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New forum style for certain forums hides info

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The new style changes for the forums in some views hides a lot of the useful info. For example, answers that are "proposed as answer" are almost impossible to see at a glance (see http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/csharpgeneral/thread/e79dacff-5418-457f-ba69-255839ffc7fa for an example).
I don't necessarily hate the new look (other than the fact that it wastes a huge amount of screen real estate compared to the previous style), but I don't like that you can't see the information as well as quickly. It makes moderation far more difficult.
Reed Copsey, Jr. - http://reedcopsey.com
If a post answers your question, please click "Mark As Answer" on that post and "Mark as Helpful".Thursday, August 16, 2012 5:20 PM
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I'd have to put myself in the hate category.
-cd Mark the best replies as answers!
Friday, August 17, 2012 4:27 PM -
This new style bring a lot of difficults for users and for who one help too. It's hard to see a proposed answer, new topics in the thread overview are not bolded anymore, which was much better to see, bold and italic formatted text is only displayed correctly while editting a message but not after submitting. And some others, i praying to some option to choose which style we want for forum.
Web Developer
- Proposed as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Saturday, November 3, 2012 11:29 AM
Friday, August 17, 2012 5:04 PM -
I'm a +1 to the opinions being expressed here.
Yann - LightSwitch Central - Click here for FREE Themes, Controls, Types and Commands If you find a reply helpful, please click "Vote as Helpful", if a reply answers your question, please click "Mark as Answer" By doing this you'll help people find answers faster. Monday, August 20, 2012 4:02 PM -
For me, the style it is right now, is ok.
Powershell Newcomer
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 12:25 PM -
For me, the style it is right now, is ok.
Web Developer
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 12:32 PM -
Yup, because it tells at the very bottom of each post if it had been proposed, edited or marked as answer.
Powershell Newcomer
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 12:35 PM -
Of course you could highlight it better than it is right now. But it is ok.
Powershell Newcomer
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 12:37 PM -
Of course you could highlight it better than it is right now. But it is ok.
Hm i see. Now posts that you already see are identical to the posts that you never see(old are bold). You can write one post or reply and put your words as italic,underline, or bold, but when you submit it doesnt work. Its extremely HARD to see which post are marked as answer or not, even the proposed answer is hard to see( i disagree with you in this topic). Have to much space in screen without any usage. Until now i don't see any benefit that this new style bring. I prefer the old and 'ugly' style, instead this new.
Web Developer
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 1:20 PM -
Try finding which posts have been "proposed as answer", & which posts, if any, have been "marked as answer", in any reasonably long thread. It used to be *immediately* obvious, now you have to really go looking, because everything's been "blandished". Hmm, "blandish" came form a TV show, where a lady called Betty wanted to weed out all the people of a bunch of parallel universes who were what she called "abhorrents" (different), & "blandish" them (make them the same), I wonder if that's where MS got the idea from, lol. I certainly feel that either myself, or the people responsible for this "new style" live in a parallel universe.
Yann - LightSwitch Central - Click here for FREE Themes, Controls, Types and Commands If you find a reply helpful, please click "Vote as Helpful", if a reply answers your question, please click "Mark as Answer" By doing this you'll help people find answers faster. Wednesday, August 29, 2012 12:45 AM -
I agree completely
If you want something you've never had, you need to do something you've never done.
Friday, August 31, 2012 8:19 PM -
Interestingly, I had not noticed this development because I make almost all my posts via the NNTP bridge, and then follow the threads in "My Threads", which has not succumbed to the new look.
But, I agree, the new look is a big step backward.
But, since "Propose as Answer" has now become almost invisible, this might be a good opportunity to get rid of it once and for all...
David Wilkinson | Visual C++ MVP
Sunday, September 9, 2012 3:48 PM -
Ah, that's why I think the "new" look is ok. Looks like I'm not using the "new" look.
Lua Programmer & Powershell Newcomer | Location: Switzerland
Monday, September 10, 2012 7:05 AM