Horological Meandering

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:

Mobile version.

us rigid non adjustable oldtimers to somehow keep

some of old page styles somewhere?

Cordially

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NT

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

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
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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.    

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

Again: I do really like the new design.

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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a lot of odd new behaviour, why can I not click the last reply on a post, always need to scroll through. The look and feel is a step backward I think. It reminds me of the Tiles in Windows 8, one of the most quirky user interfaces.

if you want to increase or decrease text size, just do so in your browser or your mobile device settings.

That's the only way to do so now.

Cheers,
Anthony

The old way we took you to the last response.  However if there where three more responses buried in the thread you would not spot them.

The red dots.  They help identify which forums have new posts and which article and within the article which posts you have not yet seen.

Follow this link.

Red  Dots

www.watchprosite.com


and this one also view options.

www.watchprosite.com



Thanks

Bill

Hope Everyone is Well, exciting times here with this new UI, my only issue is that I can't scroll down on the left side of the screen to access the brand sub forums. I'm using Chrome.

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I tried to do what you wrote, but there is no scroll bar on the left side of the screen in order to scroll down to the Brand Sub Forums, there is only a scroll bar on the right which allows me to do scroll down and see the latest posts. I'm using Chrome on my laptop Version 45.0.2454.85 m
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Is really the column where all the various categories and forums are listed out. Click anywhere on that column (or in between the brand forums) and you should be able to move up and down with the mouse or arrow keys.

I use the same version of chrome as you. Let me know if you still can't...I'll see if I can document it via PM for you on how I managed to navigate, unless one of the admins sort that out for your first

I was able to scroll down using the arrow keys after clicking on one of the categories, while it does work as a user experience it isn't that great and less convenient than the previous UI especially if one is interested in specific brands and any posts or news associated with it.

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I'm afraid that I will never be comfortable without a simple, chronologically threaded list of posts. I also find it odd that no other well-established watch forums have, to my knowledge, abandoned that basic set-up. I confess that I haven't put much time into figuring out the new format, but I have been using computers since the mid 1980s, and am mystified why such a radical change would be required.
Regards,
Tony C.

And the new threads are never very far down the list. It is a simple sort order but the hope was to streamline things so that there are not five views and three sort order to accommodate. Please give it a couple days and see if some of the visual cues help you to see what trending ad whats new.
a couple of small guides.
www.watchprosite.com
and
www.watchprosite.com
Thanks
Bill

It's still unclear to me whether it will be necessary to be bombarded with numerous photographs. I don't have any reflexive objections to redesigns, but especially given that this forum is home to fairly serious discussions on a regular basis, I'm sure that I'm not alone in preferring to browse text before being exposed to images. Perhaps it might be possible to have the option to block images while browsing the various threads?
Also, while I recognize the popularity of smartphones, APPs, etc., is driving some of the decisions, I find the simple chronological threads that again, are still dominant on most watch forums, to be much more user friendly. I'm curious if you had feedback suggesting otherwise. In other words, do people actually complain about a design that has been tried and true over many, many years?

The reason why many forums are text only is because they have not evolved their systems. They are running fast to try and create apps to meet the more visual orientation of communication. But then the experience is different on each platform. We are try to provide a uniform result across all platforms Desktop / Tablet / Ipad / Iphone / mobile. You will easily be able to jump from one platform to another as you sit at home on your desk or on the mobile phone or ipad at the airport or on the train. Today many people are replacing a text message with a picture and as they say a picture is worth a thousand words. But in our case and our forum under that picture is a 1000 words contributed by members such as you that make this site a lot more based on content than just form.
Thanks
Bill

iPhone and computer versions, one thing I noticed is that on the computer version there is an 'Independent' tab, which is called 'AHCI' on the iPhone app - just a glitch with me, or an oversight?

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Just go into the "customize Forum List"  and choose Reset to original and you get the new forum name.

Thanks for the heads up.

Bill

I understand the advantage of having an interface that will work seamlessly across multiple platforms. I also appreciate that I am in a small minority in that I use computers but not smartphones or iPads. And, I don't deny the importance of websites appealing to younger audiences. However, when I navigate to PuristPro, I don't want to feel as though I've landed on an instagram or Pinterest page. I like occasional eye candy, but come here for very different reasons, and having photos dominate the interface is, to my mind, distracting at best, and pollution in a sense. So again, my suggestion is that you create a simple way for users to choose block images on the landing pages, and allow them to scroll and navigate using text, if they prefer. Then, when they delve into a particular thread, the images could be activated.
Thanks.
Regards,
Tont C.

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