[Stop Legal Plunder]

White text on a dark background is always harder to read than dark text on a white background. However, if Free Republic must have the former (i.e. the purple borders), then changing the text to a sans serif font will make it much easier to read.

[T. Jefferson]

Make the right side bar dark with light text. Make the left sidebar 20% thinner.

[petuniasevan]

Return the "Find In Forum" link on each member's profile page.

[VRWC_minion]

The major suggestion I would give is the directions to setting up the sidebar are incorrect.

By trail and error the first step is to choose topics from the top of the list (note beaking news and front page are about 1/3 down page) , then choose your topic, when the list of currect topics is loaded then there will be a "subscribe" button on the left hand side.

Hint: The order you choose them in is the order they load in. Be sure to choose them in the order you want them to show. For example choose breaking news topic first.

[Balding_Eagle]

Then use this thread to post specific and constructive suggestions about how to fix shortcomings in the new design.

Go back to the way it was.

[ancient_geezer]

Give us back the the option to display self-search results without the display of the text of the replies.

[InterceptPoint]

Two things that need to get fixed:

1. Make it easy to see Breaking News and filter to Breaking News. That's my baby.

2. Reduce the number of rows in the Latest Posts listings. With this format you don't get the vertical density that you need and so you spend your time scrolling too much. You have a lot of wasted white space so just put the data you want to present on fewer rows and you should be fine.

I predict that in a month we will all love it. Keep up the good work.

[.38sw]

Yes, the white on dark is very hard to read, and is small to boot. I have found how to subscribe to breaking news and front page news, and they are now in my sidebar. What I also miss is "Find in Forum" on a Freeper's Home page. I have found that useful in the past to find a thread I didn't bookmark or post on, and couldn't find with "Search". "Find in Forum" is NOT for stalking!

[Reactionary]

Sure...

The blue headings are too hard to read. Red was much better.

[jlogajan]

Desire more than five headlines in the right sidebar (i.e. Breaking News or whatever is selected.)

[Vladiator]

The flags make me dizzy when I scroll down!!!!

(Or maybe it's the beer I had with my eggs this morning?)

[Orual]

The white text is not only difficult to read, but the point should be increased. Simple, clear pages are much more preferable to cluttered ones. It is not simply change that raises objections, it is those changes that add nothing positive to the design and ease of use of the site that raise the questions.

[ethical]

After I read an article and I go back to the main page it puts me back at the top, not where I left off. Then I have to scroll all the way down to find where I was last. It has down this for a while now, not just with this new design. But I remember it used to put you back where you left off.

[vannrox]

Suggestion:

When posting Articles or Replying to Posts:

Have, as part of the dialog box...
A number of Buttoms making formatting easier. These buttons would be just a few in number. I suggest "Line Break", "Horizontal Line", and "Insert Hyperlink" button. The "insert Hyperlink" button would call up a simple dialog that would ask for the Link, and what you would like to call the link.

[Smile-n-Win]

Keep it simple.

[EdReform]

We were able to search within a forum for a word or phrase that appeared in either "replies and articles" or "articles only." For example, I could type "ed" in the search box and all the replies and articles posted containing the word "education" would be listed, with the most recent post on top. Please bring back this option. (If that option is available, I can't find it). Thanks!

[vannrox]

P.S. I like the new FR format alot. I just will take some time to get used to. I suggest that you leave the old way as an option for those whom do not like the new format.

[TomGuy]

Drop the flag background on scrolling pages.

Put all the subscribes anything related on the My Preferences page, rather than hidden in obscure locations.

Increase the BREAKING NEWS / FRONT PAGE listings to at least 10 or 15 entries, not 5. And change the FONT.
On the browse page(s), most of the selections in the left column could easily be placed across the upper part of the screen (even if 2 or 3 lines were required) and eliminate the left column altogether.

The Posting page is cumbersome--too much clicking to new pages (for topics), then "okay".

Add a Post to the Topic so one doesn't have to page back to find the #1 post, especially on those threads that get 100+ replies.

On the Posting page, where it has the PREVIEW POST button, since the PREVIEW goes to a new page, removed the POST button from the initial--force a PREVIEW before allowing POST. This would possibly eliminate errors, such as graphics that don't show up due to inaccurate HTML code.

[nralife]

I finally got my Breaking News sidebar to work, but I'm disapointed that it only shows five topics. It needs to show ten or twelve like it did before.

Second Amendment Breaking News (discussion forum)

http://second-amendment-homepage.com

[Let's Roll]

One thing I don't like is the selected post opening in a new window. Is there some way to change that - preferences or something?

[Thud]

Drop all the graphics. I want text - the more the better. I can always turn on the TV if I want mindless graphics instead of news.