Can we please have a MN Classic option for those who can't cope with the changes?

Glad someone posted this, and I’m not alone in disliking this new design.

Not user friendly

I've been on MN since 2004 and always stuck with classic. Mine actually doesn't look too different to how it did before. There are a few changes but I'm not seeing a lot of what you describe here.

And I massively struggled with previous seemingly small changes.

Maybe it's how I access it? Never used the app for example and I haven't used the desktop site for a very long time.

Hate it-It is hurting my eyes and I can not be bothered to stay on, So I am going to bed to read a book.

You can just refresh your browser as you would on any other site. Hardly any sites have onhpage refresh buttons any more.

Does anyone know where the 'refresh' option is or am I missing something (quite possible) ?

Yup, as an autistic person this new site is a total overload. Awful.

MN please have some of the neurodiverse community test the website!

@ExhaustedChameleon I completely agree with this...

"The new layout looks like we've zoomed in, so my brain can't see the bigger picture"

It feels like I have to open my eyes really wide to get the whole post :( dislike

And yes, I'm another "Classic" user, don't change things for the sake of it, use MN on my laptop and don't even have a smartphone!

I don't like most of the changes either. I have been into settings (via the My Mumsnet button) and have selected the colours I want and to see all messages in the thread and to see most recent post first. All fine.

Except the OP still shows up at the top of the page, so when I have started from the bottom and scrolled up, it looks as if there's a new post from the OP when it's the original post.

Also, as someone else said I can no longer find the Advanced search button, which was a feature I used a lot!

The only improvement for me is that when you see 50 threads in Active Convos, the "Add more" button now seems to work for me where it never did before...

Another ND poster who cannot cope very well with change and this format is absolutely horrendous!

I'm a speed reader and the huge gaps/expanse of white between posts is dreadful. I thought I was on the wrong forum earlier and logged off and on about 3 times before it dawned on me that this is the 'new MN'.

It's awful 😡

I'm happy to change. But change to something more clunky, that shows less information on a screen which doesn't colour differentiate and is too full of glare?
Why is that an improvement?
Also, many of us do NOT update phones that often. Ha ha ha iphone 5.

Actually I have an old samsung 5.
As I don't do emails etc on it, I do all that on my (ancient) laptop, it is sufficient.
Not everyone throws money after tech just for the sake of it.

I've been into settings. I have the colour highlights for mine and OPs posts. But the colours are way too pale. The dark lavender is pale purple. The forestgreen/olive etc and just a colour hint. they simply don't show up enough.

You cannot change font size, or ask it to show 'see all' instead of having to click to find it. etc

Honestly it's great. I love the change - the old MN was a bit Windows 98

All you moaners, do you never upgrade your phones' Operating System? Are you still on your iPhone 5? Bet you aren't 😆

No one is going to mind if you stay or go 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

Help, I cannot work any of this new site out. The ONLY thread I’m on about what is going on in Ukraine which is BRILLIANT seems to have vanished. It was in Chat but I can’t find that either. I feel really upset!!

All posts is in the drop down (on desktop) arrow next to "Talk" at the top of the page.
Click the down arrow, then customise.. you can set colours to your own/OPs posts, and how many posts you see per thread.
I have mine set to 100, but you can set it to All.

That’s what I see on my laptop - surely that would have been picked up in all the testing they claim to have done?

so either it’s a screen full of nothing on a laptop or it’s endless scrolling on a phone.

and why has the automatic capitalising at the start of a new line disappeared?

MN should be an enjoyable experience (well, a lively experience!) but this is just soul destroying. No wonder the thumbs down emoji is missing from the list of options.

That huge dead space on the right of the mn posts?

That is for all the ads. On mine the ads are there at the top of the page and then disappear further down.

no not premium. I have now found it.
I am not on premium and the three dots allow quote, PM and see all.

But I am on laptop, there may be a difference on app

I feel the same.
I really dislike it.😒

It looks awful on my desktop PC. This is with Firefox.

3/4 of the screen is just empty with a small column of posts down the middle.

I find it fairly unusable

The overlay of extra spaces, lines, highlights and bold means I can’t really access it without a headache

I doubt it can be changed back, tbh I don’t mind if it stays though

I’ve said it on another thread but will say it here, why oh why is there so much ‘dead’ space as someone else has said I can only see three posts at a time!!!! For a 1000 posts that is a lot of scrolling

Don't like new format either, not easy on the eyes, much better as it was, spread out across the screen and not in a tiny column.

Premium feature only.

I can't get to my PMs. I can open them but then an error screen covers them up, which I can remove for about two seconds, but then it comes back again. I can even reply to a message using this method, but only by typing one letter at a time.......😬