That's ironic - I assumed these changes must have been aimed at tablet users! (Many websites seem to have "iPad-ised" themselves recently, and are much more difficult to use as a result.)
Looking at the main DS site, not that I use it, if you so much as move the mouse across the top navigation bar (such as you might do if you'd just switched tabs for example) you immediately get a menu obscuring half the screen - great usability there
TIP: You have set the thread width/postbit width to a set number of pixels. That results in some users having acres of blank space (like me) and others on lower resolutions having parts of the thread cut off. Instead of setting the table to a set pixel size, set it to a % of the screen, e.g. 90%. You can do that in vB, we've been doing it plenty on our forums to ensure that all users have optimum use of space.
Am in agreement with a lot of other posters, one thing i'd like to add this two posts per screen (on laptop) will be a total nightmare when posting "live" whilst following tv programmes etc the threads move really quickly in those situations and seeing only two posts at a time will make it ever so clunky
I don't know how anyone thought this design was fit to roll out. All this grey is so harsh on the eyes because it's nade everything difficult to read, and as a whole the design is nowhere near as user friendly as it was before. What they were thinking I have no idea. Change for the sake of change is rarely a good thing.
Please admit this was a big mistake and switch it back, DS. I fear you will lose a lot of posters if you don't.
And have you tried quoting someone, the message/reply box is now too small that it can be difficult to properly read and highlight any parts of someone's post you want to draw attention too.
Still, I guess (I hope) it is still a work in progress.
Hmm, see what you mean.
I'd already zoomed in when posting and, with the page sized to full-width, it's like typing with lego bricks.
*EDIT*
Suppose I should say, to be fair I kinda like the type face and the clean look of the forums.
It's not a disaster. I just lacks polish.
An awful lot of polish.
also, I'm not going to bother fixing typing errors for the moment so if my posts sart tloooooooooooookabi twrdt's bECAus the input box is plyngup.
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This is for the DS devs by the way not something the end user can do.
That's ironic - I assumed these changes must have been aimed at tablet users! (Many websites seem to have "iPad-ised" themselves recently, and are much more difficult to use as a result.)
Looking at the main DS site, not that I use it, if you so much as move the mouse across the top navigation bar (such as you might do if you'd just switched tabs for example) you immediately get a menu obscuring half the screen - great usability there
That looks a lot better I'd be fine with that design over this.
Yep, same here. It's "strobing" a little too much for me. So much so I'm getting all the eye strain symptoms I used to get from screen flicker.
TIP: You have set the thread width/postbit width to a set number of pixels. That results in some users having acres of blank space (like me) and others on lower resolutions having parts of the thread cut off. Instead of setting the table to a set pixel size, set it to a % of the screen, e.g. 90%. You can do that in vB, we've been doing it plenty on our forums to ensure that all users have optimum use of space.
The main page is 95% wasted space. The following is on 1920x1200:
http://picpaste.com/Untitled-1-eGVEIREK.jpg
10 out of 10 for me.
I think the actual design is perfectly fine, however the colours are a no-no.
this at least we will
be able to read posts
until it's fixed lol
Yes- Fit for purpose. This is what we need. Can anyone do this?
Yes, it's the same on
my computer too. No
scrollbar at the bottom
of the screen. It's like
reading the forum whilst
wearing restraints.
Me too:(
Yep, that's better.
It's not black text though, it's grey. The contrast just isn't strong enough for many people, especially with the font being so slender.
I have to say, my eyes are hurting a bit now; I've been reading for about 15 minutes.
Please admit this was a big mistake and switch it back, DS. I fear you will lose a lot of posters if you don't.
They're not - just blank.
Hmm, see what you mean.
I'd already zoomed in when posting and, with the page sized to full-width, it's like typing with lego bricks.
*EDIT*
Suppose I should say, to be fair I kinda like the type face and the clean look of the forums.
It's not a disaster. I just lacks polish.
An awful lot of polish.
also, I'm not going to bother fixing typing errors for the moment so if my posts sart tloooooooooooookabi twrdt's bECAus the input box is plyngup.
DONT
FIX
IT.................
YOU HAVE SUCCESFULLY SOLD OUT LIKE YOUTUBE/ GOOGLE / HOTMAIL.
ALL CONSTANTLY CHANGING PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE DESIGN THAT EVERYONE LIKES TO SOMETHING
WITH
SO
MUCH
SPACE
ITS USER UNFRIENDLY
my EYES ......MY EYES.....
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=119
Above forum I see four threads on this 19" monitor without scrolling...
Looks naff on Firefox, IE, Chrome, Android phone and tablet. Nice one.
Oh yes being a fixed width it is awful on narrow device screens or if you don't want to run it full screen on something.
On this monitor if I chose to zoom in or out Firefox on account of the layout it still uses the fixed width so wastes over 50% of this sreen width.
could it shifted to the left by an inch or two ?
The black bits at the top where it says 'Private Messages' are impossible to read........