User interface change poll.
There is a lot that I really like about the current style of rpol. It is cleaner, easier to read (usually, the darkred text color doesn't work in dark themes for example), and much easier to focus on thread messages rather than bloat content (which tends to turn thread reading into hunting for what is or is not the next post in most forums.).
The number one thing for me, is the need to scroll side-to-side to read messages.
I don't mind however, scrolling to the left or right if I could see the whole of the actual message at once (at a good zoom level), as I'm usually navigating either the message posters, or a message's content, not both at once. This means I don't need to see both at once, and keeping the two, side-by-side really helps as it prevents the poster data and time-stamp from interfering with reading messages.
A good way to do that is to make the thread page one and a half screens across (when the screen is small), so moving left, the poster and timestamp can be navigated quickly, with enough of the messages to keep up, while moving right gets the poster and timestamp info out of the way, focusing the whole screen on just the message content.
Perhaps including a user setting for text size would also be beneficial.
If you do squish into a single column, (a less optimal solution in my opinion), swap out thread title for poster name and time stamp, then add a second line beneath that for the poster's flavor text, then a third line for the "post modification info," with the second and third line being visible only when used. This basically turns the meta data into a "page break" between messages, yet consolidates all together so any metadata together actually belongs to the same message (instead of seeing "last modifed" for one message immediately followed by a line, a name, and a timestamp for an entirely different message altogether.)
---
I also like post counts when viewing a list of threads.
Of course, despite my 3.5 inch screen, the game menus and main menus are fine. (the dice roller menu could use a makeover, but I don't think that mobile vs desktop matters in that case.)
I'll admit that there several screens and menus I never use, so there may be some in need of change I just don't know about.
This message was last edited by the user at 15:22, Mon 06 Mar 2017.