Formatting in torrrent details

[frostycab]

I have to say I'm not a fan of the (new) ability to use coding for the torrent details. In my opinion it just makes the listings look tatty when people don't know how to use it properly, and it leads to messy and unreadble info.

Some examples:

My personal opinion is that everything looked much better when everything was just in plain white text with line breaks.

[Kevin4fm]

@frostycab I wasn't aware you now CAN add formatting.

I just uploaded a new torrent and, a little unusually for me, felt I needed exactly that ability, but the form I was using still said "No HTML, No BB code". I was using the old manual upload route. Maybe one day when I feel brave enough, I'll check out the new option.

I do agree that giving too much flexibility is going to end up with some questionable design choices on some torrents, but a little extra formatting ability wouldn't go amiss. Perhaps simply to make something bold or to underline it? [Oops, missed!]

[frostycab]

@Kevin4fm Yeah, I don't agree to having it in priniple. I just feel that people are trying to go overboard and doing too much.

I did message one of the uploaders above about the grey text on a grey background and he was very helpful. He wrote back and said he appreciated the feedback and changed the text to white so it would be readable. Having to do so for each and every listing that goes wonky would take ages though. I think it's better to limit things, if only a little.

[Kevin4fm]

@frostycab Actually, one thing I've just realised: On the old site, formatting didn't carry through to the often shortened description within multiple torrent lists - e.g. search - and only became apparent once you went into the full description.

From your screenshot, that appears to have changed. I don't see that view anymore as I've gone from absolutely hating the grid layout when I first saw it to now absolutely loving it and refusing to consider anything else even worth looking at.