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

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Greensleeves · 20/04/2022 11:41

Would it be so difficult to have a MN Classic option - which we have always had, and which some of us have been using since the original format change - for posters who find the changing format difficult? There are many posters with neurodiversity, for example, who will probably stop posting here because it all abruptly looks and feels wrong Sad

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Dontfuckingsaycheese · 20/04/2022 15:51

"Opening MN this morning was like going out into the garden and finding out that someone's replaced all your flowers with packing noodles. Awful."
Beautifully put by OP (I won't even try to scroll back to hunt down your name OP I am sorry).
This is horrendous I feel ill looking. Even looking at my own writing as I write this is jarring.
I preferred the experience of the night of the huuuuge pictures over this one :-(

Cailin66 · 20/04/2022 15:47

To view all posts, hit the three dots at the bottom right of a post and you can see a view all posts option.

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 20/04/2022 15:47

I hate the new format, it's awful!

pitterpatterrain · 20/04/2022 15:47

ExhaustedChameleon · 20/04/2022 12:08

Agree. Hate it :-(

The coloured stripes on active trigger vertigo & sensory overload, as I'm a -neurodiverse- speed reader.

I'm not often well enough for laptop, so rely on my phone. The new layout looks like we've zoomed in, so my brain can't see the bigger picture. Feel like I'm peering through a small hole.

Everything is too far apart, which necessitates much more scrolling. Miserable & tiring for those of us with severe fatigue & chronic illness.

Have spent most of morning on other sites now, which is sad.

Yes. This. Horrible unfortunately.

I honestly can’t put my finger on it but the bolding of user names is like a finger in my eye and the spread of stuff makes it so unreadable

it to be mentally relaxing now not

unherd for me is now visually relaxing

Cailin66 · 20/04/2022 15:45

@Ihatethenewlook you can save your password on here, I had to relog on myself today but it remembered my password so that was great.

To the others, I had not realised there was a 'classic' option.

Fiderer · 20/04/2022 15:43

I thought it was just me who got a headache from all the white glare and grey till I went into Site Stuff.

The 3 posts per laptop screen is annoying. Why all the space? Most features I use are still there but I preferred the Bump & Reset option for TIW.

I've used MN Classic for the last 2 decades and there have been tweaks to that but nothing that has made me actually close MN down as I did earlier.

Anon778833 · 20/04/2022 15:42

I’m ND, I’ve been on MN since 2004 and I honestly can’t see what the problem with the new format is at all. I think it’s much nicer and less clunky. Times change…

Jagsy · 20/04/2022 15:37

FourOclock · 20/04/2022 14:13

You can change that in account settings

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Thanks, I can’t see an account settings button

Jagsy · 20/04/2022 15:36

FetchezLaVache · 20/04/2022 13:41

I miss that too. I think you have to subscribe to Premium to get that now.

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Sorry the above was in reply to FetchezLaVache

Jagsy · 20/04/2022 15:35

Ahh ok thanks, I will have to manage without. It was so useful though

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 20/04/2022 15:33

@JustineMumsnet - would it be possible to change the ‘Last Hour’ list to a similar format to the previous one - where threads are grouped into the different sub categories - so it is easier to find the topics we are interested in? I find the new, random list confusing and difficult to read.

It also updates very, very quickly, so threads with new posts can drop off the first page in minutes - this makes it very frustrating to use, because you can see two threads that pique your interest, click on one and read it, then click the ‘Back’ arrow on the browser, to read the other thread, and it has vanished.

CornishLamb · 20/04/2022 15:30

Yes please ! I have been fighting my way through it with it being all wrong and unpleasant and earlier I realised I’ll just have to stop browsing if it is a permanent change (I thought it might be a glitch). Am neurodivergent so wondered if that is why I can’t handle it, but glad to see I am not the only one.

mrstreacle · 20/04/2022 15:21

I don't like it either. I'm visually impaired and knew where everything was before and now it's glaringly white, can't do view all, can't find anything and can't see enough to find out where things have gone to and it's given me a headache. MSE did the same thing a year or so ago and I went from being on there every day to once or twice a year as I just couldn't use it any more. I love mumsnet and hate that I'll have to leave because of these changes.

codeVeronica · 20/04/2022 15:12

Is advanced search gone? I can't seem to find it now.

AmberLynn1536 · 20/04/2022 14:58

Why is everything so white? It’s like reading an old fashioned word document, it looks dreadful.

beastlyslumber · 20/04/2022 14:49

I hate it too. Apart from how it looks, it doesn't work properly!

Barkingmadhouse · 20/04/2022 14:39

I am not neuro diverse but hate the new site

Springandsummerarecoming · 20/04/2022 14:38

Yep. I’m not neurodiverse and I’m struggling. I didn’t realise it was changing.

Artichokeleaves · 20/04/2022 14:34

Another vote for a classic option. Please. This is awful. As another MNetter said this morning, it's like trying to talk inside an excel spreadsheet.

milkyaqua · 20/04/2022 14:33

My posts are now the same colour as the OP’s which is confusing.

Go into customise, via Talk and downward arrow thing. You can change the colour of your posts, the OPs, and other stuff there.

werekitty · 20/04/2022 14:30

Nope it's really difficult to view this and scrolling is not helping my eyes. Please Dan we have a classic look

BoredZelda · 20/04/2022 14:29

Have to say don’t love the new format. And where is the button to view all posts in the thread?

I have that option and I don’t have premium.

BoredZelda · 20/04/2022 14:28

My posts are a different colour and so are the OP's so it's easy to find them.

My posts are now the same colour as the OP’s which is confusing.

FourOclock · 20/04/2022 14:13

FetchezLaVache · 20/04/2022 13:41

I miss that too. I think you have to subscribe to Premium to get that now.

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You can change that in account settings

FetchezLaVache · 20/04/2022 13:41

Jagsy · 20/04/2022 13:17

Have to say don’t love the new format. And where is the button to view all posts in the thread?

I miss that too. I think you have to subscribe to Premium to get that now.