New Forum Structure

Now I've used it for a bit, I like the new style.
(Though I do think some of the filter images could be clarified.)

 

Odd, on my calibrated laptop monitor the new colour scheme looks nice and subtle, but on my other PC's CRT they look garish.

 

The colour coding feature is nice, although if possible it would be even better if there was more contrast between unread posts and posts I'd contributed in (on the dark skin).

Having used the forum over the past few days, the grouping of the forums would be less annoying if the front page was appended with the appropriate topic names in each subforum.

For some reason Firefox doesn't seem to be caching the filter images properly. I've tried at work and on my PCs at home, but theres a few images that get downloaded every time. Any ideas?

 

A sign of things to come perchance?

 

Just bashed together to brand the Scan forum, no plans yet for using it elsewhere.

 

I like the new marking of posts I have participated in. It basically fixes the only problem i pointed out the last time the forum was redesigned. (the old icon wasn't that easy to tell apart from the others.

I'm not a fan of the colors, though (green and orange). They look OK, but doesn't fit in to well with the rest of the design. (I'm running the dark theme, BTW) but then again, shades of blue can be hard to separate...

I would suggest more purple-ish. (nicer color than green IMO, but then again, someone else might have another opinion...)

 

I'm colorblind... so they don't help me much but a nice addition

 

Is that Green/Blue colour blindness? I'd totally forgotten about that

 

I would like nicer colours fitting in more with the theme (I have red/green and blue/purple colourblindness, but can still see it doesn't look right) but I love it, way better than the icons

Edit: I reckon there might only be a need for "Threads you've seen", "Threads You've Posted In", and "New Posts"

 

Are you using Light or Dark?

 

Using dark atm.

 

I'm actually with WireFrame on this one. I really did like the old style a whole lot better. Especially for the photo forum. I really liked having the competition threads categorized onto separate pages.

I can see how it will be better though; with people making threads in the wrong areas. It will be harder to put a thread in the wrong place this way.


I REALLY hope I can get a feature to stick it back to the old way though.

 

Yeah, I'm a Daltonist...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_blindness#Red-green_color_blindness

 

not sure if it's a bug related to the new structure or just a general bug, but despite attempting 3 ways... i can't see page 77 of this thread, despite the forum showing me one exists http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=3298&page=76

 

Works fine over here

 

I can't see a page 77, but I don't doubt that you can.

We've not changed the page nav code at all so it must be a count bug, I'll tell it to update post counts later tonight.

 

There's a POTM filter...

 

What?? but you just spent the few posts before that one saying the whole point of this forum change was to let persuade or help bit-tech readers to find threads they wouldnt normally read. Now its changed and the tagging system is supposed to not count anymore...

RTT, i havent been here all that long, maybe half a year max (active), and i don't know who you are, an admin? i don't know, so i hope my views are unbiased. But your comments (whether your as high as an admin or not) are just smacking bit-tech users in the face constantly. Now reaching over 400 posts of complaints, suggestions, tips and opinions and all you've summarized towards the end of it (expeically by closing the poll and removing the results) is that you don't actually care what we think about the new system because its staying.

I've read almost every single one of these 400 posts, and i can tell you that even i can see that people are unhappy, people like the theme (but lets face it its nothing inventive) but EVERYONE that i've read a reply from has hated the tagging system. I've also read your's and other bit-tech staff responses, people like Jamie seem to be appreciating any and all feedback as it comes, you on the other hand reject any resistance and sit high in your throne dictating how we should use a forum.

And another thing, you cant pull the "You must have never run a forum before" stunt, im a mod over at computerforum.com, sure i dont run the place but have every say in how its handled because our admins (ian and praetor) actually listen to what the users want and we have a VERY happy atmosphere over there. Notice the lack of a crappy tagging system. And yes, we have all the features that the users here at BT have opinted out as being good (multiquote, quick edit, quick post etc...)

Of course im not going to stop coming here, its about the only forum that still has decent people who know what they're talking abot in the electronics section (or what used to be). But this is solely because you seem to have that monopoly, there are plenty other modding sites that are even more supported and recognised than bit-tech.

And yes, as a last point, i have psoted in this thread already expressing my dislike to the new system, as with everyone else, but i didnt mind the post getting lost in 20 pages as long as someone up top read it and took it on board, well whoop di doo, looks like no one gave two craps about what anyone said

 

It's not like they're saying it will NEVER EVER EVER CHANGE. All they're saying is that it needs a little time to mature before people get used to it. It's like anything new, people just don't like adjusting.

 

why this ??




mm same