Jan. 3rd 2019 Upgrade Master Thread
#26
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Jan. 3rd 2019 Upgrade Master Thread
The site looks nice and clean, but I sorta don’t care for how small the text is when replying now. I can still read it but it was easier before.
#27
DVD Talk Godfather
Re: Jan. 3rd 2019 Upgrade Master Thread
The white space at the top and sides are definitely weird. I don't even use any ad blocking and see a few ads followed by tons of white space. I'd rather have everything be centered somehow.
I have the same issue joeblow mentioned earlier with the invisible link to my user name on the top right as well, with just a picture showing.
I have the same issue joeblow mentioned earlier with the invisible link to my user name on the top right as well, with just a picture showing.
#28
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Re: Jan. 3rd 2019 Upgrade Master Thread
The mobile site is even worse. Everything is big, can’t even decrease size of page and thread titles all truncated. Can’t we just go back?
#29
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Jan. 3rd 2019 Upgrade Master Thread
Horrible. I especially love when an add pops while reading a thread and pushes everything up and off the screen then I have to go scroll and find where I once was. I guess this is the last gasp of DVDtalk.
#30
Re: Jan. 3rd 2019 Upgrade Master Thread
3-column looks good for the main website, but I'd recommend the forum section go to a 2-column format. Menus are better, quicker navigation, etc I'm assuming somebody did a very much needed database dump.
#31
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: Jan. 3rd 2019 Upgrade Master Thread
Many reviews don't seem to show up. You get the menus and the top of the screen but the reviews themselves are blank. Maybe it's just me, but I've noticed this for the DePalma & DeNiro review and the old Waterworld review and several others listed under Latest/Newest Reviews...
#32
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Re: Jan. 3rd 2019 Upgrade Master Thread
Post a picture of that. That doesn't sound like what I am seeing at all. I think it looks a lot better on he mobile view than it did prior.
#33
DVD Talk God
Re: Jan. 3rd 2019 Upgrade Master Thread
I don't mind it, but the biggest issue for me is on mobile. I liked the clickdown box that would take you to the individual subforums. I don't see that anymore, so it appears to be multiple steps to get to another subforum. :/
#34
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: Jan. 3rd 2019 Upgrade Master Thread
It does seem that many of our complaints are specific to the full site option. I was reading this thread on my phone, and it had defaulted to mobile view. I didn't see all the white space issues or ads showing up within threads, but then I switched to the full site view ...
Now everything does look a mess. Lots of awkward empty space on the right, a clunky looking top bar, and an ad that sprang up between posts. The mobile site is definitely improved, but now I don't quite like either view. I'm sure I'll get used to it.
Now everything does look a mess. Lots of awkward empty space on the right, a clunky looking top bar, and an ad that sprang up between posts. The mobile site is definitely improved, but now I don't quite like either view. I'm sure I'll get used to it.
#36
Banned
Re: Jan. 3rd 2019 Upgrade Master Thread
Honestly, the site looks like a mess and the reason is because the update made the forum more ad friendly instead of user friendly. I don't mind ads on the side, top and bottom of the screen but I do mind the ads between the posts. Made everything harder to read and follow. At the end of the day, I don't see how this "update" improves anything and brings more users to this site.
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#38
DVD Talk God
Re: Jan. 3rd 2019 Upgrade Master Thread
On mobile, it used to be a box. You click it to open and then can pick which subforum, with all of them listed. What you are showing is another way of doing it, but requires you to either know, or trial by error, where the subforum is you are looking for.
#42
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Jan. 3rd 2019 Upgrade Master Thread
It sucks. Change it back and leave things that aren't broken alone.
#44
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#45
DVD Talk Legend
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#47
DVD Talk God
Re: Jan. 3rd 2019 Upgrade Master Thread
You know the new interface is going to take a little getting used to. But, it's a free ad supported message board. Who am I to complain about something that isn't costing me a dime. I come here when I can and that's the extent of it.
#48
Admin
Re: Jan. 3rd 2019 Upgrade Master Thread
I'm having an issue typing all caps and them showing up lower case.
#MDTGA
hmm it works in mobile. Maybe I need to clear cookies on desktop?
#MDTGA from desktop
-edit - I guess it's working now from both.
#MDTGA
hmm it works in mobile. Maybe I need to clear cookies on desktop?
#MDTGA from desktop
-edit - I guess it's working now from both.

Last edited by VinVega; 01-04-19 at 07:14 AM.
#49
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Jan. 3rd 2019 Upgrade Master Thread
I was going to start YA "What Is This?" thread, and then I saw this here.
#50
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Jan. 3rd 2019 Upgrade Master Thread
On a 17" LCD monitor, 1280 x 1024 resolution, 3" of white space at the right and everything all scrunched over to the left SUCKS ASS. You're going to lose members you leave that shit like it is. Another site I used to frequent did that, but at least they gave you the option of closing that space once you're logged in. Just having it there without the ability to do anything about it is the worst possible thing you could've done for DVD Talk. WTF is 3" of white space? Just leave the ads at the top where they used to be, this just looks dumb as shit.
Last edited by kd5; 01-03-19 at 09:08 PM.