Patrick Cox Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Probably because I spend a lot of time surfing the OZx forums as a beta tester for their scenery I am finding this new forum layout very easy to navigate. Great work Jay and team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Looks great, just having a squiz around getting acquainted with some of the new features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryA Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Can you teach a old dogs new tricks? With the joking aside liking the new format. Thank You Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alank Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 4 hours ago, Aussieman said: Probably because I spend a lot of time surfing the OZx forums as a beta tester for their scenery I am finding this new forum layout very easy to navigate. Great work Jay and team. I envy you Pat. I love the new layout - just dazzled by all the new buttons ... How about writing "The Complete Guide to Navigating the New Forums" for us geriatrics? I'm one of those stubborn old mules who prefers to RTFM ..... Cheers mate Alan Brissy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancidViper Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 I do like it, but my OCD is keeping me from enjoying it to the max until ORBX figures out how to use a transparent PNG for their logo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick66 Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 I`m loving the new layout as well, maybe JayKae could give us unlimited likes, seems we get 10 per day and it barely fills 1/4 of my like quota!!..lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Cox Posted November 12, 2015 Author Share Posted November 12, 2015 2 hours ago, alank said: How about writing "The Complete Guide to Navigating the New Forums" for us geriatrics? Alan, unfortunately I am one of those geriatrics :(. Just turned 69 and need to use a walker to get around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard McDonald Woods Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Overall, the new forum looks much better. Well done I do, however, have two suggestions: Finding unread articles is more difficult because the high lit blue blobs are lost in the surrounding Answered, etc boxes and large question marks in circles. Could some of the 'badges' be toned down so that the Unread blob appears as more prominent? The texts describing the forums are unnecessarily long and causing the titles to span too many pages. A revisit of their titles could perhaps obviate the need for the etxts entirely? Many thanks for the work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neucoas Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 My eyes burns when i'm reading late at my dark room :Pç I really like the new announcements way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 I like the new layout okay but what does Member's Total Reputation Mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Culley44 Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 i like the new look as well, had to change my sig, but other than that it looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Kane Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 It is fine, just fine Anyone complaining about it = first world problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 All seems fine to me ... but I'm an Ozx regular, and pretty used to this format. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Attwood Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 All these 'Questions' that aren't questions at all! They're comments, opinions, statements. Questions are in the minority. What happened to Threads? Have they been taken over by Streams? Not to mention Activity. I won't be too surprised to find a 140 character limit on 'Questions. Sorry, I don't like it. It's not a forum it's Twitter V2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridinroun Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 It all looks really good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplane Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 3 hours ago, Ron Attwood said: All these 'Questions' that aren't questions at all! They're comments, opinions, statements. Questions are in the minority. What happened to Threads? Have they been taken over by Streams? Not to mention Activity. I won't be too surprised to find a 140 character limit on 'Questions. Sorry, I don't like it. It's not a forum it's Twitter V2 I don't get it either but it is what it is..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 What was wrong with the way it was....ugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominique Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I had it configured, more or less, like the old forum with a stream which allows me to see only new threads of the forums that I'm interested in, that's the good part. But I do not like the modernish look as I find it tiring to read : much more white, airy background on the screen and greyish and thin fonts which lack contrast. Maybe the fact that a lot of readers of this forum are (rapidly) aging babyboomers could be taken into account ? A way to customize the colors and background would therefore be welcome.On the plus side, it may save OrbX some bandwidth as people will come less often for a shorter time . It does not work well with IE10 and I had to go to Chrome which is an another annoyance (yes, I do not like Chrome and won't go Firefow either). Last, it does not do the diacric signs that most of the languages outside English have (but I suppose that is teething pain). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orgasmatron Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Not a fan of the round avatars. Also where's the Portal page gone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Kae Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 The front page is being turned into a portal "like" page however portal as such .. is dead :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orgasmatron Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 1 minute ago, Jay Kae said: The front page is being turned into a portal "like" page however portal as such .. is dead :) Thanks JayKae, it had be confused for a while as my old bookmark in Chrome was the portal page :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chumley Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 23 hours ago, Aussieman said: Alan, unfortunately I am one of those geriatrics :(. Just turned 69 and need to use a walker to get around. Just spend a little time casually scouting around - you will be amazed to find that everything had is still there just in a different form. 2 hours ago, dominique said: I had it configured, more or less, like the old forum with a stream which allows me to see only new threads of the forums that I'm interested in, that's the good part. You can still do that - just take some time to investigate options. I like what I see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Kae Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 3 hours ago, dominique said: I had it configured, more or less, like the old forum with a stream which allows me to see only new threads of the forums that I'm interested in, that's the good part. But I do not like the modernish look as I find it tiring to read : much more white, airy background on the screen and greyish and thin fonts which lack contrast. Maybe the fact that a lot of readers of this forum are (rapidly) aging babyboomers could be taken into account ? A way to customize the colors and background would therefore be welcome.On the plus side, it may save OrbX some bandwidth as people will come less often for a shorter time . It does not work well with IE10 and I had to go to Chrome which is an another annoyance (yes, I do not like Chrome and won't go Firefow either). Last, it does not do the diacric signs that most of the languages outside English have (but I suppose that is teething pain). Pretty sure you said the same thing about IPB3 ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Cox Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 Chumley, Have a look at who the topic starter is. This forum layout is very similar to the OZx forum so I was able to settle into this one quite easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chumley Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 2 minutes ago, Aussieman said: Chumley, Have a look at who the topic starter is. This forum layout is very similar to the OZx forum so I was able to settle into this one quite easy. I knew it was you - quoted the wrong post in error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Cox Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 Forgiven . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Kae Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Thanks Pat for not moaning hahaha Seriously it took me a while to get used to as well but I would never want to go back to 3 now too many neat features and I have given members some extra bits, some they won't ever realise :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominique Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 3 hours ago, Jay Kae said: Pretty sure you said the same thing about IPB3 ;) Since I've been here, it has always been the same forum format until two days ago, so how could I have said that ? Never knew the 2 version, if any. But as I see you're pretty satisfied with yourself, nothing more to say . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominique Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 4 hours ago, chumley said: Just spend a little time casually scouting around - you will be amazed to find that everything had is still there just in a different form. You can still do that - just take some time to investigate options. I like what I see. This is what I said in my post Chum' ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertPilot Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 It took a couple of days, but I now very much like this new IPS4 forum system, especially today (Friday, 11/13) after Jay's latest tweaks. I especially enjoy going to "All Activity" (Activity->"All Activity", at the top), as that gives me a very quick view of all the latest posts (including the first several lines of each post, when in expanded form), without having to go to the individual topics. Any post that is particularly interesting to me, then I open up the topic. I find my ORBX forum browsing "productivity" to be significantly improved. Kudos to Jay Kae for making this happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longhaul444 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I'm still fumbling my way through the new forums. So far I like it. Now just need to find the newbie manuals.............. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Cox Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 10 hours ago, Jay Kae said: Thanks Pat for not moaning hahaha Must be mellowing in my old age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penzoil3 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I agrre about the glare factor though. The background is just too bright for comfort. I have to spend less time here, and come back after a bit. It hurts otherwie. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorvay1971 Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Personally, I like the fresh and new look. Lots more bells and whistles to work with, but I thing ORBX covered all the bases. -Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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