Do you like the new forum style?

  • Yes

    Votes: 21 15.9%
  • No

    Votes: 104 78.8%
  • I miss Brainhulk polls

    Votes: 7 5.3%

  • Total voters
    132

Mayne

Diamond Member
Apr 13, 2014
8,820
1,358
126
I like it because now I can see what i'm typing in the reply box...before it was always white background..now its black...really makes my day.
 

lxskllr

No Lifer
Nov 30, 2004
57,363
7,514
126
I'm ok with orange, but I'd tone it down a touch. I use orange a lot when I make my own styles for sites.
 

dud

Diamond Member
Feb 18, 2001
7,635
73
91
The old site was distinctive. The new is not.
Could I get used to it? Perhaps, but it will not be easy.
 
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zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
110,512
29,098
146
I believe that this is the sort of style you end up with when your goal is to compete with the horrible interface that is Reddit, but you aren't quite ready to commit to being the absolute worst version of internet forums.
 

pmv

Lifer
May 30, 2008
12,973
7,891
136
No, but I'm pretty sure I've disliked every revamp of every website I've ever used since about 1999, including I think the previous rework of this one. So it's possible I just don't like change because I'm such a natural conservative.
 
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fleshconsumed

Diamond Member
Feb 21, 2002
6,483
2,352
136
No.

Huge toolbar on the left and too much wasted space on the page all around. At least I can turn off the toolbar on the right. New site also does not play nice on FF with ABP and NoScript.

Seems like the new AT owners really want everybody to leave. There aren't that many of us left here.

Clicked on settings and got 503 timeout.

Any way to change the theme back to dark at least?
 

sdifox

No Lifer
Sep 30, 2005
94,674
14,931
126
No.

Huge toolbar on the left and too much wasted space on the page all around. At least I can turn off the toolbar on the right. New site also does not play nice on FF with ABP and NoScript.

Seems like the new AT owners really want everybody to leave. There aren't that many of us left here.

Clicked on settings and got 503 timeout.

Any way to change the theme back to dark at least?

I was able to use dark, so at least there is a lot less orange. Replying in landscape mode is still messed up. I cannot see the edit window because of persisitent banner.
 

lxskllr

No Lifer
Nov 30, 2004
57,363
7,514
126
No.

Huge toolbar on the left and too much wasted space on the page all around. At least I can turn off the toolbar on the right. New site also does not play nice on FF with ABP and NoScript.

Seems like the new AT owners really want everybody to leave. There aren't that many of us left here.

Clicked on settings and got 503 timeout.

Any way to change the theme back to dark at least?
You can turn off the left sidebar with the hamburger menu. Go to setting to switch to dark theme. Dark theme has the strange combination of being in your face, while still having low contrast making it hard to see different elements. I'm a big fan of low contrast, but not the way it's done here.
 

Insomniator

Diamond Member
Oct 23, 2002
6,294
171
106
Why can't they just offer a skin that matches what we've seen and liked for ~15 years?

Staying off this site until I can read the thread titles again at least.
 

ctbaars

Golden Member
Nov 4, 2009
1,568
163
106
Not a fan of the orange myself. Maybe its a seasonal thing.
But a bulletin board is just a bulletin board.
 

fleshconsumed

Diamond Member
Feb 21, 2002
6,483
2,352
136
Thanks guys, turned off left side bar and switched to dark mode. A lot more palatable now, but good god, the orange thread titles look frigging horrible with dark theme.
 

nakedfrog

No Lifer
Apr 3, 2001
58,055
12,245
136
Dark is decent, but I don't care for this font.
Do like how easy it is to turn of the gaping maw of the left and right sidebars.
 

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
68,852
26,641
136
The color scheme on my old YaBB testbed forum was better and I designed that as a joke. :D

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IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
68,852
26,641
136
The color scheme on my old YaBB testbed forum was better and I designed that as a joke. :D

minyabb.png
 

nakedfrog

No Lifer
Apr 3, 2001
58,055
12,245
136
That... is not better.

Definitely not enjoying these 504 Gateway errors either.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
110,512
29,098
146
hmm, don't know if it's the morning update or Chrome at my work computer now that I can log in, but AT style looks sharp and sexy now. Must check at home.