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Nakano Itsuki
1,218 posts
Joined July 2014
Nakano Itsuki
Mentioning something I posted in the wrong forum a day ago...

The design is great, plus I love the color scheme of it. (And it being bigger to view ofc, especially on phones)

Only two things I don't really like is the pagination removed and the wasted space, as mentioned by other people.
For beatmappers in particular, clicking to a particular page helps to see mod posts more conveniently imo (also I doubt people can really remember that much post numbers lol... Especially for those who frequent the forum such as the requests section)

Others are really good imo. Dunno if it is feasible, maybe an option could be included in user settings to allow switching between infinite scrolling and pagination.

Just my 2 cents after being a lurker of other forum software, as 90% tend to use pagination anyway
Thievley
osu!artist
219 posts
Joined July 2014
Thievley
It's way different. In a good way though. I love the design.
It will take some getting used to of course, being so different and all, but other than that I think it's great!
Entis_old_1
25 posts
Joined September 2013
Entis_old_1
There is a chance that final version can be good, but now I'm really sad.

Only thing I really want is an option to choose between new/old forum style, since I'm satisfied with old one most of all. This new one is too... modern for me personally. I like old paging and old spoilerboxes way more, because it was easier to press them as a pagewide link/hovering, not like it is now.

Hope for keeping both styles to make everyone happy.
Top Bunk
212 posts
Joined March 2010
Top Bunk

Ruineko wrote:

There is a chance that final version can be good, but now I'm really sad.

Only thing I really want is an option to choose between new/old forum style, since I'm satisfied with old one most of all. This new one is too... modern for me personally. I like old paging and old spoilerboxes way more, because it was easier to press them as a pagewide link/hovering, not like it is now.

Hope for keeping both styles to make everyone happy.
Given how this current design and the new design are using different software (iirc), I highly doubt there will be an option to choose one or the other.

Change is often a necessity, so for those that can't adjust to it, then oh well. Deal with it.
efdu_DELETED
Topic Starter
efdu_DELETED

CXu wrote:

Since there's a thread. One thing that's been kinda bothering me both on the old forums and the new ones, is that you don't really scale it with the browser window:
SPOILER

Is there any particular reason you don't prefer more automatic scaling? It looks kinda silly to me with that long pink bar at the top, but then only half the space is actually being used.

Also, I'm also one of those people that prefer to have pagination. Having autoscrolling is fine, but I'd like there to be both tbh, since there are cases where one or the other is more intuitive or preferable.



I thought the circle/wheel was something you could click on to scroll through posts quickly, but instead clicking on the upper or lower half of it (probably the arrows) just takes me to the top or bottom, which I didn't find that intuitive. And what's the purpose of clicking on the page number? For now it seems like it just goes down a few posts or something, but I think clicking into a textfield where you can put in a page number would be more intuitive than having the page jump thing inside the search button.

SPOILER

And the quote thing is nice, but I think you need a dismiss/discard button, and make it a bit clearer that the button is for quoting.

Well, you're probably aware of some of this already, so eh.
En nordmann :D
digitaku
5 posts
Joined July 2013
digitaku
Well, I'm quite satisfied with the design (I usually make simple typography design for my desktop wallpaper)
oh, and I really like the triangle(s) btw, it give me an energetic feeling
just one flaw, it has so many empty space in here, ex: like the header design at forum front page
suggestion:
maybe you can add another menubar on both sides of the empty space ;)

but overall is good :D
Pittigbaasje
osu! Alumni
227 posts
Joined December 2012
Pittigbaasje
I really like the design but 2 things which dissappoint me:

1) You need to scroll down to the very bottom to reply to a post? Makes it kinda weird when a post has 100 replies like this one.

2) You can't click on the timestamps when you get a mod (I hope this isn't intentional)
A Medic
460 posts
Joined May 2013
A Medic
There is a button that allows you to scroll to the bottom of the page instantly.
Trost
188 posts
Joined November 2014
Trost
The Lord has spoken
Ikarugamesh
2,372 posts
Joined August 2015
Ikarugamesh
I have tried the new forum on my Android tablet. It works well on the default, stock browser, simply dubbed "Browser". However, I also have tried it in Chrome (on my Android tablet, too) and the reply box doesn't appear, only a button which says "Load more". Is anyone else experiencing the same issue as me?
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peppy
19,374 posts
Here since the beginning
peppy

Ikarugamesh wrote:

I have tried the new forum on my Android tablet. It works well on the default, stock browser, simply dubbed "Browser". However, I also have tried it in Chrome (on my Android tablet, too) and the reply box doesn't appear, only a button which says "Load more". Is anyone else experiencing the same issue as me?


Do you happen to have javascript disabled?
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peppy
19,374 posts
Here since the beginning
peppy

Pittigbaasje wrote:

I really like the design but 2 things which dissappoint me:
1) You need to scroll down to the very bottom to reply to a post? Makes it kinda weird when a post has 100 replies like this one.


You could also click the reply button on the post you are currently reading (to the right) and then delete the quoted post content if you don't need it.

Pittigbaasje wrote:

2) You can't click on the timestamps when you get a mod (I hope this isn't intentional)


This will be implemented at a later point.
Maxela
7 posts
Joined September 2015
Maxela
In my opinion the design is better but funtions are less.
Yuudachi-kun
5,434 posts
Joined August 2014
Yuudachi-kun
Something about user-friendliness.
Nadfee
119 posts
Joined May 2015
Nadfee
It gives me a more of a chilly feeling with the bright colors on the top of the page but the sides are white (gray) and is disturbing when you read forum posts (as the topic post color is also white). I like the new layout but this is the only thing I've found annoying. It'd be nice if you could change the color of the side of the page from white (gray) to something slightly darker so the eyes can concentrate on the topic board instead.
rabu retaa
38 posts
Joined May 2013
rabu retaa
i couldn't see the other achievement that i already did

flash
37 posts
Joined January 2014
flash
why are we neglecting the reason books were invented
Ikarugamesh
2,372 posts
Joined August 2015
Ikarugamesh

peppy wrote:

Ikarugamesh wrote:

I have tried the new forum on my Android tablet. It works well on the default, stock browser, simply dubbed "Browser". However, I also have tried it in Chrome (on my Android tablet, too) and the reply box doesn't appear, only a button which says "Load more". Is anyone else experiencing the same issue as me?

Do you happen to have javascript disabled?

It was enabled all this time. Nevermind, it seems that problem is fixed now. Thanks.
peppy
19,374 posts
Here since the beginning
peppy
We made some changes to page navigation!
Zuikaku
129 posts
Joined March 2014
Zuikaku
I think I've forgotten or is it not available to change backgrounds on the new forum yet?
CXu
osu! Alumni
3,560 posts
Joined March 2009
CXu
I like it. It looks pretty nice, and I think it feels close enough to pagination that I most likely won't be bothered by the lack of them (since I can fairly quickly figure out where a certain post is in a long thread by dividing it up in chunks in my head, probably).

The whole bottom bar is a bit big, especially when you're not using it and just reading a thread. Maybe make it smaller, and show the whole thing by moving the mouse downward?

And I still think

is the part where you should type to jump to a specific post, and use the magnifying glass for actually searching for words within the thread, since a magnifying glass almost always means searching.

Maybe you can add a reply button onto the navigation bar as well, since you can't post in a thread without either going to the bottom or quoting someone.
peppy
19,374 posts
Here since the beginning
peppy

CXu wrote:

is the part where you should type to jump to a specific post, and use the magnifying glass for actually searching for words within the thread, since a magnifying glass almost always means searching.
Maybe you can add a reply button onto the navigation bar as well, since you can't post in a thread without either going to the bottom or quoting someone.


Both of these features are already in the final design, and should go live this week.
FakeShield21-
10 posts
Joined December 2012
FakeShield21-
Well, for me this is a little confusing xD I feel the old one is more simple...
And why new.ppy.sh not osu.ppy.sh :/ ? Like the topic starter said that jizz is the slang for sperm... I think it's not safe for underage children :3 and I feel a bit disgusted reading osu! website's address has "jizz" :'v

Edit: ouch it seems like someone has asked it already xD
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Luvdic
2,113 posts
Joined July 2009
Luvdic

peppy wrote:

Xanandra wrote:

It still doesn´t have the option to go directly to last read post

Yes it does? Clicking a thread will take you to the last read.


So according to peppy, the option to go to last read post is already available, but I don´t seem to be able to find it. Anyone care to enlighten me?

I did what peppy said on his post, but it takes me directly to the first post, so what am I doing wrong here?
AGRX
540 posts
Joined May 2013
AGRX
ONE THING: wish that forums were more condensed view, for more clarity. Especially for mobile devices.
Smilyt1
16 posts
Joined February 2011
Smilyt1

deadbeat wrote:

i've been here for 6 years. i welcome any change :D
also enjoy https://youtu.be/tICLLkOlpno?t=10m32s

agreed.
I've been here for almost 6 years and I welcome any change.
And I just
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLnWf1sQkjY
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peppy
19,374 posts
Here since the beginning
peppy
Due to people being too immature to handle the jizz, I'm renaming the new design to https://new.ppy.sh. Please update your links, or continue to use jizz.
Halogen-
Former osu!mania 4K Champion: 2015
576 posts
Joined September 2009
Halogen-
ey, while you're here: your current concept of page navigation is perfect; had I known this would have been the end result, I'd never have made any posts involving forum pagination because yeah, what you have here is great. Once the ability to type in a specific post number is added, I mean... it doesn't really get much better than that, haha.
Garven
osu! Alumni
5,857 posts
Joined January 2010
Garven
I like the change to the pagination, but it was a little weird scrolling to the bottom with the ticker register the post number at the top of the page instead of saying I was at the end (like right now while typing the post, it says I'm at 121/122). Just a minor thing though.
Kurokami
osu! Alumni
4,024 posts
Joined February 2010
Kurokami
Its seems to be better day by day. Actually I already liked it when it was firstly available. The font is kinda hard to read at first but can get used to it. You did a great job.
Yuii-
2,501 posts
Joined July 2013
Yuii-
It's being improved a lot, even if I don't use it that much, I have seen a lot of improvements later on which are appreciated.

One more thing I wanna add is the fact that some flags are barely comparable, in a sense that they look too similar to each other, when it should not be like that. USA flag is similar to Malaysia's, and the same goes to some others. Also coloration could be better done, as some countries have literally THE SAME flag as other one, but with darker/brighter colors.

Also, this version looks a lot better on the cellphone, so that's something really really good, but it consumes a lot more of RAM for some reason. Maybe you can work on that, as well, I am having some freezes sometimes.

Good job overall!
Upskirt
644 posts
Joined April 2014
Upskirt
Instead of ease in drop shadow for hover why don't you make it the animated triangles at the top of the page?
Pituophis
859 posts
Joined January 2015
Pituophis
Are stars and kudosu going to be implemented?
Upskirt
644 posts
Joined April 2014
Upskirt

Pituophis wrote:

Are stars and kudosu going to be implemented?
Probs.
Yauxo
1,622 posts
Joined June 2011
Yauxo
Dunno if it's known, but here's a quick heads up:

Clicking on the "view this blahblah new design" on the top of the page leads to (picture) when youre not on the last page (ex. go to page 7 and click the thing)
Top Bunk
212 posts
Joined March 2010
Top Bunk

Yauxo wrote:

Dunno if it's known, but here's a quick heads up:

Clicking on the "view this blahblah new design" on the top of the page leads to (picture) when youre not on the last page (ex. go to page 7 and click the thing)
It also breaks if you move to another page and then head back to the last page. First page always seems to be fine though.
This is likely because the new forum design fetches pages differently from this one, but still tries to use it in redirecting the link. Like how the url will have start=105 or start=120 at the end of it (the number goes up by 15 per page), compared to the new design which goes by post number, using ?n=129 (or whatever post number you're looking at) to reach that post.

The only easy solution I can think of for that is if they remove what page/post it directs to and just redirect to the first page/post of the thread you're on. Since those will always be the same as each other with only a topic ID, not leading to any specific page or post number.
flash
37 posts
Joined January 2014
flash

peppy wrote:

We made some changes to page navigation!

i take my previous statement back, this is pretty nice
GSG95
406 posts
Joined October 2014
GSG95
THE NAVIGATION IS MARVELOUS NOW
Ikarugamesh
2,372 posts
Joined August 2015
Ikarugamesh
I think page navigation is way better now. The bubble used to get in the way of the post button on my tablet. As Kurokami said:

Kurokami wrote:

Its seems to be better day by day.


Cheers!
Smilyt1
16 posts
Joined February 2011
Smilyt1

peppy wrote:

Due to people being too immature to handle the jizz, I'm renaming the new design to https://new.ppy.sh. Please update your links, or continue to use jizz.
LOL
_PinkGuy
32 posts
Joined August 2015
_PinkGuy
Looks Great!
[ Scarlet Red ]
380 posts
Joined September 2013
[ Scarlet Red ]
I actually love this change. It's something new and I enjoy this change. After coming into osu 2 years ago and getting into it back and forth I've seen countless changes and haven't been disappointed once! I douibt this will change that streak when it's fully finished and implemented.
DahplA
1,099 posts
Joined March 2014
DahplA
Wait. Am I blind, or are these still not added yet.
dionzz99
677 posts
Joined April 2013
dionzz99
things that still not implemented..
different color of posts of users that bubbles / qualify
noticeable status of someone is BN or not
badges (charts champoin , osumania champion , elite mapper , etc.)
note codes like 01:17:749 (1) - 01:20:572 (1) - still appear as unclickable text / code

well that's what i can found...
Ikarugamesh
2,372 posts
Joined August 2015
Ikarugamesh
The new forum design looks even better now the body is wider and takes more screen space. I use it all the time, except when I have to check my PMs.

However, I found something which might be worth looking into. The "tiny" font size:

In the old forum, the tiny font size looked like this:



However, in the new forum it looks like this:



It's barely readable! The other font sizes look fine, but the tiny one looks decompensatedly small. Please look into that.
FrenzyLi
258 posts
Joined April 2015
FrenzyLi
Just previewed my post in the new forum. After expanding any boxes, I've seen that there is an extra blank line inserted between each of the lines of code in the bbcode section for CODE /CODE.
  1. I hope the devs can remove this extra line.
  2. I hope the devs also decrease the font size within the code sections such that it does not exceed the normal font size.
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[-Xetanai-]
29 posts
Joined October 2013
[-Xetanai-]
I like it a lot
Ikarugamesh
2,372 posts
Joined August 2015
Ikarugamesh
Hi. I'm here to report a bug. Marking a forum as read in the old forum makes it entirely unread in the new one.
Endaris
5,282 posts
Joined June 2010
Endaris
I don't know whether this might be already planned or not but it would be splendid if you could manually pull one of the languagespecific subforums out of the "Other Languages"-forum and place it on top of the language-forums to improve the accessibility.
Having to scroll to the very bottom and having to precisely aim for "Deutsch" is not very appealing and discourages me from using that subforum.
If pulled up I could also see the latest post in the subforum which would be great to check for new posts.

(and I still think the subforum-navigation when scrolling in a thread is too small)
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Houtarou Oreki
303 posts
Joined March 2014
Houtarou Oreki
In my opinion this:

Is much better than this:
Yuii-
2,501 posts
Joined July 2013
Yuii-
How to take a screenshot, hooooly HAHHAHA
Houtarou Oreki
303 posts
Joined March 2014
Houtarou Oreki

Yuii- wrote:

How to take a screenshot, hooooly HAHHAHA

it gives a better feeling of how it actually looks ;w; whatever, shitposting is normal here I guess
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Mahogany
2,684 posts
Joined August 2014
Mahogany
I dislike the new forum design
Exa
446 posts
Joined January 2015
Exa
I still can't find the search bar. Either I am blind or there is not one o.o
Seijiro
osu! Alumni
3,438 posts
Joined April 2013
Seijiro
Apparently, I can't find it either yet, so there is none I guess.

What I noticed just now is how you diferentiate the thread listing and the posts on threads: in every thread we have infinite scroll from first post till the last while in the various subforums (ie. FR, G&R and so on) there still is the normal pagination.
Is this intended to be like this? Becuase imo this is what makes it still weird to have the infinite scroll for someone (at least for me)
sify11
5 posts
Joined July 2015
sify11
i like it, loooks good, works good, so its good.
7ambda
2,599 posts
Joined January 2015
7ambda
It seems to take longer to load pages such as the beatmap listing, compared to the one on the current website.
peppy
19,374 posts
Here since the beginning
peppy
No shit.. because it's running on a tiny server and is still under heavy development.
XinCrin
2,845 posts
Joined January 2012
XinCrin
The only thing that I don't like now is the quality of beatmap background preview. It's not the best but I hope it will be fixed

Pawsu
osu! Alumni
5,213 posts
Joined February 2013
Pawsu
It'll be smoother and more swift after the general move happens. It's still in works!
Suisei Hosimati
3,049 posts
Joined March 2013
Suisei Hosimati
Is it just me or the audio preview is gone from mobile site?

Also, why we can't hide our favorite maps on profile like using a spoilerbox? It takes so long to scroll.
Celektus
737 posts
Joined April 2014
Celektus
I personaly don't realy like the Blur

kitashirakawa1
14 posts
Joined December 2014
kitashirakawa1
First of all, what i like is the whole design and its features. Since the new design of webpage is unique however, it consumes huge amount of RAM for long periods of browsing and may causes lags on other opened programs (maybe some users has 2gb ram or below experienced this). Especially on mobile devices. i tested it on my iPhone, the mobile design is good however, it feels kinda laggy when scrolling.
dionzz99
677 posts
Joined April 2013
dionzz99
i just noticed that mania and taiko icon are swtiched
Novalogic
222 posts
Joined October 2009
Novalogic
Visually it's looking good, but i guess i'm just more used to the old (current) one. Also it's lagging but i guess it's to be expected on test server.
Soby
17 posts
Joined October 2013
Soby
I kinda like it but it still needs some improvement on the layers placing.
We still gota wait till we get an alpha/beta version of it but i mainly like it
braedo
2 posts
Joined November 2015
braedo
As a pretty new user, I was a little put off by the homepage and its design since it's in an older style. The new forums (and other pages such as profile) look much better in contrast. Since I've never had a long period of time to habituate to the current/old pages, the newer designs look great in my opinion.

One thing I did notice is that there is no account settings button in the new design (or I completely missed it). But I'm sure that this is known and on the to-do list.

Overall, I like all of the pages from a visual standpoint quite a bit.
Kitasan
1,580 posts
Joined April 2015
Kitasan
looks good but I don't like the blur
nakanotsu nimi
88 posts
Joined November 2012
nakanotsu nimi
i don't like the blur on the beatmaps page, everything else is outstandingly good
Supairo
Elite Mapper: Aspirant
294 posts
Joined June 2013
Supairo
... Best "No results found" message ever.



I don't know why everyone dislikes the blur on the beatmaps page, I personally don't mind it that much. The only thing that bothers me for the moment is the low quality of the pictures. I suppose this will be fixed soon. Everything else looks nice.
Trost
188 posts
Joined November 2014
Trost

peppy wrote:

No shit.. because it's running on a tiny server and is still under heavy development.
Damn so saltyyy

But honestly it doesn't matter if it's slow. I really like the new website design and I am just so confused on to why so many people hate it? I remember when it first came out and then this forum came out and it had so many negative feedback. I guess some people just can't appreciate new things...
gintoki147
84 posts
Joined December 2012
gintoki147
I dislike the sans-serif font used for the forum messages.
It seems really out of place compared to everything else. D:
peppy
19,374 posts
Here since the beginning
peppy
We opted for this because the font used everywhere else is shockingly unreadable for long prose. That said, I believe we are still looking for a font that suits the osu! style better, just haven't settled on one yet!
Redon
302 posts
Joined November 2013
Redon
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Kert
2,083 posts
Joined June 2009
Kert
Thread covers are waayyy too huge (half of the screen, seriously?)
I don't remember the last time I checked new design, but I feel this thing became even bigger
Sailor Mercury
12 posts
Joined June 2015
Sailor Mercury
I really like the new forum design; I would probably have no objections to always use it, because everything fits on my screen. Though, my monitor has a much higher resolution than most computers are capable of projecting. So I couldn't say the same for every one else. Maybe adding a setting to make the thread area shrink to fit people's screens more properly could improve the overall feedback.

I actually shrunk my resolution from 1440 -> 1080 and I don't really see anything too negative about the size, maybe aside from the fact that you still can't see as many posts on your screen on 1080p. I really don't think this is a problem, though. But not everyone has the money to make sure their computers can properly run QHD/UHD. :?

I also like how much more you can customize your own user page. As well as the page jump function and how it displays as kind of like a loading bar.
Houtarou Oreki
303 posts
Joined March 2014
Houtarou Oreki
Imo it's seriously too wide. I mean, "usable space" is like 2.35:1 on a 16:9 monitor because of the bars at top and bottom (or I'm just used to every other website).

and it's mostly empty space but it surely will get dealt with
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