Try the LDSFF 2018 Beta.. (new design, more mobile-friendly)

[Elizabeth]

Me too

I'm sticking to the 2015 design. I hope it remains an option.

[Older/wiser?]

Maybe it's just my screen, but there is no login or out on my page. I like the old version better

[creator]

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[creator]

Does anyone have additional comments / feedback / suggestions after using the new design for a few months?

[marc]

Sorry, Brian. I haven't stopped using the 2015 design. I hope it remains an option.

[creator]

Sorry, Brian. I haven't stopped using the 2015 design. I hope it remains an option.

I hope you'll give the new one a try. I found that it just took a bit to get used to and then I liked the new design a lot more (especially on mobile).

The main problem with the old 2015 design is a technical issue. This forum is built on a platform called phpBB and they occasionally release software updates. That older design is not fully compatible with the latest version of phpBB and eventually I might have to remove the old design as an option.

[David13]

I tried the new one and did not like it at all.
Right now I'm having problems.
I got logged out and switched to the new one.
I then went out and reconnected, logged in and was back to the old version, which I like. Love. Have great affinity for.

The problem is that it keeps showing that there are new posts when there aren't. So I click on the go to latest post button and it goes to the start of the thread or the middle of a thread.

Agency means that we always have a choice. If we have no choice then we have no agency. Our agency has been taken from us.

I'm scheduled to start work on Monday. Thereafter, I would even be happy to pay a fee to be able to keep my agency, my choice.
Amen
dc

[kittycat51]

Brian if/when you do switch permanently I will adjust and get use to it; life will go on. But for now I still like the old version.

[marc]

Brian if/when you do switch permanently I will adjust and get use to it; life will go on. But for now I still like the old version.

Ditto.

[inho]

The problem is that it keeps showing that there are new posts when there aren't. So I click on the go to latest post button and it goes to the start of the thread or the middle of a thread.

I think something happened today. When I logged in today (I use the new design), it showed all posts as unread.

[creator]

I think something happened today. When I logged in today (I use the new design), it showed all posts as unread.

Probably related to the server updates I was doing last night.

[David13]

Brian if/when you do switch permanently I will adjust and get use to it; life will go on. But for now I still like the old version.

Life would never be the same.
dc

[creator]

Those who like the old design better, is there anything more specific you can say about why? and what would be so horrible about being forced to use the new design? If I can understand your perspective better there is a potential I can improve what you don't like about the new design. If it's a user-friendliness / user-experience issue, I would want to correct that. But also it could just be preference and just that you never got use to the new design.

[David13]

The "go to first unread post" button doesn't work.
The new design doesn't seem to have one. The new design is way too big. The old had almost the whole forum on one page. I'm on a number of other forums, one with over 150,00 members, some or many paying members.
They have used the same format for years.
I never understand the need to redo just for the sake of redoing.
If a thing works good, just keep it.
It currently (the old format) is just set out nicely. The new is like concentrating on each item individually. The old format let me decide if I saw anything interesting on it in minutes.
With the new I have to scroll all over to see that.

What is the interest in the new format? I just see no need for it. I don't see how it can benefit anyone.
dc

[inho]

The "go to first unread post" button doesn't work.
The new design doesn't seem to have one.

The computer version of the new design has the blue dot after the last post "by [user name]". That takes you to the first unread post. (The grey dot with a triangle after the blue dot takes you to the last post).

But if you are using a mobile device, then I do not know if there is any "go to first unread post" button. If there is, I would very much like to know. That is indeed one thing that was better in the old design. Otherwise, I have already gotten used to the new design.

[Joel]

is there a way to enable a dark mode?

[creator]

@ David13, marc, kittycat51, elizabeth, and others who still use/like the old design, are you primarily viewing the forum on a desktop/laptop computer or a mobile device?

[creator]

is there a way to enable a dark mode?

I'll keep that in mind as a possibility for the future (if there is enough interest).

[Elizabeth]

Lap top computer.

@ David13, marc, kittycat51, elizabeth, and others who still use/like the old design, are you primarily viewing the forum on a desktop/laptop computer or a mobile device?

[David13]

Desktop.
dc

[BeNotDeceived]

Does anyone have additional comments / feedback / suggestions after using the new design for a few months?

Sometimes scrolling quotes get stuck on my iPad. (May be browser dependent) Refresh to reset.

The side menu pops in and out with reply text box using Safari on iPad. Doesn’t do it with Brave browser and text selection automatically scrolls. Brave blocks ads, but provisions a way to pay sites, each user may choose. Has anyone tried doing that?

[EmmaLee]

@ David13, marc, kittycat51, elizabeth, and others who still use/like the old design, are you primarily viewing the forum on a desktop/laptop computer or a mobile device?

Laptop only.

[LucianAMD]

is there a way to enable a dark mode?

I'll keep that in mind as a possibility for the future (if there is enough interest).

I want a dark theme.

[kittycat51]

Those who like the old design better, is there anything more specific you can say about why? and what would be so horrible about being forced to use the new design? If I can understand your perspective better there is a potential I can improve what you don't like about the new design. If it's a user-friendliness / user-experience issue, I would want to correct that. But also it could just be preference and just that you never got use to the new design.

I do consider myself computer literate, but I'm a creature of habit...old habits die hard. I use a laptop.

[Rose Garden]

I am giving this theme another shot since the other one might go away. I've been using it mostly on my phone. I'm still annoyed by the fact that I can't skip directly to the first unread post on a thread. Also, it is buggy. It does weird things a lot and tends to jump around more than the old one. I will probably go back to the old one again when I get fed up with it again. Honestly, I think the old one was better, even for mobile.