The Student Room Update: New Look, New Homepage and More!

Original post by RainbowLapras

I'll flag up the homepage issue, thank you! I'll make a note of the other issues you've raised too :smile:

Wbf, the issue/bug log was never fixed on the previous thread. It would make sense to have one (visible) for this thread so people can easily see if an issue has been raised / what the response is, without having to go through the whole thread.

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mqb2766

Waitinng for 30s, the reduced homepage does appear.

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Original post by mqb2766

Waitinng for 30s, the reduced homepage does appear.

I'm noticing a lot of things seem to have got a fair bit slower - I was in f38 and tried to jump to your new post here and thought it had hung again it took so long.

Original post by mqb2766

Wbf, the issue/bug log was never fixed on the previous thread. It would make sense to have one (visible) for this thread so people can easily see if an issue has been raised / what the response is, without having to go through the whole thread.

We're using a new feedback process for issues going forward, after the issues you mention with the previous one - you should be able to see more info on that here! :smile:

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Visiting F38, it no longer seems possible to tell which threads have already been read. Don't know if it's totally broken or just way too subtle

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This is minor (and may not be new), but the ampersand in the title of this thread is escaped (as &amp) in the new posts notification.

Original post by DFranklin

Visiting F38, it no longer seems possible to tell which threads have already been read. Don't know if it's totally broken or just way too subtle

Just to check, are you seeing different icons to these? :holmes:

Original post by DFranklin

This is minor (and may not be new), but the ampersand in the title of this thread is escaped (as &amp) in the new posts notification.

Thanks, I'll make a note!

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Original post by RainbowLapras

Just to check, are you seeing different icons to these? :holmes:

I get purple "TSR logo" S's. I've cleared site data and it makes no difference.

Reply 30

Charles III

I raised this in the app feedback, but I really don't like the idea of this "for you" feed. I understand why TSR is doing it, it increases engagement, reduces unanswered threads and all that jazz. That's fine, I think it has its place. BUT... please introduce a chronological feed.

Thankfully I don't have to worry about this anymore, but back when I was looking for new content in Chat, I relied heavily on a chronological view of the latest posts. I could do without the posts from several days/weeks ago being there. It would be excellent if we could have a 'latest' feed. You could even do a Twitter and refuse to let us have it as default, that's fine, but please give us the option of a latest feed for the whole forum.

OP

Original post by DFranklin

I'm frequently getting the page hanging (unresponsive to swiping). Not totally sure how to trigger it, but using the top-right 3-bar menu and then going back has caused it a couple of times (Android/Chrome,).

It's about now I start my rants about "did anyone test this?" I guess...

This is very likely due to us going live with the changes this morning. We will keep you updated but we expect this to be ironed out soon 🙂

Original post by DFranklin

I get purple "TSR logo" S's. I've cleared site data and it makes no difference.

For both icons? I'll flag that up, that doesn't sound correct!

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Original post by RainbowLapras

For both icons? I'll flag that up, that doesn't sound correct!

Yes.

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Original post by Evil Homer

This is very likely due to us going live with the changes this morning. We will keep you updated but we expect this to be ironed out soon 🙂

Wow. Just wow.

Surely "not hanging people's web pages when we go live" should be one of the preconditions before going live?

[What am I thinking? This is the TSR "minimal functionality" Dev Team after all...]

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Also, is it just me, or are the adverts bigger/more obtrusive following the rebrand?

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mqb2766