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First of all, apologies if there is a thread about this but I couldn't find it.
Now, I have to say, I really dislike the new appearance/theme.
I assume there was another reason, other than appearance, that a change was decided to be made but, from my usage experience perspective, that change resulted in many downsides and ZERO upsides.
Following is a short list of the top issues that bother me:
1. Speed: every action has an extra delay.
Even writing this message has a tiny delay between each keystroke. My PC's speed is more than adequate and I use firefox (which I consider a very fast browser).
2. Alerts size (ie. the bell icon and its pop-up) is way too small
Before, I could see there was an alert even when I was across the room, now it's almost impossible to see. Tried to zoom in but it made everything else gigantic.
3. Alerts need a refresh to show up. This is actually my biggest issue: alerts will not show automatically anymore.
During my work, I used to automatically get that red alert pop-up in my second monitor (where I have NP permanently on) and I would quickly act on that alert.
Now, I have to remember to manually refresh the page or actively click on the bell (which will reset the alerts) to see if there is anything of interest there.
Needless to say that, this small change, resulted in me not looking at alerts any more!
4. Alerts short text is a mess.
(By 'short text' I'm referring to what shows up when we check on the alerts after clicking on that bell)
I can't distinguish easily (as I used to) who has created/replied a thread, which thread it is, what title it is, etc. Everything is just a big chunk of text that makes my eyes bleed. I can't say why but, before, it was really easy to see all those things I mentioned in just a quick glance.
I won't even mention other, smaller issues, like eg. how now I can see *less* of a page on my monitor than before and now I need to scroll up and down more (zoom in/out doesn't help) etc.
Thank you
Now, I have to say, I really dislike the new appearance/theme.
I assume there was another reason, other than appearance, that a change was decided to be made but, from my usage experience perspective, that change resulted in many downsides and ZERO upsides.
Following is a short list of the top issues that bother me:
1. Speed: every action has an extra delay.
Even writing this message has a tiny delay between each keystroke. My PC's speed is more than adequate and I use firefox (which I consider a very fast browser).
2. Alerts size (ie. the bell icon and its pop-up) is way too small
Before, I could see there was an alert even when I was across the room, now it's almost impossible to see. Tried to zoom in but it made everything else gigantic.
3. Alerts need a refresh to show up. This is actually my biggest issue: alerts will not show automatically anymore.
During my work, I used to automatically get that red alert pop-up in my second monitor (where I have NP permanently on) and I would quickly act on that alert.
Now, I have to remember to manually refresh the page or actively click on the bell (which will reset the alerts) to see if there is anything of interest there.
Needless to say that, this small change, resulted in me not looking at alerts any more!
4. Alerts short text is a mess.
(By 'short text' I'm referring to what shows up when we check on the alerts after clicking on that bell)
I can't distinguish easily (as I used to) who has created/replied a thread, which thread it is, what title it is, etc. Everything is just a big chunk of text that makes my eyes bleed. I can't say why but, before, it was really easy to see all those things I mentioned in just a quick glance.
I won't even mention other, smaller issues, like eg. how now I can see *less* of a page on my monitor than before and now I need to scroll up and down more (zoom in/out doesn't help) etc.
Thank you