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To wonder what happened overnight?

224 replies

Cherrysoup · 20/04/2022 07:06

The formatting has all changed, making it really hard to read. Is it just me?

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CaptaNoctem · 20/04/2022 11:20

grapewines · 20/04/2022 09:11

OK.

Hey, quotes are easier - that's really good.

But gets messy fast!

BlueStarOnGrey · 20/04/2022 11:22

There's an awful lot of scrolling now, we are all going to end up with RSI.

I like getting all posts on one page though.

honeyytoast · 20/04/2022 11:25

It’s shit

SammyScrounge · 20/04/2022 11:29

Too much white space

SlashBeef · 20/04/2022 11:36

I'm struggling to read on here now. Feels like it's too bright even with brightness right down.

queenrollo · 20/04/2022 11:44

LittlePennow · 20/04/2022 11:05

Extremely annoying! Just spent a good ten mins typing a post on my phone over sleeping ill baby on a different thread only to get a big black box over labelled Mumsnet Oops, preventing me from typing anything further!!! So irritating.

I keep getting this black box too!

NamelessGhoul · 20/04/2022 11:50

The things currently annoying me the most are thus:

I have a PM. I cannot get into it and get the whoops sign.

Every time I read a thread and click back the talk page has refreshed, meaning I can't go down threads in chronological order anymore.

So. Much. White. Space.

Big gap at the top of pages.

FOJN · 20/04/2022 11:54

I'm on the desktop and don't see an arrow in a circle

I just logged in on my laptop and the talk settings can be found by clicking My Mumsnet.

ToyahBattersby · 20/04/2022 12:00

No, I hate it too. Navigation is so much more difficult now

TheGrinchsDog · 20/04/2022 12:01

I don't like it stamps foot Grin

Everything seems smaller and a bit harder to read and where has the page navigation buttons gone? Boo!

Moochio · 20/04/2022 12:05

I like the new typing box

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 20/04/2022 12:07

JustineMumsnet · 20/04/2022 09:06

Hi we purposely decided not to change too much with the re-platforming. But now we've done it (once we've fixed the glitches) it should be much easier to add new features and edit is on the list.

There is a LOT that has changed, and we are only going to notice the things that have been dis-improved by the change. I have been here for a bit over an hour and keep running up against irritations and things which are more difficult to do or which have altered for no apparent reason.

Chikapu · 20/04/2022 12:15

beastlyslumber · 20/04/2022 08:20

So you get a notification, e.g, there have been 2 new comments on this thread, and you click it, it takes you to the start of the thread. So if you want to see the new comments, you then have to click to the end, and scroll backwards... Wtf have they done that for? It worked fine as it was before, now it's unusuable.

MN have never heard the saying, if it's not broke, don't fix it?

I was just going to say the same thing, it was so much simpler when it jumped straight to the new comments. Bloody daft to change that IMO.

pigsDOfly · 20/04/2022 12:43

Everything looks big and clunky and oddly widely spaced.

Someone upthread said it looks as if it's been designed by a teacher. I know what you mean, it's like reading some sort of 'early reader book'. Most annoying.

I suppose I'll get used to it but I'm finding it very irritating at the moment.

theDudesmummy · 20/04/2022 12:46

I am really losing it here with the inablity to view all messages in a thread.

DrManhattan · 20/04/2022 12:47

Arghhh it's pants

Fedupsotired · 20/04/2022 12:48

It’s shit! I’ve deleted the app as I was getting a million notifications and I couldn’t use I’m watching or I’m on. Now on my browser but that’s annoying with the adverts and general clunkiness. At least I’ll have more time back as I’ll spend less faffing on here!!

Gingernaut · 20/04/2022 12:59

Me no likey either. 😢

housemaus · 20/04/2022 13:03

It's all very flat colour-wise - feels hard to read.

LOVE the new quote system - it's not quite what I think would be best (which is nested and collapsible comments like on Reddit, to stop threads getting derailed by people having tangential conversations) but it's better than being unable to reply to a quote properly.

But the styling is still off - hopefully there'll be further updates.

Winecheesesleep · 20/04/2022 13:10

I'm not sure about the look but I'll get used to it, I never like it when websites change to start with.

I love the fact you can now order Threads I'm Watching by most recently updated though rather than just date originally watched. Big improvement! 😀

HaveringWavering · 20/04/2022 13:14

Is it just me, or did there used to be the word “last” at the end of the horizontal list of page numbers on a thread? So you knew you were going straight to the end? Now it’s not obvious if you have got to the end of the thread or not. (I am on iPhone using mobile site rather than app).

also, about a million years ago it used to be possible to remove a thread from the “I’m on” list, so that you could ignore ones that you had contributed to but since got bored of. (I use “I’m on” as my primary entry point to Talk. ).
I was very excited hoping that this feature had returned in the upgrade but sadly it seems not.

Chamomileteaplease · 20/04/2022 13:23

So now we can only read one post at a time?

What a load of shit.

Hideous.

theDudesmummy · 20/04/2022 13:38

Only one page at a time

TimBoothseyes · 20/04/2022 13:42

When's the "new improved MN look" coming then?....because this is not it.

NamelessGhoul · 20/04/2022 14:00

Also just realised I can no longer see thread starter or name of last poster to thread.