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The new mobile forums are bad and unintuitive
Vortigaunt
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As the title says. The forums are completely unintuitive.
On the old forums you had a bar at the bottom of the screen where you could quickly access your PMs, notifications and the ability to post a discussion in the current forum section you were on. On the top of the screen you had a “go back button”, which you could use to go back one section (thread > sub forum > main forum).
On the new forums you need to scroll all the way up to the top of the page, click a drop down and only then you will be able to create new threads, see if you have any new notifications etc.
These new forums are not good. They are counterintuitive and not well done. The letters are too big, the line spacing is too much and it lacks the mobile quality of life functionality that the old one had. The old one felt more like a mobile page than this one by miles.
@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_JessicaFolsom idk, either add those old quality of life changes (the minibar at the bottom of the screen, go back button), make the font smaller, every post smaller and the spacing less or just go back to the old one. Nobody asked for this. The old forums were classy and looked good. Do not nerf your forums too, you’re already doing “wonders” with the pts...
EDIT: also, please make the numbers by “awesome agree insightful” black again. Them being gray makes them blend with the text and doesn’t stand out like the old one did (a black box).
EDIT 2: and make the forumer NAMES bigger... why are the post date and the forum stars BIGGER than the actual name of the poster? Hello?
Edited by Vortigaunt on 11 July 2019 09:25 On the old forums you had a bar at the bottom of the screen where you could quickly access your PMs, notifications and the ability to post a discussion in the current forum section you were on. On the top of the screen you had a “go back button”, which you could use to go back one section (thread > sub forum > main forum).
On the new forums you need to scroll all the way up to the top of the page, click a drop down and only then you will be able to create new threads, see if you have any new notifications etc.
These new forums are not good. They are counterintuitive and not well done. The letters are too big, the line spacing is too much and it lacks the mobile quality of life functionality that the old one had. The old one felt more like a mobile page than this one by miles.
@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_JessicaFolsom idk, either add those old quality of life changes (the minibar at the bottom of the screen, go back button), make the font smaller, every post smaller and the spacing less or just go back to the old one. Nobody asked for this. The old forums were classy and looked good. Do not nerf your forums too, you’re already doing “wonders” with the pts...
EDIT: also, please make the numbers by “awesome agree insightful” black again. Them being gray makes them blend with the text and doesn’t stand out like the old one did (a black box).
EDIT 2: and make the forumer NAMES bigger... why are the post date and the forum stars BIGGER than the actual name of the poster? Hello?
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Vortigaunt✭✭✭WillhelmBlack wrote: »Stop whining!
Jk, yeah it's hideous. Where is the full site mode?
Yeah exactly, I’d rather go back to desktop mode...
Just now when I got a notification you posted here I had to click for like 30 seconds just to find out how to get here “fast”. Kay.5 -
Neoealth✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭It's so bad I actually might stop browsing the forums on my phone. Which is bad for me because in the evening I like to watch netflix and sit back away from the pc and I often browse and post while I do so. But the glaring bright white light from the new forums just hurts my eyes and gives me an headache.
To the people responsible for this mess I have this to say. Ever heard of "if it aint broken, don't fix it"?9 -
Firstmep✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Glad im not the only one who noticed this abomination.
The old mobile forums were great, this is just ***.5 -
jhall03✭✭✭✭Yeah it looks like my phone is glitching. There's also even MORE scrolling now. And why do my replies look double spaced?2
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phileunderx2✭✭✭✭✭
✭Tried it out went back to desktop. Although the new mobile version is better than the old mobile.0 -
VaranisArano✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Who thought we needed double spaced typing when we write comments like I'm writing a paper for English class on my phone?3 -
Tan9oSuccka✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Wheew. Ok, I’m glad I’m not the only one.
This new version looks really bad from my mobile.1 -
Vortigaunt✭✭✭Funny thing is this wasn't even called for. Nobody asked for this. The old forums were great, in the top of all the other game forums I've ever been on. Heck even mobile browser reddit is eh.
Why fix something that not only wasn't broken but was actually pretty darn good? Just so your employees had something to do and not look like they're doing nothing all day?1 -
Kalgert✭✭✭✭✭I am now looking at the forums on my phone, and it seems they have reverted the change. Or maybe I'm just lucky.
Hope it stays that way...6 -
Gariele✭✭✭✭✭We did it lads.PC/EUWinter Rose Autumn Rose Summer Rose Pacific Rose Midnight RoseRoseESO DiscordRoseESO Website1 -
ZOS_SarahHecker✭✭✭✭✭
✭Hey all, the new mobile layout was not intentional and has been reverted to its previous design
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Itacira✭✭✭✭✭ZOS_SarahHecker wrote: »Hey all, the new mobile layout was not intentional and has been reverted to its previous design
On the one hand : thanks ! on the other hand : I'd be laughing if at this point I wasn't so completely blasé about it x)PC/EU - PVE 2H stam orc petsorc (meta, what meta?) ww - terrible dps - mediocre player - fun times - free ww bites to whomever asks so don't be shy if interested0 -
Aurielle✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭ZOS_SarahHecker wrote: »Hey all, the new mobile layout was not intentional and has been reverted to its previous design
YAAAAS! It’s great to be able to easily navigate again and not have miles of white space between lines when replying. Thanks for the quick fix. 3 -
Vortigaunt✭✭✭ZOS_SarahHecker wrote: »Hey all, the new mobile layout was not intentional and has been reverted to its previous design
I LOVE YOU1 -
Feric51✭✭✭✭✭
✭ZOS_SarahHecker wrote: »Hey all, the new mobile layout was not intentional and has been reverted to its previous design
Also ZOS: "However, if you enjoyed our alternate mobile interface skin, it will be available to purchase in the crown store."Feric51
Xbox NADarkness Falls: The Crusade survivor (you young kids will never know the struggle of text-based games)8 -
Cinbri✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭ZOS_SarahHecker wrote: »Hey all, the new mobile layout was not intentional and has been reverted to its previous design
Thank Dagoth Ur! Was afraid this new one will be our new pain point since now.0 -
Seraphayel✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Thank god they reverted it. Nevertheless I wouldn’t be surprised if it was indeed intentional and they just changed it back because of the abysmal reception it garnered.PS5EUAldmeri Dominion- Khajiit Arcanist -0 -
Vortigaunt✭✭✭Seraphayel wrote: »Thank god they reverted it. Nevertheless I wouldn’t be surprised if it was indeed intentional and they just changed it back because of the abysmal reception it garnered.
No doubt
Alas, what's done is done so let's leave it at that0 -
Nestor✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭ZOS_SarahHecker wrote: »Hey all, the new mobile layout was not intentional and has been reverted to its previous design
@ZOS_SarahHecker
This reverted version is so much better. Last version had too much white space and made the forums harder to read and post.Enjoy the game, life is what you really want to be worried about.
PakKat "Everything was going well, until I died"
Gary Gravestink "I am glad you died, I needed the help"0 -
Tandor✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I hope they won't put up another new version without first telling us what they consider to be wrong with the present one. Alternatively, they could confirm that there are no plans to revise the existing version.0 -
ChunkyCat✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭ZOS_SarahHecker wrote: »Hey all, the new mobile layout was not intentional
How do you bug the forums?
lulz0 -
MasterSpatula✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭ZOS_SarahHecker wrote: »Hey all, the new mobile layout was not intentional and has been reverted to its previous design
Thank goodness!"A probable impossibility is preferable to an improbable possibility." - Aristotle1
