Any time a forum changes without consent and the changes are made worse I leave the forum. Looks like I'm out if these changes don't get fixed. It was good knowing you all.
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If you are a mod and I'm assuming you are, WHY was this change made and why wasn't this discussed prior to forcing this on us?
Sorry you feel that way. We've closed your account as per your request.
Gents, you may like or you may hate the change.
Please let us know one way or the other, we do want your constructive feedback.
Let's be civil to each other in the process please.
Please let us know one way or the other, we do want your constructive feedback.
Let's be civil to each other in the process please.
Hannah's Dad
I Can See Better Than Bigfoot.
C’mon … Let‘s hear from those fans who love it!
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I will be candid since I come from a tech background.
Usually, the UI (user interface) is optimized for searching in mobile since the aspect ratio is 1:2 vs 16:9 on a TV. The ideal goal is to quickly be able to scan information (in this forum posts) without advancing to the second or 3rd page. It is a type of indexing that has made everyone obsess with page 1 of a google search. Same applies here.
With this change, the ability to parse the information concisely by the human mind has been impacted. Therefore, instead of having the information layed out in a fashion that is easy to scan and process, you now have to scroll a lot and determine if you saw something before.
Also, ergonomically, the less you have to scroll, the better off you are for basal thumb arthritis, which has become an actual concern and limitation of mobile website development.
So, respectfully, it was a great layout previously and it would be highly appreciated to return to such a format from my experience and personal perspective.
I have spent enough time looking at business analytics for this topic and have went through many sessions with entrepreneurs and business owners to reach this conclusion.
I hope this helps in any decision making for the site, which is my only interest.
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Thank you! Very helpful and insightful input.
I much prefer the previous format. I'm usually not against change but this one makes it much more difficult for me to use, it seems too cluttered and harder to process the listings when presented all at once.
I’m in the prefer the old style view better but, it’s not a deal breaker I suppose. Just frustrating. Here’s one of the issues. Why is the preview for the guidelines so huge?
Change is good, only if it makes the user experience better. Tapatalk support ended, making the user worse for some, but we understood the rationale for it. This change also makes the user experience worse, for many, with seemingly no rationale.
Just putting on my UX design and software product management hat from past lives. One effective way to measure whether a new UX change is effective is to run A/B testing and look at engagement results. Nominally you would randomly present the new and old design during various member viewing sessions, and measure level of engagement in posts for each.
From a design perspective it looks like you may be going for some type of grid preview layout. The challenge I see is the inconsistent presentation which makes assessing thread and post relevance difficult and time consuming. I would suggest shrinking the total footprint per card/preview, reduce the image size percentage in the card preview, and make text format content consistent.
But I think the best solution for the type of content and use case of the BST is a compact listing similar to the old view.
If you were to run A/B testing with myself you would see that I abandon looking at the BST section after a minute or two because it is just too painful to attempt to assess what is being presented and what has changed since I last visited the forum.
From a design perspective it looks like you may be going for some type of grid preview layout. The challenge I see is the inconsistent presentation which makes assessing thread and post relevance difficult and time consuming. I would suggest shrinking the total footprint per card/preview, reduce the image size percentage in the card preview, and make text format content consistent.
But I think the best solution for the type of content and use case of the BST is a compact listing similar to the old view.
If you were to run A/B testing with myself you would see that I abandon looking at the BST section after a minute or two because it is just too painful to attempt to assess what is being presented and what has changed since I last visited the forum.
Hannah's Dad
I Can See Better Than Bigfoot.
Thanks. That's a helpful perspective!
Just for Info - Repetitive position posts without constructive content don't help at all.
How about creating a poll?
I like it. Filter to FS and scroll through with no issues. Pictures as they say can say a thousand words.
It's a good view on my laptop and PC. It's however not so great on my phone.
That's something that will likely take place after a bit.
A poll too soon after implementation is prone to draw skewed results because no one likes change.
We'd like the poll to show how it's viewed after the culture shock of change has worn off a bit.
Bear with us!
It's not really about "not liking change" this time, imho. First time I saw the new layout, I actually thought the BST had already been disabled for charity auction and closed my browser. Then I realized it was too early for that and went back to see what happened. Scrolling through it on my phone I couldn't even tell what I was actually looking at, I had to move to my PC and look at it there to recognize that the site wasn't broken, but the layout was deliberately changed.
With the new layout I can't see which posts are new, which ones have new replies, and which ones haven't had any activity since my last visit. It's basically unusable, and I'm not going to use it as long as this layout is the only way to view it.
I noticed the change... I thought it was a change due to the upcoming St Sue Moore Memorial Auction. I don't know why I assumed that. I figured, BST would return to normal when the auction was complete.
The Contributor BST has been set up this way for a while. I admit, I do find the format cumbersome and sometimes, slightly annoying.
I do agree, however. I'm less likely to buy something now on BST because the format isn't a pleasant experience. So I'll save money in the long run.... and I've already "shaved a fortune". <eg>
The Contributor BST has been set up this way for a while. I admit, I do find the format cumbersome and sometimes, slightly annoying.
I do agree, however. I'm less likely to buy something now on BST because the format isn't a pleasant experience. So I'll save money in the long run.... and I've already "shaved a fortune". <eg>
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