Dear Tempers,

The GBAtemp Team is happy to present the Fifth version of GBAtemp (this isn't even its final form!). TJ and I have been working on it for months and it's finally ready for you to use. There are tons of changes so I will only highlight the biggest ones, and you'll discover the rest by yourself over time.

A new homepage
We have created a brand new customizable and modern homepage. Its layout can be adjusted to fit your personal preference - move your mouse over the "Home" menu item and click "Customize your portal" to make your changes.

New site skin
We have updated the site and forum skin to look more modern with new colors and fonts. Both skins have been updated (light & dark). We are still working out the kinks, we are aware of a few minor issues, not everything's perfect yet but in time we'll get there!

Mobile friendly browsing
Finally you can browse GBAtemp on your mobile devices... without Tapatalk! Our new skin is fully responsive, just try it, it looks fantastic! All site features are supported, including the dark theme.

Ask GBAtemp!
If you have been around long enough you already know what this is. But for the others: Ask GBAtemp is a place where you can ask simple questions and get direct answers, in a similar manner to Yahoo Answers. There are already thousands of questions back from a few years ago, and it's now time to get back at it! Go ahead and ask your questions if you've got any.

Board upgrade
We have updated our forum software to the latest version, and this brings a lot of improvements on all fronts. The biggest and most noticeable improvements are:
- a new message editor supporting image paste and drag & drop
- watching a forum to get notifications when new posts are made
- multi-quote and selective quoting
- thread-wide bans... whoops, this is going to come in handy for the mod team
- online status indicator on avatars

We hope you will enjoy browsing the new and improved GBAtemp. Feel free to reply to this thread to give us feedback. Many thanks to tj_cool for doing most of the work!

A discussion forum has been created to centralize discussions revolving around GBAtemp v5. Click here to access it! We have already created several thread about known issues.

Costello & the GBAtemp Team

 

[KingVamp]

I don't understand why users don't like that top-right permanent menu.


It's very useful to access alerts without scrolling the page to the top and losing what you were reading

So when I don't get alerts or don't want to view them yet, it would just be in the way.
Not to mention that it reminds me of those annoying ads... that follow you down the page.

 

[DaRk_ViVi]

It's alway nice to see an update to the board system!
I like the ability to customize the home page, in fact I didn't like the new default layout but managed to make it like the old one (or even better with a few change I always wanted to have).

The only downside is the new font, I prefer the old one which was easier to read. ^^

 

[WiiCube_2013]

Locked that early/primitive 2000's top right window to the top and therefore whenever I scroll down it doesn't stalk me any more.

 

[Lucifer666]

So far I've been pretty tolerant/happy with the way it looks, save for two things really and I wish these'd get attention @Costello @tj_cool

1. The notification thingy that scrolls with the user on the top right. The concept isn't bad but my god as someone who's on a retina display macbook, believe me, those hideous, pixelated, low res icons wouldn't stand a chance against satan's hairy balls in a beauty contest
2. The home page is really busy, yeah. I guess a lot of sections can be removed through customisation, which is good, but please for the love of all that is good bring back the style of displaying the news posts in full as though you were actually in the thread. Those condensed images on the left don't quite do the trick

 

[Costello]

So far I've been pretty tolerant/happy with the way it looks, save for two things really and I wish these'd get attention @Costello @tj_cool

1. The notification thingy that scrolls with the user on the top right. The concept isn't bad but my god as someone who's on a retina display macbook, believe me, those hideous, pixelated, low res icons wouldn't stand a chance against satan's hairy balls in a beauty contest
2. The home page is really busy, yeah. I guess a lot of sections can be removed through customisation, which is good, but please for the love of all that is good bring back the style of displaying the news posts in full as though you were actually in the thread. Those condensed images on the left don't quite do the trick

it's ok, you got our attention, we will consider your suggestions. there is a dedicated forum about v5 suggestions, by the way

 

[DinohScene]

Portal seems a bit crowded, otherwise, damn sexy new skin yay <З

 

[mechagouki]

So far I've been pretty tolerant/happy with the way it looks

It's good of you to "tolerate" someone else's hard work, you should let everyone know if there is anything at all they can stop (or start) doing to make your world absolutely perfect...

FWIW, I like the new look, i suspect it's only confusing people because it's different, but change is good, and the old layout was a little "cookie-cutter".

 

[WiiCube_2013]

It's good of you to "tolerate" someone else's hard work, you should let everyone know if there is anything at all they can stop (or start) doing to make your world absolutely perfect...

FWIW, I like the new look, i suspect it's only confusing people because it's different, but change is good, and the old layout was a little "cookie-cutter".

Well, it's Lucifer so he's got to nitpick.

 

[FireGrey]

This update has reminded me that i'm running adblock on the site.
I don't want to see ads but I also want to support the site.
A sponsor feature would be pretty neat, where you pay $1 a month to block ads or maybe something more if you're feeling creative.

 

[WiiCube_2013]

This update has reminded me that i'm running adblock on the site.
I don't want to see ads but I also want to support the site.
A sponsor feature would be pretty neat, where you pay $1 a month to block ads or maybe something more if you're feeling creative.

Just like Patreon, you give whatever you want monthly.

 

[nxwing]

This update has reminded me that i'm running adblock on the site.
I don't want to see ads but I also want to support the site.
A sponsor feature would be pretty neat, where you pay $1 a month to block ads or maybe something more if you're feeling creative.

Aside from blocking the ads, maybe a new medal for the ones that support the site by being a sponsor. And a new user title too would be great.

 

[FireGrey]

Aside from blocking the ads, maybe a new medal for the ones that support the site by being a sponsor. And a new user title too would be great.

Yeah, probably shouldn't be too flashy for the same reason that ribbons were removed for so long.

 

[BORTZ]

I love the mobile theme. I can't get over how much I like it. Also, fun fact, if you squish your browser window, you can force the mobile theme on a monitor too

 

[MeerkatMario]

I said, and I repeat, I need an option to switch back to V4! It's been AGES since yesterday and I still can't wait for a single drop-down box saying V4 on my Preferences below Style!

 

[nxwing]

I love the mobile theme. I can't get over how much I like it. Also, fun fact, if you squish your browser window, you can force the mobile theme on a monitor too

except that the quotes are broken but other than that, it's pretty good.

 

[filfat]

Don't make up ridiculous statistics. Don't pretend that operating systems = people either. Just...don't.


The reality is, that even though the realism design is being brought back (or at least having support for it as an option) due to popular demand, flat is still the preferred choice for the majority. That's why I'm not fighting. I did offer a few suggestions for the staff, but that's it.

I think it's worth noting that I'm seeing lot more complaints about the font being hard to read than anything else. Something with a larger gap between the letters would help readability.

I didn't say this is a good attempt at flat style, it isn't. However I haven't came across one person who doesn't like Android L or iOS 7/8 style more than what they had before. Flat UI IS popular and it isn't going anywhere Google and Apple would NEVER switch to it if people disliked it, especially not after what happened with Windows 8. So let's face it the majority if not all likes Flat UI more than the old design, but as I said before GBATEMP's interpretation of flat UI is just plain wrong and ugly.

 

[Wekker]

This update has reminded me that i'm running adblock on the site.
I don't want to see ads but I also want to support the site.
A sponsor feature would be pretty neat, where you pay $1 a month to block ads or maybe something more if you're feeling creative.

your message just remind me to disable addblock on gbatemp!

 

[pasc]

Uhhhh.... what happened ?

 

[tj_cool]

There are now 2 additional portal options to hide the left navigation bar and to stretch to full width on larger displays.

I said, and I repeat, I need an option to switch back to V4! It's been AGES since yesterday and I still can't wait for a single drop-down box saying V4 on my Preferences below Style!

There are no plans to add back the old style.
But the new skin is still being tweaked.

 

[NBA Mj]

Oh gosh so much stuff in that homepage
Don't like it so far :\