Lets start off with the new profile
Its actually... not that bad, I love the old one but this is fine zoom still feels a bit off for some reason but its fine)
Updates: Thank god you cant submit multiple forum posts now! Now fix the multiple run issue please.
Category restoration Very good! id actually prefer to make the audit log be able to revert back to old versions of the board instead of a email but epic
Name update: im basically stuck with this name now because it's rare otherwise pretty meh
User Research program: YES! We can finally give our opinions testing src updates
EDIT: now that news on page has been pointed out, i hate it
I personally don't like seeing the news on my user profile. It's one thing seeing them on a main page, where it's supposed to be a sort of hub of news and updates about the site, but the user page feels like something that should be more private or aimed at the user's info in particular. That's without mentioning the zoom, which still looks a bit odd to me.
Other than that, I like the rest of the update. At the very least they give the impression like they want to get more in touch with the community, which is something that's been a bit lacking lately, so it's a welcome proposal :)
I think the update looks great except for the news like MrMonsh mentioned, however, the profile looks kinda.. empty. Now that all the user info is placed horizontally, I think it would look really cool if you could add a quote or a short bio to your user page just to make things fun ^^
I agree with MrMonsh. I'm not a fan of the articles on people's profiles. This is a speedrunning site with tons of unique games and users, not a news/opinion column section of SRC. I believe that the articles should be removed from people's profiles. When you look at a profile, you are looking to see people's times and interactions with the community, but it feels like the news section is trying to pull the attention away from the users' profiles. How about that space is used for a write up instead from the user, or some customization, rather than news articles trying to pull attention away from the user?
I've said this before, but I still want them to fix the homepage. I can't see more than 25 new runs, and I have it set to 40. This also gets set to 10 if I show the stream, so now I have to keep my stream hidden.
I also want the news page to be hidden on user profiles. But I do like the new asthetic.
The resources link on individual games now links to the resources section of the "Knowledge Base" page. Thanks. There go all the downloads and documents and split files that everyone worked so hard on to provide for their communities.
@Lieutenant_Boo I found out about this just now and I absolutely hate it. I mean, I understand the idea of wanting to give new runners a handy guide for the usual stuff you'll need, but surely it wouldn't be necessary to nuke custom tools for each leaderboard to do so, right?
The per-game resources issue is obviously not intended. AFAIK they're already aware of it and working on fixing it.
Profile page is complete garbage. (Runs too small as already mentioned for the main page, I don't care about news and stuff that are already in the main page). Resources are gone? Hello? I don't even have those as a backup to put somewhere else? Tell us before removing them maybe a smart idea? Site is SUPER SLOW loading runs and stuff.
0/10 Worst update ever.
Edit: resources thing it's a bug.
OK, the new redesign for user pages isn't BAD, but did we really need a redesign when there's so many other issues to take care of first? And that's not to mention the Resources tab getting wiped out...
Just wondering, when I'm trying to click on 'More...' in the profile settings to add new social networks I got a Javascript error? Is that me or a global error?
It may be because of the new update.. I really don't know :(
I don't like the new profile page design at all.
- The section with the news and tweets doesn't belong there at all
- Profile picture is too small
- Horizontal menu is weird to use, and much more confusing
- Because the news sections takes a good portion of the screen, the font size of the text on the profile itself is very small; I need at least 150% zoom for things to be readable
I really don't like how the news sidebar is being forced everywhere. At the very least give us an option to disable it globally. I currently have it blocked manually with my adblocker, which is a workaround, but the gap it leaves in the pages is a bit unsightly. I'd much prefer to reclaim that space to actually display the content I'm on the page for.
Not a fan of the changed font for just that one part of the user profile, either. And while the top to bottom view makes sense for mobile devices, on a desktop, where typically the browser is wider than it is tall, the removal of the old profile box leads to more unnecessary scrolling and wasted space.
Who is actually asking for these changes anyway? I rarely see any wholly positive threads whenever the site rolls out updates like this. May be just the vocal minority, but it makes me wonder whether these changes are being made fully in the interests of the users of the site, particularly those who have been here longer and are more invested as a result.
Edit: I'd also appreciate being able to revert to the old front page behavior of showing recent runs even from games I don't follow. It was always neat seeing a variety of games on my front page that I normally wouldn't've seen, and since one of the games I follow is much more active than the others it now absolutely dominates my front page. Getting kinda tired of seeing the same runs every time I log in.