OverClocked ReMix...

Abadoss · #**711** 05-07-2009, 04:46 AM

Whoa! The new setup for the forums really disoriented me. It's not bad, just unexpected. I don't see any problem with it so far, but I think I would have liked some advanced notice that the boards were going to be moved around like that. Oh, well. Anyway, I'll let you know if I see anything awry.

POCKETMAN · #**712** 05-07-2009, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Abadoss

Whoa! The new setup for the forums really disoriented me. It's not bad, just unexpected. I don't see any problem with it so far, but I think I would have liked some advanced notice that the boards were going to be moved around like that. Oh, well. Anyway, I'll let you know if I see anything awry.

Seriously. I hit refresh like 3 times. Ha.

KyleJCrb · #**713** 05-07-2009, 05:25 AM

Projects forum should be moved back to the main index. That's my only complaint.

Gollgagh · #**714** 05-07-2009, 05:29 AM

ooh forum restructuring

Liontamer · #**715** 05-07-2009, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Dafydd

IIRC, user homepages used to be accessible by clicking a little house icon below the location info area, just like the ICQ, MSN, etc. info. This isn't the case anymore, can't remember when this changed but it must have been a long time ago. Was the change intentional?

Dave iced it because he didn't like how it looked on the homepage, but I thought they were very good additions. If there was a way to bring those back in a way he can live with, I'd be completely in favor of it.

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Originally Posted by Abadoss

I think I would have liked some advanced notice that the boards were going to be moved around like that. Oh, well.

"Yes, sir, Mr. President!"

For something this small, it wasn't necessary.

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Originally Posted by KyleJCrb

Projects forum should be moved back to the main index. That's my only complaint.

Thought about it before it was moved, but not feeling it. Honestly, that area is so specialized that the most important traffic comes from the people actually working on the projects. It doesn't quite need to be a first-level forum. The only thing missing by making it a subforum is knowing what the last post is from, but that wasn't a big enough deal IMO to keep it where it was.

Dafydd · #**716** 05-07-2009, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Liontamer

Dave iced it because he didn't like how it looked on the homepage

What's not to like? The idea of quickly being able to check out some random user's homepage, or the little house icon?

Liontamer · #**717** 05-07-2009, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Dafydd

What's not to like? The idea of quickly being able to check out some random user's homepage, or the little house icon?

The icons. Back then, there were 3 icons (homepage, email & forum profile), not 1. I loved 'em.

Rozovian · #**718** 05-07-2009, 09:06 AM

Posting this here as well...

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Originally Posted by Rozovian

I'm not sure I'll like this. With this many subforums it gets cluttered, and I'm not sure making Feedback: ReMixes a subforum is gonna give it any more attention than it got before.

Besides, won't there be confusion now between feedback: ReMixes and the Reviews forum?

Yeah, the latest wip posts are on the front page, which Darke was quick to point out, but not everyone go there regularly.

Also, this change looks terrible on my laptop. There's already a thick nav bar, the lists of subforums don't really make it any better.

(the links are screenshots, and offtopic isn't even there)

Liontamer · #**719** 05-07-2009, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Rozovian

Yeah, the latest wip posts are on the front page, which Darke was quick to point out, but not everyone go there regularly.

Also, this change looks terrible on my laptop. There's already a thick nav bar, the lists of subforums don't really make it any better.

(the links are screenshots, and offtopic isn't even there)

When you post screenshots, I'm assuming something's broken. So when I just see the new design in place with nothing broken, I have no clue what the point of your screenshots are.

IMO, it looks good.

Rozovian · #**720** 05-07-2009, 12:03 PM

The problem in this screenshot is having to scroll down just to see the new posts. There's a nav bar with logo and mascot and a search box, location info, followed by forum controls, more location info, five subforums, new thread button, more location info, and then comes the stickied threads. new posts are quite far down, making it necessary to scroll down each time I open either of the forums with multiple subforums.

In this screenshot it's more a matter of where the eyes are drawn, which is the large forums, not the subforums. The subforum lists blend into the forum descriptions. Requests, which have been moved up, will probably get a little more attention, Workshop and Site Issues probably less. Come to think of it, Workshop might get more than before, but the workshop subforums far less.

Translation to Judgish: The design is good but the arrangement needs work. The arrangement is cluttered, it'd work better if things were separated better. It seems like some of the lead forums are in the background while backing forums get the attention of the viewer. The header is a bit too long, taking up most of the window. The updated forum doesn't work well on small screens. It takes too long for the page to get to the threads. NO (refine/resub).