User Info on top or left of message?

[DeltaBlast]

Now that there are no more sidebars, I personally would like to see the user info (username, avatar, location etc) to the left of a message instead of at the top. It would take up less space and you wouldn't have to start reading at the exact left.

Maybe it's because I'm at 1280*1024, but I certainly think that now the sidebars are gone it would make great improvement.

 

[Maxi]

Yeah, I think that could work now that we are sidbarless. It would be a cool addition.

Could we atleast try it?

 

[joule]

Yeah. I agree DeltaBlast. Now that we have a wider screen to work with, why not put the Avatar, Location, Post Count, User Name, Join Date, etc on the left-hand side of the post. It makes common sense, and I believe we should at least try it out.

 

[Letters]

Aye... I'm using 1400x1050 resolution... really wide.

Oh well... everything will just look like a short post now.

 

[Hazar]

Why don't we try it?

 

[Maxi]

I think because munro and sm are lazy/afk.

 

[ShadowFox]

I disagree. Every forum has the info at the left. I like this since it is unique.

 

[Icarus]

I use 2048x1600 and I think it's fine how it is.

 

[Gunner]

I like this look, I don't see why we should change it

 

[CyberSh33p]

everyone remember when they fist changed it to info on top?

 

[Chris D]

everyone remember when they fist changed it to info on top?

You all hated it

 

[CyberSh33p]

You all hated it

yeah, but it grew on us

you've gotta admit though, that was a pretty huge and weird change. I've never been on a forum that does that, so that was like "wtf" to me.

 

[Maxi]

How about the right than? Just as a test? pretty please?

 

[Hazar]

I'd preferr it as is or on the left. Right isn't where you start reading from. I like to know who's word's I'm reading before I read them

 

[DeltaBlast]

You all hated it

I still do

 

[Reality]

I'll come out the lurking closet for this - always have and always will prefer the postbit (or whatever they're calling it in vb3) on the left.

Not sure its theme option, more a choice under the general options otherwise i'd have nagged Munro ages back for a choice of the two

 

[theGreenBunny]

I still like it better on the left. I've learned to live with it on the top though, just like I've learned to live with Cybersh33p's erotic PMs.

 

[ATI4EVER!]

I swear to god, if the site changes where the info is,, I will never come back, and I am dead serious.

 

[Diablo2k]

Left please

 

[Wraithen]

Voted Top... I like how things are a little different here still.

Having said that, you could try it on the left and then let us vote.
Who's idea was it to go at the top anyway?

 

[DeltaBlast]

I swear to god, if the site changes where the info is,, I will never come back, and I am dead serious.

Another reason to vote left! ^_^

 

[KagePrototype]

I'd like it on the left, it would compact things a bit more, which I like.

 

[Rygir]

I definitly prefer the top variety. It's out of the way and sentences can be nice 'n long. There's only 1 thing I'd like to see and that's date and post number not taking up like, 2 rows, why not divide the top section in 2 vertical sections, one with the user info, on the right hand side and have post date, number and similar thread related info perhaps to the left :

             _________________________________________________________
            | 4-10-2004 #23   | Name & rank                join/loc/post|
            |-----------------------------------------------------------|
            | Actual post text                                          |
             
              ...  
            |_________________________________________________________|

Possibly put the quote buttons etc along with the number & date.
Since the board is all about the messages, the user info should be as much out-of-the-way as possible. Messages come first, users second

(And it's no secret we read from left to right and are conditioned to look at layouts that way - I wouldn't mind seeing user info at the bottom of a post, along with his/her signature.)

It's nice to have all this personlisation (avatars, sigs, ...) but it doesn't have to dominate the layout (i.e. top and/or left + almost as large as a short post....).