Thoughts on new forum aesthetics?

[Oliphant]

What do people think about the way the forum threads look now?

Here are some observations I have about the main landing page.

• Forum seems to be narrower, higher contrast, very bold fonts, very squared off.
• Feels a bit more stock, like a user built thing on a general site that serves up pages.
• New format probably a tad more accessible for visually impaired users due to more contrast.
• Fonts seem too big compared to the UI elements boxing them.

My take:

• Prefer a lower contrast between background text similar to the old forums, but perhaps consider accessibility and find a middle ground.
• Prefer wider window like the old forums, a slightly less bold font.
• I'd vote generally for default aesthetics more similar to old forums.

 

[Oliphant]

I'd prefer the background color of the text region in the center of threads to match the bookends. Currently the text region is charcoal (dark) and the bookends are light grey. Wish it were one color in between the two.

 

[Memnir]

I'm not really a fan of the new digs, for many of the same reasons. But, I don't think I really get a vote - so c'est la vie I suppose.

 

[tsotate]

I'm just happy the forums are finally usable on mobile without constant scrolling back and forth. Shame that the dark grey on light grey block with the poster name is basically unreadable in dark mode, though.

It's also a bit weird that they don't implement lots of the things XenForo supports, like adjustable font sizes (for reading, rather than posting).

 

[Onyxia2016]

Is the new forums perfect? No.
Is it better than what we had? I say Yes.

I consider it a win.

 

[saekee]

I'm just happy the forums are finally usable on mobile without constant scrolling back and forth. Shame that the dark grey on light grey block with the poster name is basically unreadable in dark mode, though.

this, and I agree with the OP. I do not like the background image or Font. Is there someway to adjust it?

 

[Oliphant]

Ah, sounds like the narrower text area helps with phone viewing, that's good.

 

[Buddha5440]

Ah, sounds like the narrower text area helps with phone viewing, that's good.

You do realize it's not a "phone" that you are viewing it on but a mobile computer with more computational power than what was used to put men on the moon?

 

[Cordovan]

We know there's followup work to be done, and we'll be working on it.

 

[Oliphant]

You do realize it's not a "phone" that you are viewing it on but a mobile computer with more computational power than what was used to put men on the moon?

Probably true of the 8086 XT PC I played Space Quest on in the 80s.

 

[Buddha5440]

Probably true of the 8086 XT PC I played Space Quest on in the 80s.

That or the TI-85 I used through college and created a BlackJack game on while sending data to my classmates during tests/exams (jk).

 

[Aelonwy]

It feels very cluttered somehow. I don't like that... however, it also seems like some of the clutter is buttons for all the extra features.

I still want some separate listing of just MY threads in the "Your content" feature. I don't want to see every post I've ever written when I'm just explicitly looking for the threads I've started. The old forums had both, all my posts, just my threads. I really want that convenience back.

 

[Villefere]

I like them but the "report" button should be moved. It often looks like part of the post.

 

[SlayerOfDungeons]

I actually like the way things are now. If they changed anything it should be getting rid of the XenForo logo on mobile.

 

[MrDorak]

It's definitely an upgrade over the old one but I didn't like some of the style and found some visual bugs and so did a few other people, which is why I made a quick custom style (link in my signature if you want to check it out) to fix those issues.

 

[TavernTails]

My only suggestion is to PLEASE get rid of the giant signatures that some people are using. When trying to read messages, some of them take up the majority of real estate. Do. Not. Want. We had plenty of space on the old forums, and I think it should be equivocal here.

 

[Zillee]

My only suggestion is to PLEASE get rid of the giant signatures that some people are using. When trying to read messages, some of them take up the majority of real estate. Do. Not. Want. We had plenty of space on the old forums, and I think it should be equivocal here.

Agreed. I've just turned signatures off because it was becoming annoying having to scroll past the large signatures to read a thread.

 

[rabidfox]

The color choices for when there's multiple pages are next to impossible to read.

 

[Alluvion]

I like it so far. Hopefully some of the updated build or appropriate old forum info can be linked soon,

 

[Joanna Drecas]

Looks ugly and cluttered. Can't say that I'm a fan of the new look.