#241
Tubthumper (Scott Morrison) wrote:
I think having the “all categories” drop down menu down by defualt would help newbies or visitors find their way around a little better. I’m fine with the way it is, it’s just if I was a newbie, I’m not sure I’d stay for long if I couldn’t find sections.
Just an idea, like I say.
Posted on Tue, 14 August 2007 at 12:12
#242
Dennis wrote:
Not sure if this has been mentioned before, but on the old board you could click on “last post” to go directly to the last post in any particular thread. I can’t find a way to do this with the new layout - I used to find this a very useful tool, so if it could be incorporated that would be marvellous.
Posted on Tue, 14 August 2007 at 12:53
#243
Teethgrinder (René Fennema) Administrator wrote:
Ok folks, a couple of small updates to the boards.
1. I’ve added a bit more space between posts, to help tell them apart.
2. I’ve made the text and link colours a bit stronger for better readability.
3. The total number of messages posted by a user is displayed on each post.
4. The buddy icons now link to a person’s profile.
Thanks for the new comments/suggestions, guys, keep ‘em coming.
Posted on Tue, 14 August 2007 at 12:57
#244
Divers (Simon) wrote:
Rene Is there anyway of just turning of Dennis’s buddy icon… everyone else’s is fine… no offence mate but it’s putting me off my dinner?
Posted on Tue, 14 August 2007 at 12:58
#245
mr self destruct wrote:
Dennis’s head looks like football with a face painted on it.
Posted on Tue, 14 August 2007 at 13:04
#246
mr self destruct wrote:
Posted on Tue, 14 August 2007 at 13:04
#247
Dennis wrote:
It’s actually quite a good photo when you see the original. Unfortunately, the automatic resizing has squashed it so that my head looks round instead of my actual oblong, droopy, gormless shape.
Posted on Tue, 14 August 2007 at 14:14
#248
Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:
Dennis wrote:
[..] on the old board you could click on “last post” to go directly to the last post in any particular thread.
yep that was handy
Posted on Tue, 14 August 2007 at 14:21
#249
Gimme Back My Brainsaw (I would set Myself On Fire For You) wrote:
Is it me or have the buddy icons moved down a bit?
Posted on Tue, 14 August 2007 at 15:30
#250
Teethgrinder (René Fennema) Administrator wrote:
That’s correct, Grant. Check out the updates I posted a few posts earlier.
I’ve just reintroduced the Who’s Online feature in a basic form. The people who were already online during the update won’t be visible until their next visit.
Posted on Tue, 14 August 2007 at 16:42
#251
Misanthropologist (d) wrote:
Posted on Tue, 14 August 2007 at 22:16
#252
Gimme Back My Brainsaw (I would set Myself On Fire For You) wrote:
surely a colour scheme change would be good.
the whites a bit too plain
im really used to this new board now
Posted on Tue, 14 August 2007 at 23:04
#253
Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:
its still too bright in here, i’m off to bed. don’t go stayin up to late ye crazy kids
Posted on Tue, 14 August 2007 at 23:15
#254
Divers (Simon) wrote:
You could have a slight difference in shading for each post, a slightly grayer one for every other to help seperate peoples posts and maybe make it less bright if people are finding it a problem?
I know I have some problems trying to read this new board but that’s because of the type of dyslexia I have… it would help me… but that is a totally personal problem and solution.
Posted on Tue, 14 August 2007 at 23:37
#255
Divers (Simon) wrote:
Is the clock wrong on this thing or is it just me? I have mine set to (UTC) London, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia.. so that should be the right time in the UK… shouldn’t it?
Posted on Wed, 15 August 2007 at 00:05
#256
hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
Time elves, René’s working on it :)
Posted on Wed, 15 August 2007 at 07:16
#257
mr self destruct wrote:
Dennis - your head looks much less spherical in you new icon, don’t worry.
(What would have been funny though is if you’d denied my charge of round-headedness, and posted a photo of you and some mates as proof - in which all your mates had normal heads but yours still looked like a bowling ball).
Teethgrinder - any chance of a “hide online status” for furtive surfing?
Posted on Wed, 15 August 2007 at 07:29
#258
Divers (Simon) wrote:
So you want to go back to your lurking then do you? :p
@S Bloody time elves i’m confused enough with time differences this doesn’t help!
Posted on Wed, 15 August 2007 at 07:45
#259
mr self destruct wrote:
Yes, I feel horribly exposed :(
Posted on Wed, 15 August 2007 at 07:51
#260
Teethgrinder (René Fennema) Administrator wrote:
Posted on Wed, 15 August 2007 at 08:31
#261
mr self destruct wrote:
Phew, cheers! *not really here*
Posted on Wed, 15 August 2007 at 08:34
#262
Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:
Divers wrote:
You could have a slight difference in shading for each post, a slightly grayer one for every other to help seperate peoples posts and maybe make it less bright if people are finding it a problem?
I second such a motion and it would help with the whole brightness thing :-)
Posted on Wed, 15 August 2007 at 09:36
#263
Teethgrinder (René Fennema) Administrator wrote:
When viewing a list of discussions, the dates in the latest post column now link to the latest post (except when there are no replies). Beware, if there are unread posts before the last post you’re jumping to, they will also be marked as read. If you want to jump to the first unread post in an updated discussion, simply click on the title of the discussion, as before.
Brought to you by the department of teeny tiny updates, the changed screen name icon is now black instead of pink, to make it stand out a little less.
Posted on Wed, 15 August 2007 at 11:27
#264
Dennis wrote:
Cheers Teethgrinder, nice one!
Posted on Wed, 15 August 2007 at 11:33
#265
Teethgrinder (René Fennema) Administrator wrote:
You’re welcome, Dennis, glad you like it.
Other minor updates I’ve done recently are displaying the reply form directly below the last post in a discussion (instead of underneath the page links), and making the category link in the grey bar bold, to make it stand out more.
Posted on Wed, 15 August 2007 at 11:44
#266
Teethgrinder (René Fennema) Administrator wrote:
While it’s not yet ideal, I’ve just added a solution for the incorrect time issue.
You can set whether you’re currently on daylight saving time on the your time zone page in your account. It defaults to ‘yes’, as I think that’s true for most people on the boards right now. You have to manually change this when the time comes, but as this is only twice a year I consider it a big improvement over not taking DST into account at all :-)
Posted on Wed, 15 August 2007 at 14:00
#267
Kill_Hill (Brendan) wrote:
yo!! you know the ‘you have posted in this discussion’ icon at the end of the name of the thread? I think that could be a bit stronger colour wise :-)
Posted on Thu, 16 August 2007 at 18:41
#268
Teethgrinder (René Fennema) Administrator wrote:
I agree. I will release a couple of tweaks to the interface on Monday, which include a slightly darker version of all grey icons.
Posted on Fri, 17 August 2007 at 13:52
#269
Auto_Surgery (Mad Axe Man) wrote:
René, I know this is totally of topic but was OS do you use? I’m assuming you use a flavour of Unix
Posted on Fri, 17 August 2007 at 14:02
#270
up_in_flames (Tom) wrote:
so, first post on the new boards. I have to admit I have some troubles getting used to it…
kill_hill made some good points earlier which I don’t feel like repeating now.
Most important for me: Please change the colour scheme: It’s so bright, it hurts my eyes and makes the lines between posts visible. Fiddling with the brightness of my monitor is not an option, when everything but the WoM looks perfect.
Perhaps more to come when I can manage to stay online longer than five minutes.
Posted on Fri, 17 August 2007 at 20:40
