The way the RD pages are viewed now - allot of distractions

[Dave Thayer]

I wish there was options to remove some of the windowed views when we are going through the Race Department.

Seems you now show too many things on the screen making the items we want to look at smaller in size to view.
Example - Downloads:

You have the news in large pictures to the right side of the screen
You have a small vertical sliver in size of the actual download items to select from- hard to read
You have another small vertical sliver in size of game Categories to choose
You have another small vertical sliver in size of general main Categories to choose.

This is just too much to show on one screen at one time and they are there all the time.
All I want to see is just the actual download items on a full screen like before. - easy to read
You have now made the download items smaller to read and hard to read at times.

I do not like this format being a premium viewer. Please change back to old view or make it an option to do so.

thank you.

 

[Dave Thayer]

Ah, I see that clicking on 3 HORIZ bars at the top left allows me to open up the downloads content more in the center view.

Still why do we always need the big pictures of the news off to the right when we can select it from the general news category on the far left menus. It is kind of a distraction to me.

take care.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Can you add screenshot please of what you are seeing? Sounds to me that you have your screen zoomed in or something.

Which browser are you using @Dave Thayer?

 

[Yves Larose]

@Dave Thayer is that what you mean ?

if its the case click on the 3 bars on the upper left and it will make the left window like this

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Or click on the style chooser on the bottom left of the page and choose a horizontal layout such as RD Light or RD Dark

 

[Dave Thayer]

Thanks for your replies guys. What "Yves Larose" shows is what I am also seeing. It is the pictures of the News items to the right - are they necessary all the time?

I use google browser.

The 3 HORIZ bars clicking on that makes the content view easier to view. So that was a big help.

Havent tried your suggestion yet Bram. thanks for the info.

 

[Dave Thayer]

OK, I guess I will accept using the RD Dark style setting. All the style setups all show the pictures of some of the news items to the right. Not a major complaint, it is just an observation that is different from before.

Anyway, thanks for all the information and how to change things.

Dave

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

The news widget has been there in the sidebar since 2013 I think

 

[Dave Thayer]

Ah, thanks for the info Bram. I guess I forgot what your last screen version looked like.

take care,
Dave

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Ah, thanks for the info Bram. I guess I forgot what your last screen version looked like.

take care,
Dave

Could you do me a favor and post a screenshots of the site please?

In case you are using Chrome, what does it say at "zoom"

 

[Jacob Marshall]

Hi, I'm agreeing with the OP; have attached a png.

The issue for me is the news items on the right; this is in Firefox with zoom at 130. Problem is, when you're zooming into the page the the left and right sections (index and news) increase at what seems to be a higher priority than the middle (content) section.

My take is that the content section should be able to expand at the cost of (a higher priority than) the news and index sections.

From a UX PoV, the news section is old with 10 seconds of me loading the page, where-as content is 'new' every time I look at a thread; but the three news icons are given equal/greater billing than threads.

Is there a toggle button, similar to the top-left hamburger menu, for the right-hand section that I've missed?

 

[Dave Thayer]

Hi Bram,

My google zoom says the same as what your screen shot says 100%.
i have no problems with the screen views now with your previous help posts.

PS: Jacobs message is kind of what i was asking on the right side news pictures, is there a minimize or toggle to make the news section hide itself to see just the content alone.

Otherwise I am fine as is.

Dave

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Please try what i suggested in post 3 and switch to the style called RD Light

 

[Dave Thayer]

Hi Bram,

Understood. Will give that a Try. I also like the RD Dark. Not so hard on my eyes.

Take care,
Dave

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Both these style fit better on your screen i guess?

 

[DaVeX↯]

I understand you need adds to pay your stuff but really this is annoying...
RD is bloated by adds (I don't see such things since early 2000) and when you are going to reply or open a link you click on adds...
Can you guys change how it works, it is also a battery drain for smartphones...

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

We all find ads annoying but it's unfortunately the only way we have to pay for our traffic. Premium members opt out from ads for a small fee and that helps us to pay for 70 to 90 TerraByte of traffic each month.

If you have a better alternative to pay for our bills I am happy to learn about it.

 

[X-Vector]

The news widget has been there in the sidebar since 2013 I think

The difference is that the news column on the right remains (mostly) stationary when I scroll the page up or down, which is really intrusive and annoying (to me at least).
This behaviour is not affected by the chosen style.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

That's behaviour as designed. Handy and useful for most. Maybe not so for others.

 

[X-Vector]

Didn't the website change to this behaviour recently?
I pulled up an RD forum snapshot from March off The Wayback Machine and the column still moved along with the rest of the page back then.