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A few notes on the new look and functions

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YetMoreTech · 30/01/2009 09:25

There are still a few problems with using the various "Mumsnet Classic" options. However, for a lot of people matters are significantly improved if they press Refresh in their browse. If you're using Firefox, try pressing Shift+Refresh. At about 4:30am this morning after many hours of work, that made the classic option work well. Only a couple of minor layout issues remained.

Text is not meant to be squished, you're not supposed to have to scroll down through acres of whitespace. We'll definitely fix these issues.

I've no idea why people are finding text too tiny; the font size hasn't changed intentionally, so if it is tiny for you it's either a need to press refresh (to reload the style sheet, in tech speak) or a problem that will be fixed.

Threads I'm On and Threads I'm Watching should behave in the way they always did - they do for me. Let us know the specifics of problems you have with them and we'll address them.

We know about the problem of seeing "hide hide hide" across the top of the page. If you go in to customise (which my huge ENGLISH dictionary lists as being able to be spelled either customise OR customize) you can turn off showing of the Hide option which is a workaround for this problem. We'll fix it properly soon.

The ads have neither changed size nor increased in number.

Remember: Press REFRESH (and try SHIFT+REFRESH) a couple of times. It might help a lot.

For those having problems we do apologise and will sort it all as soon as we can. For those that hate it, perhaps you'll get used to it after a while and we'll improve the classic options (though I am using them now and they're working fine).

Oh and for the 2 of you that said thanks for all the hard work: thanks! It has taken over a dozen people a lot of hard work. We had to release it in a hurry and it's not perfect, but we'll get there.

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GaryFinlayIsInnocent · 31/01/2009 12:39

I like it too.. and I am a huge change resister in real life

Only one problem for me - when not logged into a topic area the threads display beautifully with used links back in purple and all perfectly in tables, but as soon as I log in all that formatting goes away and we just have rather unreadable lines and no used links..

They'll get there with fixing it - s'complicated innit.

RustyBear · 31/01/2009 12:29

mustrunmore - for me, the save classic didn't work until I had signed in to My Mumsnet - with my email address, not just my Talk name. But other people are saying that didn't work for them, so it may have been a coincidence. You may have to change and save both the Use Mumsnet Classic options and the Classic colour scheme to get it right - and then refresh the page once you've done it.

I was only trying it to see what worked, as I prefer the New version anyway, so I don't really want to try again in case I get stuck on Classic, but I think that's what I did,

wisdomrequired · 31/01/2009 12:28

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mustrunmore · 31/01/2009 12:08

Sorry, there's so much to read about all theses changes, and i cant... but I'm just desperate to go back to mn classic Help! I've clicked on it and clicked on save, and done all sorts of voodoo ritual, but I cant get it. Someone tell me the secret. I really dont have to time to mess bout with this; I wanna just do it...

Notquitegrownup · 31/01/2009 12:07

Sorry - haven't read all the messages, but -

what has happened to all of my "Threads I am watching" - they've gone, and I really really need them!

nannynick · 31/01/2009 11:44

YMT - Google API code is reporting an error, no maps are displayed. Changing the Server IP address could have caused that.

catweazle · 31/01/2009 11:42

Am I being dense or can we no longer "find new messages" in our favourite topics?

nannynick · 31/01/2009 11:30

I like it and it seems to work better on my mobile device than the old version.

Advanced Search is tricky to use without a visible search button.
.searchbutton class needs looking at.
Perhaps replace the button reference with the same code as the other search button /new/images/search_purp.gif

StarlightMcKenzie · 31/01/2009 11:29

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IroningBored · 31/01/2009 11:16

I really appreciate he work that has gone into this and have only two tiny observations ...

1 Bring back the icons instead of having report post and contact poster. They can be muted icons not red and yellow. Not keen on the writing in full idea on each thread instead

  1. Margins could be reduced, then I could see the last poster instead of it being overwritten by ads...

otherwise FAB WORK - Thanks

OhYouBadBadKitten · 31/01/2009 10:43
FrannyandZooey · 31/01/2009 10:42

does anyone feel bigtech is getting very slightly tetchy

you could be BigTetch and then we would be prewarned

ChasingSquirrels · 31/01/2009 10:32

ok - so threads changing colours and different highlighting of lnks.
I kept changing my options and getting nothing.
Because I was on MC classic and even though I changed options it was still MN classic.
So change to MN New and it all comes flooding through.

REALLY like it.

But needs to highlight sticky threads as such?

pavlovthecat · 31/01/2009 10:27

Aw thanks BigTech, nice you noticed my post in the hundreds of post here...have a good weekend yourself

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BigTech · 31/01/2009 10:20

Good Morning All,

Thank you pavlov for the understanding that nothing can be perfect the first time and we are working hard to fix all problems, even on a Saturday, to make your Mumsnet a more comfortable place to be.

Thank you all for your patience and suggestions.

Have a lovely weekend.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 31/01/2009 10:07

A help page for firefox users.
Hasn't cured my problems but at least I understand them now!

piratecat · 31/01/2009 09:58

silverfrog, isn't it strange that you have gaps, and my text is so far to the left, there is no character space. Then the text goes out of the screen, it's a bit like having widescreen tv, for me!

Astrophe · 31/01/2009 09:56

Maybe lots of people have already said this, but for me "my messages" takes me to a topics list.

silverfrog · 31/01/2009 09:53

I like most of it, but have the same issues as a few people.

The thread title thing (I know you're onto it) is irritating, but the worst bit is the gaps at the sides.

I have a 17inch monitor, not that huge really. And I have 3 inch gaps on either side of the text (so 6 inches of screen unused)

It does make the whole thing a bit bright and in your face...

pavlovthecat · 31/01/2009 09:51

In a month - no-one will ever even remember that MN was any different.

There are bound to be teething problems - I cant imagine MN wont sort them out. So I am gonna sit back, be patient and just wait for it to be sorted. No more moaning from me about it. Well, today anyway

FrannyandZooey · 31/01/2009 09:38

oh and just a detail, but there's a problem with the search box - word search is obscured by the box itself

piratecat · 31/01/2009 09:38

have mentioned it before but am having the same probs as ymc, box maximised but having to scroll left right to read.

FrannyandZooey · 31/01/2009 09:34

right, i am getting used to it
probably just reiterating what others have said, but i don't like the white margins down each side - just seems pointless
and active convos is very hard to read now - font of the topic part is much too small, the colours aren't helping, and you can't see the whole of each title

OhYouBadBadKitten · 31/01/2009 09:33

Aha - I have solved my large blank box problem at the top of the thread. I have vision problems so in Firefox I have set Minimum font size to 20. When I set it to 0 my problem is solved. But now the header font is far far too small to read.

Please Tech - when you are feeling less sleep deprived please can you configure it so that those of us who struggle with our eyes can read the site without issue.....

wisdomrequired · 31/01/2009 09:16

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