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Manuel, the skin looks great! Besides the attractive design, I like that the user image is more prominently on the left, the sharing buttons merged with the question tools - quite logical. The "rollover" effect on the avatar is great! Simplified post tools - nice but you need to explain people where the tools are - newbies may not notice them. I like that comments flow naturally under the posts.
The header imo is too large vertically. Many people want a forum as an add-on to their site - where they already have a common header. Vote buttons on the right might make it less likely that people will vote - and the votes are very important data in the forum - this will take some measurement to verify.
Very large comment button might make people comment more often than give answers, but a big button is obvious so maybe it is a good thing overall.
You are using icons in the main navigation - for you it is clear what they mean, but may not be for the people who see them for the first time. I prefer text in the navigation maybe with icons as extra enhancement.
Manuel, the skin looks great! Besides the attractive design, I like that the user image is more prominently on the left, the sharing buttons merged with the question tools - quite logical. The "rollover" effect on the avatar is great! Simplified post tools - nice but you need to explain people where the tools are - newbies may not notice them. I like that comments flow naturally under the posts.
The header imo is too large vertically. Many people want a forum as an add-on to their site - where they already have a common header. Vote buttons on the right might make it less likely that people will vote - and the votes are very important data in the forum - this will take some measurement to verify.
Very large comment button might make people comment more often than give answers, but a big button is obvious so maybe it is a good thing overall.
You are using icons in the main navigation - for you it is clear what they mean, but may not be for the people who see them for the first time. I prefer text in the navigation maybe with icons as extra enhancement.