Hello.
I am new arond here, so, it seem harsh from me to say that, but I think this forum is quite hard to use.
Here are my reasons:
- very, very UGLY new post «pseudo JS-layout» which is by default spawning a side window that takes half the width, requiring the user to take the mouse (when the user tries to write, and so, have hands on keyboard);
- only whitespace seems to separate categories, topics, posts and everything. Not nice at all for people that do not already know the forum’s layout.
- by default on “latest”, even for a new user, with no easy visual indicator about where to ask the question the user have in mind;
- the posting window does not allows to use all the capabilities the forum supports, for example
raw monoline text
or
multiline
raw
text
- Multiline raw text can be used for things like ascii art, which itself can be used to draw schematics, for example:
0 o-+ +-o 3
| |
| / |
+-/ --+
| |
| |
1 o-+ +-o 4
(this is meant to represent a tactile switch spst)
- Worst, the font used by the forum makes it mandatory to look at the preview window (or to write the text in a text editor outside) which, again, forces the user to look at the botom-left of the screen. From what I know of ergonomy, the eye should be kept a little bellow the top of the screen, especially for people spending lots of time using screens (as a programmer for work, I try to keep myself as informed as possible about how not to be injured by uncomfortable positions, but I don’t pretend to have a big knowledge on that).
Hopefully this does not hurt anywone, those are just suggestions about things I think could be improved.