New AND improved author & date info feature

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Post by **pjp** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:25 pm

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plastikman187 · Post by **plastikman187** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:28 pm

I like that the post numbers are now below the posters name

drutten · Post by **drutten** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:33 pm

I'd rather see a new field with author, like the "last post" field.
And an enable/disable option would be great.

azwr · Post by **azwr** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:52 pm

i vote for enable/disable ... it still seems really cluttered to me now. i feel like i can't just glance down the list and see all the topics as easily.

ghoti · Post by **ghoti** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:01 am

azwr wrote:i vote for enable/disable ...

Same here. Don't forget we talk here about Linux, where (almost) all is configurable !

omp · Post by **omp** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:10 am

Absolutely hate it! I'll be happy if it's enable/disable or completely gone.

jmbsvicetto · Post by **jmbsvicetto** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:22 am

I think this change is an improvement, although I'm starting to like the idea of having the author and date right aligned.
I've voted for the enable/disable because no matter the final design, users should have the option to use it or not.

Shadow Skill · Post by **Shadow Skill** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:35 am

Personally I don't really mind the new layout, but I think being able to search inside a thread would be more useful.

Omega21 · Post by **Omega21** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:01 am

Its ok. Its definitely an improvement!

DoktorSeven · Post by **DoktorSeven** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 5:48 am

Looks too cluttered to my eyes. Most boards that have a "post started by/on" feature use a separate column in the topics table for that information -- that would be much cleaner (to me, anyway).

/dev/random · Post by **/dev/random** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 6:14 am

azwr wrote:i vote for enable/disable ... it still seems really cluttered to me now. i feel like i can't just glance down the list and see all the topics as easily.

+1

ian! · Post by **ian!** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 6:45 am

azwr wrote:i vote for enable/disable ... it still seems really cluttered to me now. i feel like i can't just glance down the list and see all the topics as easily.

+1

SirYes · Post by **SirYes** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 6:58 am

Ah, the change...

Previously only the topics were visible in the left column. And that was good.
Now the topics are interspersed with author information. At first sight it seems cluttered.
But OTOH to see who started the topic, previously I needed to move my eyes to the right (slower). Now I just need to look on the next line (faster).
But TBH it's not healthy. It looks like there is twice the information on the page that it was before. I have to squint my eyes to extract the topic text (bad, bad, BAD!).
It makes me feel like I wouldn't want to read the topics -> stop using the forums. If that's your intent, fine. This would only make me to create a GreaseMonkey script to REMOVE the author information.

To sum up - for me there are more cons than pros. I opted for enable/disable. An informative design was already presented, I think.

tomk wrote:For now I've implemented the "greyification" as it's easier on the eye.

But it doesn't work... the text is still black.

Post by **kallamej** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:19 am

SirYes wrote:
tomk wrote:For now I've implemented the "greyification" as it's easier on the eye.
But it doesn't work... the text is still black.

You need to reload a page, the CSS is cached.

mikegpitt · Post by **mikegpitt** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:29 am

I also think it looks too cluttered. I don't see what advantage this new look & feel has over the old way.

floffe · Post by **floffe** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:11 am

azwr wrote:i vote for enable/disable ... it still seems really cluttered to me now. i feel like i can't just glance down the list and see all the topics as easily.

+1

Also, it feels harder to see how many pages there are in a thread (compared to before yesterday)

Post by **kallamej** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:14 am

mikegpitt wrote:I don't see what advantage this new look & feel has over the old way.

It makes it easier for us to see if someone starts to bump three year old threads or if an old problem has returned.

slick · Post by **slick** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:15 am

azwr wrote:i vote for enable/disable ... it still seems really cluttered to me now. i feel like i can't just glance down the list and see all the topics as easily.

+1

Anarcho · Post by **Anarcho** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:21 am

drutten wrote:I'd rather see a new field with author, like the "last post" field.
And an enable/disable option would be great.

I second this!

slonocode · Post by **slonocode** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:41 am

drutten wrote:I'd rather see a new field with author, like the "last post" field.
And an enable/disable option would be great.

+1

chrib · Post by **chrib** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:57 am

drutten wrote:I'd rather see a new field with author, like the "last post" field.
And an enable/disable option would be great.

+1

beejay · Post by **beejay** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:03 am

Nobody thought about people normally wearing glasses. Normally I never had to wear my glasses at home, but now I have to to be able to see the difference between the thread-title and this info line.

Greyification is interesting but obviously useless when not logged in (I personally never login until I want to write something). Either setup another table column or make it customizable (i.e. on/off) in the profiles.

schachti · Post by **schachti** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:03 am

I don't like it, the topic column is too cluttered, and everything looks very confusing. If it can't be disabled, I think I'll use the forum less often.

b3cks · Post by **b3cks** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:17 am

schachti wrote:I don't like it, the topic column is too cluttered, and everything looks very confusing.

Agree! It's absolutely complex.
I think the thread starter isn't that important that he/she has to be fixed under the thread title. The old style was okay because it was comfortable for reading and getting a fast overview over the listed threads in a forum.

aridhol · Post by **aridhol** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:23 am

azwr wrote:i vote for enable/disable ... it still seems really cluttered to me now. i feel like i can't just glance down the list and see all the topics as easily.

QFT

New AND improved author & date info feature

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New AND improved author & date info feature