Community Relations Archive
Thread: New Portal Experiment... please read and give feedback.
jphillips1868
Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:37 am
#170
I really don't like the new portal layout. The old design was elegant. This new portal is ugly.
From a functional perspective, I liked being able to scroll down and quickly see the most recent thread from all of the the various top level threads. And once in a subsection I was interested in say professions, seeing the most recent thread from all of the top level professions. Organizing the categories by which has the most posts doesn't make any sense. Even the option to show the most recent threads, it puts them seperatley from the listing.
If this new portal is made permanent, could we get the option to have the old view as a perference choice?
I have also noticed much slow performance on the forums since the change.
Thanks.
From a functional perspective, I liked being able to scroll down and quickly see the most recent thread from all of the the various top level threads. And once in a subsection I was interested in say professions, seeing the most recent thread from all of the top level professions. Organizing the categories by which has the most posts doesn't make any sense. Even the option to show the most recent threads, it puts them seperatley from the listing.
If this new portal is made permanent, could we get the option to have the old view as a perference choice?
I have also noticed much slow performance on the forums since the change.
Thanks.
Message Edited by jphillips1868 on 03-18-2005 02:43 PM
Rage_Frost
Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:37 am
#171
I hate the damn thing lol.
But just give us the option to either use this for the people who like it anda option to use the old way of the board in are options menu
Wisky
Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:38 am
#172
I cant tell what the newest posts are on the specific boards .. I dont like that
PsychoticChipmunk
Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:40 am
#173
Kijyata wrote:
Ok, my thoughts on this. Ew. I could work with it, easily enough (build my bookmarks folder for the forums I read and ignore the front page all together). But the main reason I used the old front page, aside from occasionally navigation, is that I could take in the threads from each of the main groups at once. Just scroll down the page, and there was a chance a thread subject would catch my eye in a forum I wouldn't normally frequent. Yes, I've gone to profiles and tried both the verbose and compact settings, neither of them shows me the information which was the reason I used the top level forums page.
I have the same problem. A crappy work around that semi-works is to check the show latest messages box. However the text and font color make it hard for anything to catch your eye let alone skimand it's all cramped under. Better then nothing.
I realy am curious though, why did any of you use the main page for navigation before when there is a navigation toolbar on every page linking to anywhere in 1 click. No matter what they change to the front page it couldn't possibly be faster then using that.
Imcus
Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:42 am
#174
I could get used to it... it is okay.
Mytwo complaintsare that the galaxies and professions need to be in Alphabetical order not the most/most recent post system that it has now and that all the galaxies or professions need to be listen on ONE not two pages. It seems kind of rude that some galaxies or professions seem to take precidence with this layout.
Hotrodg
Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:44 am
#175
I like the new one, but would like to see the bookmarks at the top of the page rather than the bottom.
Hotrodg
Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:46 am
#176
It would also be nice if the quick links took something other than recent posts into account. For example Kauri is the only galaxy board I am interested in, and Kauri is the only galaxy trade board I care about.
NoEwok
Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:51 am
#177
so. will there be new forum rankings since the old ones were based on star ratings?
teh_n00b123
Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:51 am
#178
I don't like how when you have the option to show the most recent threads, when if you hover over it and expands. It makes me nautious if you do more than 1 in a row and it doesn't actually help read it..
I wouldn't mind if it could be disabled or removed.
teh_n00b123
Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:53 am
#179
AlexPKeaton wrote:
2) Need an option to turn on/off the Most Popular Boards. I don't really care for it. I know what boards I want to go to and can find my way there. Just taking up space.
I agree here, it just bugs me and I don't find any use for it
3) Same goes for the Newest/Currently Online Users. No one really cares about this. We have friends lists to show us if the people we care about are one line. I could really care less if some random person is on, or who the new guys are.
I agree, stuff it on the bottom or give it it's own page all together..on the right it is too distracting
UbifaA
Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:55 am
#180
i think its a more proffessional look, but having the subscriptions and bookmarks up the top is what matters most to me...having them at the bottom means senseless scrolling which defeats the purpose of having them doesnt it ?
can we have some more skins too 
Ani_cul
Fri Mar 18, 2005 11:56 am
#181
NoEwok wrote:
so. will there be new forum rankings since the old ones were based on star ratings?
Very few ranks were actuallyfrom star rating,most were from forum age and post count.
I beleive the 'star' ranking are just going to be removed from the line up,
and those of uswith'star' ranks,will receive the next highest 'normal'rank when acheived, but will hold our current title until then.
DarkY0da
Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:16 pm
#182
Interesting... I think I sort of like it.
I would really love to be able to put like say my bookmarks and subscriptions at the top and to re-arrange the order in which it lists the forums. As it rather sucks to scroll all the way down just to see if there are new posts in those areas that I really want to read.
I would really love to be able to put like say my bookmarks and subscriptions at the top and to re-arrange the order in which it lists the forums. As it rather sucks to scroll all the way down just to see if there are new posts in those areas that I really want to read.