PuristSPro New User Interface Rollout

PuristSPro · 2015-09-07T14:19:09Z

PuristSPro rolls out its new user interface. Explore community feedback on mobile performance, navigation, and feature changes in this pivotal update.

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This post from PuristSPro announces the rollout of a new user interface, marking a significant evolution in the platform's design and functionality. It invites community feedback, highlighting the team's commitment to adapting to new technologies and user expectations. The discussion that follows provides a valuable historical record of user sentiment and technical challenges during a critical transition period for the forum.

so this means the old User Interface will be completely phased out. We hope you have played around with the new UI since we previewed it 2 weeks ago. If you haven't done so yet, here's a link to the new UI:

www.watchprosite.com

Any constructive feedback will be taken into account as we tweak the new UI over time. Hope you enjoy it!

Best regards,

PuristSPro

Closed Menu Desk Top Version.

Mobile version.

Key Points from the Discussion

Mobile performance issues were prominent, with users reporting constant reloads on Samsung Galaxy and slow, awkward responsiveness even in Chrome, indicating significant optimization needs for mobile browsing.
Desktop users missed features like the grid display for photos within threads and found the new partial thread loading confusing, making it harder to navigate and find specific posts.
The new interface required too many clicks to view replies, which was seen as a negative point for user experience, and the ability to insert photos from external image servers was problematic.
Key functionalities like the active search parser, price and flag display in the Collectors Market, and comprehensive submenu visibility on the homepage were noted as missing or degraded compared to the old UI.
The shift to a single, responsive design was a necessary adaptation to Google's push for mobile accessibility, despite the challenges it posed for users accustomed to older desktop interfaces.
Some long-time users expressed a preference for text-driven navigation over image-dominated interfaces, fearing the site might resemble social media platforms and detract from serious discussions.

The Discussion

Ares501 - Mr Green

Sep 7, 2015

us rigid non adjustable oldtimers to somehow keep some of old page styles somewhere? Cordially D

MTF

Sep 8, 2015

We cannot afford the resources to maintain 5 different versions of the website that we used to have. Now with Google driving the WWW to be accessible to mobile devices, tablets and olde worlde personal computers AT the same time, we need one landing pad. I am a PC dinosaur with 4 Windows-based laptops and 3 Windows-based desktops. I use them all...even a Win-98 desktop solely for old games of the DOS and early Pentium era. :-) But, still I have to evolve... Regards, MTF

Ares501 - Mr Green

Sep 8, 2015

one old version :) Pretty please :) Well I for one should know that is adapt or die world out there for last few billion years.....still I'm one sad dinosaur Yours D

Arie - Mr Orange

Sep 8, 2015

in a thread. It then moves to the 'beginning' of the page you are on, and that makes it a bit messy and confusing imo. Personally i'd rather have the reply to open (unfold) in the original chronologic position of the thread. Other than that: really like the new design. Its fresh and much better suited for handhelds.

Bill

Sep 8, 2015

We did build in some strong visual ques to show what is new. I hope you will give the new interface a chance to flourish. Bill

KMII

Sep 8, 2015

One thing I personally miss in the new design - which certainly looks nicely fresh - is the 'Front Page' tab, where all the posts from the main subforums get shown in the chronological order - makes it easy to see at a glance what is new IMHO. Any chance of that feature making it back in in one of the future edits?

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