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Mr.BishopAlso - it is REALLY important that you try using the new header on Mobile. The entire world is going mobile, and this was created to dramatically improve the mobile experience on the site. That was our #1 goal - so please try it on both desktop and mobile before you make judgements.
Its a dramatic improvement on mobile, and there was a few decisions on Desktop we had to make in order to support a consistent and good mobile display.
Please fix the add/spam/glitch that redirects you to a different page that is showing some stupid game every other time I click on a thread
someone has most likely already said this but i wasnt really into reading all 63 comments. i like everything about the new header except the 40 alerts i have. i dont need an alert for people posting in treads ive been in. the old alert system was better imo. just less clutter.
gypsy_kidsomeone has most likely already said this but i wasnt really into reading all 63 comments. i like everything about the new header except the 40 alerts i have. i dont need an alert for people posting in treads ive been in.
gypsy_kidsomeone has most likely already said this but i wasnt really into reading all 63 comments. i like everything about the new header except the 40 alerts i have. i dont need an alert for people posting in treads ive been in. the old alert system was better imo. just less clutter.
My thoughts exactly. Why fix something that doesn't need to be fixed.
gypsy_kidsomeone has most likely already said this but i wasnt really into reading all 63 comments. i like everything about the new header except the 40 alerts i have. i dont need an alert for people posting in treads ive been in. the old alert system was better imo. just less clutter.
My thoughts exactly. Why fix something that doesn't need to be fixed.
Just a suggestion, but imo the friends list takes up too much space when it pops up. It would be so much better if it was back above the online list and then it had a really small pop up version on the friends tab.
Now that I have been using the header for about a week I can have a better opinion. Overall, i really like it. It's great to not have to go to a new page to get to different forums. One thing that I've really noticed though is I've stopped checjing my threads as much when it's paired with notifications. I might be alone here but I think that notifications should be paired woth messages instead or just take the friends tab out completely.
Also this is all for mobile. I haven't used my computer that much this week but it wasn't as much of a problem on there from what i remember.
Now that I have been using the header for about a week I can have a better opinion. Overall, i really like it. It's great to not have to go to a new page to get to different forums. One thing that I've really noticed though is I've stopped checjing my threads as much when it's paired with notifications. I might be alone here but I think that notifications should be paired woth messages instead or just take the friends tab out completely.
Also this is all for mobile. I haven't used my computer that much this week but it wasn't as much of a problem on there from what i remember.
I'm tempted to run an experiment to remove Friends and split Alerts/MyThreads into two. Just for a week or two and and see how it's received. I too think that's a better approach. It just feels weird because "Friends" has been accessible on every page of NS forever.
nopolesI'm tempted to run an experiment to remove Friends and split Alerts/MyThreads into two. Just for a week or two and and see how it's received. I too think that's a better approach. It just feels weird because "Friends" has been accessible on every page of NS forever.
I guess. But i just feel like friends isnt something that's really needed. And you can go to friend by just going into your own profile.
nopolesI'm tempted to run an experiment to remove Friends and split Alerts/MyThreads into two. Just for a week or two and and see how it's received. I too think that's a better approach. It just feels weird because "Friends" has been accessible on every page of NS forever.
I think the friends on the sidebar like it used to be was fine! Plus you wouldn't have to click the tab to see it, you could just have it on the sidebar at all times.
nopolesI'm tempted to run an experiment to remove Friends and split Alerts/MyThreads into two. Just for a week or two and and see how it's received. I too think that's a better approach. It just feels weird because "Friends" has been accessible on every page of NS forever.
MinggI think the friends on the sidebar like it used to be was fine! Plus you wouldn't have to click the tab to see it, you could just have it on the sidebar at all times.
MinggI think the friends on the sidebar like it used to be was fine! Plus you wouldn't have to click the tab to see it, you could just have it on the sidebar at all times.
This is true for now, though you may have noticed that the sidebar isn't on many of the recently redesigned pages. Homepages, News, etc... Narrow sidebars don't show on mobile devices and we'd like to keep a consistent page format across all devices. Plus 3 column layouts are out of favor on the modern web.
Regardless, I agree that Profiles is a decent alternative to the header.
I like it on mobile, but old one is better on the computer. I really prefer the yellow box with all the things related to my profile. Also, Scrolling is annoying, so please try to minimize the amount needed when launching the official update. Labels don't need to be THAT big.
I like when i click on a video for it to play the full view of the vid. hate the huge ad at the top.
nopolesI'm tempted to run an experiment to remove Friends and split Alerts/MyThreads into two. Just for a week or two and and see how it's received. I too think that's a better approach. It just feels weird because "Friends" has been accessible on every page of NS forever.
nopolesI'm tempted to run an experiment to remove Friends and split Alerts/MyThreads into two. Just for a week or two and and see how it's received. I too think that's a better approach. It just feels weird because "Friends" has been accessible on every page of NS forever.
I like it a lot.
One thing I don't like is clicked threads don't disappear until the refresh after that page loads. As in, I see there's a new reply on this thread so I click it, yet when I open the my threads tab it's still there until I either refresh or load another part of the site, when it's gone. It's a minor annoyance, but still.
One thing I don't like is clicked threads don't disappear until the refresh after that page loads. As in, I see there's a new reply on this thread so I click it, yet when I open the my threads tab it's still there until I either refresh or load another part of the site, when it's gone. It's a minor annoyance, but still.
I've noticed I don't get alerts anymore if someone replies to my comment in news. Not sure if that was intended but just thought i'd throw that out there!
MinggI've noticed I don't get alerts anymore if someone replies to my comment in news. Not sure if that was intended but just thought i'd throw that out there!
I'll investigate this tomorrow, it was not intended.
On a related note I just deployed an update to the Beta header to improve the mobile navigation to make it feel more app-like, instead of like a we drop down. I'd appreciate any feedback from mobile users in this change.
nopolesI'll investigate this tomorrow, it was not intended.
On a related note I just deployed an update to the Beta header to improve the mobile navigation to make it feel more app-like, instead of like a we drop down. I'd appreciate any feedback from mobile users in this change.
I thought it was really weird at first but now I really like it. Now it seems like the page loads a little faster when switching between forums too which is really nice.
I hate to be that guy but can there be a way to turn off my threads notifications?
Tbh I don't care what other people have to say in a thread unless they are quoting me.
And I don't want to clear out my threads because sometimes I like to go back into past threads to look for things, ie. Bst threads that are sunk off the first page of bst.
JAHpowI hate to be that guy but can there be a way to turn off my threads notifications?
Tbh I don't care what other people have to say in a thread unless they are quoting me.
And I don't want to clear out my threads because sometimes I like to go back into past threads to look for things, ie. Bst threads that are sunk off the first page of bst.
In the drop down alert thing(which is now separated from alerts and threads but I'm sure you noticed that) you can click on "view my threads" and then all red notification number thing goes away. Your threads are still "new" but you don't have a notification thing anymore. Maybe that helps a bit?
MinggIn the drop down alert thing(which is now separated from alerts and threads but I'm sure you noticed that) you can click on "view my threads" and then all red notification number thing goes away. Your threads are still "new" but you don't have a notification thing anymore. Maybe that helps a bit?
I know that but what I'm getting at is just turning off the my threads notifications all together and only getting the red flag when I'm quoted.
JAHpowI know that but what I'm getting at is just turning off the my threads notifications all together and only getting the red flag when I'm quoted.
I get what you are saying. Realistally what we would do is re-vamp Alerts to be configurable site-wide. For example, you could configure alerts for comments replies and forum quotes, but not thread updates (like you are saying). For now the current behavior is unlikely to change. However we recognize that as we add more alerts across the site we'll have to address "alert overload".
a thread I posted in got deleted and now I have a notification that won't go away, no matter how many times I click it...anyone else have this problem?
SammyDubza thread I posted in got deleted and now I have a notification that won't go away, no matter how many times I click it...anyone else have this problem?
Go into the full mythreads list and there's an option to delete it.
We just made a pretty big update to the direction of this thing. We tried solving some of the issues from another direction, which I personally love... but curious to hear your guys feedback.
We just made a pretty big update to the direction of this thing. We tried solving some of the issues from another direction, which I personally love... but curious to hear your guys feedback.
We just made a pretty big update to the direction of this thing. We tried solving some of the issues from another direction, which I personally love... but curious to hear your guys feedback.
We just made a pretty big update to the direction of this thing. We tried solving some of the issues from another direction, which I personally love... but curious to hear your guys feedback.
Awesome. It's also really good on mobile. The only problem is the content now loads too far down the page now the headers so much more compact.
