ok wow, uhm why I do i have to be in the minority :angry:
I never have been a fan of radical changes, and this certainly classifies as radical. I almost need a handbook to understand all the new features on here, i.e. whats the plus/minus at bottom left? Whats "Guided mode off"?
Im more for step change. I wish Tim had posted a sticky on both this forum (Info Desk) and Weather and Chasing a week earlier announcing this new change with a preview of what it would look like, then I would prob not be so shocked and bent out of shape.
I think someone earlier mentioned something about changing the skin to give it a better look. I would most def be in favor of that, cause something about this new format/look has got to change.
Everything about this new version is a lot bigger and "in your face".
Im also not a fan of the appearance of the quotes on a thread. I think its too computerized, big, large, boxy and obnoxious. I like the way it was before. I think this also goes for the new format as a whole.
Something else I dont like about this new forum format is the white background. Correct me if Im wrong but I dont believe the previous version (Ill be darned if I call it 'older') had a white background, I believe it was kinda a dark shade of blue or grey. Now having said all that, I must say, I do like the "file attachment" feature as oppossed to having to upload a picture onto some website, i.e. Thomas myspace editor or imageshack. Im also still trying to get used to what all the different color "briefcase" looking icons next to each thread represent.
But as a final word to this thread topic, something about this new look, be it color or layout, needs to be changed, preferably to something that in some level resembles the previous ST forum layout.
EDIT: Dang even when I want to edit a post I have to choose something. Good grief. Anywayz I was going to say that I miss how at the top of each forum "room" it would tell you who all was in that "room" or forum you are in. I see now you have to scroll all the way to the bottom, I just kinda licked it being at the top. Oh also if you noticed from the previous version that "whos in this forum" feature at the top wasnt in some kind of enclosed rectangular bar like everything on here is. I guess only Tim would be able to see that since hes the only one that still can view the previous layout. For those that have a photographic memory, you know what all im talking about.
Im sure this wont be my last edit to my response to this thread/topic.
EDIT2: I knew Id find something else that I had a question about. I dont understand why there are stars next to some threads and not others and exactly what they mean?
