I’ve given the new forum a chance or two, tried to play around, but some of the things that I already mentioned before (and will recap on) really irk me. I as a general rule avoid cumbersome sites - I don’t like having to do all the work for finding links on the website - just like I don’t like doing all the work for a lazy school-horse :winkgrin: there isn’t much accessibility at all with the new site.
The board being centered in between the sidebars is nice, but the window does not resize and I have to constantly scroll left/right to actually see the content of the board. It’s very slow and lags my computer when I scroll. If this feature stays I wonder if programmers are able to make it so that the size of the sidebars/navigation/etc scales with the size of the window - should be pretty easy for any old programmer/developer to do.
The lack of a ‘get new’ function for all new posts is severely hampering browsing efficiency - the “SEE LATEST ACTIVITY” does not serve the same function as it gives me no information on how many posts or who the posters are participating - and I don’t want to see the new threads, I want to see new posts. Half the time I view a post it’s because I see someone I enjoy reading has posted in it. It’d be nice to get that feature back. I know that “See Today’s Post” is a default option in most board-hosting programs, so it means someone somewhere eliminated or adjusted this setting. I advise putting it back on or making it default again, as it is how many browsers/users browse the site. It’s a very easy way to see “what’s happening in COTH world” and on the old layout, you could see information like who posted it, a little of what the content is, and who the last poster was, how many pages, how recently.
Then, only seeing 10 threads a page is really difficult on navigation. That and not seeing how many actual pages there are on a thread until you click the thread is a little frustrating. There are times I want to see what’s happening “in media res” and I don’t want to have to load 2 pages first before selecting “see page 3”.
The page number widget is really screwy with me - it will input/command/enter half the time.
The top navigation bar and log in menu, I keep getting logged out and it doesn’t let me click “remember me” half the time – when it does, it doesn’t remember me anyway if I close the tab.
I’ll admit while I’m excited for this new layout, I really, really don’t like its’ lack of ergonomic design - it’s very cumbersome to manage and I’ll admit that I have spent less time on COTH today/yesterday than normal (maybe a good thing) because I’d rather just not have to deal with the new inefficient layout.
I do like the visuals of the layout - I think there, the coders did a good job. It’s clean and professional looking.
