Do you guys mind moving the ratings column to the right side?

[JackRiddler]

So wide, it's kind of distracting on the left, where one is used to reading the headline.

Thanks!

[RainDog]

1. second

and smaller

[SpiralHawk]

28. Third, or whatever. It is too big and too distracting as is...

Onward.

[patrice]

2. Or - how about the middle?

[halobeam]

3. third!

I keep looking for rec/rating on the right side next to replies. I know it takes getting use to change, but wouldn't the view/replies/rating be better suited together?...

btw.. is this the suggestion box?:P

[Gidney N Cloyd]

4. Agreed.

[JackRiddler]

5. Kicking's still allowed, no?

[bigmonkey]

6. Agree /nt

[arthritisR_US]

7. phew, I thought I was the only one encumbered by it. Thanks! n/t

[uppityperson]

8. I agree, I'd like it back where "recs" used to be, makes it difficult to read headlines

the wide bright colors make it difficult to read the headlines.

[Flabbergasted]

9. It's all habit. The change is good. nt

[KittyWampus]

40. So if someone puts a pile of dog crap in front of your front door every morning

that would be change... would it also be good?

After all, you can just step around it.

[TahitiNut]

10. Either to the right ... or trailing the 'ignore thread' box. It's far too clumsy where it is.

:shrug:

[lpbk2713]

11. Agree

It seems to give the page a cluttered look.

[Quantess]

12. Yes, I agree.

It's distracting having it on the left side.
My .02

[Raine]

13. Agree ...

or at least the individual option of turning the rating system off.

[krispos42]

14. I propose something like this:

We'll see if the Powers That Be like it, ignore it, or kick my pasty white ass...

:spank:

:rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

15. Oh, I like that!

The new feature, along with less distraction!

[krispos42]

18. Thanks

Hasty MS Paint skills aside I think retains the format of the original. Makes it easier to scan the subject lines.


I guess another alternative would be for the background color in the "Subject" column to be different colors based on the rating.

:shrug:

[greyl]

19. Narrower rating labels might be better to conserve space, but not on the right side.

If they were on the right side of the thread titles, the forums would be less scannable. That's quite a lot of real estate for the eye to travel.
I think it's just a matter of becoming familiar with the new layout. As the OP says, we're just "used to" the old way.

[KittyWampus]

51. actually, putting them on the right side helps those of us who find them irrelevant

distracting and cumbersome.

[greyl]

54. Right.

My comments were assuming the ratings labels were valuable information to us that we'd want to include while scanning the forums.
In any case, now that they've moved to the right, I think it's fine. :)

[anakie]

24. this is pretty good

Headings just where they should be and the colours over where you glance at the popularity of the thread. Maybe without the Lock Delete etc lines to maximise headlines on a page.

Peace

[krispos42]

35. Those are moderator functions

You guys won't see them.


I probably should have logged out before I took the screenshot.

:shrug:

Oh well. Life goes on. :-)

[noamnety]

56. darn

I was liking your redesign where I could move threads to a dungeon or just delete them if they were too annoying. :D

[eowyn_of_rohan]

29. Better, layout but I think there are too many categories

3 are enough IMO, 1) Rec, 2) MR, and 3) Stupid, waste of time, worthless, etc

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

34. Much better. :)

[halobeam]

36. MUCH better....

*fingers crossed:hi:

[KittyWampus]

42. I love you for doing that, thanks. The Admins have created such a great forum. Easy to use

and attractive.

It puzzles me they went with such a distracting set-up.

[Karenina]

46. YES! PERFECT!!! With more subdued colors than the subject line!!!

[chill_wind]

53. I like that better, if we must have this at all.

Part of me just really dislikes all the over-emphasis on the ratings, period, but I appreciate that that most people really want it. I'd be completely happy with just "recommends" and the less frequent (judiciously applied) "dubious" and just let the rest self-select/shake itself out.

I wish the GP (24 hrs) could show more than 50 threads-- an awful lot of good stuff is getting lost from view. I'd like to see both the Must Reads and Recommends-- I think the distinctions can be pretty subjective and blurry. Maybe 50 (or just 25?) of each, with an expandible/collapsible "More" button.

No matter what, I love DU, appreciate Skinner et al, the Mods and can live with the will of the majority... :-)

[ConsAreLiars]

16. Agreed

I've noticed it is very distracting. Try to read titles and see all that varicolored rating stuff instead and have to parse again to the right. It's because we learned to read left to righted that when scanning threads the first word we see is some rating stuff rather than the content. Smaller would be better also, but the best change would be to move it to after the title with the other specs.

[EFerrari]

17. I thought it was just me. n/t

[Solly Mack]

20. Yes, please.

I agree.

[Jeroen]

21. Agreed n/t

[riverdeep]

22. I like it.

You scan for the recs, and the title is right next to it. You don't need to go to the end of the line to line up the title with the rec. It's only been less than a day, if you live with it for a while, it might change. It's like moving furniture around, at first it's disorienting, then you adjust.

[conspirator]

23. My eyes actually hurt with all the colors. Move to the right and make them smaller

I usually click on topics for the number of posts, not recommendations

[OneGrassRoot]

27. Ditto. n/t

[readmoreoften]

25. If they go to the right it'll be more difficult for folks with small screens. I say keep em left.

But I'm a lefty :)

[Reader Rabbit]

26. Yes, please! n/t

[zippy890]

30. yes. right side would be better

thanks

[Tracer]

31. These things appeared this morning, and I dislike it very much!

They are SOOOOO distracting. Please move or get rid of them.

I don't need to be told what to read.

[Tindalos]

32. Another reason to move it to the right:

Last night, I found it very distracting too. At some point during the night, my brain trained itself to ignore the big shiny colours.
Unfortunately, I'm also ignoring the threads next to those colours. As I scan down the list of threads, I'm only reading the non-rec'd ones
and not even seeing the rec'd ones. It kind of defeats the purpose, no?

I'm sure I'll adjust eventually, but I hope they tweak it and release v2.1 soon.


Edited for clarity.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

33. I agree. I seems to also make the ratings more important than the subject itself.

Very distracting.

[KoKo]

39. Exactly....n/t

[madfloridian]

37. I miss so many good posts with it on the left. Very distracting.

[KoKo]

38. How about using "emoticons" instead of the current system for Rec's, too.

[Subdivisions]

41. Agreed. n/t

[Naturyl]

43. Agreed.

[buzzard]

44. I would like the option of hiding it, I have always liked the format here

because of the simplicity and I find this change is distracting.

[hunter]

45. Make them characters or smilies--

! - Must Read

+ - Recommend

- - Skip

X - Disruptive

Actually I'd like a range of smilies with the highest voted smiley displayed:

:puke: --- x( --- :shrug: --- :D --- :rofl: | Funny Scale

:nuke: --- :thumbsdown: --- :dilemma: --- :thumbsup: --- :applause: | Worth Reading Scale

:wtf: --- :tinfoilhat: --- :think: --- :patriot: --- :kick: | Thoughtfulness Scale

Not necessarily those smilies, but you get the idea...

[chill_wind]

49. Smilies----- noooooooohhh! LOL!

(But then I'm pretty much in complete minority as generally a graphical emoticons misanthrope...)

[Chan790]

47. Perhaps this should have been a poll? n/m

[Arugula Latte]

48. Yes! Pleeeeease?

I'll feed it and clean up after it, I promise!

[Sewsojm]

50. Ditto

[Tommy_Carcetti]

52. Agreed. It's annoying in its current set up. N/t

[uppityperson]

55. Thanks admin! It is much better over there.