Please or to access all these features

Site stuff

Join our Innovation Panel to try new features early and help make Mumsnet better.

See all MNHQ comments on this thread

Format change

405 replies

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.

OP posts:
Thread gallery
32
BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 20/04/2022 16:16

I also hate that the date appears even for posts done today. I liked the "today/yesterday" with dates only for older comments.

Made it easier to scroll to where you want to be or spot older threads.

TheSilveryTinsellyPussycat · 20/04/2022 16:01

On PC. If I click on an uploaded photo, the displayed photo it goes to is smaller than the photo on the thread that I just clicked on

BestIsWest · 20/04/2022 16:00

Can we have


  • name of last poster on a thread

  • date of last post

visible on all topics pleas (like it used to be)
These make it easier to spot spam posts among other things, for example in the Yoga topic the same person spammed all the threads.

  • option to jump to last page back again.n I know you list all the pages but it’s fiddly.
Potentialscroogeincognito · 20/04/2022 15:51

its asking me to confirm my cookies even when i refresh the page, all my threads are upside-down and trending has not refreshed all day. And where has the flip button gone :(

MattDillonsEyebrows · 20/04/2022 15:47

I see getting cookie consent popping up every time I change pages. v annoying, but I'm guessing that's a glitch?

Big questions for me is where is 'active search' now?

I liked the fact that I could type in a user name, and the dates between which I wanted to search posts. Using the slide bar, is really clunky and can't get narrow date gaps.

FlibbertyGiblets · 20/04/2022 15:47

AIBU is broken as is FWR. Titles display but error 500 when you click on a thread title. Hmmmm.

diddl · 20/04/2022 15:46

And of course there's a spelling mistake but I still can't edit it out!!

diddl · 20/04/2022 15:45

I don't like not beng able to just press on Quote anymore!

JenniferBarkley · 20/04/2022 15:31

Just here to agree about the display on a PC - huge amounts of wasted space to the sides. It's fine on my phone.

Also about the photos, I've clicked on a couple today and haven't been able to make them out at all. (Chrome on Windows)

And yes, I want to use Ctrl+Enter to post!

Fairislefandango · 20/04/2022 15:30

@Fairislefandango Talk menu > Other Stuff > AIBU?

Thanks. That's weird - I somehow had AIBU hidden, even though I'm pretty sure I never hid it Confused

WotNoLoobrush · 20/04/2022 15:27

I like it. I'm really shocked that so many dislike the new layout. The text is slightly larger so it's easier to read for me.

DahliaMacNamara · 20/04/2022 15:24

I missed the memo about the update. For me it's a bit soon to process what I do/don't like about it. but I'm disconcerted to find the Trending threads are the same as they were two days ago (not yesterday). Coincidence?

Stravaig · 20/04/2022 15:21

@Fairislefandango Talk menu > Other Stuff > AIBU?

bare · 20/04/2022 15:21

@Snozzlemaid

On app on iPad and whilst I can now bookmark comments they're not working. So I'm always going to the first comment in each thread.
Same here. Busy bookmarking away, but the bookmarks don't work Glitterball and what is this
FloraPostePosts · 20/04/2022 15:21

Fairislefandango · 20/04/2022 15:18

Is it just me, or has AIBU disappeared altogether?! Surely MN haven't got rid of it? It doesn't seem to be on the Topics list, and when I did a search for threads with 'AIBU' in the title, a bunch came up, but if I try to open any of them, it says there's a problem with the server 🤔

It’s definitely still there!

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable

Fairislefandango · 20/04/2022 15:18

Is it just me, or has AIBU disappeared altogether?! Surely MN haven't got rid of it? It doesn't seem to be on the Topics list, and when I did a search for threads with 'AIBU' in the title, a bunch came up, but if I try to open any of them, it says there's a problem with the server 🤔

Snozzlemaid · 20/04/2022 15:10

On app on iPad and whilst I can now bookmark comments they're not working. So I'm always going to the first comment in each thread.

Fishwishy · 20/04/2022 14:32

user1745 · 20/04/2022 14:05

I hate change for change's sake. The new format is very disconcerting. I'll sure I'll get used to it but I have to wonder what the point of it is?

Quite possibly security. The old site was very old and probably needed updating for security reasons.

YetAnotherSpartacus · 20/04/2022 14:31

Photos always used to be tiny on my iPad too, before the change - I have alays had to click on them to make them big enough to see.

I have been clicking on them. Still small :(

MangoBiscuit · 20/04/2022 14:08

Can we please get rid of the double break lines between paragraphs. There's more space between the paragraphs than there is between reply divs, which looks clunky, and makes it harder to read.

Also, please can you increase the max-width on class max-w-reskin? The previous media queries worked nicely. 1000px width on a desktop is too narrow, feels like I'm trying to read a receipt, not a forum. 1200 is much easier to read.

user1745 · 20/04/2022 14:05

I hate change for change's sake. The new format is very disconcerting. I'll sure I'll get used to it but I have to wonder what the point of it is?

FloraPostePosts · 20/04/2022 14:00

YetAnotherSpartacus · 20/04/2022 13:55

I'm on a laptop (Mac) and the images (photos) are TINY. What's the point of the Cat Tax if you cannot see the cats?

Photos always used to be tiny on my iPad too, before the change - I have alays had to click on them to make them big enough to see.

YetAnotherSpartacus · 20/04/2022 13:55

I'm on a laptop (Mac) and the images (photos) are TINY. What's the point of the Cat Tax if you cannot see the cats?

MindPalace · 20/04/2022 13:55

(I don’t have disabilities.) I must say, I find the new site fine and have really just noticed the change of font - am on an iPhone.

FloraPostePosts · 20/04/2022 13:53

Sooverthemill · 20/04/2022 13:51

Has anyone worked out how to go straight to your bookmarked post? It just takes me to the first post

This is working as normal for me, so clicking on a thread title takes me to my bookmarked post.

Swipe left for the next trending thread