Minor display changes on the forums...

I have started to love the japanese philosophy of Kaizen which focus on continuous improvement using small steps. Unlike most big sites, the Giant Bombs dev team likes to push code on an almost daily basis, with a new feature once every two weeks or so.

I have started to love the japanese philosophy of Kaizen which focus on continuous improvement using small steps. Unlike most big sites, the Giant Bombs dev team likes to push code on an almost daily basis, with a new feature once every two weeks or so.

Yea I figured out what changed after a couple minutes. Stared at it wondering what was different. Getting used to it currently, but it looks nice.

I just came on and noticed. It's very clean, might I say.

Looks nice, I like the change. More minimalist with less columns.

At first I was like, "What's wrong with my display? Is it my browser?" But then I looked closer and realized you must have just changed it. I actually am indifferent, but it does look cleaner, I will agree.

I really like it. :-D

I'm really liking it, saves space and looks better!

I like it.  The Latest Topics feed is much cleaner and easier to read now, I think.

Hopefully, you don't get so into Kaizen that you end up with little tape outlines of where everything in the office belongs, though.

I thought it was different. For a secound on thought it was just my eyes. Its very nice and clean looking. Thumbs up!

Looks good, my eyes will have to get used to it though.

Nooo! I hate change!

Actually, that's not so bad. I appreciate that quite a bit. It's hard to tell what forum a thread is in when it's so far away from the title.

I can't say i like it but if it makes it better for the new peeps then i guess it's cool

i must say i really dont like it.

is it possible to have the board name underneath for the noobies and on the right again so people can read it without needing glasses

"i must say i really dont like it.

is it possible to have the board name underneath for the noobies and on the right again so people can read it without needing glasses"

If you think the letters are too small, try CTRL+Scroll to increase their size.  I think they're perfect.

My only suggestion would be to make the font colour for the specific Board names in which topics are posted stand out more. Perhaps give it rainbow colours or something?....its just seems the board names under the topic titles are a little too insignificant.

That being said it looks a helluva lot cleaner, organised and all round better. Great job guys.

Also, i dont think they are necessary on specific boards. Like the Wii board for example, the topics titles don't need to have "wii" below.

I like it. I like it a lot.

At first I thought there was something wrong with my display. I just need to get used to looking to the right to find out on which board the discussion is, but it looks better now. Cleaner.

Dope.  Just dope.

I don't know, I think I'll just need some time to adjust. It does seem a little less convenient to me to have the board displayed under the title. Before I could just look to the right and avoid paying attention to topics from games I didn't care about whatsoever. But all in all, it's not bad.

"Also, i dont think they are necessary on specific boards. Like the Wii board for example, the topics titles don't need to have "wii" below."

Looks very nifty, i like it.

Aww, now I have huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge gaps in the Author and Last Post columns.

i liked the old school better

"Aww, now I have huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge gaps in the Author and Last Post columns."

It looks much better and just so much less messy. I approve.

I just wanted to say I like it, and I also like this approach of tweaking according to Japanese ideology.

I like it. I must admit I've often clicked on a topic related to a game I have no intrest in, becuase I don't always look at the board its on. This looks like it will help. Very nice.

"Aww, now I have huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge gaps in the Author and Last Post columns."

This could actually take some getting used to. I keep looking at the usernames and thinking they're the boards. I thought there was a HazBazz board for a minute there.

"Fixed!"

Oooh. Now it looks wonky as hell in huge resolutions. I'll get used to it, but my eyes have to travel a long time now to disseminate author and relevance. Oh well.

I prefer it.

At first it looked weird, but the more I look at it the more I like it.

I like it... its pretty cool.. good job guys.

I think it looks pretty sweet.  Good job Snide.

I think the change looks great but my only complaint is that for some reason i do not see the board name unless i log in.  Once i log in i see it fine but most of the time i am not logged in when viewing the board.

Really not liking this change. I don't know where to look. I used to use the board titles as a guide to know which topics need checking out first. Finding it differcult to navigate, as I don't want to search for the Gears 2 and LittleBigPlanet (etc) pages just so i can check if there's a new topic there, I like to reload the recent topics page every once and a while, and it's easier to see what topics are linked with the boards I'm interested in on the older style.

I have noticed the same thing that mtelford mentioned about not seeing the board names if you are logged out. Any way I like the change because I was always having a hard time figuring out what forum it was in because I was not used to looking that far to the right of the screen. 

The logged out thing is a bug. Fixing now.

I see it, and I like it. Nice work guys!

It looks good. It's definitely a lot better than the old forums.

Not seeing the board names whilst logged out has been fixed. Nice catch guys.

Much better!

Keep on evolving.

The forums look much better with the Board Name now under the topic. 

It is awesome , loved it

It is awesome , loved it

Now that I'm taking a look while I'm fully awake, there are definite criticisms to be made. The font is too small. On a 1600x1200 resolution with a 22" display, I have to squint from a foot or a foot-and-a-half away to see the name of the board, the date posted, last reply, etc. This is also because the font is so grayed out against the gray background. Also, I don't like the new look of "Newest Topics". I know it's awesome to have a huge aggregate board that acts like a board itself, but that's really not a very professional looking setup. If you're going to keep the whole board-under-title thing, maybe it would be better to add a more defining separation between the topic listing so it doesn't look so messy. At the moment, the Icons, Blog Post indicators, sub-text, etc. are all making it look incredibly cluttered and loud. The site was nice and clean before, and smooth. Now it's just a wee bit over the edge.

I do like the fundamental aspects of the design change though; I just don't think it was implemented as well as it could be (but that's OK, since you move in small bites (bytes?)).