Hama |
I have just noticed that all of the subforums got rolled into one forum. While i am certain this reduces clutter, it just confuses the heck out of me, and also, I now find it really difficult to access the forum from a mobile device (and i spend most of my time away from home, working, so this forum is my place of refuge while spending hours in public transportation).
Just to be clear, i don't mind the new layout, but i have a suggestion:
Don't allow for different subforum stuff to mix. Now i need two or three clicks per subforum to open threads i want to read. And that is hard on a 3.8" screen, let me tell you that.
Gary Teter PostMonster General |
Gary Teter PostMonster General |
I guess I should mention also that yes we are experimenting with some minor tweaks to the main messageboards page.
Some forums now have icons to make them easier to find when you're scanning down the page. We may add more of these and/or standardize them so they're more visually similar. Or we might remove them entirely if people hate them.
A few less-active forums with multiple subforums are being combined into single sections on the main page now too, e.g., Gamer Life. This is mostly to help de-clutter the page.
Gary Teter PostMonster General |
Gary Teter PostMonster General |
Steve Geddes |
Some forums now have icons to make them easier to find when you're scanning down the page. We may add more of these and/or standardize them so they're more visually similar. Or we might remove them entirely if people hate them.
I find them annoying at the moment, but I suspect that's because they're new and it looks like a glitch when I'm scrolling down the page quickly.
One pretty minor tweak I'd make is to lower the icon slightly. Given the spacing at the bottom of the 'preceding' forum, it's not immediately apparent (to me at least) whether the icon is for the subforum below it or above it.
(When I look at the advice forum, for example, the Pathfinder RPG logo appears to be a signature of the Paizo forum rather than a heading of the Advice forum).
Marc Radle |
I actually don't like how things look on my iPhone now. All the forum thread titles are smooshed along the left side instead of flowing nicely across the screen like they used to. Maybe the new logos are pushing the text over to the left?
I second the idea that if we have to have these logos they would be better along the left side, above the topic they pertain to. The'ye kind of orphaned over there on the right