@underlvr said:

Most of the changes are fine but there are a couple that are irritating.

Not having pic thumbnails along the top of the listing in the compact (legacy) view and not having the file/comment listings as a hover pop-up.

There is an option to turn these on/off and even change how they appear in your profile settings. The pop ups are turned off for files by default, but you can go into your settings and turn them on. You can also choose whether they pop up simply by hovering over the number of files in the results page, or if you have to click the number of files to make it pop up.

Click your username in the top right corner of the page on the torrent side, then go to "Profile". Down the left side click on "Search", then in the row of tabs at the top of the page, click on "Results list". The option you'll be looking for is "File list / comments popup".

Did I need to pause for a split second to understand the new filters or layout options? Sure, but the site is still immediately recognizable and usable.

Some comments:

1. Grid View - Thumbnail - The thumbnail photos are in a horizontal landscape mode, which tend to cut off heads.

2. Grid View - Thumbnail Carousel - Sometimes when I flip through the thumbnails, it opens full lightbox. This tends to happen to torrents further down on page

3. Torrent Page - Text - The text "well seeded (59 seeders) — a reseed request isn't needed right now" could be better aligned in the sidebar versus the [Request Reseed[ button

Link:
https://www.gaytor.rent/search.php?view=modern

Standard view (note right-hand column is not visible)

Zoomed out view

Clicking on a category to avoid the torrents with embedded banners allows the table to load normally.
Suggested workaround would be to prevent embedded images from displaying in torrent descriptions on the Search page, either removing the image outright or perhaps replacing image with "[Embedded image]" or "[Open to view image]" if you wanted a CTA prompt.

Edit - forgot to say, because the page structure is affected, the lightbox ends up misaligned.

File/comment lists on hover: My page → Search settings → "File-list / comments popup" → set it to Hover (default is Click so popups don't ambush you while scrolling).

Thumbnails on hover in Compact view: already live — hover the torrent title (or the camera icon). Want it even lazier? Set "Thumbnail hover trigger" to Row and the strip opens from anywhere on the row, old-site style.

Worth a stroll through the My page — there's a setting for almost everything now.

1 — the overlapping pager bits: I couldn't reproduce that overlap at your window size no matter how I scroll — can you tell me your browser + zoom level, and whether it survives a reload? If it does, a full-window screenshot would help. I want this one.

2 — bigger Browse pictures: done — there's a new setting for it. My page → Search settings → "Browse-view tile width": Normal / Large / X-Large (the old-site feel is roughly Large). Columns still auto-fit your window.

3 — the notification prompt: fixed properly. The site now asks once — if you block or dismiss it, it never asks again; only re-enabling desktop notifications in your settings re-arms it. Reload once and the nagging stops.

The category picture size is noted. Thanks for the precise list — exactly how this thread is supposed to work.

1- As for the grid view part, you can see this snapshot, some icons are overlapping and I feel like the category picture is a little bit big

2- Is there a way to make the pictures in "Browse View" bigger like in the old version?

3- I'm using Firefox on PC and I get "Allow www.gaytor.rent to send you notifications?" all the time I clicked Block multiple times but it keeps happening since the browser temporary block i

Not having pic thumbnails along the top of the listing in the compact (legacy) view and not having the file/comment listings as a hover pop-up.

The visual hierarchy of it is just all over the place right now. I feel like it prioritizes showcasing features instead of usage.

I think one the primary example of this is the sizable section relegated to tags right after the title section instead of the torrent description and size.

There's also this overload of buttons, For example there are three "Add a comment" button. Also there's the gift bonus points being individual buttons instead of being a drop-down.

To end this with a positive note, I really like tags and the "more like this". That must've been a hell to implement, algorithmically.

Anyway, Cheers for the hard work and looking forward for further developments to this fresh exciting direction.

@joeythomas91 said:
Can you point me towards the subcategories? They don't seem to be showing in Modern view:

actually my bad, it's categories aren't showing in modern view on mobile

@ianfontinell said:
they are from Modern view (the 3rd button in your screenshot), there all subcategories are visible and you can scroll through the descriptions.

Can you point me towards the subcategories? They don't seem to be showing in Modern view:

@Joker said:
all four views are selectable on every screen size, and the tables fit (and fill) the width cleanly from small phones up to desktop. Please reload once — and if anything still pushes the page sideways on your device, tell me right away.

Everything lines up now, thank you.
Perhaps it would be better to move the page-arrow buttons to the next line? As you can see in the screenshot, the page numbers are now truncated. Adding a line break and moving that to the next row would give more room for the buttons to display cleanly.

@joeythomas91 said:
Also, the view is now only showing one category image per torrent, whereas the old site showed all/top categories per torrent. And, the ability to scroll through a description is not working.

those features you are describing never existed in the Legacy view, they are from Modern view (the 3rd button in your screenshot), there all subcategories are visible and you can scroll through the descriptions.

@ianfontinell said:

how did you even manage to run compact view on mobile? notice that even in your own screenshot there are only grid and browse view avaiable.

It appears as an option when adjusting browser zoom level, which I've had to do numerous times to make the site navigable on my mobile phone.

if you're on mobile you should be using grid view.

The table from the old site is much more convenient on a mobile device. I'd only see the thumbnails I want to see, and torrent name and description was neatly listed.

in case you really want to use the table mode, that issue you mentioned have already been fixed yesterday, the table will not expand beyond your screen size anymore.

Thank you for pointing this out, I appreciate it. However, the UI doesn't have the same restriction; the page navigation buttons extend off-frame and the text overlaps each other.

Also, the view is now only showing one category image per torrent, whereas the old site showed all/top categories per torrent. And, the ability to scroll through a description is not working.

the problem is, table mode will only work if you enable desktop mode.

@Joker said:

So: tell me specifically what feels like a step backwards to you — point by point. Lists like that are being worked through faster here than ever before.

@joker
My biggest blocker is here, this is site-breaking for me:
https://community.gaytor.rent/post/341229

Please don't let put off by the negative comments. I wouldn't expect everyone to like the changes, at least not at first glance, but while criticism is always expected it only carries any meaning when it's expressed politely, constructively and, above all, qualified. If "garbage" is all the feedback someone can give then it should be ignored. That's not feedback, just moaning.

Honestly: I'd prefer to have just one search button. But I was worried people would freak out even more because they couldn't find "their" view anymore. If a majority here wants the direct one-click path: tell me — that's exactly what this thread is for.

About the grid: "feels like a mess" doesn't give me much to work with yet — what exactly bothers you? Spacing, image sizes, information density? Write it up point by point and it gets handled.

But I need your help for that. I'm not Microsoft — I don't have 100,000 people who can test everything before it rolls out. You are my testers. And honestly: even the companies with the 100,000 testers get torn apart by their users after every update.

So: tell me specifically what feels like a step backwards to you — point by point. Lists like that are being worked through faster here than ever before.

You tested the new site practically in real time — and instead of complaining in the forum, you wrote to me: what's broken, why it gets in the way, how it could be done better. Countless times, over months, often with screenshots and retests. That's exactly how feedback turned into improvements, often the very same day. And the fact that you're now writing a changelog for everyone says it all — I'm looking forward to it.

And to the many others who have written to me over the past weeks — reporting bugs, sending suggestions, patiently testing again: thank you. You have contributed more to this site than you probably realise.

That's exactly how this works here, by the way: tell me specifically what's wrong — and it gets handled. Promised, see above.