Reduser.net Redesign

[zak forrest]

lampshade, clean up yo room

 

[Steve Das]

aethetically it looks o.k....but not so functional...it does wear me out reading it..can't even remember the old one..but it never hurt my eyes.
Seems like the postings since have kinda dropped in numbers too.

 

[Danno Anderson]

Agree, this message board went from bad to worse. Trying to be constructive, I offer an easy solution rather than just complain. There are many other formats much superior than this one. Here's one.

http://investorvillage.com/smbd.asp?mb=144&mn=68812&pt=msg&mid=10324411

http://investorvillage.com/smbd.asp...commendedBy=&AuthoredBy=&MinRecs=&FilterType=

 

[Jake Bastian]

Agree, this message board went from bad to worse. Trying to be constructive, I offer an easy solution rather than just complain. There are many other formats much superior than this one. Here's one.

http://investorvillage.com/smbd.asp?mb=144&mn=68812&pt=msg&mid=10324411

http://investorvillage.com/smbd.asp...commendedBy=&AuthoredBy=&MinRecs=&FilterType=

That blinding white is terrible on my eyes. I'll stick with the neutral gray thanks, and this forum is far easier to navigate than the scary place you just sent me.

 

[Elsie N]

Count me as one who preferred the old REDuser design. But I could co-exist with this one if they just made the background or text on every other thread on the new threads page, a slightly different shade or color.

 

[Stacey Spears]

1. The "thread title" and "started by" are too close to each other in the "New Posts" view. OK in the normal, go to a specific sub-forum, view. The "New Posts" view does not have any line breaks in it either.
2. Posts you have read and have not read are too close in level to each other in the "New Posts" view. OK in the normal, go to a specific sub-forum, view.
3. Layout on iOS devices is not great.
-a. The thread page numbers are wrapped around.
-b. The started by is in a larger font than the thread title

I have attached sample images for numbers 1 and 2. These are from IE9, which looks MUCH better than using an iOS device.

All of my viewing is done by using the "New Posts" button.

 

[Petr Dvorak]

... hard to read, hurts my eyes, everything has unnecessary boxes or outlines around it, ...

DTTO

 

[zak forrest]

i just tried to edit a post, and i thought i was playing ZORK on my cousins ancient computer.

sometimes you dont know how much you love something until its gone

 

[Joseph Hutson]

I'm not one to make a habit of speaking negatively of a design, however I must say I have been on REDuser a bit less because of it.

(Is that a good thing?) Hehe.

Also, I'm not the only one I know who has been visiting less as of lately.

Perhaps the design is not yet complete?

 

[Mark Toia]

I only come here for one reason... To hear news from Jim, J and Ted...

Since there is lack of it... I think everyone is starting to drop off the user.
Unfortunate as it is RED's best and only advertising tool.

 

[Colin Sheldon]

I'm not one to make a habit of speaking negatively of a design, however I must say I have been on REDuser a bit less because of it.

(Is that a good thing?) Hehe.

Also, I'm not the only one I know who has been visiting less as of lately.

Perhaps the design is not yet complete?

Yeah, I've seen my productivity go up as well since the redesign...

 

[Matthias Hutter]

For me, this red/gray combination is a little bit tiring, and the text/background has too little contrast.
There are many studies out there, but generally people generally perform best with combinations that include black or white in them.

http://www.laurenscharff.com/research/survreslts.html

 

[Patrick Tresch]

Too many RED logos... ;-)

Hard to read. Content counts but layout could help read faster and better.

Pat

 

[Michael Hastings]

Well my thought was to just revert back to the old design which was nice to look at. even the new shades of red and grey etc on this new one are tough for me.


Just go back to the old style, can't that be done with relative ease? and once the "new" version has the kinks worked out, throw it online or somethin (right now i am editing this post, and it's a total nightmare

agreed

 

[Ace]

I thought I was being overly critical at first when I thought the same thing - Dark, Segmented, visual disconnects in some parts (Threads seem to have larger gaps between the posts). The Burgundy left avatar background created a nice vertical supporting structure that all the posts cantelevered off, providing a nice warm visual anchor and vertical continuity as you scroll... Maybe just bring that back and tighten the gap between posts, lighten the reply box a smidgen and its sweet.