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UPDATE FROM MNHQ - New OP view

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LilyMumsnet · 02/11/2023 10:34

Hi all,

We're currently testing a new topic page layout called ‘OP view’. You may have noticed it already if you've been on the Gardening topic page in the last month. The aim is to make it easier for users to understand what a thread is about.

Today, we're making ’OP view’ available on Property/DIY, Telly Addicts, The Doghouse, Food/Recipes, Housekeeping and Home decoration. This change will only be on mobile and desktop, OP view is currently not available in the apps.

From initial feedback, you told us that you'd like to be able to switch between OP and classic view. You'll still be able to do this by using the icon on the page, but now you can also choose a default view in your Talk settings.

We appreciate your feedback so feel free to add it to this thread.

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Toefingers · 17/11/2023 22:46

It’s horrible

I can no longer use the TV thread I love, putting me off being on Mumsnet

Please get rid of the MASSIVE text!

YoongiMarryMe · 17/11/2023 02:13

I refuse to believe this is something any MNetter has ever asked for.

Its awful. It’s clunky and ugly. It’s off putting. And stop opening new tabs for me ffs.

Timeforallthecheese · 16/11/2023 06:54

Thankfully just found this as I came to ask what was going on.

I hate it. Glad I’ve been able to change it back to the normal condensed list.

Nonplusultra · 16/11/2023 06:48

Glad to know it can be turned off. I’m hating it.

GettinChillyHereFFS · 15/11/2023 15:27

Can we have this as an option on the my feed and I'm on tabs on desktop please @MNHQ? I really don't like the current layout. (For clarification, I'd like the compact view to be available please, not OP view).

PawPrintsInMyPansies · 14/11/2023 06:16

The Christmas topic has been messed with as well. It looks so bad, I thought the site was down.

Thanks for the tip about changing it in settings. Hope it stays off.

HappiestSleeping · 14/11/2023 04:52

iPreferBooks · 13/11/2023 22:21

I think I'll be turning this feature off once I've figured out how.

I'm dyslexic and find this new change especially annoying when I open a topic now. It's like BOOM 'you need to read the text or else'. There's too many words at once.

It's in the settings. Someone told me how further back in the thread. Display settings I think.

iPreferBooks · 13/11/2023 22:21

I think I'll be turning this feature off once I've figured out how.

I'm dyslexic and find this new change especially annoying when I open a topic now. It's like BOOM 'you need to read the text or else'. There's too many words at once.

hiredandsqueak · 13/11/2023 16:43

Awful, thank goodness it's optional will be turning it off permanently, hopefully at least.

ArcaneWireless · 13/11/2023 10:41

Thank you for giving us the option to look at subjects in ‘the old style’.

I confess the new way wasn’t for me.

RiverCartwright · 10/11/2023 19:31

Oh thats what it is.

Keep changing it back and it keeps reverting to OP View and I now don't visit those boards.

MereDintofPandiculation · 09/11/2023 19:55

Hedgesgalore · 02/11/2023 11:11

I've stopped going into the gardening section because of the new layout 😥

You can turn it off permanently in settings. Do come back!

diddl · 08/11/2023 13:32

Goodness it's awful!

BarbDwyerHair · 07/11/2023 11:42

I don't like it. I appreciate the good intention but I can usually tell from heading if I'm interested in thread.

almondseagull · 07/11/2023 08:50

I work in IT - and I hate the ap

Rummikub · 06/11/2023 21:07

I don’t use apps. I don’t want them on my phone. I use Safari go to mobile site.

LittleBearPad · 06/11/2023 20:56

socialdilemmawhattodo · 06/11/2023 19:02

Probably due to people like me who mostly loathe apps. I am late 50's - pretty IT savvy but I find the functionality on apps much more limiting than desk top.

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I use Apps for lots of things but the MN one is pointless. The mobile version works well on safari so I’ve never bothered.

socialdilemmawhattodo · 06/11/2023 19:02

MermaidEyes · 02/11/2023 11:05

Nothing ever works on the app. In this day and age where probably most people are using the app on a tablet or smartphone, i can't understand why everything is always rolled out for desktop.

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Probably due to people like me who mostly loathe apps. I am late 50's - pretty IT savvy but I find the functionality on apps much more limiting than desk top.

SwedishEdith · 06/11/2023 18:19

Ah, right, thank you both 😊

YourNameGoesHere · 06/11/2023 17:57

SwedishEdith · 06/11/2023 17:52

You can turn it off but it doesn't stay off. Have to do it each time you look.😤

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If you turn it off in settings then it seems to stay off, or at least mine hasn't come back on again yet.

Although that could just as easily be a bug rather than a design feature who knows these days. Wink

DappledThings · 06/11/2023 17:55

SwedishEdith · 06/11/2023 17:52

You can turn it off but it doesn't stay off. Have to do it each time you look.😤

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That's if you turn it off on the board. If you do it in settings it stays off.

SwedishEdith · 06/11/2023 17:52

shardash · 06/11/2023 15:18

So after weeks of people on Gardening telling you how much it is disliked, you went ahead and did it anyway.

Oh well, at least I can turn it off. I hope. Haven't tried it yet.

You can turn it off but it doesn't stay off. Have to do it each time you look.😤

JaneJeffer · 06/11/2023 15:37

JaneJeffer · 06/11/2023 15:36

Why do they film so much stuff and then just show us repeated conversations about the same old shite? I don't get it.

Oops sorry Grin

JaneJeffer · 06/11/2023 15:36

Why do they film so much stuff and then just show us repeated conversations about the same old shite? I don't get it.

YourNameGoesHere · 06/11/2023 15:27

shardash · 06/11/2023 15:18

So after weeks of people on Gardening telling you how much it is disliked, you went ahead and did it anyway.

Oh well, at least I can turn it off. I hope. Haven't tried it yet.

Yes fortunately you can turn it off in settings.

Also the site is running incredibly slowly today and I keep getting a 500 internal error message. It definitely feels like more time should be spent working on the basics and fixing current issues before rolling out pointless new stuff no one needed or asked for.