PASSED IWC: I liked the original setup:

First: I appreciate everything that Igor et.al. have done over the years.

However, I do have some issues with the new look and would like to suggest some revisions to favour simplicity and ease of use, rather than being confronted by a myriad of options every time I want to post.

#1 "New Thread" "Post Reply" buttons need to be on the RHS of the screen. It's intuitive: We read R -> L and when we finish our eyes are heading right, not back to the left. I have to hunt for the buttons every time.

#2 PM/ICQ/STATUS/AIM/MSN all need to go back to under the post. That way it's not so cluttered under the user's name/avatar/CV. It just looks finnicky (Could we also right justify the User location, join dates etc and put postcount with them too please).

#3 Edit/Delete | Reply w/Quote to the RHS of the screen (see #1) Report Post | IP: Logged to LHS followed by #2 in middle.

#4 Get rid of the "similar threads" locator - it takes up screen space and just adds to the clutter.

In otherwords, I preferred the old style setup. It was simple, easy to use and uncluttered.

Just my :2cents: :) Like I said, I appreciate you wanting the place to continually improve, I just think the current set up is counter intuitive.

Cheers
Pete

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS POST WITH YOUR SUGGESTIONS ON HOW THE PROPOSED CHANGE CAN BE MADE BETTER. START YOUR OWN IWC THREAD IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA ON HOW TO FURTHER IMPROVE AF AFTER THIS CHANGE PASSES OR FAILS.

#2 PM/ICQ/STATUS/AIM/MSN all need to go back to under the post. That way it's not so cluttered under the user's name/avatar/CV. It just looks finnicky (Could we also right justify the User location, join dates etc and put postcount with them too please).

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you said finnicky :spit: :rofl:

i second all of this

I agree with the above statements. Seems to look very clutterd. I also appreciate everything you have done for the forums and for us Igor. Thank You

sorry to be a brown noser but the offical rules for bitching is here

http://www.automotiveforums.com/link.cgi?http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/t128923.html

and thru that you will find where you need to fill the complaints and how :rofl:

Ummm... I left off IWC and varied the responses slightly - so sue me.

Cant fix either but the sentiment is there.