[Brando]

Originally posted by Saintlor

Exactly this

Originally posted by jomarr

Yeah. Although it's really aesthetically pleasing.

It looks pretty, but the new thread pages are bloated. The colours are bleak all in the similar shades of grey and you sometimes can't tell a difference between a post, a signature and a quoted post. They focused too much on making it look pretty and not on usability. I hope it changed a bit since beta, but it was pretty bad last time i used it.

Originally posted by Newt

Wait, the chronological view is basically my main way of navigating this site. Otherwise, I'll miss the fun threads since I last logged in

Originally posted by Nutitle

True, I hope they add that post-launch

Don't think so. I suggested it several times during beta. Instead they focused on making the front page look pretty with useless repeating information. Pretty much moving header into the main page and repeating all the information, and then repeating it again on the side bar.

Chronological view is so useful. When I have my breakfast in the morning or when I come back from work I just go through all the pages I missed since my last visit. "Most popular threads recently" doesn't help much because you will always get useless threads like "Gaga looking hot in new bikini" or "Britney's new date" because stans will flood them with "Omg queen, slay mama" comments. Where as some indie artist you love will never get many comments on newly released albums or singles and they will easily get lost among newer threads and you can miss a release.

I love ATRL for being able to catch up with all new releases without having to go to 100 different websites. If this functionality is lost it will be very disappointing. But once again, I will keep an open mind until I see the final product.

[DancingShoes]

Finally

[Matangi]

Originally posted by Same Ol' Mistakes

I just realized ATRL will shut down on January 7th for 3 days

Its not like anything will happen in the beginning of January

[UFO]

As a beta-tester, I can say that y'all won't be disappointed

[Stitches.]

It looks so fancy. I can't wait

[Vin]

Great job, Athens, and to those involved. Here's to the New Year.



...Vin

[Soul Glitch]

OMG
I'm ready

[Brando]

Originally posted by Cupid

Being "pretty" definitely wasn't our main focus. They've tried very hard to keep the old style of ATRL, while naturally including all the new features. Hell, Athens even redesigned the entire front page several times after the feedback from members.

The thing is, we're moving to an entirely new system - there are some things which are literally impossible to transfer over. Notepad for example - there is no feature for that. It's not about the admins trying to make the site pretty, sometimes there just isn't an option for things.

But they're definitely taking on all the feedback and trying to keep true to the original ATRL as much as possible.

So does this mean no chronological order of threads? Looking at the preview in the OP the current front page is rather useless. The old ATRL's "most popular of the past week" and "chronologically ordered threads" blows it out of the water.

[Same Ol' Mistakes]

Originally posted by Matangi

Its not like anything will happen in the beginning of January

Watch Katy announcing KP4 and its release date.

[Almodusa]

Originally posted by Same Ol' Mistakes

Watch Katy announcing KP4 and its release date.

The Kats can say she shut down the site for days #impact

Y'all should have an intro video when we first enter a la PetGa

[JessLM]

Originally posted by UFO

As a beta-tester, I can say that y'all won't be disappointed

Tell us your favorite things

[TSLGNMA]

Are they really getting rid of the chronological new threads?

I won't know what to do without them. That's what I use the most.

[Cantaloupe.]

Originally posted by TSLGNMA

Are they really getting rid of the chronological new threads?

I won't know what to do without them. That's what I use the most.

Look 2 posts above you.

[wesleywalrus]

Originally posted by TSLGNMA

Are they really getting rid of the chronological new threads?

I won't know what to do without them. That's what I use the most.

Yeah. It's dumb.

[TSLGNMA]

Originally posted by Cantaloupe.

Look 2 posts above you.

I still don't understand it tho . I'll just have to wait and see for myself when it comes out in January.

[Brando]

Originally posted by Cupid

"Recently popular threads" is in the OP though? It's exactly the same as the one we have now.

And underneath that you can see the "latest" chronological threads in each section. It's the same as "Today's new threads" - just split into sections.

So you have to check sections separately? But also, you can only see 5 per section. How can you see all?

[Daddy]

Originally posted by Brando

So you have to check sections separately? But also, you can only see 5 per section. How can you see all?

Poor Cupid's about to run out of words soon...

[prézli]

I hated Beta. It better be good.

[Blue Momo!]

Don't get rid of Recently Popular Threads & Today's New Threads please.

In Recently Popular Threads we can see the messiest/ more interesting threads, PLEASE this should stay

[nathanspears]

Thank god