Awful new site !!!

• Aug 8, 2017 - 18:28

-Where is the button "new posts" ?
-Why is it so slow ?
-Why are the fonts so big and only very few items are visible on screen compared to before?


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In reply to by frfancha

A situation that I have already experienced ...
A new platform not yet operational at 100% and
the previous one no longer reachable.
But I think it's a big work and we have to be patient...
(I can not attach the files)

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You can find the new posts under the notification icon

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We are having problems currently with the server, but once these are sorted the site will be fast again.

As for the design of the site: we will further tweak things in the coming days/weeks to make it work for all screen sizes and devices.

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In reply to by frfancha

Topics with a new reply are sorted in 'Recent activity'
but they missed the "new" with the number of new items and link to these new items.
It is a pity.

Also, terms in menu are strange: what is (a.o.) the difference between "Recent activity" and "Recent changes" ??

In reply to by frfancha

The new comments number will come back. It's an unexpected regression which we will fix.

As for recent activity vs recent changes

  • Recent activity used to be called Recent posts and lists all the site content with their title and number of comments
  • Recent changes was always named like this and lists all content which can be edited by anyone along with the change log and direct links to the diff

Both serve a different purpose. The latter is for users who are involved with documentation writing and moderation, while the former is rather for community support.

In reply to by Thomas

Recent posts vs Recent changes was very clear.
Recent activity vs Recent changes is confusing.

Recent posts and My posts (now alled activity) are by far the most used actions, previously they were immediately available on the forum page, now they are hidden in a menu (menu under an icon => you have to "know" they are there" to find it. Or perhaps this icon is a standard from Facebook or whatever I don't know I'm not on Facebook) This is unfortunate for the most used actions.

Sorry for the original post title I was (and still am) really upset by the new site, you can probably change it in "New site remarks" or somthing like that.

In reply to by frfancha

FWIW, I essentially never used either of the menu items you mention, so I wouldn't assume that just because you used them a lot, they are "by fat the most used actions". On the other hand, I do miss the easily accessible "Reply" link below each comment. Burying this in the ":" menu off to the right is, for me, a step backwards.

BTW, a good time to have voiced your concerns about the new site would have been a couple of weeks ago when the request for comments on the beta version went out (ie, before it went fully live) :-)

[u]Definitely[/u] reduce the fonts, make the comment-box occupy the full screen width. This looks like a skin that was built for mobile devices.

Right now it won't even let me post a new topic, it says:
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We are aware of the issue and are working hard to fix it. Thank you for your patience.

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Responsive design!

Have you tried reading this forum on the 23 inch screen? Either you will turn your head from left to

right constantly, or you will lower the web-browser to the tablet size.

I wonder: is Musescore used especially on mobile phones (for engraving)?

Max column size for normal screen: 66/85 chars. or 5 in. approx. It's like the text you read right now.

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ps: code or pre tags not working. And I had to give two line breaks to separate the lines.

In reply to by Thomas

Hi Thomas, if you are using Bootstrap (it seems so as I find 'col-sm-12' in your css), my experience is that it is better to redefine new types of container, kind of "mix" between container and container-fluid: we define them fluid up to a certain size and then fixed.
For list and main screen we work "up to" lg and for "detail window" such as reading/editing a topic we use "up to sm".
Our definitions:
.container-max-lg {
.container-fixed();
@media (min-width: @screen-lg-min) {
width: @container-lg - 15px; // -15px for vertical croll bar, otherwise horizontal scroll bar at tip top lg size
}
}
.container-max-md {
.container-fixed();

@media (min-width: @screen-md-min) {
    width: @container-md - 15px;
}

}
.container-max-sm {
.container-fixed();

@media (min-width: @screen-sm-min) {
    width: @container-sm - 15px;
}

}

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