As you can see we have a new look-and-feel!
A big thank you to @Nitrogen for putting it together with help from @Tuism and everybody else who provided feedback and comment.
There might still be a few tweaks here and there but otherwise please report any problems here (ideally with a screenshot) so it can be fixed.
A big thank you to @Nitrogen for putting it together with help from @Tuism and everybody else who provided feedback and comment.
There might still be a few tweaks here and there but otherwise please report any problems here (ideally with a screenshot) so it can be fixed.
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and then come back to this page and forch refresh
just force refresh everything forever.
Took me a couple of tries but it does change :P
There are still a few bugs in the design here and there, I'll probably send @Fengol an update in a day or two.
But yeah the more I poke around Vanilla, the more it doesnt seem mature enough solution for a large forum yet... I think it should be sufficient for our uses for the next long while though.
But seriously, what is the point of the notifications thing even? The inbox gets a little bubble, cool, I go read it. Then the bubble still hangs around notifications. Why not just switch it off @_@
The inbox bubble only happens when you refresh.
So that was the logic behind it, but they didnt make the two systems work in sync with each other.
EDIT: Oh you mean the notifications area of your dashboard - yeah that is very bizzare.
Yeah I think the "1NEW" thing should be red too :P
For the latest on the restyle, have a look at the other thread, ive made red notifications.
Why don't you clean up your front page a bit? It looks a bit cluttered. Maybe make it splash-style, saving the header for the other pages, kinda like this: ...*procrastinates*
Think big logo :P
So just swap the two right now so that the original poster is to the right and the lastest poster is next to NEW 1 :)
But to add my extra 2c, moving the newest post to the left (and thus the date of the post) will make the left rather text heavy and possibly clutter.
Also we read chronologically from left to right, so having OP on the left, and the newest on the right makes sense.
I believe that being unused to how it is right now is simply because the forum only had the most recent poster so we have an exposure bias to assume the left is the latest poster. In a week or so the new layout should be normal and easy to comprehend.
The left would only get heavy if the date timestamp was left in the bold, bigger font. If the time/date changes to the same size and weight it wouldn't seem heavy. The overall effect is moving the gap further right.
I think that's fine.
Thread,
by person, new post --- horizontal space --- by new person.
I think keeping the new on the left is better*, but if it is found too confusing then I would suggest moving it to the right, because reorganizing how the poster of the thread are would honestly make things MORE confusing.
And like I said any current discomfort is from exposure bias and will take time to get used to.
*When I am talking about keeping the 1 new on the left I am referring to its general space not how it is in specificity to the OP
I'll try just swapping the Started By and Most Recent By around, and see if it's not too bad.
I think I'll put the date format back to how it was as well, but with a tooltip on rollover (like how Started By works now). That way, things are less cluttered.
No, I dont think it'll be a trainsmash to swap them around like @Tuism suggested.
Edit: @Nitrogen Would it be that bad though?
Or you scan on the right for new stuff, the shift your eye back to the left to see the title is something you're interested in. For multiple items, that'd suck.
So I don't think that's a good idea.
In any case, I'll try both and try to persuade you why I think my/Tuisms way is better :)
Option 1
Thread author just after category label.
Cons: Potentially ambiguous thread author, lots of information packed onto the left side.
Option 2
Swap Most Recent and Started By
Pros: Most like the current design, related information grouped together (mostly), good balance.
Cons: Most Recent date is all the way on the right side, Most recent author on the left.
Option 3
Move thread author to the top right.
Pros: Clean and balanced
Cons: Potentially ambiguous, fights for space with the "Options" rollover box.
Option 4
Move "New" to the right
Pros: Very clean on the left side.
Cons: Forces your eye to constantly shift between left and right side.
- I do like option 1 although as you say, it's a bit cluttered on the left.
- Option 2 is nice, but because it says "started by slaymantis 19:56 14 Oct 2013", it's kind of implies that the date is the start date, and not the most recent comment date.
- I think Option 3 solves the problem of option 2.
- I don't like option 4 at all.
So my vote goes for option 3.But I don't really mind either way.
3's post starter name next to the star is ambiguous. Star Hanli?
But just move the timestamp of latest post to after most recent and change its font to the same as everything else. Why does it need to be in a higher weight?
I assume the profile page isn't suppose to look like this :P