, used to pop on here when I stopped for a brew as there was always something to catch up on via one of the threads i'd posted on.
Now, the new format makes it impossible to see the threads I've posted in (egosearch) , rather than just those I created, the movement of the "bargains spotted thread" and the general downturn means I canne be bothered and am now frequenting the STW and cycling UK forums. Someone mentioned LFGSS, but i'm not that much of a sadist.

Yeah, there is no easy way to see replies to topics you have contributed to, so it is very frustrating to use.

Rubbish.

chris_bass

thistle_(mbnw) said:

chris_bass said:

thistle_(mbnw) said:

Might help if the forum "homepage" was the alldiscussions page not the most recent page so folks can go to the section they want more directly and it looks more like the old forum.

I have a couple of sections bookmarked so I can go straight there and it's like the old forum but white and with big text and some odd quirks.

the zwift forums have the sectins down the left of the screen and most recent posts (regardless of section) on the right - seems to work quite well

https://forums.zwift.com/

I don't get anything down the side on my mobile, but with the small screen that wouldn't work. Everything's neatly divided into sections for me, like the old BR forum.

i tend to use the desktop version and use desktop mode when viewing sites on my mobile too so it is there for me!

chris_bass

I think the update probably just highlighted the decline that was already happening.

For a long long time this forum has been kept afloat by a number of hardcore regulars (often bickering between themselves!) the update made a few of them visit less of give up completely so this cut a lot of their posts and so a lot of the replies to their posts which further drives down the amount others are visiting.

It is a bit sad i suppose but i guess it is likely the beginning of the end

daniel_b

Things are not looking good are they

Just checked, and was way back in March 2006 I joined!
I suspect barely a day has gone by when I have not visited the forums.

DeVlaeminck

For me it's the layout - just show the sub sections I'll see the active posts in those sections if I choose to click on them. Seems such a simple fix. Just make it more like it was - it was fine - if more ads are needed to drive a profit then more ads are needed - though on my ipad on this forum there is acres of white space that could have ads in.

step83

DeVlaeminck said:

For me it's the layout - just show the sub sections I'll see the active posts in those sections if I choose to click on them. Seems such a simple fix. Just make it more like it was - it was fine - if more ads are needed to drive a profit then more ads are needed - though on my ipad on this forum there is acres of white space that could have ads in.

Ill agree, layout the old one was a bit dated but it was simple to work with. If they used something like Xenforo as a layout, great its similar to what we had, just an updated version.

It feels overly long scrolling to get to anything, the acres of white are horrible to run through, they could easily add a radio button to expand a sub group to show the recent documents, it would speed things up hugely. also the older alternating colour on the forum made it easier on the eyes.