New site layout and functions

Kevin4fm

@amicusets That was exactly my feeling when I was invited to be an early user and help bug test.

@Joker went out of his way to ensure one of the views was really similar to the old list view. Yet once I got a little used to it, I've come to love the new grid layout. I find it infinitely better now, and would hate being forced back to the old way.

ianfontinell

@amicusets said:
Am I the only user that despises the new layout and functionality?

Honestly what are you even talking about, It's not that different... You can still use the current layout in the new site. Dare you tell me that the current layout is visibly appealing and I will kick you in the balls.

frostycab

@ianfontinell Check the fetish category. That may not be the threat you think it is.

ianfontinell

@frostycab said:

@ianfontinell Check the fetish category. That may not be the threat you think it is.

Is this another misplaced post or did I just not get it?

Kevin4fm

@ianfontinell Pretty sure he meant kicking someone in the balls is seen more as an exciting offer than a threat, in some circles!

ianfontinell

@Kevin4fm noted, i will reconsider that next time I mean to threaten someone on this site. But rest assured it's pretty much a threat to me

Gaykai666

It's definitely a more 'modern' look. Whether you like it or not is a matter of personal taste. I think there are some advantages to the new look, but some disadvantages as well (like the floating headers taking up way too much of my screen when searching, because I need to be zoomed in to read text).

ianfontinell

@Gaykai666 to be fair, there's so many changes in terms of functionality, that i am considering creating a changelog with everything to help users configure everything to their preferences. In the user settings there are so many new options to configure virtually anything, including the option to make the search panel sticky (fixed) or static (like the old layout). I use the static one, because I have the same opinion that it takes too much space.

hoguptacmo

@ianfontinell said:

to make the search panel sticky (fixed) or static (like the old layout)

how to make the search panel sticky (fixed) or static (like the old layout)?

hoguptacmo

I have discovered how to fix search bar but the new layout is too large for my monitor display size. How to revert back to old layout?

focker

@frostycab said:

categ

I didn't see category filter in the new layout. Anyone know where is it? I can't even switch back to old layout.

Kevin4fm

@focker Expand the search area to full (1) then click on "Categories" (2 - except the word is hidden when it's expanded). This shows them all and you can add / remove as required. To the right is "Sub Categories", which works the same way.

focker

Thanks man. Now I know why I didn't see it. If you scroll down on this page, that category filter collapses LOL.

focker

focker said:

Thanks man. Now I know why I didn't see it. If you scroll down on this page, that category filter collapses LOL.

And by default it's in compact mode, which hides the filter too.

haozai

in honest，i like the old site better too complicated to search

sammy1023

@amicusets At first I thought this is going to take a lot longer to find files, etc etc. Then i went to settings and started to play around with them, and went back and forth, and realized just how much work they've done to customize things for each user. Still getting used to it, but I mean, holy crap, it is all pretty cool.

pnppigboy

@amicusets , I'm with you. I am not in love with the new layout at all.

but i DO love this site!

ColinTNM

UI changes on websites can often take some getting used to for long time users but it's very clear how much work has gone in to this redesign, there are tons of tweaks and options for pretty much any thing you'd want.

Just wanted to say a big thank you to the site mods, designers, testers and whoever else was involved.

woot

@amicusets Despise? No. There some things I don't like about the list view, but giving it some time before I provide feedback.

MrMazda

@haozai said:

in honest，i like the old site better too complicated to search

You can change the default layout of the search page so that it is not all that much different than the old site. To get to it by default, click "Torrents", then click "Detailed" for something that is quite similar to the "new" layout in the old site version, or click on "Compact" to get something quite similar to the "old" search in the old site.

The search bar is a little different, but everything else about the page is almost exactly the same as the old site. There's even things that you can customize if you don't like the defaults to either work the same as, or be better than (depending on your preferences) the way it was in the old site.

It should also be noted that the key differences in the search function is that there are now a bunch more options available such as the ability to use wild cards, as well as the ability to search categories together (ie the torrent has to fall in both categories to appear), as well as the ability to search by relevance.

Most of the time when duplicate torrents would get uploaded, it was because the only way to really search for a torrent was to filter it by order in which they were uploaded, but when torrents were several years old, you often had to dig so deep in the results to find it that the original was more or less buried. With the ability to search by relevance, the torrent you're looking for is actually likely to show up close to the top of the results, even if it is an older torrent.

So yes.. It does take a little getting used to, but there's far more benefit to the new style in my opinion than there ever could have been from the old site.