New website is hard to read

[gk10002000]

The new website is hard to read.  It has more blank spaces and uses low contrast colors of pale blue and white.  Go to good old fashioned black and white.   This subdued low contrast color scheme is bad

[Carib]

Must agree on this, it all looks a kind of hazy, like driving in a foggy world.

[lannarebirth]

Not terrible, except for maybe the logo.  I think you'll want to darken some of the colors though, both in the banners and the text. Plus the text is too fine, if that's the word. It needs to be a bit bolder.

[gk10002000]

1 minute ago, Carib said:

Must agree on this, it all looks a kind of hazy, like driving in a foggy world.

yeah, for some reason over the last few years so many websites go this way.  Etrade for example.  The young kids and their managers just think they should change things because they can, even though  they can not cite one single customer that requested the change, nor will they state what manager directed then approved the changes

[neeray]

Totally agree with above posters. It looks kind of shy. Should be bold and proud.

Seems like change for the sake of change just happened.

[ezzra]

I thought there was something wrong with my eyes this morning not being able to make out the words.... please make it easier to read with better fonts and contrast...

[faraday]

Too difficult to read; looks vague.

 

[Lungstib]

Reading the above its obvious that most of us are not so young and slightly myopic. Yes, darker.

[faraday]

Just had a Notification, but was unable to read who in the legend had posted, as the contrast is indistinct.

[Thai Chi]

 

 

I'm not so young but retain 20/20 vision and still struggling with the new colour scheme / layout.

 

[overherebc]

My Irish friend reckons TV has done this to save on ink. ????????

Anyway it needs to be darker print.

[Curt1591]

31 minutes ago, Carib said:

Must agree on this, it all looks a kind of hazy, like driving in a foggy world.

26 minutes ago, gk10002000 said:

yeah, for some reason over the last few years so many websites go this way.  Etrade for example.  The young kids and their managers just think they should change things because they can, even though  they can not cite one single customer that requested the change, nor will they state what manager directed then approved the changes

As time passes, many things become hazy ... ????

However, I detect no haze.

 

The purple is a bit much though.

[overherebc]

11 minutes ago, Curt1591 said:

As time passes, many things become hazy ... ????

However, I detect no haze.

 

The purple is a bit much though.

That's got me thinking about Hendrix now ????????????????

[colinneil]

Some young whizz kid is trying to justify their big fat salary.

Ohh i have nothing to do, i know i will change things, make it look like i am busy.????

 

[Samui Bodoh]

To be blunt, this "upgrade" sucks. Sucks badly.

 

Why are you "fixing" something that wasn't broken?

[lust]

Go all black with white font. Much easier to read and requires less energy to power. Saves on electricity costs and battery life.

[gmac]

Have they changed it again in the last hour since these comments started coming in?  I like it and my eyesight is nothing like perfect.

[R123]

Agree: looks like some one has run of ink. Come on Thai Visa Forum = you can do better!

[worgeordie]

Another "improvement" that is a fail,

regards worgeordie

[faraday]

2 minutes ago, Samui Bodoh said:

To be blunt, this "upgrade" sucks. Sucks badly.

 

Why are you "fixing" something that wasn't broken?

 

Engineers..

 

"If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is"

 

[Oxx]

I actually think this is a great improvement.  The old colour scheme was visually jarring and amateurish.

 

Anyway, particularly hard to read is Monserrat font-weight:400 color:rgb(63, 58, 138) as used for read items on forum index listings.

[Thailand]

Big thumbs down. And notifications impossible to read.

[transam]

Well I am straining my eyes to read it, my new notifications don't show in bold script either.. I thought the forum was running along very smoothly, why mess about with it again......????

[villagefarang]

I love the new look.  Took me all of two minutes to get used to it.????????????

[Curt1591]

New ThaiVisa Theme Song!

[mauGR1]

the logo is awful, the blue/purple shade is ugly, what a way to start the day

[Phuket Man]

Dreadful. Whoever came up with this pitiful idea should be sacked.

[Esso49]

Just waiting for the next upgrade where the forum will be limited to half a page of almost illegible posts and the other half a page will be purely adverts in big black bold letters.

[Peterw42]

Not getting the new logo, a durian ????

Thats a product that not everyone likes, it smells, its banned from certain places. If you go about your day seeing signs like below, doesn't that portray a negative image or sentiment, even if it is on a subliminal level. Durian not welcome here, Durian smells, and by association Thai visa not welcome or smells.

Not capitalising your own name (a proper noun) tends to diminish its importance.

 

[GroveHillWanderer]

Looks just fine to me - and my eyesight isn't the best. Although I think perhaps it depends on what platform/device/settings you're using. I'm using the desktop version on Google Chrome with an Android tablet. The Android app and the mobile version of the website have always looked awful to me.