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Our Fresh New Look Is Here
CCadmin_Sorin
2795 replies321 threads Community Manager
We’ve been working hard to bring you a fresh new look in forum discussions! We’ve also improved the mobile experience, now offering consistency across desktop, mobile and tablet formats.
You can walk through the major highlights here, which includes screenshots to help you visualize the changes.
At a glance, you’ll find:
- A cleaner interface that places information where you need it.
- On the Forums landing page, you can browse featured threads at a glance. We’ve added a Highlights block which includes frequently-used links that carries over from page to page.
- Also on the Forums landing page, new navigation of discussion topics allows for quick access to the site’s top forums.
- Finding the topic you’re interested in is easier with a cleaner layout of the category pages. You’ll also see sub-level categories via an expanded breakout list.
- New leaderboards showcase our most active users.
- Mobile now displays more links to all areas on College Confidential, giving you quick access to our extensive article library as well as a more consistent experience no matter which device you use to view the site.
1679 replies You can walk through the major highlights here, which includes screenshots to help you visualize the changes.
At a glance, you’ll find:
- A cleaner interface that places information where you need it.
- On the Forums landing page, you can browse featured threads at a glance. We’ve added a Highlights block which includes frequently-used links that carries over from page to page.
- Also on the Forums landing page, new navigation of discussion topics allows for quick access to the site’s top forums.
- Finding the topic you’re interested in is easier with a cleaner layout of the category pages. You’ll also see sub-level categories via an expanded breakout list.
- New leaderboards showcase our most active users.
- Mobile now displays more links to all areas on College Confidential, giving you quick access to our extensive article library as well as a more consistent experience no matter which device you use to view the site.
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Replies to: Our Fresh New Look Is Here
I know changes can take a while to be accepted, so I'll be patient with my own views of it. Comment preview is a nice touch.
Anyhow, how do we find the list of ALL the discussion forums? Right now, I only see what you consider the most popular forums, but not ALL forums. I cannot find certain forums I read.
1. I can’t tell what I’m looking at. I intensely dislike the small, pale font. The font is TERRIBLE. AWFUL. NO GOOD. VERY BAD.
2. Is it just me? I can’t get my home page, forums or latest posts to load. I’m on an iPad. The only things I can access are this post, and schools and articles from the top bar.
3. Why did they get rid of my profile name on the top bar? Now I have to access my profile by going on “preferences.” That sucks.
This new design is VERY difficult for anyone who wears glasses or has poor eyesight to read. Are they trying to deter people from easily accessing the site? I’m serious.
I'm OK to wait a little bit before I decide I hate it; everything takes time to get used to. But this might be tough.
I also don't understand why, on the right side of my screen, is a list of posters who are "most helpful." It takes up way too much of my screen and, as a long-time poster, I'm already familiar with those names.
Can anyone suggest how to get rid of the ad video? Since it doesn't stop and can't be scrolled away, it's immensely visually distracting and my computer is getting awfully hot. (I could block javascript but then I wouldn't be able to post.) I don't think I can use the website much until I figure out how to stop the ad from playing.
And agree...why are the rows double spaced?
Also agree about the very distracting video ads constantly playing in the top right. Super distracting. I'm judging: I do not like any of this so far.
Ditto the other concerns about too much white space and slow loading times.
For example - when typing in the reply box, when it wraps to a new line, the box shows a line of space in-between each line, as if I hit <return>. I can no longer distinguish where I've made a new paragraph.
For example - 50% or more of my window is white space or other information I don't care about. I don't need every single page to tell me how many bookmarks or threads I have, I don't care.
It's really a shame, I feel like you are essentially abandoning people on laptops. Do you ever do any actual user testing with actual users before you roll these kinds of changes out?
Color me not impressed.
I should try it with my ad blocker off, although I dread it.
ETA oh hey look - no paragraphs. Jesus.