Feedback on new visual interface

wherenxt
March 08, 2014, 02:33 PM posted in General Discussion

In my opinion the excessive use of empty white space in the new format is visually unappealing and very harsh on the eyes when studying in a room with subdued lighting. Also the bright red translations in the dialogue are very distracting - I would suggest a light grey color.

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mark
March 08, 2014, 03:51 PM

More complaints:  tabs on lesson pages don't display anything on Chrome.

On ie, I keep getting warnings from my anti-virus software whenever I click on a lesson on the dashboard.  

It seems Cpod attempted to install a browser extension without my permission.  This is very not cool.

The site should work with an unmodified browser.  Modifying my browser without my consent is malware behavior.

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helzcurrah
March 10, 2014, 01:53 AM

The "Home" button goes to "course" instead of "self-study" as I selected in options.

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kellyl
March 10, 2014, 06:40 AM

I agree with the comment about excessive white space. it seems like half the page is wasted now, and you have to scroll down a lot further to get to something useful.

Was this change maybe to facilitate people browsing on tablets? That's the only way it makes sense. I thought the previous interface was actually laid out quite nicely using multiple columns, rather than a single column with a lot of wasted space. This doesn't seem like an improvement.

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Right-Wingnut

If you are seeing only one column, try zooming out.

The view you get now seems to be affected by your zoom.

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kellyl

Ah thanks, that's what it was... things look quite a bit less hideous now.

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fabrizioItaly
March 10, 2014, 07:36 AM

I really don't like new interface:

1)there's no the search tab on main page, i have to make two passages to search a lesson. If smartphone is slow, this means waste a lot of time

2)the black stripe on top, when I zoom in with my tablet, becomes so big! I can't see anything else

3)skritter now appears with the left part on top and the right part a lot down, they're not paired in the same area of the screen.

I really prefer the old version!

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Right-Wingnut

But there is a search tab on the main page - right up the top next to 'Tools'.

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fabrizioItaly

Before there was a place to write in and directly search what you need. Now passage is double