Bryan,
Logging in was much better and much much faster the old way. I log in many times per day from several computers, and the last thing I need is that slow-loading intro screen, only to have to go through my original bookmark once again to get to where I was trying to go, and then find the message I was responding to.
Inbox should be available whether you're logged-in or not, so you can click it, be prompted via pop-up to log in, and then go straight to wherever you were trying to go.
The look of the threads is so obviously awful, that I find it impossible to believe any thought or consideration of feedback went into this at all.
For many reasons, the "classic" is so much better, and I suggest people not be forced to the new interface like they are now. In very limited (forced) use of the new interface I have already many glaring inferiorities. If my SI membership were a stock, I would hit sell immediately.
"Improvements" are something you do to an existing thing, based on the strengths of that thing. What you've done here is more akin to making a cheap copy of SI, rather than an improvement. This isn't knee-jerk reaction. This is just painfully obvious.
How about keeping the "classic" permanently, or making it two different sites and seeing where your bread is really buttered. You've copied the look and feel of the message boards everyone came to SI to escape. Nothing but clutter now, invisibly small, and colorless. Should anyone copy your "classic" easy-to-use-and-read, fast to navigate, etc. interface, you'll be losing more customers that you likely already will. If my fees were due tomorrow, I would not consider renewing. |
