Forum layout change - mobile

felixgamingx1

Was this an error? The old version was faster to load!

ZOS_AlanG

felixgamingx1 wrote: »

Was this an error? The old version was faster to load!

We implemented a new mobile theme earlier today. Could you let us know what sort of device you're using so we can troubleshoot these problems?

elwhy

ZOS_AlanG wrote: »

felixgamingx1 wrote: »

Was this an error? The old version was faster to load!

We implemented a new mobile theme earlier today. Could you let us know what sort of device you're using so we can troubleshoot these problems?

The new version looks more like an iPhone to me, which is nice I guess if you have an iPhone, but I don't so it looks weird. And it's not as functional because it doesn't show as much info about threads on the recent discussions page. The old layout was great. Maybe not the prettiest, but great.

ZOS_AlanG

eliasadriancombsub17_ESO wrote: »

The new version looks more like an iPhone to me, which is nice I guess if you have an iPhone, but I don't so it looks weird. And it's not as functional because it doesn't show as much info about threads on the recent discussions page. The old layout was great. Maybe not the prettiest, but great.

This was applied today as one of several interim forum improvements planned for this week, while we work on a larger visual and structural overhaul of the forums. We’d love to get any feedback about the new mobile theme, positive and negative, as well as suggestions on how we can improve it.

felixgamingx1

ZOS_AlanG wrote: »

felixgamingx1 wrote: »

Was this an error? The old version was faster to load!

We implemented a new mobile theme earlier today. Could you let us know what sort of device you're using so we can troubleshoot these problems?

Iphone 4s

pmn100b16_ESO

How do you even access a forum on the mobile version? I just want to browse the support forum but I don't see any link to it.

EliteZ

When I got to the forums on my mobile (Samsung S4) I just get a blank screen with the header and footer. I can't see any content until I click the menu icon and select recent activity.

EJRose83

@ZOS_AlanG You should change your userID to ZOS_AliG and then somehow convince ZOS to let you switch your forum pic to one of Sacha Baron Cohen!

Sakiri

ZOS_AlanG wrote: »

felixgamingx1 wrote: »

Was this an error? The old version was faster to load!

We implemented a new mobile theme earlier today. Could you let us know what sort of device you're using so we can troubleshoot these problems?

Firefox for Android, Motorola Electrify running 2.3 Gingerbread.

Attempting to get the home forum page is a logistics nightmare. That lovely elder scrolls logo up at the top is supposed to do something but whatever it is wont load in a reasonable amount of time for me to see.

Navigation sucks. The icons on the black popup bar at the bottom make 0 sense.

Im sure Ill find more.

Sakiri

Oh, still cant flag posts. I spend almost all my forum time on mobile. Id like to be able to report trolls please.

angel59

Samsung S2 here. Can only access a forum from my history. I use Opera mobile.

Like another, if I go to forum.elderscrollsonline.com all I get is a header and footer. The menu on the floating bar does not work

How about restoring the old mobile version until someone tests the android version. Many of us use android.

Fatalyis

Sure...I'd love to beta test your forum changes too! Jeez....

Sakiri

Yeah I have to go through history to get to pages too and its bloody annoying.

angel59

Or is it Alpha testing?

Fatalyis wrote: »

Sure...I'd love to beta test your forum changes too! Jeez....

GossiTheDog

Working well on iPhone 5. Favouriting topics now works, didn't on old template. No option to flag posts though. Also can't see how many stars users have in posts, which can be handy to identify key contributors.

GossiTheDog

Update - if you press 'The Elder Scrolls Online' at the top of the page, you get a blank page (no content). That needs fixing.

Sakiri

Still now having icons show as grey boxes.

pmn100b16_ESO

Can someone just tell me how to simply access the support forum with the mobile site? I just get a dodgy menu on the left that doesn't display properly until I log in. And then I just get my activity, etc. Where are the list of forums?

Sakiri

Im going to guess thats supposed to be what the title bar up at the top links to but instead gives a blank screen.

felixgamingx1

Yea there was nothing wrong with old forums we care more about the game appearance the most really

Sakiri

I preferred the old site. It was easier to navigate. Thats the biggest reason I use it over the desktop site, which sucks, hard.

If youre trying to make the mobile site suck as bad as the desktop site youve succeeded.

Nooblet

I like cant even figure out how to navigate. The home screen has nothing but a blank screen.

The only way I can figure out how to navigate, is bring up my previous posts and click "Weapon Skills" for example where the post was located.

The thread titles being in blue.. not sure why.. but I can live with that. I'm all for change that makes sense, but I didn't really have any issues with the way the mobile layout was

The regular forums also aren't too bad after getting used to them. Just needs a General Discussion

Running it on Galaxy S 3, using Google Chrome

Sidney

@ZOS_AlanG‌

ZOS_AlanG wrote: »

This was applied today as one of several interim forum improvements planned for this week, while we work on a larger visual and structural overhaul of the forums. We’d love to get any feedback about the new mobile theme, positive and negative, as well as suggestions on how we can improve it.

I really hope you guys are keeping the Vanilla Forums and just tweaking it. I know they need some work but Vanilla Forums rock. It has so many awesome features that I think a lot of people don't even know about. I'd be very sad if you guys switched over to another type.

Sakiri

Oh and no way to see if theres a staff post. :P

pmn100b16_ESO

dodgy back to front webcam photo, but this is what I get.



I mean, what is that?

Sidney

Just tested forums on my phone. Does not work properly. I am using a BlackBerry Q5.

I get almost a blank page except for the title and 4 links on the side that say:

(*) Community Home
(*) Recent Discussions
(*) Activity
(*) Sign In

If I click community home, it stays blank. If I select Recent Discussions, it looks meh. It's plain which is good for mobiles but there's no way to differentiate an employee post. Everything is just a plain white background, light blue links, grey text. (Which looks very nice by the way).

Before I even get to the forums, if I try to go to the main elderscrollsonline.com page it's not optimized. I'm not sure if it's because there is no optimization for my phone or just some other setting is broken.

Edit: fixed typo

Xozah

Just /facepalm.

I'm one who has been defending you guys from the start that "everything will be fixed you are new at this". But not even i can ignore error after error, bug after bug and even the simpel things like a real search function for guild ah, and now you even managed to screw up the mobile forums. There should seriously be an award for this..

Akhratos

Cant you simply make the forums tapatalk-compatible? Simply asking, no clue about real chances.

Samsung Galaxy Core, mobile version shows a blank empty space in all of the upper/right corner. Using desktop version in the meantime.

felixgamingx1

@ZOS_AlanG‌
please just rollback the forum and leave it alone plssss

Nooblet

haesteneb17_ESO wrote: »

Just /facepalm.

I'm one who has been defending you guys from the start that "everything will be fixed you are new at this". But not even i can ignore error after error, bug after bug and even the simpel things like a real search function for guild ah, and now you even managed to screw up the mobile forums. There should seriously be an award for this..

Atleast they are trying. The amount of complains about the Desktop forums were extreme the first week or so of release. I guess people just got used to them, and they really arent that horrible that they need to be remade, just some tweaks and new categories.

I thought the mobile version was fine though.

felixgamingx1

Nooblet wrote: »

haesteneb17_ESO wrote: »

Just /facepalm.

I'm one who has been defending you guys from the start that "everything will be fixed you are new at this". But not even i can ignore error after error, bug after bug and even the simpel things like a real search function for guild ah, and now you even managed to screw up the mobile forums. There should seriously be an award for this..

Atleast they are trying. The amount of complains about the Desktop forums were extreme the first week or so of release. I guess people just got used to them, and they really arent that horrible that they need to be remade, just some tweaks and new categories.

I thought the mobile version was fine though.

honestly, it's the game we need looking good right now! the forums don't keep subs the game does!