Feedback on FT new style, March 2018
Mar 26, 2018, 3:30 pm
#91
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Awful in so many ways:
I gave up giving feedback last time because it ended up being ignored. Keep this winning streak going and you'll have the UI/UX in its worst possible state in no time.
- Wikis have completely disappeared
- Also, "Wiki Posts > Show All Wikiposts" has never worked properly; it still shows only a list of recently edited wikis
- The white background is utterly blinding
- Too much dead space
- Thread title (and the "go to first unread" button) are far too small compared to other elements. Make it easy for people to use these features, not harder.
- The embiggened left-side menu bar on the MyFlyerTalk page is annoying. As somebody observed earlier, we use that page to check on subscribed threads & fora; enlarging other features, especially ones I can access elsewhere, detracts from that useful function.
- Unaddressed from last time: there are still too many navigation/menu bars & text links to MyFlyerTalk, and you never restored the one-click "user silhouette" icon at the top of the page that got me there quickly & easily, especially on a smaller mobile screen where I can't do fine-grained mouse selections.
I gave up giving feedback last time because it ended up being ignored. Keep this winning streak going and you'll have the UI/UX in its worst possible state in no time.
Mar 26, 2018, 3:32 pm
#93
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Mar 26, 2018, 3:33 pm
#94
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In the last few minutes the "Unsubscribe" for threads (MyFlyerTalk) has gone from the right to left where it can easily be clicked by accident (This get reported every style change and is then fixed)
Mar 26, 2018, 3:34 pm
#95
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As per others above, I can no longer see wikis once the thread is opened.
From the main forum thread listings, the wiki threads do show the "wiki" icon, but once you open the thread, there is no wiki.
Do you guys test this stuff out first before releasing it?
From the main forum thread listings, the wiki threads do show the "wiki" icon, but once you open the thread, there is no wiki.
Do you guys test this stuff out first before releasing it?
Mar 26, 2018, 3:37 pm
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This has been reported, thank you.
Mar 26, 2018, 3:39 pm
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Mar 26, 2018, 3:40 pm
#99
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Frankly I don't really care about your desktop version. Perhaps you guys should fix the major problems affecting smart phone usage of this website first before adding new graphics to the desktop version. It still remains unreadable on my iphone 10 from the scrolling ad banner that follows from the disappearing text I try to type when posting a new message.
Please do us a favor and fix those hot and pending items first.
Thank you
PS. Feedback on your new style? Certainly. Welcome to 1998
Please do us a favor and fix those hot and pending items first.
Thank you
PS. Feedback on your new style? Certainly. Welcome to 1998
Mar 26, 2018, 3:42 pm
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Mar 26, 2018, 3:44 pm
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Viewing via Safari on an iPad, set to FT Desktop NG. In addition to the already-reported irritation of the hyperlinks being the same font/colour as other text, the vertical banner ad on the right of the screen overlays the "go" button on the forum jump drop down, so you can't actually tap it unless you scroll the screen to a very specific place with the go button just below the banner ad.
I also wish the issue of being unable to see what you're typing in the reply text box when using Safari on iPad had been fixed...
I also wish the issue of being unable to see what you're typing in the reply text box when using Safari on iPad had been fixed...
Mar 26, 2018, 3:45 pm
#102
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I've sent screenshots before.
Mar 26, 2018, 3:46 pm
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No, they have not. I see no change.
To repeat what I already said at least twice--last time around and in this same thread earlier today--no, the text links are not a satisfactory alternative.
Why?
For "MyFlyerTalk", don't you just have the link in the upper left? That's a one-click.
Why?
- Because on a mobile device (even using desktop UI, which I do), the My FlyerTalk at top left (next to Hotel Reviews) and MYFLYERTALK at top right (in the submenu under my username) are actually two-clicks, not one-clicks.
- The third text link (under Reply to Thread) is a one-click, true--but it's a small target that harder to hit using fingertip presses on a mobile device. The previous My FlyerTalk "bug" was nice and big; taking it away makes no sense whatsoever, as the space it used to occupy (at the very top right center) is now completely unused except for the globe-map background. You guys took it away for absolutely no reason & made the UI worse in doing so. "Lose-lose" is not a good look.