Forum Redesign questions, concerns, comments...

chris · 07-08-2009, 11:37 AM

Most of you will notice a major difference in the design of the forums at EIC. The idea was to bring the changes implemented on the homepage to the forums. I also worked on the icons throughout the forum to provide improved usability. I think the icon changes depicting new posts, hot threads, threads where you've posted are easier to discern.

Everything is also a lot lighter, so should make for a faster browsing experience.

Please give it a chance and I hope you enjoy the changes.

Finally, avatar size has been increased to 148px x 148px.

BTW, I'm open to comments, suggestions, etc. You can expect I'll be tweaking things as we go along.

Icon Descriptions:

iNinja · 07-08-2009, 11:41 AM

Love the new post buttons and colour scheme, however, I think that the new member labels arent as nice... look a little basic.. Just my 2 cents worth though.

Also, some of the icons on the forum dont really match the description as described by seanwes

"The alt text for this camera-looking icon is "wink"."

chris · 07-08-2009, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by Croucher

Love the new post buttons and colour scheme, however, I think that the new member labels arent as nice... look a little basic.. Just my 2 cents worth though.

Also, some of the icons on the forum dont really match the description as described by seanwes

"The alt text for this camera-looking icon is "wink"."

I'm going to redo the badges. Wanted to get the new design up, but didn't want to use the old ones.

chris · 07-08-2009, 11:45 AM

BTW, with the changes comes Google Site Search. I've tested it out and it works real well. For those who prefer the forum search, you can find it in the toolbar.

iNinja · 07-08-2009, 11:46 AM

Chris, all in all I think it looks a lot better. That was by no means a criticism. Just an observation

Also, the forum icons are kind of Firefox-esque... I like them! lol

phsycology · 07-08-2009, 11:46 AM

Ooh Nice!

I'll make additional comments when I've experienced it more, but on the visual level the forum's looking good!

The Apple · 07-08-2009, 11:50 AM

I like the changes. I'm sure you have to select from predesigned buttons, but if you could custom design the buttons, it would be cool if they looked like iPhone application buttons.

cindra · 07-08-2009, 11:52 AM

A bit hard to make out the shortcuts. Firefox on MacBook Pro

Youngbinks · 07-08-2009, 11:58 AM

Yeah the shortcuts are a bit hard to read at the moment but overall I think the changes look fantastic.

chris · 07-08-2009, 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by cindra

A bit hard to make out the shortcuts. Firefox on MacBook Pro

Try to refresh. Firefox on Mac is my primary browser.