One bit of feedback i have is that it would be nice to have a more compact UI option. Everything feels very big and “zoomed in”. There’s a lot of extra padding around elements, making it so less can fit on the screen at one time. I don’t want smaller text (I already scaled it down in settings), I want less empty space/padding around elements.
For instance, look at this post and the side bar; I feel like the padding could be halved. I feel like it would help reduce needing to scroll so much on posts and double the amount of stuff you could see on the side bar at once.
One bit of feedback i have is that it would be nice to have a more compact UI option.
This. Way too much white space in general, especially on the Forum home page. Some things could be packed twice as dense. Too much scrolling needed to quickly scan topics visually.
Hi @romullus, a huge thanks to you and the others for bringing up the improvement wish of using our existing forum space more wisely. We’re certainly investigating this already, and it should be relatively easy to implement on our side.
Also, this is just for anyone who might’ve noticed it yet: you can always hide/collapse the taskbar as well (see attached image) to free up some additional screen space:
What happened to the forum? Everything looks broken and ugly now. It’s no longer properly optimized for phones, even though it used to work perfectly before.
Why do I need all these extra products everywhere? I honestly don’t care what’s going on with V-Ray or Corona. I come to the forum for a clean community experience, not ads and clutter.
Please bring back the old, clean, and user-friendly forum.
WTH happened to Corona Forum, this new one is terrible. You cannot find anything without going through tons of apps that have nothing to do with Corona. Doesn’t format or work on phones. I find myself giving up after a few minutes of using this new forum because it’s so bad compared to the original Corona forums.
I use to click recent activity and see the latest Corona posts.
Was easy to use
Looked and worked great on phones
Had just what I wanted to see, not everything I don’t want to see.
I’ve got a bit of an issue with the unified login.
I manage a studio, and the login is required for multiple users to activate Vray - this now means that all users will have access to post under the unified login as me / from the same account?
not great…
BTW - i also don’t want my username showing as my actual name for security on a public forum.
i’ve not merged accounts but have been a Vray forum member since 2005…
This new forum is a total mess. I was a long-time user of the old one for over 10 years and used to visit daily. Nowadays, I barely come to this new site because I can’t find what I’m looking for without scrolling through an infinite list of categories I don’t care about. Also, for inspiration, I used to visit the gallery to check out interesting posts. Now, there aren’t even thumbnails, and you have to scroll forever to find anything. The forum is impossible to use on a phone, too. I don’t feel like this was an upgrade at all—to me, it’s a total downgrade.
I’m not sure what would be the best alternative, but when someone replies to a post and you go check it, the reply/answer appears on top of the screen, while most of the screen space is filled with Related and Suggested posts (bottom side). Maybe it is just me, but it takes a moment until I realize the answer is on the top.
It feels like the forum doesn’t have a clear hierarchy of sections with different font sizes and/or background colors. I’m not a UI expert, so this is only my perception.
Same thing with the signature. It could be more compact, with smaller font size and less space.
Being underwhelmed by the really bad old forum, I was really looking forward to the new forum.
Now… I am longing for the old one. What a complete and utter failure this new format is. Useless on phones, total chaos, I can’t navigate through this mess. Who decided this was a good idea???
I was hoping for a Discourse solution, we got garbage.
Elas, I won’t be coming back to this forum. Even if I would, I would be stopped by having to log in (…)
Can we have thumbnails in the corona forum Gallery, maybe its not the general “format” of the rest, but its better, Also the https://forums.chaos.com/ is a mess, Im a corona user, dont care about the latest news from enscape or the vray for houdini, Would be much better to have a separate URL for the Corona things..
I know they are owned by the same umbrella, but the users are not benefiting from that, just see the forum engagement, never seen so low in all the years..
No offense to anyone doing this, but doesn’t look that well thought by a person with experience doing this.
If I go to the Topics section and click to list the “Latest’” topics, the forum shows all the pinned topics first, even the ones without any updates from the past years. There could be an option to ignore or hide these.
You can go to the pinned topic scroll all the way down and unpin it. Unfortunately you will have to do that with every topic since i think there’s no way to unpin all the topics at once.
First off, a huge thank you to everyone who has taken the time to share your initial feedback, report issues, and provide suggestions. Your input is exactly what we need to shape the future of our new community platform. I’ve read every single comment, and I want to address the key themes that have emerged and share a look at what’s next.
We understand that the move to a unified forum is a significant change. A central point of your feedback is the desire for a more tailored experience, allowing you to focus on the products you use every day without the noise from others.
A Guide to Customizing Your Forum Experience TODAY
While we work on longer-term improvements, there are some things you can do right now already to customize the forum to your liking. We’ve put together a guide to help you take more control.
This guide will walk you through:
Creating Your Feed: How to build a personalized feed showing only the products you follow by using the “Unread” tab and setting categories to “Tracking.”
Customizing Your Sidebar: How to create your own quick-access list of your favorite forum sections.
Understanding “New” vs. “Unread”: How to get a fresh start and use the forum’s main discovery and follow-up tabs.
Power-User Tricks: Tips like how to use the multi-quote feature to reply to several posts at once. (More to follow)
We believe this should immediately help address some of the feedback we’ve received so far. This guide will also grow over time, based on the community’s input.
Our Rough Roadmap & What We’re Focusing On
Your feedback is the foundation of our roadmap. Here are the key areas we are actively investigating and prioritizing for the near future, based on your suggestions:
Priority
Area of Focus
Description
High
Better Category & UI Structure
We’ve heard you loud and clear. The feedback is that the current category list is too cluttered. We are prioritizing work on a better structure that will make it easier to find your “home” and browse by your primary product. (This also includes improvements to the mobile layout)
High
Gallery & Visual Content Display
We’ve heard your feedback on the (lack of) gallery sections (e.g., Corona section). We are investigating options to bring back or implement thumbnail views for a more visual browsing experience.
Ongoing
Bug Fixes & Quality of Life
We are continuously tracking and resolving bugs. Issues that come in will always be fixed as soon as possible.
Please keep the feedback coming, it’s incredibly valuable as we continue to build and refine the best community space for all Chaos users.
Sorry but I must concur with the other comments on this thread. I’m finding the new unified forum absolutely horrible to use. It is far too complex with many areas I have no interest in. Plus the readability and general UI leave a lot to be desired. As it is I wont be sing the forums until this is fixed. What a waste
I logged in and tried to post a question in the 3dsMax vray forum, and i kept getting errors in Firefox and Chrome saying “not permited to post.” I can reply only. Also, i keep getting a weird warning saying a "draft is open in another browser window. "
This is a known navigation quirk that we are currently addressing as part of our upcoming Forum Overhaul, which will introduce UI/UX adjustments and quality-of-life fixes to prevent this kind of confusion.
To keep the forum structured (also according to pre-merge setup), posting is disabled in the broad, top-level main categories.
The quick solution: Simply select a specific sub-category first, and you should be able to post your thread right away!
Kindly let me know if you still experience any additional problems or have further questions.
Couldn’t find a report for it, but for some reason the latest topics per subforum are always the stickied topics, never the new topics. Which is annoying, can this be changed?
