Expat.com

tearnet wrote:

Terrible format, nothing like I expected and everything now takes ages to load.

The white background makes it very difficult to concentrate on what is written.

Why no avatars showing?

Terry

You're using IE?  I had this problem with IE11....they work fine in Chrome.

Romaniac

F0xgl0ve wrote:

First impressions are that it is not as clear as Expat.com and the biggest problem of all is that when you open up a topic to have a look it starts at the very beginning, it would be much better if you went straight to the latest posts, as you could before.

Ray

The fact that the topics are spaced out more and the wish-washy grey and blue means they are not so clear and you have to scroll down the page to see if there is anything new, whereas before, you could see new posts as soon as the page launched!
But worst change for me is having to scroll down 3 or 4 (or more) pages to read a new post at the end of it.
Good job there aren't any really active viable alternatives now or I for one would be using the site less!

Ray

tearnet wrote:

I don't like chrome so don't use it.

Its not my problem but the new format, I'll just use the site less and less!

As I said before everything  now takes ages to load.

Very disappointed   

Terry

I hate Chrome with a passion, it is so invasive and tries to take over everything. Equally, I will not use IE (which is now technically defunct in Win10) either as it is too slow and cumbersome.

Ray

Fred wrote:

I prefer to give it some time to bed in.
This is a massive change, so I believe it would be unfair to do anything but provide helpful posts indicating faults and problems.
I have confidence the team will fix the lot very shortly.

I wish I had!

Ray

tearnet wrote:

I accept that it may take time to get used to or refine the look but the slow loading is unacceptable.

The pages are taking 20 to 30 seconds to load!

Terry

I've just timed one at a little over 3 seconds.
That's much slower than before but hardly a problem, so I wonder if yours is a local problem.

Fred wrote:

tearnet wrote:

I accept that it may take time to get used to or refine the look but the slow loading is unacceptable.

The pages are taking 20 to 30 seconds to load!

Terry

I've just timed one at a little over 3 seconds.
That's much slower than before but hardly a problem, so I wonder if yours is a local problem.

Mine's even faster - lightning fast to be precise. It loads in a split second! I'm using Chrome though and we have very fast internet in Ireland. Wondering how it's going to be in Malta...

F0xgl0ve wrote:

Good to know that these areas are being looked at.
By far the biggest issue for me is not being able to go to the latest post with one click which we could before but now we have to scroll all the way through all pages

Ray

Just checked a few topics and those that don't have the 'new' button showing seem to start at post number 1 and of the three with the 'new' button (on my computer) either start at the last post or at a random point such as this topic which jumps to post number 17!
I am sure there is logic somewhere.

Ray

blackangelheart wrote:

The flag issue seems to be fixed They're no longer split in two lines but instead on one and looking good! Now we just need a slightly improved colour scheme and the automatic jumping to the last post.

I think this new design is very trendy at the moment, it's supposed to be a clean look but if you're not careful it can look too sterile. Did anyone else notice a strong resemblance to the Nomadlist website? Same background, circles in the forum and menu also very similar.

I can see no difference in the flags,they are still hard to distinguish in many cases.

As for the Nomadlist website I would think that very few members of this site are in to 'Trendy' and few will have heard of, it let alone used it, but yes it is also very dull and wishy washy.

I guess as you have only used the old site as a member for a few days you have not had the chance to get used to it and the differences are not so striking.

Ray

F0xgl0ve wrote:

blackangelheart wrote:

The flag issue seems to be fixed They're no longer split in two lines but instead on one and looking good! Now we just need a slightly improved colour scheme and the automatic jumping to the last post.

I think this new design is very trendy at the moment, it's supposed to be a clean look but if you're not careful it can look too sterile. Did anyone else notice a strong resemblance to the Nomadlist website? Same background, circles in the forum and menu also very similar.

I can see no difference in the flags,they are still hard to distinguish in many cases.

As for the Nomadlist website I would think that very few members of this site are in to 'Trendy' and few will have heard of, it let alone used it, but yes it is also very dull and wishy washy.

I guess as you have only used the old site as a member for a few days you have not had the chance to get used to it and the differences are not so striking.

Ray

I do notice the difference of course. Been reading this forum for about a year now but not as a member :-) With trendy I didn't mean that I like it, just that these days white websites seem to be trendy in the eyes of a webdesigner but in reality users don't like it much.

Regarding the flags, I was talking about the issue where they would appear on two lines. This has been fixed now, no more line break But agree, the colours still make it hard to distinguish. White on white is just not good!

F0xgl0ve wrote:

Is it the new website that has confused members? I have now found 3 replies to old posts from 'Roadtripper' that refer to posts from 3 months ago which presumably having being opened , came up with the original post first!

Ray

Its certainly confusing me.   

Terry