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Orwell
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05 Jun 2010, 9:59 pm

Did the forum software get updated or something?

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05 Jun 2010, 10:11 pm

I have noticed some font changes as well as a couple minor color adjustments here lately.
Whenever the new software does actually get migrated, I would expect some additional (new stuff) changes to be filtered in over a period of time, as well as the Label of said software proudly displayed at the bottom of every page.

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05 Jun 2010, 10:15 pm

I've been updating things to remove a lot of the clutter and speed things up. i hope its easier to read

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05 Jun 2010, 10:22 pm

alex wrote:

I've been updating things to remove a lot of the clutter and speed things up. i hope its easier to read

Yes it is, thank you.

...and the gradient color bars here and there, isn't this new?

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05 Jun 2010, 10:50 pm

alex wrote:

I've been updating things to remove a lot of the clutter and speed things up. i hope its easier to read

That's as maybe, but I've also had intermittent troubles where I cannot access the links to my account details or my PMs. Is this a side-effect of this tinkering?

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06 Jun 2010, 6:38 am

alex wrote:

I've been updating things to remove a lot of the clutter and speed things up. i hope its easier to read

It just looks a little weird but I'll get used to it.

On the brightside, it actually actually loads the pages almost instantly. As for me, I have a really fast connection so yea, it does actually help.

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06 Jun 2010, 1:19 pm

alex wrote:

I've been updating things to remove a lot of the clutter and speed things up. i hope its easier to read

What kinds of changes have been made? Not complaining, just interested in knowing.

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06 Jun 2010, 4:13 pm

The number of views of each thread is gone, which I think that is a good riddance.

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07 Jun 2010, 7:04 am

Change? On a forum for autistic people? Ya what?! :lol:

Nah, it's alright, I'll get used to it. Could do with the total views column showing up in individual forum sections again though

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08 Jun 2010, 3:11 pm

I do miss the "view previous" and "view next." Without those, reading through a forum takes a whole lot whole lot longer.

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09 Jun 2010, 11:08 am

DW_a_mom wrote:

I do miss the "view previous" and "view next." Without those, reading through a forum takes a whole lot whole lot longer.

What were these? I don't recall ever using them.

As for making these "updates" - I expect updates to add facilities - not take them away.

Also, random tinkering with the font sizes just serves to annoy me. I luckily have saved the original CSS and I override much of the current code to restore the appearance I (an aspie) am comfortable with. Unfortunately, I cannot restore items that have been removed.

As I have noted elsewhere, the views per thread is still being calculated, but not reported on the forum pages. See: http://www.wrongplanet.net/postp2836869 ... t=#2836869

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11 Jun 2010, 10:30 am

I knew it... Why must my favourite websites be changed. I don't care if it's faster, or if it's better, or if it's more useful. I was used to the other design and now it's... different. It's always angered me.

Google, Youtube, WP. What next?

I don't suppose there's an option for me to change back? I suppose I can get used to it though.

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11 Jun 2010, 10:48 am

This is the (conditional) CSS I use (with Mozilla stuff):

Code:

@-moz-document domain(wrongplanet.net) {

/* was the blueish (approx #BDE) stuff */
body {
   scrollbar-3dlight-color:#EDB!important;
   scrollbar-track-color:#EDB!important;
}
hr,.code,.quote {
   border-color:#EDB!important;
}
td.row1,td.row3,
td.cat,td.catHead,td.catSides,td.catLeft,td.catRight,td.catBottom,
td.row3Right,td.spaceRow,input.button {
   background-color:#EDB!important;
}
th {
   color:#EDB!important;
}

/* was the greenish (approx #BDA) stuff */
body {
   scrollbar-face-color:#DCF!important;
   scrollbar-shadow-color:#DCF!important;
}
td.row2,.helpline {
   background-color:#DCF!important;
}

/* font families */
table * {
   font-family:verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif!important;
}

/* small sizes */
.boxcontent,.boxtitle,.cattitle,.code,.content,.ddm1,
.genmed,.mainmenu,.name,.nav,.quote,select,
.storycat,.storytitle,.topictitle,
h1,h2,input,input.button,textarea,th,
A:active,A:hover,A:link,A:visited,
BODY,DIV,FONT,FORM,P,SELECT,TD,TEXTAREA {
   font-size:11px!important;
}

/* post body size */
.postbody {
   font-size:12px!important;

}

/* test top navigate stuff */
/*
A.topnav:active { color:#9F9!important; }
A.topnav:hover { color:#EFE!important; }
A.topnav:link { color:#AFA!important; }
A.topnav:visited { color:#CFC!important; }
*/
A.topnav > U > FONT { color:#CCC!important; }

/* Colour in post links */
.postlink {
   /* color:#F00!important; */
   font-weight:bolder!important;
}

}

Leave off the first and last lines when you incorporate it into other browsers.

I do make a couple of gratuitous changes. I change the pastel blue and green background colours to my fairly gruesome sandy / mauve versions. They are the EDB/DCF codes in the above. I also embolden links, to make them more visible.

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15 Jun 2010, 11:36 am

How can you tell if a discussion has more than the page that you are viewing? And how do you navigate different pages? There is nothing at the bottom of the page to indicate this, anymore.

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15 Jun 2010, 11:52 am

How can you tell if a discussion has more than the page that you are viewing? And how do you navigate different pages? There is nothing at the bottom of the page to indicate this, anymore.

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15 Jun 2010, 12:10 pm

lau wrote:

DW_a_mom wrote:

I do miss the "view previous" and "view next." Without those, reading through a forum takes a whole lot whole lot longer.

What were these? I don't recall ever using them.

They were up on the right. One click instead of two for getting through the threads on a board.

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