Pick which sitetheme to use [Admins please read]

Join Date: 2011-02-22
Post Count: 1981

#152646869Sunday, December 28, 2014 7:29 PM GMT

As a very devout ROBLOX user, I have faced the different ROBLOX site themes, changing every year or so. I joined in 2011 and in 2012 I fell in love with the site theme, with the blue navigation at the top then the black subnavigation below it. I believe that as ROBLOX is a user-generated content site, the players should be given the chance to pick what site theme they would like to use. This could be a simple toggle switch in the Settings Panel, which users can change to without any fuss. Why not?

MrYouChew

Join Date: 2012-04-16
Post Count: 4326

#152647097Sunday, December 28, 2014 7:32 PM GMT

I've seen this before. There's a reason I said it was a bad idea but I can't put my finger on it... Oh wait, I remember now. With every new site theme comes a new update to how you can access different things. With the new home page, you can easily view your recent games and favorite games, as well as your best friends and what games they're playing. The problem is that if they allowed you to revert back to the old site theme, you wouldn't have access to the new features, and roblox doesn't want to go through the struggle of adding in new stuff when people want to "Preserve the nostalgia" of their old site themes. But I don't want to build a snowman, Anna!

AlvinBLOXX

Join Date: 2011-02-22
Post Count: 1981

#152647285Sunday, December 28, 2014 7:34 PM GMT

ROBLOX site developers could always tweak these old themes to add some extra links to these different things, and add new pages.

MrYouChew

Join Date: 2012-04-16
Post Count: 4326

#152647445Sunday, December 28, 2014 7:36 PM GMT

"ROBLOX site developers could always tweak these old themes to add some extra links to these different things, and add new pages." That's the problem. They don't want to do that. It's like suggesting that they add back old animations or old particle physics. They have to go through their archives, put it back, and edit the hell out of it to make sure it works in all games. Site theme is just too much trouble for too many things, and people would eventually end up complaining about how certain features are messing up their nostalgia. But I don't want to build a snowman, Anna!

AlvinBLOXX

Join Date: 2011-02-22
Post Count: 1981

#152647639Sunday, December 28, 2014 7:38 PM GMT

@above ROBLOX Archives are easy to find (Wayback Machine, or I bet ROBLOX has them stored somewhere, incase something drastic happened) If they spend so much time working on new site themes instead of fixing bugs, I am sure the team would have time to optimize these themes for the new stuff. they could go one at a time.

MrYouChew

Join Date: 2012-04-16
Post Count: 4326

#152647905Sunday, December 28, 2014 7:42 PM GMT

Regardless, my point still stands. They want to update the side to add new features and try out new looks. It's not the theme for 2012 if it has aspects of the theme from 2014. Js. But I don't want to build a snowman, Anna!

AlvinBLOXX

Join Date: 2011-02-22
Post Count: 1981

#152648154Sunday, December 28, 2014 7:45 PM GMT

'Aspects of the theme from 2014' Give me some examples of Aspects, then.

0nesh0t

Join Date: 2012-03-24
Post Count: 15845

#152648170Sunday, December 28, 2014 7:45 PM GMT

Change. You can't keep everything forever. Checkmate.

AlvinBLOXX

Join Date: 2011-02-22
Post Count: 1981

#152648365Sunday, December 28, 2014 7:48 PM GMT

Yes, but some of us cannot deal with change. This is for the 'classic' ones.