Re: Responsive site - appearance, layout, aesthetics etc
I've been alternating between using the traditional RPOL site and the responsive site for a while now on both my phone (iOS) and my laptop. I think I've already expressed these thoughts, but here's where I am right now with the responsive site.
Using my laptop, I like the responsive page that lists my games and the forums. It's cleanly organized, and I can see at a glance which games and forums have updates. Honestly, I like the aesthetics of this page more than the traditional page, although I typically use the traditional page when logging in.
Within the game itself, I far prefer the traditional page to the responsive site. Although the traditional page seems to waste space, especially for games with only a few threads, this isn't an issue on long-running games with full pages of threads. For games with a number of notice threads, I need to scroll down on the responsive page to see what threads have been updated. On the traditional page, I can see immediately what threads have been updated.
I also prefer having the firebolt notice of new threads within the column of lights to the left rather than being by themselves on the responsive page. It just seems more aesthetically pleasing to me, although I'm not sure why.
On mobile, I appreciate the larger font, but I do like being able to see the whole games and forums page at a glance under the traditional setting. The responsive version on mobile is fine, but there's a lot more scrolling.
In a game, there's far too much scrolling on mobile to get to new threads. There seems to be a lot of unnecessary information. I'd love to be able to toggle off the line "For group X by Y with Z replies". The table version on the traditional site allows so much more information to be seen at a glance.
For reading threads, I do like the way the responsive site presents the story, especially with the settings Skald posted in this thread, both on mobile and desktop. I love the automatic resizing of images to fit in the thread.
A note - Logout does not seem to log me out of the responsive site. I think this is an issue that has already been brought up.
Anyway, the responsive site is looking good. I would like a way to be able to view simultaneously more thread names in the game forum, perhaps by disabling some of the information. I suppose using a table format like the traditional site isn't very workable in the responsive site.