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oncemoreuntothebeachdearfriends · 18/09/2025 18:18

I dislike the new site for several reasons.
I prefer the colour blocks for OP & own posts, & it's difficult to read if you have less than perfect eyesight.

YANBU You agree with me

YABU I'm a Luddite who hates change & MN are right.

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ComfortFoodCafe · 19/09/2025 06:56

I use the app but just checked on the webpage - and oh my god my eyes! Major fail there mumsnet!

PersephoneParlormaid · 19/09/2025 06:52

It’s too bright

ProfoundlyPeculiarAndWeird · 19/09/2025 06:51

I've been here long enough to know that every site change leads to so much pearl clutching that you can hear the clatter of pearls all across the UK. But even so I'm amazed by how angry people are getting about colours.

And, for an absolute certainty, if the next refresh a couple of years down the line gets rid of these very colours the pearl clutching will start all over again.

It's great, though. Rage about pastel shades feels like a nice break from rage about Israel, TRAs, migrants, Labour, etc, etc.

sminted · 19/09/2025 06:48

Do the majority not use the app?

GeniuneWorkOfFart · 19/09/2025 06:45

It's just too bright. That blue hurts my eyes and my soul

The whole thing looks like a 90s Tesco Value version of Mumsnet.

landlordhell · 19/09/2025 06:44

Do t care about the colours, just wish it would stop jumping about and lose the ads!

Gatekeeper · 19/09/2025 06:42

The actual white background appears a lot brighter as well. Really dislike it

MyTwoSense · 19/09/2025 06:40

Needtosoundoffandbreathe · 18/09/2025 18:19

There's a neon tinge to the OP and my own posts which hurts my eyes. If it ain't broke don't fix it!!

Same. I dont like it 😟

Simonjt · 19/09/2025 06:39

As someone who is colour blind some of the links etc are hard to see as I can’t tell what colour they are. I know colour schemes like this often make it harder for tech that some visually impaired people use.

So I would be interesting to see what work was done to ensure those with visual impairments don’t have issue accessing .

MaryBeery · 19/09/2025 06:36

I hardly ever use active, so wasn't entirely sure what the fuss about the brightness was until I went and had a look just now, but the wishywashy pastel colours for highlighting the OP's or your own posts are virtually useless. No, a very faint peach is not magenta, and the green and blue aren't vastly different. Give us back the original colours and add the pastels as alternative options.

RockItLikeRocketFuel · 18/09/2025 21:33

I don't mind the blue but the colour options for highlighting OP posts and your own (you can change them in settings) are all so pastel it's hard to distingush from the background white. It wasn't broken, didn't need fixing.

TheSpiritofDarkandLonelyWater · 18/09/2025 21:32

I am struggling with not being able to distinguish between my posts and others. They are all the same now.

SummerFrog25 · 18/09/2025 21:31

3pears · 18/09/2025 20:46

I clicked yabu by mistake and it won’t let me change it! I don’t like it, the contrast is awful

It does still let you change it, but it's not as obvious when you have as it used to be.

unlikelychump · 18/09/2025 21:23

Redheadedstepchild · 18/09/2025 21:08

You see your little icon top right? Tap/click and drop down and crescent moon dark mode is about five or six down.

Not that it helps much. It's just a different kind of awful. My eyes! My eyes!

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Thank you superstar!

Shinysunday · 18/09/2025 21:15

Utini · 18/09/2025 18:52

Migraine sufferer here, it hurts my head!

Me too

TickyandTacky · 18/09/2025 21:10

Mantari · 18/09/2025 20:47

OK. A lot of us are finding it brings on headaches. Is that better?

You obviously find the word triggering triggering 😁

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I do! 😂

Redheadedstepchild · 18/09/2025 21:08

unlikelychump · 18/09/2025 20:53

How do you get dark mode on on the webversion? Icant work it out

You see your little icon top right? Tap/click and drop down and crescent moon dark mode is about five or six down.

Not that it helps much. It's just a different kind of awful. My eyes! My eyes!

unlikelychump · 18/09/2025 20:53

How do you get dark mode on on the webversion? Icant work it out

EchoedSilence · 18/09/2025 20:50

I've changed my bright pink to grey in settings on my laptop.

Mantari · 18/09/2025 20:47

TickyandTacky · 18/09/2025 19:32

Triggering must be the must overused word on MN in its history. And I stand by my post, people primarily like to complain about change for the sake of it. In a couple of weeks it will all die down.

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OK. A lot of us are finding it brings on headaches. Is that better?

You obviously find the word triggering triggering 😁

3pears · 18/09/2025 20:46

I clicked yabu by mistake and it won’t let me change it! I don’t like it, the contrast is awful

Redheadedstepchild · 18/09/2025 20:45

No. Not keen. I'm trying dark mode but it's not really any better. Another thing. I seem to be getting annoying drop down ads at the top of the page now.

Would love to stay and chat longer but my eyes are going swoggly.

CherieBabySpliffUp · 18/09/2025 20:29

I use dark mode and I don't like everything blending into 1 colour.

Vaxtable · 18/09/2025 20:23

It’s horrible. MN comments were in blue, what are they now? And when you post it’s a revolting apricot beige colour!

Whateverwillwedonow · 18/09/2025 20:18

I haven’t voted because I’m not overly fussed either way.
Agree with pp who said each change we get lots of posts like these until people get used to it and then they forget. However I feel for those who get migraines. I don’t but I have dyslexia and the brightness really made it hard to read so I’m on dark mode.

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