Forum changes

i have some more things to point out, will edit as i find more stuff

in the corner of any forum thing there is this "wifi icon" that shows the page info is only useful for about 0.01% of anyone that visits, it should rather be under info or at least something you can
switch on and off

when you are at the top of a page, it shows the home icon, but as soon as you go a little down it shows that settings icon that also goes to the home page and does not have any purpose (yet) other than having a little more surface to click on

the new smileys, they seem a little bit childish and do not fit the tone that this site should have becouse of it´s nature and also 13/16 year age restriction

yellow and black/white theme

if you mouse over the profile link in the top right corner they do not go away until you click somewhere else, and should not open unless you click on them

when clicking on the home button, it says that the homepage is in the forum category and to go to the actual forums you need to click them again

the menu when you hover over the flag in the top right is a little too transparent and makes it seem like the messages overlap each other in terms of "backlight"

the guys who make the game/are involved with it should have orange names like before, it gives them a more powerful and respectful wibe, i can see the little "flair" around your profile, but for example where you can see the most recent visitors or online right now, it stands out from the mess that is many many gray names.

the black bar at the top should kinda not be there, and instead should be migrated with the green bar to have more space for the content you are viewing

thanks button has more meaning in my opinion

the green arrows that pop up when in the middle of scrolling or doing something are (in my mind) just glorified PgUP and PgDn buttons

positives

like how if the forums do not have 3,6 or 9+ topics the two or one that is left gets stretched out to leave less blank space

search by title added in the search thing and just search overall highly improved

additional note

most things that you have to mouse over will make the site not as functional for mobile users and will be hard for some people to get used to since normally we have to click on something to make it show. this could still be fixed by changing the code for the mobile site to require a additional click to make something show up

to be changed in the future

only tdev and nadeox1 are noted as staff but that will change

sorry for the huge and long post :/

 

Maybe...

GASP

CHANGE FOR THE SAKE OF CHANGE IS A STUPID THING TO DO?

CHANGES CAN BE.... BAD?

COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE?

Someone should get a team of researchers on this, quickly.

 

while i can think the new layout will take some time to get used to i think the most thing is that the old softwhere was getting outdated and had security problems, was getting slow and while most users where really really used to the old layout this is a change for the better in terms of performance and security.

edit: veyroneb ninjad meh D:

 

What i don't like is that there is still a reply button that does Full-Quote. Why not just @Name and done. Why the full quotes.
It will again spam threads full of Thread-Starter-Posts just to say how awesome something is.

 

@tdev I see but i fear as peeps are used to the reply button they'll just continue using it.

 

I'm not usually a big fan of major changes to sites that I visit regularly, but honestly I really dig the new look.
I say nice work, it's a refreshing change of pace. Even though some things have been moved around I don't feel like I need to relearn the site, it seems to function the same while looking a bit more snazzy.
Good job so far guys, and good luck with whatever tweaking you still have left to do.

 

any chance of new tech demo

 

However much people resist change (including myself), this new setup seems more efficient and faster than the old one

 

Anyway to force desktop mode on a mobile device? I don't have any cookies and the browser is set to force desktop mode.

 

I really like the new design, i'm looking forward to seeing some more BeamNG in the design
Oh and i miss the recent posts location from the old design though.

Overall:
Awesome change.

Thanks devs.

 

I like it as well; it looks and feels cleaner, more active, and vibrant now. Signatures look better imo. The forum reminds me now vaguely of how blackboard forums work (used by my college).

 

I like the new design it is so clean!

 

Tdev (and everyone else), thank you for the explanations and wonderful replies to the hate. The new software is growing on me, and I'm enjoying the overall smoother feel and additional helpful features.

 

One thing to note is the lack of gif avatars around here :/