Whether it looks better or not doesn't really matter... the overall "appearance" is fine either way. There are two other reasons (in my opinion) why it should be changed back how it was before:
1. The thread title is most important to us scanning that page. The way this is now, that title is scrunched up into a tiny little column and it wraps around once or twice just to make room for the original poster's column. Who cares about the poster's name? The thread title should be more prominent and more readable to skim across.
2. The new arrangement confuses people glancing around quickly. We see a name and first imagine that it is the person who posted last, even though we "know" it's not. It's just confusing like this.
Certianly under thread title. It's one of the smartest modifications made to vBulletin display from vB2 to vB3. Putting it back looks like a drawback of a nice template tweak. With the thread starter under thread title, you catch 2 pieces of info with one quick look, while you have to move your ees between columns with the thread starter on it's own column way.
Another reason why it's confusing particularly on this board, is that the alt1 & alt2 colors are so close to each other, which makes more difficult for users to differniate columns. Try to use a style other than the default, & it will look less confusing.
03-11-2006, 06:30 PM
. One problem though...
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Linear Mode
