I think that the formatting in the forum itself is pure awesomesauce, and that the formatting in the Messageboards view isn't working for me. I suggested some changes in the Tuesday Update thread, and there was immediate pushback. Here's what I said, followed by the reply.
In the Product Discussion forum, I love the way that you separate out the publisher's name. It's in its own column, so you can easily scan down looking for works by a particular publisher; and it's small, to place the emphasis on the product itself.
I'm not so happy with how it looks when viewing the messageboards as a whole. I would say, try putting a hyphen between the publisher and the title, and reversing the bolding (so that the title is bold and the publisher isn't). Maybe also italicize the publisher. I think that would be easier to use in the same way as the forum view, for the same reasons.
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I'd disagree - I find the way Paizo currently has it is much more to my taste.
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The way it is right now, when looking at the boards as a whole, I find it difficult to maintain attention to the end of the longer product titles; and I don't have that problem at all in the forum itself. (I don't have full-blown AD/HD like my mom, but I still have tendencies toward distraction and hyper-focus.) What's your opinion?
Personally, I prefer the way it is currently (with bolded publisher and regular print product).
I wouldnt be averse to some separation (via a hyphen, as you suggest or by having the publisher in an entire different column a la the forum specific view or even by having the publisher on one line and the product on a second line). It doesnt really bother me though.
I vastly prefer bolded publisher and regular thread title.
I would also prefer it if the way it looks in the subforum (italics publisher, bolded thread title) was changed to match the main forum display.
In fact, I'd prefer if bolded thread titles in subforums were abolished entirely. I find the bolded titles much harder on the eyes when scanning to see if there's an interesting thread I'd want to read.