Saber THE Totodile

Just gonna post what I put in the KYM's discord, edits and all. If they can't be bothered, so can't I.

Okay first,

See Edit 1 ~stop rolling out UI changes without going through a test COMMUNITY group first or letting the users know en-mass like through a DM or a notice thing on the top of the page. I think there was a test drive at one point for an older site ui update-but I can't remember. That way you don't just get tons of people saying 'ew change it back' and get actual feedback.~

Now onto my reasons;

1- Its way too squished, everything looks too crowded and centered. If you're going to make something appealing to mobile users, make a separate one for them.

2- Its soulless, I don't know how to describe it more then that. It's just so bleak and I can't even tell if I've liked something or not which is a massive user feedback issue.

3- The site is somehow slower now, previous version was faster. Straight up.

4- For the front page, I most likely wouldn't be as grossed out if the top quick bar was added back. Made it easier to get where you wanted to go from as a common site user. If there is one thing to note about the front page, it needs to be de-cluttered, there are so many line breaks images, different sizing of articles all over the place. No, it needs to have a rhyme and reason. Not 'Random bullshit go!'.

5- The user icon is broken, most likely you are aware of it but I'm just noting it.

6- As noted, it's jarring to go from the new UI to the old UI on user pages. Unify these changes.

7- I can no longer get into the image page itself from the gallery with a simple click on the image itself, nor can I click off of it on the black part of the close-up image.

8- I do approve of the top image galleries taking you direct to the image galleries instead of to the meme page. That's a real good change.

9- As I look into entries, the site now suffers from the age old 'wasted space'. Again, I know this is a Mobile UI design, but keep those two separate. I know site design, I know you can do it.

That's about all from my immediate gut reaction, I know I am an oldie user and I have a bias, but some of these are actual issues like the slower site and UI Feedback. Hoping we can salvage this together, but I will vote on changing the UI back for now until this new one has had more time to cook.

Thank you.

Edits

1- Seems like there was a community tested one, but the awareness of it could had been far better spread.

2- Found the way to go back to the old site design as noted above, but ironically it isn't in the 'more' section from the quick bar, but in the hamburger button (the triple bars) which further obscures it.