Even with nostalgia, I actually like the new look. I'm glad the general layout and way things work for the forum has stayed the same, just a change in color and aesthetic.
One minor annoyance is that big welcome to bim message makes getting to further down forum sections a bit longer and those that don't scroll through everything may ignore further down sections more, maybe have a way that message goes away if you're signed in since current users don't need a welcome?

Last edited by END films (October 12, 2019 (11:42pm))

Yeah, generally like it, much more clean and modern. I agree with END films on the welcome banner though, maybe just have that on the forum home page or the BIM home page. Defintely a bit obtrusive on every subsection.

Maybe move login/logout/profile to the top bar (along with home, forums, films, wiki) as I feel it doesn't just apply to the forums. That might just be me though.

Anyway, great work, looking forward to further development in the future.

I really like it, but the forums could use some livening up.

Small nitpick, but the website's tab thumbnail icon (whatever that thing is called) should be updated to reflect the new logo (it presently shows the old).

Also, I think there's just too much white going on now. Maybe I'm biased because I use twitter and youtube's dark themes - but the old lay-out was a lot easier on the eyes IMO. This is just kinda blinding. I've found myself preemptively turning down my computer screen's brightness to the minimum setting before logging on now.

I like the light orange top tabs, and a re-adjustment of the sub-top tabs is nice. Although the font updates are going to take some getting used to. I also really like that the bright, kid friendly/lego-esque colors have been maintained. Don't want to see them go.

Overall, though, the new look really reminds me of retro Brickfilms.com - if it's 2006 era layout was suddenly snapped into "sleek modernist" 2019 web design aesthetics. And I don't know how I feel about that. Again, though, a lot of that is the colors (or lack thereof) and fonts.

User customizable colors would be sweet, though.

I know things have to be kept ""up to date"" and all, but boy am I going to miss the old look. Logo, colors, and all. *sighs at 15 fps*

I like the top bar staying as you scroll now, that's definitely convenient. You might want to look into the colouring though as there is very little contrast between the logo and bar itself (dark grey on black). Nice work with the rapid tweaks though!

That's a great idea.

We have one here, but it hasn't been touched in years. Perhaps it's time to resurrect it.

Kind of missing the old look.
The new logo is interesting, but like everyone is saying, it's kind of in your face when you come in. I do like how the top bar stays when you scroll down.

As Dyland says, there does seem to be a lot of white. I think it should be at least a light color or something. It looks a little too Business-y.

I think it was very noticeable how wide - if you know what I mean. I could say big - the forums and threads were. I felt like I could hardly see anything, as opposed to the old look where I could fit almost all of the Filmmaking section on the screen at once. Feels Business-y as well.

I personally miss the old colors. It might just be that I'm used to them, but I feel like they should have the old colors - Filmmaking blue, Community green, and Websites orange - But again, personal.

There seemed to be a bug, although this isn't a big deal. when I clicked 'New Posts' then sometimes it would cut off the top of the post. So if I clicked it with a new film, it would come in right below the 'Directory link'. I'm not sure if this has anything to do with the update, and it's not a big deal anyway, but just thought I'd waste time talking about it.

I'm being too critical. The new look has potential, but at first glance, I personally wasn't a huge fan (aside from the logo).