Please fix the forums, bring back the previous default style.

[preCRT]

Please, you can even forget the cookie. But this style is blinding.

You can even keep cheetoh.

 

[Indus]

Yes even in dark mode, the forum looks yucky now.

Can't even hide the sidebar on the right.

 

[NTMBK]

You can't select what page of a thread to go to from the subforum page? It just dumps you somewhere in the middle of a 28 page thread? What the heck?

 

[nurturedhate]

This is pretty close to unreadable and unusable.

 

[bruceb]

Some improvements (NOT) ... This site now looks horrendous and it loads slower than a snail ... This has got to be fixed and give us back themes that look better, not this crap washed out look.

 

[sonoma1993]

Unless I missed it somewhere, it'll be nice to have a setting again to adjust the amount of posts and threads view able per page. I miss being able to see 75 threads on a single page.

 

[Meghan54]

Who chose the ultra-thin and lightly colored font and using light orange on bright white as the unread thread titles? As was said before, darned near unreadable and if this is an attempt at getting people to abandon this site, it may work more than a little bit.

This is just horrid.

 

[Kenmitch]

I'm with these guys!

Looks bad on my S8, not much better on my laptop. Is style option coming?

 

[cytg111]

I am blind now so hope this goes to the right place .. things sure are a lot of white !!!

 

[Craig234]

This is pretty close to unreadable and unusable.

I came looking for a thread to post the same thing.

 

[Homerboy]

Yes even in dark mode, the forum looks yucky now.

Can't even hide the sidebar on the right.

Yes you can. You can collapse the left sidebar too.
Right: there's a triple column right next to the blue "reply" button at the very top
Left: there's a triple line/column to the left of the Anandtech logo.

 

[Homerboy]

I am blind now so hope this goes to the right place .. things sure are a lot of white !!!

This is my problem. My eyes are not the best anymore, and the text in the posts themselves prove a bit hard to read. There's too much white - not enough contrast

 

[Meghan54]

This is my problem. My eyes are not the best anymore, and the text in the posts themselves prove a bit hard to read. There's too much white - not enough contrast

Basically, that's my problem, too. Font too light on a very bright background.

Just noticed the thread title pages have suddenly changed to a heavier font, improving readability. Unfortunately, within threads, same old crappy thin, light font on bright pages.

 

[snoopy7548]

Now you're also forced to the first page of a thread whenever you open it. These forums are nearly unreadable now. I stopped lurking and have been loving being somewhat a part of the community the past couple of years, but it just feels like a chore to read threads now.

 

[UsandThem]

Huh, I just clicked on what I have circled in red , and it did away with all that wasted space on the left side.

That makes things much better for me.

 

[Craig234]

Why are there no moderator responses, at least saying they are aware of the issue and considering what to do or something?

 

[Viddyvane]

Why are there no moderator responses, at least saying they are aware of the issue and considering what to do or something?

Hi there!

We've been collecting feedback since the release and adjusting the forums based on that feedback. Some of these changes will take time to implement and we're still working through some of the teething that comes with new software installs.

 

[snoopy7548]

I'd be happy if an "Old AT Theme" was added.

I can barely tell the difference between " and '.

 

[Craig234]

Hi there!

We've been collecting feedback since the release and adjusting the forums based on that feedback. Some of these changes will take time to implement and we're still working through some of the teething that comes with new software installs.

Thanks for replying. I'n hoping something rather drastic is coming - I hadn't realized the forum software was changed.

 

[rbk123]

The "old AT theme" is always the #1 complaint/request each time an upgrade occurs. Why would you not include that as part of the rollout? How is it that gets bungled at every rollout?

 

[Carson Dyle]

The "old AT theme" is always the #1 complaint/request each time an upgrade occurs. Why would you not include that as part of the rollout? How is it that gets bungled at every rollout?

Wasn't the previous rollout the big switch over to using Xenforo? Any vBulletin themes from before that weren't a reasonable option. But this update should have been one hell of a lot smoother.

 

[rbk123]

They created a "VB" theme that mimic'd the old AT theme, but it was after the large outcry from the users. Here they botched it yet again.

 

[Meghan54]

Thank you for at least getting the font/type readable. Appreciate the effort.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I will just repeat what someone else said above, the site is borderline unusable for me if I cannot jump to the last page of a thread to follow the conversation right from the forum listing. Going to page 1 and then having to jump is something I don't have to do on any other forum I've visited in the past 5 years or more at least.

 

[Raduque]

They created a "VB" theme that mimic'd the old AT theme, but it was after the large outcry from the users. Here they botched it yet again.

Ugh, yes, thank you. This Xenforo theme is pure trash.