It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Off Topic Chat

They've added the forum name at the bottom since too, means you don't have to scroll to the top of the page to go back to the forum... slowly getting there.

Still looks awful though. Really need a dark mode soon.

I'm trying not to be a negative nelly....but it's hard....this feels very clunky to navigate! I don't like having to scroll all the way up to the top of the screen to click back to the forums....I'm going to give it a few days and try to come round ;)

I think its a case of simply having to get used to it, nuances n all! To be fair, i'd miss this forum too much to walk away from boards because of how the new site works so will grin & bare it & hopefully a mixture of improvements (dark mode) and familiarity will help the bedding in process.

Here’s the Aldi Christmas savings scheme!

Quality Street £4 in BM Store in Belfast yesterday.

My followed threads were in bookmarks? I had to manually re-follow the forums?

Guys live every moment. A friend, a few years younger than me, died suddenly this morning. Still in shock. A major wake up call 😥

So sorry to hear that Caranica. Hope you're doing okay!

Well we're into the 150's!

Hope ye're all enjoying the good weather!

I'm currently watching My Family(BBC Series) online and the Christmas Special is next.

I see we cant edit quotes anymore.... boo!!!

Anyway, ton FP's post above, mad to think we're into the 150's already. I think with boards being offline for a bit & the weather being so nice I'd lost sight of the countdown and it seems to have suddenly jumped...

Best I can say about the new boards is that its a basket case & I sincerely hope the developers improve it over time. The changes are about as subtle as a brick to the head!!

Cant find any straightforward work around for loads of things TBH... I literally check in and look at the wee boxes under each thread title & look for 'New' when I'm in the christmas forum... the rest I haven't got the will to try & organise into anything like a streamlined workaround.

I'd be confident (Or at least hopeful) that what we have here is not the end result!

That on desktop or mobile?

Saw that. Thank the stars we might actually be heading in the right direction.

I know this time of year tended to be slower in terms of posting anyway, but this changeover has practically killed it dead!! Dunno if its the look of it or what but I find I'm not checking in or feel encouraged to post as much as before.... even looking back over old threads feels less appealing somehow... really hope we get our Christmas mojo back soon 🎄

I love checking in in the middle of my working day if I need a 5 minute break! Now I find that I'm not bothering so much - I miss the flag in the corner telling me how many followed threads have been updated. Because it takes me longer to navigate to where I want to be, the 5 minute break becomes 15 (before I've even caught up on the thread) and I don't have that time to take out of my working day :(

FTR, you need to do it via mobile, that option isn't available on the desktop version.

Notice anything different?