To be genuinely sad about the MN format changes?

[Sarahcoggles]

I’ve been on MN for nearly 17 years. I tend to read it in bed on my iPad. It’s relaxing at the end of the day. I also glance at it while cooking etc.

The new format doesn’t work on my iPad (it’s 6 years old) - it keeps crashing, as does the app. I can’t afford to buy a new iPad. I’m on the PC now, but I can’t read that in bed. My phone is too small to read MN.

So that’s it - the end of an era, until I can afford a new iPad. It makes me quite sad.

It is absolutely doing my head in and as much as I ain't flouncing I won't be on as much..

No YANBU to feel thar way

YABU to start yet another thread to add to the 20000 already running

Sorry you’re struggling, it looks great to me. My Ipad is more recent though.

Sorry I only saw the one in “site stuff”. Didn’t know there were others. Probably because my access to MN is now so limited.

I like it, it’s easier to read, te font size seems larger. cleaner somehow,

Bit of perspective needed! There are much worse things to be 'sad' about, and the site has only just changed TODAY. We ALL need to get used to it. It's a bit annoying that I have to sign back in when I have left for an hour or so and come back, but I am not SAD about it. And I am gradually getting used to it.

It really mings.

Although you'd think MUMSNET would have put a bloomin' EDIT function in with this new site/format! Even if we only had/have 30 seconds to do it.

I'm sure they'll iron out the issues soon. They certainly have enough feed back to go on!

I’m finding it awful, every few minutes it’s asking me to accept cookies.

I understand where you are coming from OP.

A little empathy is needed upthread with some pps.

The only thing I like is the Reject All button!

I hope they sort out ‘trending’ soon. It is just the same old threads and not updating at all for me.

Completely agree - I’m just finding it a bit hard to read and post and enjoy it, given that all the functionality I liked seems to have gone.

I really appreciated how low-fi and streamlined MN was as an interface. Have been on here for around ten years and did stop posting for a while after the last lot of forum changes (around 2016?) - I really find interface changes interfere with my enjoyment of a site; and I don’t really have time to stick with it if I don’t like the change, because the rest of my life is so busy.

I thought the previous format was pretty perfect in terms of user-friendliness! Not sure it’s worth losing that just for nested quotes or whatever.

So that’s it - the end of an era

Come on now. It’s a website that’s just been updated. If there are glitches, they’ll get sorted. If there are changes, you’ll get used to them.

It’ll all be just fine 💐

Did you read my post? I can’t access it at all on my iPad, which is my source of internet. So unless I fire up the PC, or I sneak a look at work, I can’t use MN at all.

The actual layout, when I see it, is something I could easily get used to. But I’m not going to have the chance.

Not on an old iPad. It doesn’t work at all. Why are people not reading my OP?

@Sarahcoggles can feel sad about it, if she wants to! You're not the feelings police!! Jolly good YOU'RE not sad about it, but don't tell someone else they cant be!

@Sarahcoggles

its frustrating when something moves beyond your tech capability. I used to MN on my iPad mini, I HATED using it on my phone, but overtime I've got used to it & now it's weird on the iPad!!

can you turn your phone sideways & stretch it out?

pop
in on your PC when you can & we"ll still be here when you get a new phone!!

I've had the exact same thing happen to me today... Sitting down with a cuppa in the morning with my old ipad to read mumsnet. Not anymore I'm not from today. Not unless I invest in a new ipad. Thanks MN! 👍

My iPad won’t let me post any replies, I can only reply on my phone for some reason. It’s a pain in the bum.

These quotes of quotes are doing my head in. 😁

Bit confused to not find the "Refresh" feature in chat as I used that a lot.
More of a PITA than something I'm sad about tho'.

Going back a few years I was an active comper, (Easy to do on the laptop while watching the soaps and less feeling of 'wasting' time.' if multi-tasking ;) ) I used the MSE comping forum as it not only gave the links, it used to include the answers, or another comping friend would supply. There was a chat section and many of us used to visit there first. A lot of friendships were made via SM comps and any 'spats' were quickly ironed out.

Then more than a year ago, they changed the whole forum.
Many useful features were lost, still not returned and the "Search" function has been pretty much unuseable. Obviously many complained and challenged the forum team about how long before the features could be returned, only to be ignored or misled. Such as it is, many long term and prolific posters drifted away rather than post up competitions that then turned out to be duplicates of those already posted, (Comping high crime ;) !) for example. 1 poster had over 3m "Thanks." Another stopped comping altogether. Their absences have been keenly felt.

Would hate to see this happen again, so hope MN restore some of the functionality...

The app looks exactly the same to me I'm sure any glitches will be ironed out soon.

I don’t like it either. Bit like sleeping on the wrong side of the bed, same but very weird

I like it. Been on here about 16 years. Needed a shake up. Font nice and big for blind gits like me

It's really bad and keeps glitching, I've tried on phone and laptop both fairly new and neither are working well. The new colour schemes and format are so dull and headache inducing.