Official feedback thread for new forum design (beta version)!

[James Falconer]

This is our official feedback thread for our new forum design. If you haven't heard of this yet, and would like to help us out by testing the design, please go here for all the details.

For those that are here with the new design activated, we ask that you kindly provide your feedback below.

Thank you in advance for your help, we can't do this without you!!

 

[trickedoutdavid]

Re: Official feedback thread for new forum design!

mmm. feels more like a chat. I like!

 

[DarlaMack]

Re: Official feedback thread for new forum design!

Just out of curiosity... do we need to change the theme as well or no?

 

[James Falconer]

Re: Official feedback thread for new forum design!

Nope, just change the one option I point out in the instructions.

 

[DarlaMack]

Re: Official feedback thread for new forum design!

Ok I definitely like this better!! Seems more clean!!

 

[metllicamilitia]

Re: Official feedback thread for new forum design!

So far I'm liking it, it seems to load faster on my slow hotel wifi connection, it's also much easier to differentiate comments. I will keep checking it out regularly, though I'm mostly on mobile and Tapatalk. It would be great if Tapatalk would allow this view in their app.

 

[David Lundblad]

Re: Official feedback thread for new forum design!

Oh and there s a Dark Theme too - just hit 'Your Menu' at the top and click the little moon in the bottom right.

 

[coffee-turtle]

Re: Official feedback thread for new forum design!

@jamesfalconer Interestingly, I get logged out when I save my setting and cannot log back in as myself on the main page. As a result, I do not think I am seeing the new changes in design either. If I go to the FORUMS, however, I am indeed logged in, but nothing looks especially different. What should I be looking for and is it okay that I am not logged in while on the homepage of AC? Thank you.

 

[DarlaMack]

Re: Official feedback thread for new forum design!

No offense... but I find the shade of green to be a bit institutional.

 

[DarlaMack]

Re: Official feedback thread for new forum design!

Awesome!!!! Yay for Dark Theme!! Now that's a plus!!

 

[coffee-turtle]

Re: Official feedback thread for new forum design!

Nice conversational look. Menu tucked away at the top. Very nice!
Things are a little spaced far apart...more scrolling though.
Overall, this is a great change, I have to say.
Thread tools are super simple.

 

[DarlaMack]

Re: Official feedback thread for new forum design!

When you click on one of the categories under the My Menu section it reverts back to default... or is that supposed to happen?

 

[David Lundblad]

Re: Official feedback thread for new forum design!

yes, right now only the Thread view is updated. However, every Thread you view should show the new skin

 

[Azensun]

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I like the changes! Looks really good!

The little burst that pops up when you 'like' a post is really cool! Nice touch.

 

[nahoku]

Re: Official feedback thread for new forum design!

I guess it'll take some time to get used to... reminds me of the menu changes from KK to LP (which I didn't care for). I personally don't like that there are no separations borders/lines between threads listed on the forum page. The page looks extremely bland with a lot of blank white space. And, as sfoLAX has stated, in dark mode, title fonts are too dark to read. Also in dark mode, when you scroll down, all of a sudden the reply box and all boxes below are white... which is distracting. Would be nice if the dark theme encompasses the entire page.

I assume since the team has been diligently working on it, it'll become the default one of these days? When is that expected?

 

[ManiacJoe]

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The italics font of quoted text makes it hard to read.

 

[ManiacJoe]

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The forum "tools" button seems to do nothing.
I assume this is where I should be finding the command to "mark forum as read", but that command is nowhere to be found.

 

[David Lundblad]

Re: Official feedback thread for new forum design!

The forum "tools" button seems to do nothing.
I assume this is where I should be finding the command to "mark forum as read", but that command is nowhere to be found.

Hey! What browser are you on and is this mobile or desktop? thanks!

 

[ManiacJoe]

Re: Official feedback thread for new forum design!

Hey! What browser are you on and is this mobile or desktop? thanks!

Desktop, win10.
No popup menu: IE11, MS Edge, Firefox
Works: Chrome

 

[Mick Symons]

Re: Official feedback thread for new forum design!

Love the design. It'd be great if, after replying to a post, the next message said "in reply to 'so and so'", instead of having to hit "Quote". I replied to a post today, but someone else thought it was directed at them.