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Format change

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Eesha · 20/04/2022 06:54

Hi, my format has changed where before it was an old style where I could just see the last few threads but now when I click on what I'm on, it's showing me everything.

When I came on mumsnet today, it forced me to login again and then the format has changed. How can I go back to the original? I'm on an android phone.

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TheChurchOfEli · 20/04/2022 08:18

I know MN platform is super antiquated but this is a step backwards. It’s genuinely made me close the website this morning when I’d usually scroll around for a while during breakfast. I doubt I’ll be using the site as much now it’s terrible.

Lolabalola · 20/04/2022 08:16

Oh this is hideous, I liked mumsnet as it was so easy to see large bits of conversation at once and read the bits you wanted. The big gaps are just obstructive.
still might give me more free time 🤣

LittleBearPad · 20/04/2022 08:15

It would be good if the font and spacing was more compressed. The formatting is wasting a lot of space and there’s no need for bookmarking to have its own line.

A lot more scrolling needed!

Theunamedcat · 20/04/2022 08:15

Can't skip to the end also the op is repeated on every page so you have to scroll scroll and scroll again everytime

FairNotFair · 20/04/2022 08:14

Feels like I'm having to make a real effort to read ... definitely not a fan

beastlyslumber · 20/04/2022 08:14

Softleftpowerstance · 20/04/2022 07:11

You can no longer jump to the last page in a thread, which makes long threads unusable.

I noticed that. How stupid.

dgirluk · 20/04/2022 08:14

I used to be able to show 100 posts per page, but that seems to have gone - where's that hiding now ? Thanks !

CamsPaisleyCuffs · 20/04/2022 08:13

If you can't see your own posts highlighted you've probably been logged out so will need to log in again.

I've noticed some of the user names are in grey box when the been @ in a post .

MaryStuart · 20/04/2022 08:13

I think someone’s already mentioned this @KatyMumsnet but previously, on the Active threads page (and I assume trending or Talk home page) when you’d clicked on a thread to read it, it de-highlighted it, so you could visibly see which threads you’d already read. This doesn’t seem to be happening with this new design.

diddl · 20/04/2022 08:12

"I suspect this MN's attempt to bump us into using the premium version ..."

Ooh you cynic you!

You could be right though!

Stravaig · 20/04/2022 08:12

Worst change for me is that each comment now has a header (name, timestamp) and footer (action buttons), whereas before all that action was in one clear neat straight line along the top. More separation between comments, more pulling the eye and brain in different directions, much harder to follow the thread of conversation!! No, no, no! Please, no ...

Dfg15 · 20/04/2022 08:11

Where has the search function gone?

zafferana · 20/04/2022 08:09

I hate it too. I block all ads and reject all cookies too and this new version is full of gaps, whereas before it made no difference. I suspect this MN's attempt to bump us into using the premium version ...

CeeceeBloomingdale · 20/04/2022 08:09

Not loving it so far. Particular big black pop ups that don't go away on my android phone

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Volterra · 20/04/2022 08:07

My phone is ok but I can't post on my ipad (safari) . It says message but the text bix yo actually input doesn't appear.

GreenWillowAndCatkins · 20/04/2022 08:06

Gah. Seriously not liking it. And my phone won't put a return in unless I've used a full stop first. I'm nearly 50, I can police my own grammar and punctuation, thanks. This doesn't happen anywhere else.

AHungryCaterpillar · 20/04/2022 08:04

Awful ☹️

Snoopsnoggysnog · 20/04/2022 08:03

Also the font looks smaller when reading on phone

diddl · 20/04/2022 08:02

It's horrible!

MrsWooster · 20/04/2022 08:02

can we change it so that previously read threads are shown in a different colour on Active threads?

OmIndeed · 20/04/2022 08:02

I really, really dislike it. I'm finding it difficult to follow conversation and it hurts my eyes too.

Snoopsnoggysnog · 20/04/2022 08:01

Also when you click on threads I’m on, the newest response aren’t highlighted. So you don’t know if someone’s responded to the thread or if it’s a post you’ve already read!
this is making it much harder to read and keep track!

MaryStuart · 20/04/2022 07:58

backatschool · 20/04/2022 07:22

On the app my posts aren't highlighted in another colour, they are all the same.

@KatyMumsnet I’m on my phone (as I always am) and my posts aren’t highlighted either. Is this a ‘feature’ of the new design? Or do we need to do something to get our posts highlighted again?

Shodan · 20/04/2022 07:58

Not impressed with the new layout. It feels a bit like I'm reading an 'easy reader' book.

NightmareSlashDelightful · 20/04/2022 07:57

I like it! Cleaner and easier to read.

(Just posting for balance, it’s all getting a bit Statler and Waldorf otherwise!)

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