DinesenDK Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Well I'm no big fan of the new look. It looks alright, more in line with the launcher, loads faster, and some info are sorted into sub categories - This is as far as the positive goes. I dislike the fact that I now have to scroll down to see all of each page, unless I zoom out to some extreme absurd distant where i can't read the text. It feels more all over the place and less like a tool/pad where info was presented and easily found. Brings nothing new usefull options to the table. Conclussion: Tried to fix something that wasn't broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danpen Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) I, and probably others, are used to forums where they have a 'thread tools' link at the top of pages where all of the sub, search, mark as read, rate thread stuff is to be found. Do you like it th Edited April 17, 2012 by Meluna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korghal Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I really like the design of the webpage, even tho the difference between the dark grey and the black on the forums isnt enough to make a big row difference. Especially for us using 32" screens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkopczak Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Looking good, I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProwlerBCO Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I like the design, but it still needs tweaking, namely it needs contours BADLY. The grey areas in particular need contours. Right now, reading the black backgrounds posts is easy on the eyes, whilst the grey background posts is like trying to find a grey needle in a grey haystack. It's very tiring for the eyes. Otherwise, good work. TL, DR : Change the tone of the grey background behind the posts, they are very hard to read otherwise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LG_XxLegacyxX Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I very much Dislike the new design. I loved the blue's gold's and chromes coloring, and the forums was much easier to navigate through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estei Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Thank you? Since 2008 I have been waiting for the forums to be readable on a mobile device. Finally they are :-) and zooming even works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shingara Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) Im not to keen on the font colours and the what the threads look. Is there any way to change the font and background colours ? Edited April 17, 2012 by Shingara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercyflush Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) This is one of the ugliest websites I have seen since Geocities was open. Even more difficult to navigate then before and not user friendly at all. Your web designer should be fired and a 14yr old from the local school brought in to redesign this entire site and all it will cost you is a bag of Dorito's and a 6 pack of Mt' Dew. Now I know why everyone is puking on the fleet stations, they saw this nasty looking change. Edited April 17, 2012 by Mercyflush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darka Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Nice look But still missing key features that the site once offered -Visitor Walls -Off Topic And still terrible server forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketchum Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Oh snap, this looks awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GymQuirk Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Am I missing something, or has "Advanced Search" for the entire Forum disappeared? ("Advanced Search" at the bottom of a thread page only searches that thread AFAICT.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminova Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 This one is more nice then the old one don't you think No, I do not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTitan_KoS Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 ITs much better and runs much smoother/faster weldone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wekeltes Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Am I missing something, or has "Advanced Search" for the entire Forum disappeared? ("Advanced Search" at the bottom of a thread page only searches that thread AFAICT.) Greetings GymQuirk, Currently, the Advanced Search option can be found by performing a search using the default Search option. One the results page, there is a link to the "Advanced Search" page in the upper right of the search results. Clicking this link should bring you to the Advanced Search page. Hope that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesedjones Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Looks great! Now where's the armory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giolon Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Can we get more explicit boundaries on each entry in the dev post tracker? It's sort of hard to tell at a glance where one posts ends and another begins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordicul Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Very Good guys , this is much better ,:Dit's perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theealiakeygev Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Looks great! Now where's the armory? lol you beat me to it i was going to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theealiakeygev Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 but yeah it is REALLY GOOD!!! Good job guys. now we just need the armory and player live status (picture with applied gear) under the community tab. oh yeah and dont forget to link it to torhead. LOL i am really loving this site setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TargetOne Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I'm not sure I like the new look. Yeah, it's pretty and all, but... ... the header at the top of each page is too large. It's especially annoying on the forums, where I find I need to scroll down just to read the entire first post on ANY thread. We ALREADY know this is the website for "Star Wars: The Old Republic". That's why we came here. You don't need to use so much space to tell us. Along the same lines, the "Community News" section at the top of the main "Community" page is also too large. The individual items could be MUCH smaller, or use less whitespace (grayspace?) around them. But the real space hog is the "news slideshow" on the site's homepage. By default, that "slideshow" area takes up over three-quarters of my screen's vertical real estate. I can't even see the entire first "news" item down below it without scrolling! And this is on an HD monitor with 1920x1080 resolution! Seriously, don't you people bother to test this site on smaller screens anymore??? I beg of you, cut that thing's size in half! In fact, there seems to have been a general tendency to make EVERYthing on the site bigger, except for the ACTUAL PAGE BODY TEXT. Sure, I can zoom out in my browser to reduce the size of all the headers and fit more REAL information on the page, but then the body text becomes teeny-tiny and unreadable! As some in this thread have stated, this seems to have been a website redesign in search of a purpose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TargetOne Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Oh, one more thing I just noticed: In each forum's list of threads, and on any multi-page thread, in the area where it shows the page numbers ("Page X of Y 1 2 3 ..."), the current page number is hard to make out in the sequential numbered list of pages. You have the current page number emboldened, but it just doesn't stand out in that font and at that point size. You really ought to make it a different color as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CygnusMX Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Easy on the eyes/intuiative looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathbypixels Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I'm not sure I like the new look. Yeah, it's pretty and all, but... ... the header at the top of each page is too large. It's especially annoying on the forums, where I find I need to scroll down just to read the entire first post on ANY thread. We ALREADY know this is the website for "Star Wars: The Old Republic". That's why we came here. You don't need to use so much space to tell us. Along the same lines, the "Community News" section at the top of the main "Community" page is also too large. The individual items could be MUCH smaller, or use less whitespace (grayspace?) around them. But the real space hog is the "news slideshow" on the site's homepage. By default, that "slideshow" area takes up over three-quarters of my screen's vertical real estate. I can't even see the entire first "news" item down below it without scrolling! And this is on an HD monitor with 1920x1080 resolution! Seriously, don't you people bother to test this site on smaller screens anymore??? I beg of you, cut that thing's size in half! In fact, there seems to have been a general tendency to make EVERYthing on the site bigger, except for the ACTUAL PAGE BODY TEXT. Sure, I can zoom out in my browser to reduce the size of all the headers and fit more REAL information on the page, but then the body text becomes teeny-tiny and unreadable! As some in this thread have stated, this seems to have been a website redesign in search of a purpose... The top banner isn't just saying you are on SWTOR's site, but it is also showing featured news. You'd really only need to scroll down if you are looking for old news. Common on most websites. I am on a 1920x1080 monitor and have no issues with header height as the sub pages all have much shorter headers. Not standing up for the design because I'm not a fan (I've said before, seems very unfinished/rushed). But I don't find merit in your feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crittcann Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Site looks up-to-date finally, good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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