The topic row is potentially becoming somewhat cluttered and disorganised. This is particularly true of users with narrow forum columns.
This first image shows the current V4.1 row and is taken from our own site using current widths and layout. As you can see, a lot of space is taken up with the first/last post boxes and even with this short topic title, the icons and the title have been forced to wrap. The admin tool icon is also consuming a column.
In this next image, accepting that the row needs to be taller to accommodate everything I have re-arranged the first/last post boxes and squeezed them a little. I have also removed the admin tools column and the whole row becomes far more acceptable and 'cleaner'. Note that even with this change, the height of the row is actually smaller – an added bonus.
But it is still – at least in my opinion – cluttered and disorganised. Plus we need to get the admin tools back. This third image is my proposal for 4.1. It is no taller than image 2 but is cleaner, crisper and more presentable all round. It allows for both the topic title and the tags list to wrap normally (i.e., full width) if they need to, the thin grey line under the topic title helps to make it stand out and we have a new home for the admin icons (and don't forget these are not normally shown).
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