So fresh and so clean clean

[Fluffyumpkins]

Wow. This looks quite different. Color is spelled with a u and... well...

Did anything else change?

[Fluffyumpkins]

I'm at STANDARD. WHY!?!?!?!?!

[Fluffyumpkins]

Report test...

[Riot]

o_O

[Potter]

eww

[Merk]

It's definitely going to take some time getting used to this. Indyddr has pretty much looked the same since it got away from the Yahoo! group up until now.

I'm not a big fan of this layout, it looks really jumbled and everything is backwards.

= /

[Riot]

Kinda agree. And how do I downrate Chad's posts now?

[Ho]

I personally prefer the post being on the left. It's just personal preference, but I like having the part I actually read be where I start reading from left to right. This will be especially handy for those occasions when I'm browsing on a tiny screen like a phone. I won't have to scroll horizontally just to be able to start reading.

Any change will take some adjustment. You're quite right that everything has been essentially the same here for years now. But don't reject things just because they're different. You might find that you actually prefer a new view if you give it a chance. Of course you might not...but that's what the feedback forum is for! Make a valid case and I'll be more inclined to listen and see what can be done.

[letshavetea]

.... three forums I go to did this to me yesterday...

everything is different...

and yes, this feels backwards... very very backwards.

[WhiteDragon]

I do see the point of having the part that you read immediately on the left. However, I really dislike this, as it means that I tend to start reading something and then go "wait, who posted this?" and look over to the right hand side.

[ShammerS]

I'm on an old SyncMaster 152 monitor, but I'm having trouble seeing where posts end and signatures begin. Would it be possible to add some sort of break or divider? I feel like every post Chad puts ends with "only a few more clicks and I get unlimited songs!" Edit: Upon further inspection, it seems that the light blue of a quote box and the white of a normal post are what make it so blurred to me on this monitor. Am I alone? :-p

Also, bright page is bright. It's very lively, but I feel like a little more color, on something other than just the top banner would give the page the extra -umph-. Again, it may be the result of a shotty monitor.

I'm assuming the old video and photo pages still function? Those, coupled with the 'featured articles' gave the sight flare that was only seen on the front page - integrating those in to general forum browsing would be awesome, IMO.

I'm always up for change of any kind, as long as it's constructive - this revamp seems to be no exception.

[Ho]

I do see the point of having the part that you read immediately on the left. However, I really dislike this, as it means that I tend to start reading something and then go "wait, who posted this?" and look over to the right hand side.

The author's name is conveniently right above the post text still over here on the left.

I'm on an old SyncMaster 152 monitor, but I'm having trouble seeing where posts end and signatures begin. Would it be possible to add some sort of break or divider? I feel like every post Chad puts ends with "only a few more clicks and I get unlimited songs!" Edit: Upon further inspection, it seems that the light blue of a quote box and the white of a normal post are what make it so blurred to me on this monitor. Am I alone? :-p

Also, bright page is bright. It's very lively, but I feel like a little more color, on something other than just the top banner would give the page the extra -umph-. Again, it may be the result of a shotty monitor.

I'm assuming the old video and photo pages still function? Those, coupled with the 'featured articles' gave the sight flare that was only seen on the front page - integrating those in to general forum browsing would be awesome, IMO.

I'm always up for change of any kind, as long as it's constructive - this revamp seems to be no exception.

I agree this template lacks as strong of a contrast as the old one did. However, as I stated before, all I've really had time to do so far is just get phpBB3 running pretty much stock. MonMotha and I intend to put some customizations in place and I welcome suggestions you may have. I can't promise I'll do them all, but there's a much better chance if you tell me than if you don't.

As for your monitor, check to make sure you're running in its native resolution and check your brightness and contrast settings. If you're running VGA, you may even want to give the auto adjustment button a push. The problems you're describing sound more like maladjustment than shoddiness. I had the 17" cousin of that monitor for awhile, and I thought it produced a pretty good picture when fed an appropriate signal and properly adjusted.

[RyogAkari]

I, for one, like our new overlor....I mean, the style of the forum. Way to go Ho-man and Code Monkey!

[danc1005]

If it's possible, I think the page numbers under a thread title should still go right under the thread title instead of all the way over to the right. Either that or having clicking a thread automatically redirect to the last page. I went to the first page of Random Thoughts about 10 times today.
Also, this happened occasionally before, so it may be the same thing, but since the change to phpBB3, the forum hasn't managed to keep me logged in between two sessions yet.

[YeehawMcKickass]

I'll say one thing: this is a lot cleaner looking than PH.