Forum Design - A Step Backward

First, the light gray fonts are exceeding difficult to read.

Second, at random times, I am told my password has expired with a form to reset the Apple ID password WHICH IS WHAT I DO NOT WANT TO DO (multiple devices, multiple software, etc. all would have to be updated - dozens of times typing in 14 character nonsense)

Third, I'm sorry, but I can't find anything I want without guessing and opening up every item, e.g. developer forums, and then when I think I found what I want, I click on it, wait, and find I have to click yet another link that appeared out of nowhere.


For those of us who just want to go quickly to areas of interest, can we please just have ONE page with a table of contents, perhaps even two or three columns, with JUST black or dark blue links, no graphics, and we can just find what we need quickly (because we can read and do not care about pretty icons).


Thank you.

The new developer.apple.com site is horrible.


Did they farm out to high school students who have no clue about usability?


Don

Apple is a user here, just like us devs. JIVE Software (Portland, OR), makes and configures the (contracted) forum software (they specialize in Windows), so I wouldn't hold my breath on improvements/tweaks/changes any time soon.

KMT wrote:


"Apple is a user here, just like us devs. JIVE Software (Portland, OR), makes and configures the (contracted) forum software (they specialize in Windows), so I wouldn't hold my breath on improvements/tweaks/changes any time soon."


This is absolutely horrible. It took 30 clicks to find my way back to this forum.


I will definitely put this on the table on our next Apple Enterprise Support call.


I suggest you all do the same, shine a big bright light on this horrible new forum "design".


Sorry for the vent, just feel like an incompetent/incapable company outbid a competent/capable company and we are all impacted.


Don

>Sorry for the vent,

I think in this case it's warranted 😉

Forum Design - A Step Backward
 
 
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