Canon Rumors site update

[LesC]

Not sure I see the point of today's update? Seems the home page now only fills a central band of my screen whereas it used to fill the whole width of the monitor. New layout seems confusing too but i guess I may get used to it. The phrase 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it' springs to mind ...

 

[chris_w_digits]

I get "404" page not found errors when I click the story "Another announcement cycle is out of the way..." story. Why was the layout and format changd when the old one worked so well?

 

[AJ]

"404 page not found" when I click on one of the reviews on the main page

 

[Viggo]

So much quicker and nicer imo. Really like it

 

[shire_guy]

Not sure I see the point of today's update? Seems the home page now only fills a central band of my screen whereas it used to fill the whole width of the monitor. New layout seems confusing too but i guess I may get used to it. The phrase 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it' springs to mind ...

Just found a 'Toggle Width' menu item. On the top band of the page next to your user id is a 3 dot menu drop down.
I agree it's going to take a bit of getting used to.

 

[Click]

There is also the icon with the two arrows at the bottom of the page on the left side

 

[LesC]

Just found a 'Toggle Width' menu item. On the top band of the page next to your user id is a 3 dot menu drop down.
I agree it's going to take a bit of getting used to.

There is also the icon with the two arrows at the bottom of the page on the left side

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Seems you can adjust the width of the Forum but not the home screen unfortunately ...

 

[cgc]

Instead of a rumors/news site with some commercial offers and ads, it now resembles a shop with some hidden rumors and news...

Edit: I miss the menu. The "lens roadmap" section is gone...

 

[Canon Rumors Guy]

As with all new sites, there are a few things that will have to be tweaked over the next day or two. We ask that you bear with us until at least Friday, as there are some scheduling conflicts that have arisen.

1. Content is not displayed fully yet
2. Content isn't all in the right spots, that's my tedious job for today.
3. Mobile viewing needs tweaks with certain elements (Lesson learned: When testing a site with a Z Fold, use the small screen!)
4. Some missing content will be added back soon

Again, please give us until Friday to get things fully sorted out.

 

[koenkooi]

As with all new sites, there are a few things that will have to be tweaked over the next day or two. We ask that you bear with us until at least Friday, as there are some scheduling conflicts that have arisen.
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1. Mobile viewing needs tweaks with certain elements (Lesson learned: When testing a site with a Z Fold, use the small screen!) [...]

On an iphone there is a lot of vertical space wasted by having both a top and bottom bar that you can't scroll away. A more annoying change is that in the forum overview (again, on an iphone) everything is set in bold now. The old interface used bold typefaces to get your attention, like threads with new posts, not for everything. It's like the kid in class that highlighted everything in textbooks, it defeats the point.

For the other changes, it will take some time for me to get used to them. It's good to see actual effort going into the site, so thank you!

 

[Viggo]

On an iphone there is a lot of vertical space wasted by having both a top and bottom bar that you can't scroll away. A more annoying change is that in the forum overview (again, on an iphone) everything is set in bold now. The old interface used bold typefaces to get your attention, like threads with new posts, not for everything. It's like the kid in class that highlighted everything in textbooks, it defeats the point.

For the other changes, it will take some time for me to get used to them. It's good to see actual effort going into the site, so thank you!

Agree on the bars ..

 

[Maximilian]

...
Again, please give us until Friday to get things fully sorted out.

For sure I will.

Just one short question: Did you reduce the max file size for pics to upload? (On purpose or by fault?)
I received such a message while trying to upload a 1500x1000 pix JPEG, 2.x MByte, which usually worked well in the past.

 

[Canon Rumors Guy]

For sure I will.

Just one short question: Did you reduce the max file size for pics to upload? (On purpose or by fault?)
I received such a message while trying to upload a 1500x1000 pix JPEG, 2.x MByte, which usually worked well in the past.

I'll take a look at the limit settings today. I didn't change anything, but defaults sometimes come back.

 

[Del Paso]

Will we be able to opt for "night design" (white script on black field) for the forum as before?

 

[koenkooi]

Will we be able to opt for "night design" (white script on black field) for the forum as before?

Yes, look in the bottom left, it's the 'style chooser'. You can also go to you account settings to change it. The account settings also allow you to change the default starting page of the forums, I changed it from 'Hot' to 'Forum list' to get the overview back.

 

[Del Paso]

Yes, look in the bottom left, it's the 'style chooser'. You can also go to you account settings to change it. The account settings also allow you to change the default starting page of the forums, I changed it from 'Hot' to 'Forum list' to get the overview back.

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Thanks!

 

[Canon Rumors Guy]

Will we be able to opt for "night design" (white script on black field) for the forum as before?

We're going to add a button up top soon.

For now, you can select the dark mode with the toggle at the bottom left.

 

[Canon Rumors Guy]

Instead of a rumors/news site with some commercial offers and ads, it now resembles a shop with some hidden rumors and news...

Edit: I miss the menu. The "lens roadmap" section is gone...

It's on the right of the blog now, it will be added to the forum soon.

 

[koenkooi]

The sorting of topics also seems broken, this is what the 5 most recent EOS bodies rumours are. The majority are neither rumours nor about Canon nor about bodies.

 

[Maximilian]

The sorting of topics also seems broken, this is what the 5 most recent EOS bodies rumours are. The majority are neither rumours nor about Canon nor about bodies.

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You'll need to push the "Forum list" button to get the old sorting again.