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Apr 16, 2014 | 12:16 PM

#11

kaorisdad

Audiworld Junior Member

Joined: Mar 2014

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From: San Marino, CA

As others have mentioned, font is hard to read, too small and light.

Apr 16, 2014 | 12:47 PM

#12

IB Nolan

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Joined: Oct 2011

Posts: 2,261

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Quote:

Originally Posted by snagitseven

The Recent Topics drop down seems to be working now.
Jason, please consider returning to the original font type style in the threads and posts. The new one is really hard to read for any length of time.
Thanks!

We should be able to change it back to the exact same font design and size as the prior design and tech is working on it this afternoon.
I also noticed that Internet Explorer users are seeing red bars instead of the gray and that will be fixed this afternoon hopefully.

Apr 16, 2014 | 01:44 PM

#13

SloopJohnB@mac.com

Tech Guru

Joined: Oct 2002

Posts: 8,010

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From: Olney, MD

Eh…I don't think it will be changed back. But AW will continue to change.
Change is good. Maybe not this change so much, but change in gener

Apr 16, 2014 | 02:46 PM

#14

jcman

AudiWorld Super User

Joined: Jan 2008

Posts: 2,697

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From: NE Ohio

Nice change

I like it!
Much easier to read and the contrast brings out the top of the page way better than before using a PC/Windows IE.

Last edited by jcman; Apr 16, 2014 at 03:22 PM.

Apr 16, 2014 | 03:12 PM

#15

UrS4boy

AudiWorld Super User

Joined: Feb 2001

Posts: 18,801

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Been on AudiWorld since 2001. Hated the switch from kawf to vBulletin but tolerated the look since March, 2009, albeit I showed up and posted less. However, today was a big shock. VERY Fugly format IMO. Much worse than before. I am on several vBulletin forums and Audiworld now has the worst look of all of them. Sorry but it literally hurts my eyes. Too Red. Too Black. Small font. Busy pages. Poor new post indicators. I could go on.

Not that interested in coming back if today's look is going to stay. As I said before you made the change in 2009, the model for a good vBulletin look IMO is the S2Forum. http://www.s2forum.com/

Good luck.

Apr 16, 2014 | 03:15 PM

#16

fkaufman

AudiWorld Senior Member

Joined: Aug 2011

Posts: 1,206

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From: Toronto, Canada

Quote:

Originally Posted by IB Jason

Welcome to the new AudiWorld forums! As you may have noticed, we updated the look and feel of the forum to better match the rest of AudiWorld.com. The forum now features a matching color scheme and more modern design, while still retaining the features and sections you love.

Not seeing the new design? Try clearing your browser’s cache by pressing CTRL + F5. If that doesn’t work, we recommend logging out of your AudiWorld account, clearing your cookies, and then logging back in.

We’d love to hear what you think of the new and improved AudiWorld! Please let us know if you run into any issues and we’ll be happy to help fix them.

Font is way too small. I find it very hard to read.

Apr 16, 2014 | 03:27 PM

#17

clancy

AudiWorld Senior Member

Joined: Jan 2004

Posts: 1,417

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From: Ocean Isle Beach NC

What are the improvements?

I will get used to it. Just wondering what the reason for the changes are? Does this new format offer improvements? What are they?

Apr 16, 2014 | 04:34 PM

#18

IB Jason

Thread Starter

IB Staff

Joined: Jun 2013

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Thanks for your patience, everyone. The font has been adjusted and should now match the old layout's.

Generally speaking, we launched today's redesign as part of a larger forum upgrade. Behind the scenes, AudiWorld previously ran a very old version of vBulletin. By doing this update, we are able to offer faster page loads and a variety of new features, including an enhanced mobile site and in the coming months, a streamlined gallery. We realize that change can be a bit jarring and we're working to make this version of AudiWorld the perfect hybrid of the old forum layout and the popular updated homepage layout. To give you a better idea of how similar we tried to make the new forum layout to the old, here is a side-by-side screenshot: