[Lingster]

I am trying out a new forum layout.  Let me know what you think.

[TC2]

Yuck, I hate it.  It's aesthetically very unappealling and doesn't provide easy access to the links.  In the previous structure I could just scroll the page and go to the topic I want, now I have to look on the left side of my screen and click on those little folders?

I like the old one way better than this one.

[Lingster]

Poop.

[jsimon]

OMG it's awful! I tried to look for FMG stories and can't find the dedicated folder for it. While I appreciate all the work that's gone into the site, I can't figure out why you'd want to change the structure so drasticly. In the name of everything that does not suck, go back to the old format!

[Lingster]

"FMG Stories" doesn't exist anymore – all the growth stories are under "Growth Stories" now.

[Fett]

I think the problem is that it's colour scheme isn't particularly user friendly. It seems really vacant and everything's spread out all over the place. The main meat of the page – the center which displays the messages – actually is not where the eye focuses, but rather to the sides which have the thick, bold headings.

I think if the center was more dominant in colour, it'd be quite spiffy and easy to get used to. I like everything on the left or right, rather than being repeated several times in each post, but there's a lack in its actual design. I like the colours.

Hope that helps. ^__^

[Lingster]

Try some of the color variations at right, and let me know what you think of those.

[Lingster]

The goal here, btw, is to move the board navigation out of the way of the content.

[FlakBait]

Yuck, I hate it.  It's aesthetically very unappealling and doesn't provide easy access to the links.  In the previous structure I could just scroll the page and go to the topic I want, now I have to look on the left side of my screen and click on those little folders?

I like the old one way better than this one.

it pains me greatly to admit I agree with C2…. damn…I may need a drink now  😛

[Fett]

The colour's aren't really a problem – I tried them out. The problem is that with a box surrounding them, the options on the left are the focus of the page, not the content. So it feels weird to try to focus on the content, which actually feels pushed off to the right. The options on the left need to be in a thinner column, and the center needs some kind of focus to it, like a little thicker line around it, and perhaps the avatars back on the left, simply because people read from left to right.

I hope some of that helps. I think it could be really nice, but at the moment, it's execution is a little disconcerting.

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