It's nothing to do with change. It's to do with the fact it doesn't work at all for most people. You don't change things if it doesn't work.

I'm sure all their advertisers are thrilled with THIS version of their ads too

One thing I would suggest to the techies though is to make better use of horizontal space. The navigation menu and footer are using the whole browser width but the forum itself is centred and only using about 40% of the browser width.

I can't quite remember when the last change was... but I'd say it was 2 or 3 years, it. Maybe it's a little too soon this time but DS are within their rights to change the design if they so wish. I'm not going get into a huff about it.

I reckon they'd change it back if enough people complained but that didn't work last time.

Yet another change for the sake of it and not as good as the earlier version.

Burn the heretic!!



Its working fine for me too on chrome

It's a poor website that forces me to personally undo its changes just to browse comfortably, but uBlock saw to that hideous omnipresent nav bar, I advise anyone else with problems to try it out.

As a web designer you should see all the flaws in this horrible design.

It is a terrible change just to force adverts on to us.

One criticism i've heard is that it's intrustive. Hardly. The menu is actually smaller than the last one and only drags out for adverts from the TV to the Tech Menu. Plenty of available space on my iPad mini as well.

The menu is lightweight, small and easily accessible. It's a winner in my book. But that's just me.

If it's not broke, don't fix it !!!
Arghh
I hate change

Is it possible the failing is in you rather than the users?
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It's the classic mistake from "monopolies" because the initial impact appears to be minimal. The damage is there though, users resent the business/product for messing them around for no apparent benefit.

Changing the look&feel too often is always a mistake.Once in 5 years would be appropriate.

Absolute garbage

It refuses to load in my browser of choice.

Does anyone actually bother testing anything these days?

Is the big black beta banner intended?
Us forum members know how to access the gossip and showbiz clickbait site, most of us choose not to.
Are the DS Forums no longer financially viable?

Hardly the worst crime in the world considering we're getting a free service.

Sorry if this makes me seem a bit 'thick' but i dont know how to do that and not really sure what it means

Found the undercover DS staff member, everyone.

How do you reckon a nav bar nobody wants, staying put even as you to your best to scroll away from it, is not intrusive?

I like the new forum look on mobile Still refuse to use the main site though

Forums now working again on Firefox for me, thank goodness.

most people? do you mean the half a dozen or so in this thread?
Or the thousands that must be using the site without any problems?

I wish they'd bring back the rolleyes smiley because sometimes its what you need!

AdBlock is your friend - it makes using the internet in general just so much easier.

I think it's safe to assume that it was a general error. I wasn't able to access the site for about 15 mins.

I'm using uBlock but had to turn it off to see the forum.

Turned it back on and site is visible again.

Yep I have that installed now and it is so nice not to be bombarded with adverts that take up the whole page

Maybe it is a failing. But as a DS user I am just not that bothered. I'm already on record as saying that the changes meet my personal approval but that if neccessary (enough people complain) that they might just change it back.

I don't mind the placement of the adds, even if they sometimes stick rather than hoverng back under the menu, It's not a big deal to me. I accept it will be for others.

I've has emails from users thinking they've been banned because they can't access any part of the site.
How exactly is that "winning"?