A few updates to Mumsnet 🎨

[LizzyMumsnet]

You might notice things are looking a bit different today. We’ve given Mumsnet a colour refresh, based on feedback from you in our surveys (thank you!).

We’ve also moved a couple of things around to reduce clutter and make things easier to find:

• Watch now sits under the OP post
• Report has moved into the meatball menu (the three dots on posts)

As ever, we’d love to hear what you think, so please share your feedback below.

You can change the colours in settings but sadly the originals are unavailable.

I’m quite new on here. Please could someone explain the difference between Save and Watch?

And where actually is the Homepage they are doing a survey about?? I just follow email links. Can’t see a Home link or icon anywhere.

I wish they’d do a guide for new users.

Then the brightness is down for any other open tabs that don't need it as they aren't designed by a toddler with a set of highlighters.

Thanks. I did click on ‘green’ for both op and my posts but appears to to no avail though. The OP’s remains pale blue and mine have gone a sort of washy tan (weird v pale green?) with the ‘my posts’ still a bright lilac. Really really don’t like how my posts are being made so obvious. Seems pointless.

Magenta 😂😂

It's fucking PEACH like a 1980s bathroom suite, that's what it is

What they all said. ^.

Exactly I need the brightness up in general but it’s the tonal quality of the colour is off.

The colour is so so bright. Dial it down a tad!

It’s lurid and cheap. If that’s the look you’re going for, then you’ve hit the mark!

I like it! I like the fact I can see my posts easily, which I’ve never been able to do before. I like that you can see OP’s posts all the way through a thread easily - maybe now threads won’t get filled up with rubbish from those who haven’t read all OP’s posts (and the thread has changed dramatically since the beginning).

@LizzyMumsnet Please remove the ‘my posts’! There is no need for it and it could disadvantage women who don’t want their partners to see their comments so readily.

Too bright.

Don’t like it (seems like changing for the sake of it) colour horrible & far too bright

Edited to add i don’t like the peach “my posts” either or the banner telling me it’s mine & the original post one too

That was always an option in settings. And still won't stop the people who won't use the 'see all' option on the OP's posts. One good idea could have been having that as a sticky on every thread!

Wow, that's garish. Also is the over emphatic sign posting to the original poster and my posts really necessary? Coupled with the constant videos, pop ups and equally glaring full page banner adverts, the whole Mumsnet experience is now like trying to read while a klaxon blares non-stop in your face. Not an improvement.

Yeah, the other colours were much nicer. Also why scream 'my posts'? I echo what others have said about that.

It's too bright.

And strangley feels too childish ... it's like a reception class or soft play blue.

Meatball menu!

I don't have anything useful to add. I like the new colours though.

Edited to add: Ooh, I'm peachy. Haven't worn that colour since I was bridesmaid at my sister's wedding.

Absolutely awful. Change for change sake, please put it back.

I don't like it. It seems like change for change's sake. Or perhaps to get more users to engage by opining on the change.

It's far too bright. Active convos on mobile site is especially eye-hurtingly vision-impairingly awful. It is really unpleasant.

MN how many people did the survey and how many active users are there?
Has anyone posting here done "survey" or been aware of it??

I think it is another case of change for change's sake.

Some of the colours are coming up as grey-ish and are indistinguishable from the background.

No need to put a big sign over Op post as it is highlighted so we all know.

Very annoying to be honest.
Are we paying to keep ppl in jobs to think up changes we don't want?😳

But we could always see our own posts easily by their colour being different from all other posters. We could also always see the OP’s posts all the way through by their colour also being different from all the other posters.

It's fucking PEACH like a 1980s bathroom suite, that's what it is

On point. What's the need?

The big my post banner thing isn’t any good for people who are posting in a domestic violence situation or if they’re in a controlling relationship.

it’s putting them at risk @LizzyMumsnet