This new layout is shit.

[bucket]

!!!
What the hell man :S.
a)I have to scroll a hella lot more now. Honestly, I don't care for the arts humanities business etc. I preferred it when you could hide things you didn't really care about.
b)It's a lot more confusing to look at, lots of text on screen :S.
c)It just looks ugly. :S
d) are there any 'pros' to this new layout?!

I suggest that the old layout worked much better.

[doboman]

i second that

[bucket]

We can't even see what the new posts related to our particular subject (ie. math methods, chemistry) are without going into the section.

[enwiabe]

Actually it's a lot smaller than it was. I don't know why it seems bigger to you. I also don't appreciate the language.

The initial confusion is to be expected, it's normal to be disoriented when something you're so used to changes this drastically, but give it time and I'm sure it will be of no consequence.

As for hiding things you didn't care about, I'll look into being able to personalise which boards you don't want to see, but I don't want to create a whole lot of categories again like before.

[doboman]

I guess they tried to make it so memeber are more active, but its rather an inconvenince

[bucket]

I also don't appreciate the language.

you can change the topic title then.

anyway, hope it does end up being much better =_= The thing annoying me most atm is not being able to skim the boards and see what's going on in the specific sections i'm interested in.

[Mao]

if you want to know if your board has any new posts, the relevant sub-board will be bolded.

so you can still skim. though it wont be as obvious as before


in fact, this new layout is a lot more efficient.

[bucket]

You don't know whats happening =_=.
You know theres activity, not what this activity actually is.

[RD]

feels weird... but i'll end up getting used to it

[ell]

if you want to know if your board has any new posts, the relevant sub-board will be bolded.

but you can't see what specific thread is new, only the newest thread is shown on the right for the whole section.

It's good that there are more boards for the subjects, but overall it feels like there's so much on the one page.

[Mao]

You don't know whats happening =_=.
You know theres activity, not what this activity actually is.

and before you used to know?

you still have to opent the board to see what happened.

Blue icon: board has new posts
faded blue: sub board (s) have new posts
bolded sub-board name: sub board have new posts

how does that convey any less information than before? [where blue = new posts and grey = nothing]

[enwiabe]

It's the only way you can do it. Also, it promotes checking of the full board. You're more likely to just click that one post and that one thread and then go about your day, but if you're forced to actually click on your favourite board you'll see all the other new posts. It's only one extra click, and it means we can stuff ALL 125 subjects into the one page.

That's right, there are 125 individual subject boards now. I'd say the design is pretty spacesaving in that respect.

[Mao]

if you want to know if your board has any new posts, the relevant sub-board will be bolded.

but you can't see what specific thread is new, only the newest thread is shown on the right for the whole section.

It's good that there are more boards for the subjects, but overall it feels like there's so much on the one page.

but you can't see what specific threads were new in the old system either!

[ed_saifa]

the layout didn't change that much.

[ell]

if you want to know if your board has any new posts, the relevant sub-board will be bolded.

but you can't see what specific thread is new, only the newest thread is shown on the right for the whole section.

It's good that there are more boards for the subjects, but overall it feels like there's so much on the one page.

but you can't see what specific threads were new in the old system either!

Yes you could (to a certain extent) - e.g. if there was a new post in the Methods and Specialist forum I would be able to see both on the right side, whereas with this new layout I would only see the latest (since they fit under 'Mathematics').

Either way, I think you should keep this layout. I think the fact that you've fit every subject into the forum in a reasonable manner is enough to justify keeping the new structure. It doesn't matter that much anyway - people will eventually get used to it.