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nredman · Feb 2, 2007, 04:35 AM

looks good to me, but will take some getting used to

red rocket · Feb 2, 2007, 04:35 AM

I don't like it.

The border is too dark, everything else is too light. It's also too big, no longer fits on my screen.

The old design may have looked dated, but it was more user-friendly, in my opinion.

And right-aligning the sigs wasn't a good idea, either. Because there are no avatars on this board, the signatures help in identifying members. Now, there's a vast gulf of separation between the user name and the signature, it's like signatures don't fit in with the new theme, at all.

As a matter of fact, this forum should now ban signatures altogether, and replace them with avatars. Pod knows, the user info area is big enough for it.

Rumor · Feb 2, 2007, 04:36 AM

Originally Posted by torsoboy

Giving one person 4 full stars and another person 4 plus an empty one seems like a weird way to say 4.5 stars.

That seems to be it.

Originally Posted by mindwaves

pfffftt....I see post counts by default!

Brat.

Originally Posted by iREZ

boooo....professional poster!? wtf is that?

im wanna be a mac L337

Most of us aren't 14 yo kids that are addicted to WoW.

Originally Posted by kick52

no offence, but it SUCKS BALLS.

i guess the style is something i could get used to, but post counts have been disabled, WHICH SUCKS and there is no way to see if you have posted on a thread before, with/out replies.

Post counts aren't disabled. They just aren't immediately visible, which is nice cause really, does it matter that much?

Originally Posted by Kenneth

The sig is now on the right, way too much spacing, and harder to follow.

I think effgee covered this, check on the first page.

zign · Feb 2, 2007, 04:54 AM

Niiiiice! but it used to be easier to find my own posts or the ones I posted in as they would be marked with a red spot. I thought that was very useful. Anyway of bringing this back? Other than that veryrhing looks great!

USB HUB · Feb 2, 2007, 05:02 AM

I really like it .. Nice Job guys .. More professional looking and easier on the eyes ...

Rumor · Feb 2, 2007, 05:03 AM

Originally Posted by zign

Niiiiice! but it used to be easier to find my own posts or the ones I posted in as they would be marked with a red spot. I thought that was very useful. Anyway of bringing this back? Other than that veryrhing looks great!

It's pretty easy actually.

Dark Green means there has been a new post after you last post.

Light Green means there hasn't.

Yellow you haven't posted in or there has been more post since the last time you looked.

The envelope without a dot has been read but no new post since.

voicebox · 05:26 AM

Great design, great colours and great to look at which means the old peepers are not working overtime!
Congratulations and well done - in fact it's a pleasure to post; welcome to the 21st century!

On the other hand, I too seem to have lost a star .......

boohoo!!
Although, not now being described as a 'Senior Member' does have it's compensations

best
voicebox

C.A.T.S. CEO · Feb 2, 2007, 05:20 AM

awesome!!!!

My 2 gripes: I want post counts back and the sigs need to go to the left. Right seems icky.

I'd also want to know the new ranks, please

Otherwise it looks nice. A in my book.

Now you need to update the MacNN homepage to include the nnforums and iPodNN link

Oisín · Feb 2, 2007, 05:28 AM

The new stars look awesome implemented, though perhaps the blue mod stars should be slightly darker, closer to the colour used for user names? It seems a bit... off, with its current colour.

Other than that, it’s still awesome.

(And it’s nice to finally see that quick-format bar in the quick-reply box!)

For those who’ve requested it, these are the user rankings (unless there’ve been any last-minute changes; only Demonhood and gorgonzola would know about those, I’m guessing):

Fresh-Faced Recruit 0-49

Junior Member 49-99

Regular Member 100-199

Dedicated MacNNer 200-349

Mac Veteran 350-499

Senior User 500-749

Grizzled User 750-999

Mac Elite 1000-2499

Professional Poster 2500-4999

Addicted to MacNN 5000-9999

Posting Junkie 10000-14999

Clinically Insane 15000-?

Sayf-Allah · Feb 2, 2007, 05:38 AM

I like it!

Great work guys!

C.A.T.S. CEO · 07:22 AM

Originally Posted by Oisín

The new stars look awesome implemented, though perhaps the blue mod stars should be slightly darker, closer to the colour used for user names? It seems a bit... off, with its current colour.

Other than that, it’s still awesome.

(And it’s nice to finally see that quick-format bar in the quick-reply box!)

For those who’ve requested it, these are the user rankings (unless there’ve been any last-minute changes; only Demonhood and gorgonzola would know about those, I’m guessing):

Fresh-Faced Recruit 0-49

Junior Member 49-99

Regular Member 100-199

Dedicated MacNNer 200-349

Mac Veteran 350-499

Senior User 500-749

Grizzled User 750-999

Mac Elite 1000-2499

Professional Poster 2500-4999

Addicted to MacNN 5000-9999

Posting Junkie 10000-14999

Clinically Insane 15000-?

cool

edit: what happened to 1337 MacNN G33k?

Edit 2: why are the 'Posting Junkie' and 'Addicted to MacNN' stars the same? Wouldn't it be better if they were different? Like the 2nd and 4th star blanked out for 'Posting Junkie'?

zign · Feb 2, 2007, 05:44 AM

Originally Posted by Rumor

It's pretty easy actually.

Dark Green means there has been a new post after you last post.

Light Green means there hasn't.

Yellow you haven't posted in or there has been more post since the last time you looked.

The envelope without a dot has been read but no new post since.

OK! I stand corrected. I guess I'll just have to get used to this

Thanks!

veryniceguy2002 · Feb 2, 2007, 05:44 AM

I don't like it! All of the sudden I have been demoted from 5 stars to 3 stars

Can we have a setting option to display the numbers of posts each user have within the thread like what we have before?

JLL · Feb 2, 2007, 05:47 AM

I like it

I WAS the One · Feb 2, 2007, 06:03 AM

It looks good but I liked more the other (old) style... anyway... I'll be here forever! LOL

Amorya · Feb 2, 2007, 06:14 AM

I wish you hadn't merged Developer with Web Developer. I don't think the two topics are related enough for them to share a forum.

Otherwise, good job guys

Eriamjh · Feb 2, 2007, 06:17 AM

I prefer the sigs on the left.
It makes reading short replies
easier since that's where you
start reading from.

On a wide screen
it means
really
tough
reading.

See?

Otherwise, I like it.

Kevin · Feb 2, 2007, 06:24 AM

The "Political Forum" messes up the user area because of how it was jammed in with the Lounge.

Also the "unsubscribe" text should be gone. This has been requested to be removed since the LAST forum.

To subscribe to a forum you have to go through a few pages of clicking to get it on your user page. To unsubscribe you simply click that link. Which is a GUI nightmare because many times it's clicked on accident and doesn't give you any extra chances to not unsubscribe.