thatoldlimey
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Jesus...I go to Japan for a week and come back to this shit...kidding....it looks amazing!
Anybody else feel like the changes killed the activity?
I used to like it, but the avatars on the thread titles need to go...
Anybody else feel like the changes killed the activity?
I used to like it, but the avatars on the thread titles need to go...
Anybody else feel like the changes killed the activity?
I used to like it, but the avatars on the thread titles need to go...
Ok, here's my last word on this.
First: If it's not broken, don't fix it: There was no need to change something perfect already. At least do what reddit did, and let people use something like old.reddit.com (or opt out in the options)
Now, I tried to adjust to it during this week, but I just can't.
- The forum is slower and clunkier on my first PC and bugged on my second PC (older FF browser).
- The thread list, and I'm not exactly sure why, has become very tiring for my eyes and unpleasant to try to browse. I look at the first ones and instead of keep reading I just close the site because my eyes can't take it. Very, very unpleasant.
- The damend sidebar keep opening itself every damn time I reopen the site. Incredibly annoying.
- The followed thread list has gone from a quickly reachable spot to the annoying sidebar.
- Since I've seen it mentioned: I prefer the square avatars, but I don't mind round ones.
Trying to use the forum during this week, for me, was really unpleasant, annoying and cumbersome.
So.
I'm out. Farewell, and thanks for all the fish.
This was my understanding aswell. However, i think a lot of it has to do with the sidepane that takes up a portion of the screen.Visitors unchanged, but post activity has freefalled since the update yes.
EviLore
I've been using the dark theme, however, whatever the default body font is, it's very hard to read, especially on a high-resolution monitor because it's San-Serif like Arial rather than a Serif Font like Georgia or Times New Roman.
Your body font should almost always be a Serif font because it is much easier for the eye to read the letter forms at speed and on mass. You should only really use San-Serif fonts for Titles or very short burst of texts like promotional material. Trying to read San-Serif for any length of time is quite fatiguing, on the eyes and the brain. Open up almost any Novel and you'll see the text is invariably a Serif Font versus a Helvetica or Tahoma. That's not an aesthetic decision versus a practical one.
In the short term, I recommend changing the default body font for posts to Georgia, Book Antiqua or TNR and see how that impacts matters. You might want to bump the size up according also. Try reading the two examples below and you'll see what I mean about the speed and ease of reading aspect.
Default: -
Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the
bank, and of having nothing to do. Once or twice she had peeped into the
book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in
it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or
conversations?"
So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the
day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of
making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and
picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran
close by her.
Book Antiqua at 15 points: -
Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the
bank, and of having nothing to do. Once or twice she had peeped into the
book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in
it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or
conversations?"
So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the
day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of
making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and
picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran
close by her.
The former you're spending more time just digesting the words, whereas with the latter you're more engaged with the subject.
Agreed.While i agree on your design theory, honestly reading that antiqua font on my phone was hard, but i blame it on the size of the text not the font
<div class="bbWrapper">Classic themes are now available, more information can be found here: <a href="https://www.neogaf.com/threads/classic-themes-now-available.1468559/" class="link link--internal">https://www.neogaf.com/threads/classic-themes-now-available.1468559/</a></div>
<div class="bbWrapper"><div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote "> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=253600154" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-253600154">heckmanimation said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent"> While i agree on your design theory, honestly reading that antiqua font on my phone was hard, but i blame it on the size of the text not the font </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink"><a>Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </div>Agreed.</div>
For me on Chrome it doesHmm. Every post now has all the background code?
I see
On your post btw Beard, and every post on the forum now? I just refreshed and it's showing up all over.
Scopa's post above shows:
For me on Chrome it does
I almost stoped posting completely with the new theme, went back to the old one now so all is good.Anybody else feel like the changes killed the activity?
I used to like it, but the avatars on the thread titles need to go...
We are still dedicated to fixing up the Modern theme experience based on everyone's feedback so look for some changes coming down the pipe pretty quickly on those as well. I'll continue posting updates to this thread as they become available.
[edit] I just noticed that the bookmarks feature seems to be broken on the classic dark them, and probably the light one as well. You can set new bookmarks in the classic theme, but you can't open the bookmarks menu to view them.
I was only going off the fonts available from the drop-down. Principally the problem with the modern theme is the default font is just too small and a tad squashed, making reading it quite difficult at even a moderate distance on PC. Flipping between the classic and modern, it's clear that the former's font style albeit san-serif is much more legible (larger letters and better spacing), and probably all that's required is cascading that font to the modern themes to alleviate the reading issue. What's looks great on a phone or a tablet which is close to your face is an entirely different matter when it's double that distance away on a high-resolution monitor.While I agree on your design theory, honestly reading that Antiqua font on my phone was hard, but I blame it on the size of the text, not the font
The bookmarks menu on the classic themes is available by clicking on your account menu at the top of the page (Your avatar + name) and in the resulting dropdown will be "Bookmarks". Clicking that will take you to your list of bookmarks.
Ranting is kind of my thing.Guys, we will try to sort things out for the community. It's flexible, especially on modern software. It's as simple as a toggle to offer the option of the other design. That's what this thread is for: to get feedback, and tune things, make sure everything's
If it's not okay, not trending to okay, bare minimum you'll get the option to use your preferred design.
You can change theme to the old one in the theme chooser on the bottom left corner.Was not expecting to have a choice given to us
Small nitpick but why have the number of members online show up twice.
Lots of updates and tweaks have been implemented according to user feedback.
We have a ton more updates and tweaks like this in our development pipeline, so stay tuned. We encourage user feedback that helps drive these changes so that we can make NeoGAF a great experience for everyone, so keep it coming!
Will the search option change to show the results in order by default and not by relevance in the list of future updates?
By changing this i don't need to go to advance search if i want to know if some information is previously posted and i can use the quick search function.
I don’t know if it’s fixable, but search in general is broken. I’ve searched for thread titles that I know exist, with exact wording and they don’t show up in search results.This is definitely in our list of things to fix. We are looking to implement it as an account-wide user preference, so that users can choose their default search functionality rather than simply outright changing it for everyone.
I don’t know if it’s fixable, but search in general is broken. I’ve searched for thread titles that I know exist, with exact wording and they don’t show up in search results.
I don’t know if it’s fixable, but search in general is broken. I’ve searched for thread titles that I know exist, with exact wording and they don’t show up in search results.
Providing exact examples of search queries that don't show said thread titles, and links to those actually existing thread titles would be helpful in troubleshooting this issue. Screenshots of the search page omitting the results would also be beneficial. Feel free to PM this information to me if you'd like.
Next time it occurs, I will screenshot and send the info your way.Providing exact examples of search queries that don't show said thread titles, and links to those actually existing thread titles would be helpful in troubleshooting this issue. Screenshots of the search page omitting the results would also be beneficial. Feel free to PM this information to me if you'd like.