Well, I know the new layout for forum that we can now select at the bottom is just a beta version, and not finished yet, but guess some feedback is welcome anyway, so here you go:
I already mentioned the huge blank header with nothing else than an unnecessarily big and tall logo and then just a white blank space (I am a supporter so I do not see the ad banner that normally takes a smaller part of the huge blank space). I much more appreciated the older header that was only half that size. Personally, I'd rather expect an improvement from a new design - and the old design could indeed bear some improvements - the header + the site menu + invitation to join the supporter program + the forum menu take almost full screen, if you are on a notebook or do not have your browser in full screen mode. You have to scroll down at every single page just to see the real content. Why not merging the website menu with the one of the forum and reorganizing them into a single stripe? Why not making the logo less tall, and not above the menu, but rather left of it? Instead of the current 13cm, the header could be just 1.5-2cm high, letting so much more room for the real content.
Well, that is my personal opinion, and a friendly advice, not a complaint, so please take it easy. Then, there are some real problems with the beta version that you may want to know about
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- The invitation to join the supporter program appears at the top even for paying subscribers. That's not the case when one switches to the old design.
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- The forum table width is fixed which is very unpleasant both with big and small resolutions (or windows). On a big screen, most of the available space is wasted, and on smaller screens or windows, you have to permanently scroll left and right at every single line while reading the text.
Otherwise the layout is pleasant to the eye, and does not collide with the vBulletin look
