Forum Changes from "All Skin" user perspective

[B'stard Child]

Following on from Here

The previous poll was responded to by 427 members and was about which skin you preferred



PH has been making some changes to the new "single skin" GTI

From the perspective of your user "previously preferred skin" what's the feedback - "better" - "no change" - "worse"

Was the noise all "classic" users upset with GTI being forced upon them and now it's all GTI" users upset at the changes towards a more classic layout being forced on them?

Please note all "feedback" regarding the issues should be in this thread

[B'stard Child]

B'stard Child said:

Please note all "feedback" regarding the issues should be in this thread

Oh unless you want me to add an option to the Poll like "SNP"?

[saaby93]

Just get on with it
with this one theyve got the ads working properly and theyve got https

All it needs is some adjustment to the colours so they dont grate as much, and reduce the white space and font sizes a bit un bolding where possible

Other wise much better effort than last time

[pits]

I'd say the current one is the worst of the four skins we've had so far...

[Flip Martian]

Just clicked the wrong option...

To be honest, I preferred the original classic. I was just getting used to the changes but this latest revision makes it awkward to interpret posts listed in "My Stuff" and whether they've been read/updated etc.

[DocJock]

saaby93 said:

Just get on with it
with this one theyve got the ads working properly and theyve got https

All it needs is some adjustment to the colours so they dont grate as much, and reduce the white space and font sizes a bit un bolding where possible

Other wise much better effort than last time

Agreed, especially with the part in bold.

Edited by DocJock on Thursday 27th April 10:46

[B'stard Child]

Bump for the weekend

[caelite]

pits said:

I'd say the current one is the worst of the four skins we've had so far...

Honestly I prefer it to GTI, it seems like a improved interation of it. However both skins pale in comparison to Big Blue & Classic in my opinion, I used Big Blue previously.

My biggest points of contention with GTI and the new skins are:
-The way quotes are handled, even when they are working I much prefered the way BB/Classic boxed up the quote, the new skin is absolutely st in this regard,especially considering it doesnt seem to want to colour your own quotes correctly.
-Font scaling, the font used doesn't seem to scale as well was it did on previous skins
-Reply button placement, I prefered BB/Classic but to be honest this is probably because I am more used it than anything else
-Ad placement, it was tolerable in BB, now there are too many and in bad places. I now use Adblock on PH.

I commend the developers for granting us SSL (which doesn't seem to be working correctly for me at this exact moment ) as it is a long overdue improvement, but the visual appearance of the site REALLY needs work now if you wish to retain users. Personally I am in the "why fix what wasn't broken" camp in this regard, I would like to return to BB and carry that on as the sole skin but based on polls in here I would say you should start working on Classic again.

[SAB888]

Many users won't even know what a skin is, which one they are using, or the difference between them. All I know is that up until about a week to 10 days ago, the layout was infinitely better than it it is now. It's difficult to read now because of the condensed font and contrast between text and backgrounds is awful.

[Eric Mc]

Voted for classic.

[13aines]

The contrast is all wrong, everywhere - the thread title bar, logged in status, and even the forum posts.

I'm finding browsing unpleasant now, and reading is harder on the eyes too.

Bring back Big Blue!

[B'stard Child]

Eric Mc said:

Voted for classic.

Any particular option from the three possibles?

[B'stard Child]

anonymous said:

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That's a very good point that I hadn't considered - mainly because I rarely use mobile format

[Flip Martian]

If the original poll, and now this latest poll both show a majority who used and still prefer the original "classic" then why, if you need to create a skin at all, can't you make one which emulates "classic"? I have to say I've been using PH for years and had never used anything other than "classic". I only used PH on desktops/laptops with the occasional ipad use while away from home. Never had a problem or wished it looked different.

[Flip Martian]

Going back to my first comment above, this is "My Stuff" for me. Both topics I've read and kept uptodate with (I just loaded up afresh), so how come they're in different colours? This is a screen grab from Firefox on my PC desktop.