cfr70 Posted October 16, 2018 #26 Share Posted October 16, 2018 The white background and tiny fonts make it VERY difficult to read posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanBill Posted October 16, 2018 #27 Share Posted October 16, 2018 (edited) If you go edit your signature you will find some stricter new rules. Made mine much more compact since there is unavoidable line spacing now. I think the text color is still too light, and I can see it is set to the darkest black already. Stinks. Edited October 16, 2018 by PelicanBill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredZiffle Posted October 16, 2018 #28 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Seems to be no theme options on a desktop. Maybe just on mobile devices. This formatting reminds me of what boards used to look like 15 -20 years ago. Very washed out. Very minimalistic. Definitely not a fan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old nutter Posted October 16, 2018 #29 Share Posted October 16, 2018 The URL https://boards.cruisecritic.co.uk/ is showing: This Community is Not Available Please contact the community owner for assistance. and is showing an IP address of 172.31.44.69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fstuff1 Posted October 16, 2018 #30 Share Posted October 16, 2018 8 minutes ago, MrMike45 said: I don't seem to have that Theme...just Privacy Policy and Contact us at the bottom for me 😞 i managed to change the theme like the poster suggested. it is now more readable. but 15 min later, that option no longer shows up at the bottom of the screen??? i guess i got lucky but why was that option nuked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRgymnast Posted October 16, 2018 #31 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Just tried on my phone, but I still do not get the option to change the THEME. 😕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdvmd Posted October 16, 2018 #32 Share Posted October 16, 2018 I don't have the Theme thing either. Just Privacy and Contact. Very hard to reach and everything is taking a long time to load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanBill Posted October 16, 2018 #33 Share Posted October 16, 2018 27 minutes ago, NurseJEB said: I'm the new girl here, was referred over from another site. I like the concept of this place a lot. Being able to communicate with other cruise fans is great.... 1 Welcome! Please don't be worried if you see a lot of complaining for a while... change is hard... when it settles out you will find this to be a great community for cruise discussions. When you have one scheduled, join the roll call to talk with your cruise mates ahead and share planning ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanBill Posted October 16, 2018 #34 Share Posted October 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, NurseJEB said: Maybe someone can post the actual URL to the change theme for those of us who do not have that in the page footer? 🙂 it seems the site has removed the theme setting just as we found it and we are all bounced back to the unreadable light text. I hope they get the message loud and clear. This isn't acceptable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaDarr Posted October 16, 2018 #35 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Not happy with it! The fonts are very light and small. Also, nothing seems to be working. I can't get into NCL Pearl or Rollcall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanBill Posted October 16, 2018 #36 Share Posted October 16, 2018 4 minutes ago, jdvmd said: I don't have the Theme thing either. Just Privacy and Contact. Very hard to reach and everything is taking a long time to load. Pent up demand - I expected things to be slow today. Be patient, things will get back to normal in a few days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix1181 Posted October 16, 2018 #37 Share Posted October 16, 2018 We now have a like button which is great & making the font bold and/or larger is an option. Overall, I'm sure it will be fine once we all get used to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDougOut Posted October 16, 2018 #38 Share Posted October 16, 2018 5 minutes ago, PelicanBill said: Pent up demand - I expected things to be slow today. Be patient, things will get back to normal in a few days. I question whether they ever got back to “normal” after the last skin update. It didn’t for me. I switched to the app. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fshagan Posted October 16, 2018 #39 Share Posted October 16, 2018 They took the theme switcher away, and reverted my screen to the unreadable light grey text on white. I need to check and do the math, but I believe the light grey text on white violates the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 issued by the W3C. They should maintain a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 over a white background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notnewtoit Posted October 16, 2018 #40 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Well now I get to wear my sunglasses when I cruise AND when I use the Cruise Critic board! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Laszlo Posted October 16, 2018 #41 Share Posted October 16, 2018 (edited) Terrible basic type. The stroke is too thin and the kerning of the letters is too tight. Not a great font for trying to read lol Terrible basic type. The stroke is too thin and the kerning of the letters is too tight. Not a great font for trying to read lol Terrible basic type. The stroke is too thin and the kerning of the letters is too tight. Not a great font for trying to read lol Terrible basic type. The stroke is too thin and the kerning of the letters is too tight. Not a great font for trying to read lol Terrible basic type. The stroke is too thin and the kerning of the letters is too tight. Not a great font for trying to read lol Not until you set the font size to 16 or 18pt does it get better Edited October 16, 2018 by Laszlo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffjeffjeffjeff Posted October 16, 2018 #42 Share Posted October 16, 2018 It is awful, can we take a vote and switch it back? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ready2cruzagain Posted October 16, 2018 #43 Share Posted October 16, 2018 34 minutes ago, NJGeorge said: Me as well I don't have it either, on a laptop here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolita22 Posted October 16, 2018 #44 Share Posted October 16, 2018 (edited) I work in the software world, and CC made lots and lots of changes in just under a week. That's a big undertaking -- and they may not have had any time/probably didn't test those changes with users to check out what their experience will be before releasing to the masses. There are definite bugs and kinks to be worked out, and I'm sure they'll get feedback from many of us. So far, the scrolling to the board is one of the things I'm not a fan of. The text is a bit narrow and light and harder to read on a white background, too, and the double-spacing in signatures/restrictions is a bit much. I miss the click-arrow that takes you to the top of the page in a long thread, too. I like the markup options, the extra white space, that we can like/favorite comments, and that you can disable seeing others' signatures. Seems like people can now message each other, too? Unless I'm misunderstanding that. Like any major software update, it'll just take time to get used to how things function and figure out where everything is. Edited October 16, 2018 by dolita22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpcdds6 Posted October 16, 2018 #45 Share Posted October 16, 2018 I think it's fine. I'm sure it will take a few days for the bugs to be worked out, and for us to get used to the format. I am having trouble opening photos on the ship pages, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notnewtoit Posted October 16, 2018 #46 Share Posted October 16, 2018 (edited) Oh crap... the "notify me of replies" needs to be OFF by default.... or I'm gonna have to nuke this account. Can't be edited afterwards if you forget... Edited October 16, 2018 by Notnewtoit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfr70 Posted October 16, 2018 #47 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Also some people's signatures can be so dang long that it needlessly expands the posts and lengthens pages which makes scrolling down more tedious. I liked when you needed to expand signatures if you wanted to see them in full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocklinmom Posted October 16, 2018 #48 Share Posted October 16, 2018 So far I don't like this at all. Sigh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fshagan Posted October 16, 2018 #49 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Turn notifications off ... click your username at the top right, click "Account Settings" then "Notifications" in the sidebar on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willsears94 Posted October 16, 2018 #50 Share Posted October 16, 2018 It appears the formatting has been changed to optimize the phone application. That being said, if you are using CruiseCritic via desktop, it may help to use the Control +/- function to zoom in and out to view larger text. You can also submit feedback to CruiseCritic via the 'Report Bugs and Glitches' tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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