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Good to have preview by topic, but one thing I'd say I've wanted more has been to restrict/ban a member from a certain topic, it would work better than every post going on preview if its just a certain member causing the problem. Any chance?

I will let you in on a little secret. What bought about the new feature Per Topic Post Approval was because of the corona virus topic on IPS forums 😄 lol

It's not me who says that ! it's Google Analytics of my websites !! 
You can ask every webmaster here to check their Google Analytics account and they will say the same ! 
Ok may be a new theme is important. But an andoid/ios app is a must have !! especially for the active users of the forums ! and we all know that active users are the most important thing for a forum to live !!
 
 

ok, 95% are on mobile now. 😁
Mobile App: Announced last year, this is not a topic which popped up last year from nowhere and noone could imagine that a mobile app would play such a small role.. 🤣😬

Wrong. 
Wrong. 

no need to mention this, Invision is ignoring our prays for years now..  😉

Stop everything, you are doing it wrong ! you are wasting your time !
All of the users of forums are on mobile now ! we need an android/ios app as soon as possible to keep the users on forums, if not, we are losing users, users will use Facebook app and Facebook groups !! 

Without Google 99% of us are dead.
-Need more Google-friendly and more speed in theme

Stop everything, you are doing it wrong ! you are wasting your time !
All of the users of forums are on mobile now ! we need an android/ios app as soon as possible to keep the users on forums, if not, we are losing users, users will use Facebook app and Facebook groups !! 

"Quoting and reacting are two primary interactions for users, so they of course retain their position in the control bar."
As is reporting a post.
IMO there is enough hassle explaining to users how to do it now (basically hidden function; mouse over top right until you can actually see the link) but at least it's a one click operation, in the new theme, the drop down menu is at least prominent (although obscure to less techy people as a lot of our membership is) but turns it into a 2 click operation.
Personally would prefer it to be a simple link as per "Quote" link. 

I find that there is no sense to cut the image (avatar) by highlighting the member's badge icon. Why is that?
The badge is additional practical but not essential information on the identity of the member. The member defines himself and is quickly recognized above all by his image and not his badge.
Thank you for this gamification option by the very practical badge, but see the place rather than cutting the image in half!
We say in the comment that there is plenty of white space, you have enough space then I think.
I think on the signature side, it would be very good.

Like this?

Very "improved"...
OMG 😱 "elements having room to breathe" © Rikki 🤣😭
It should look like this:

Too much empty space. It looks like an abstract Dribbble-layout for a portfolio, not for real use.

A couple things come to mind. 
 
1. My community is going to go crazy. In a bad way because it’s a change. Last time I adjusted the font it was like an atomic bomb hit the site. 
 
2. I really hope these aren’t changes for the sake of changes. Moving the IP address seems like an unnecessary change just to make a change. I hope I’m wrong. 
 
Love the software, but get frustrated with major changes because it’s hard to run a business and make future plans without any control. I could sell advertising in a space that suddenly disappears. Not fun. 

@Maxxius that calling Sticky Scrollable Sidebar, but it is too modern for IPS. Wait 3-5 years please.

You should make your site user-friendly, not Google-friendly.
 

This all looks amazing and so much neater, but there is one thing that really bugs me a lot - it's probably the designer in me - is the inconsistency of the side bar top alignment; see below:

The gap between the top of the sidebar and the topic header.
Yet here it is aligned perfectly:

I presume there is a reason for this, or is it an oversight?
I don't mean to be picky as you've done a fantastic job on the update, but this one little niggle is a bug for me lol