The "new" mobile theme has been available to sites on this platform for a while. We hadn't really considered it as we were generally happy with the "old" theme.
When we had the episode a few weeks ago where people were having unusual issues following a standard maintenance upgrade, we decided to switch to the new one, partly in the hope that it might flush out some of the issues some people were having.
In that sense it was successful however it was very clear early on that it just didn't feel as user friendly as the old theme. We wanted to wait a few days (as you should with any change) to see if grew on people, but there are just too many fundamental tweaks required (imo) to make it a step forward.
When we get more time we'll look at it again behind the scenes as I'm sure it can be an improvement with a bit of work, but for now we've reverted it back as that clearly seemed what the majority of the users prefer.
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Only thing I liked about the other one was that you didnt have to scroll to the top to get a link to homepage but happy with this.
The "new" mobile theme has been available to sites on this platform for a while. We hadn't really considered it as we were generally happy with the "old" theme.
When we had the episode a few weeks ago where people were having unusual issues following a standard maintenance upgrade, we decided to switch to the new one, partly in the hope that it might flush out some of the issues some people were having.
In that sense it was successful however it was very clear early on that it just didn't feel as user friendly as the old theme. We wanted to wait a few days (as you should with any change) to see if grew on people, but there are just too many fundamental tweaks required (imo) to make it a step forward.
When we get more time we'll look at it again behind the scenes as I'm sure it can be an improvement with a bit of work, but for now we've reverted it back as that clearly seemed what the majority of the users prefer.
"If it ain't broke dont fix it".