From 2006 to 2026 — a word about the new site

Adonis92

I think the redesign is a step in the right direction. It will take time getting used to, and sure there will be some adjustments to be made, but I've honestly seen worse upgrades. Thanks for the great work

underlvr

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.

WillReyesDan

@Joker I appreciate your fast work, it feels better now.

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

Joker

@WillReyesDan All three handled:

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.

Joker

@underlvr Both of those still exist — they moved into settings:

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.

Joker

@SalbakutaMas Thanks — noted, all three points are on the list. (Small footnote: two of the three "Add a comment" buttons are the deliberate top+bottom pair for long comment threads — but I hear you on the overall button density.) And glad the tags + "more like this" land well — that pipeline is exactly where a lot of what's coming next builds on.

joeythomas91

@joker
Encountered an issue today: embedded images (rather than attached photos) within torrent descriptions distort the Search page on mobile view.

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.

rnd256

@Joker Hi, I rarely comment in the forums and I'm not a huge user of torrenting (certainly not compared to some of the superusers!), but I found the new site to be immediately usable. Great job to the seamless migration.

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:

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

MrMazda

@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".

calvinice

@Joker

Hi Dear. Thanks a lot for all the time, attention and, obviously, all the love you poured to this site!

Changes are sometimes painful, and it takes time to get used to them, and reap all the benefits of these changes, and I am sure that people eventually will do that and appreciate all the effort you put in them, and the improvement.

I would like to quote nevertheless that I see now you can't rate a torrent unless you already downloaded it... which is not entirely right. Previously I was able to make a partial download (Specially of those larger uploads with a zillion of files) and rate the torrent.... The same with those torrents that I already got somewhere else and was familiar with their content.

Keep up with the good work!