The interface has unnecessary duplicate elements in some places. It would be great to get rid of this duplication and thereby simplify the interface and make it more clean and readable.

Here is some examples:

Edited June 17, 20204 yr by Mr 13

+1

I actually used css to hide the author name and date that would appear underneath the title because it was redundant 😊

 

I suppose that this is only a duplication on page 1 of a topic. It stops being so on subsequent pages. Perhaps removing this from page one only is a refinement which could be considered.

The title of the topic could be combined into the first post - giving it a header and some direction as to what the topic is about.  It does look a bit odd on reflection having something appear as it does 🙂

 

I noticed this is being brought up a lot since 4.5 and its all because of that white background. It was never a problem when that info wasn't in a white box, and in my opinion looked much better previously. No need for the title area to be bigger and taking up more space than before.

Previously it was just the title, then the creator and date on one line below it. Now we've got the title, a divider line and two lines for the creator and date and with a white background to highlight it further.

Edited June 18, 20204 yr by marklcfc

I've done a mock-up of what I was referring to earlier - I basically used the Google console to move elements around and delete others.  The items pointed from the arrow I was not able to move, but if they appear on the same line that the arrow points to that would free up some additional head room.

Edited June 18, 20204 yr by Davyc

The copy and paste is not showing the image, but you can click on the link.

The title should stay where it is and not be a part of the first post, just look as it did before 4.5. They're not going to change it back though.

Edited June 18, 20204 yr by marklcfc

With more logic if don't show the author avatar and info because these are separated and showed as part of the topic title header

10 hours ago, breatheheavy said:

I actually used css to hide the author name and date that would appear underneath the title because it was redundant

 

@breatheheavy could you share your css code? I would like hide these redundant part too

1 hour ago, kmk said:

With more logic if don't show the author avatar and info because these are separated and showed as part of the topic title header

 

@breatheheavy could you share your css code? I would like hide these redundant part too

This is what I used. Not sure if it'll work for you but feel free to try 🙂

.ipsApp .ipsSpacer_bottom.ipsSpacer_half, .ipsApp .ipsSpacer_both.ipsSpacer_half {
    display: none;
}