I appreciate the effort to update things, and I like a few of the new features, but I don't think I like this update, overall. I hate to post this, because I'm sure I'll come across as one of those "sourpusses who just doesn't like change," but I would like to think that I have a legitimate justification for each of the critiques I give other than I "just don't like change." And most of what my complaints go beyond bug fixes, so I'm not sure how many (if any) of them can be addressed.
The library been disabled (you say there's an archive there, but I'm not able to access it), which you say is "necessary" for the upgrade, and is "the reason we haven't updated in so long." The library is one of the principle reasons I joined this site all those years ago, so I hope this isn't permanent.
The text background is a downgrade, now a harsh white that is hard on the eyes (there do appear to be ways to change some colors, but if there's a way to change that I haven't found it yet) instead of an eye-saving soft blue. I would at least like the option to change that text background -- much more than I would to change the banner color, which seems to be the only setting change you can make to the view.
Also, I have yet to figure out how to mark topics as read. It used to be you could click on a "view new posts" button and then click on "mark all as read"; there is now a "View new content" button, which could prove very useful, but without a "mark all as read" button it'll make navigating the forums for new content that actually interests me difficult. The View New Content button has a lot of nice features, but it doesn't act the same way -- there is no way to mark things as read for the "content I have not read" option, and "new since my last visit" isn't actually "new since my last visit," but rather "well, you were here a few hours ago and it was new then, so I think it's still new now."
Also, this may just be user error (as in, I may just not have found the right button, yet), here, but I'm not able to get gallery images to zoom in as much as I used to. It makes reading text on some pictures difficult. Edit: Okay, a little more exploring and I've got it, but it requires more button-pushing than before. Ugh. Also, sometimes it stretches pics funny on widescreen monitors.
I like the idea of upgrading the forums, and I appreciate all the hard work, but... I'm not happy with the result. Sorry.
Edited by desaix, 25 May 2013 - 09:46 PM.