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[JD]

As I said in the other thread, that button only exists if you manually navigate to a forum or sub forum, it's not there if you use the "New posts" option.

I thought I was going crazy... I'm not sure how that was overlooked, the go to the 'last post read' icon/button is not present in the show new posts thread.

 

[Angelus Lupus]

If we keep saying it, maybe someone will notice?

 

[Draphin]

Ok no long sillyness this time I promise...

When simply using the quick reply field on the page clicking post reply will show a pop up window asking if you want to leave the page or not and if you chose to leave it then takes you to the Advanced reply page with your message and warns you that your submission was not posted as the same message was posted less than 5 minutes ago. which if you back up to the page is correct as your message was posted.

P.S. sorry if this is a repeat but I just don't have the time to keep catching up on this thread and I figure better safe than sorry.

 

[IEDBOUNTYHUNTER]

I dont if its been said yet, but when i look at my profile in recent activity. Im seeing other members activity. Not mine.

 

[greylocke]

Text looks much better, but then I saw the No squint look and installed it myself. WOW! I can read the forum easily again.

Thank you to Art and the rest of the Admins and the Mods, and whoever posted about Nosquint I forgot to grab you name, THANK YOU!!!

 

[Rebelscum]

This thread appears to be missing in action.

http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=67567

 

[adamata]

I have one issue, and maybe I am not seeing where to do it.

In the Inbox, when you check off multiple emails and you want to delete them, how do you do it? The old way had a drop down list that you could move or delete (etc) checked messages.

I don't see anything like that now. It was near the pagination links at the bottom of the message list before. Now I dont see a way to do this.

 

[Alan Castillo]

Text looks much better, but then I saw the No squint look and installed it myself. WOW! I can read the forum easily again.

Thank you to Art and the rest of the Admins and the Mods, and whoever posted about Nosquint I forgot to grab you name, THANK YOU!!!

It was robn1.

I actually downloaded & installed Firefox (I always use Chrome) just to install nosquint & try the whole thing out for the heck of it.

I very highly recommend it to whoever is not happy with the fonts, brightness, size, background & text colours etc etc.

For the nostalgic, you can have this

And the more daring can have something like this

They have gorgeous pastels to choose from too

Point is for those who are unhappy, there is a solution to make everybody happy.

 

[Angelus Lupus]

Just need to find a solution that works like this for Opera, I'm not going to install and get used to a whole new browser for one site.

 

[Alan Castillo]

Just need to find a solution that works like this for Opera, I'm not going to install and get used to a whole new browser for one site.

Why not

? I'm not exactly a tech savvy fellow, and it took me all of 2 minutes to figure Firefox out.

A browser is a browser is a browser, IMO anyway. (I make an exception for IE, which I compare to a snail

)

Instead of having two windows open, you'd have two browsers.

Navigating the site on a different browser doesn't change the way one navigates the site. Same links to click etc.

Just switch between browsers instead of tabs or windows

....... and why is the smiley now a lighter yellow

 

[Angelus Lupus]

Why not? Well Opera is the one I've been using for years, has a lot of handy plugins, supports content blocking as standard (handy on a lot of sites) and has integrated email. Also by using Opera Unite, I can sync my bookmarks with my mobile devices.

 

[Alan Castillo]

The individual post Title is missing in the thread proper. Is this a bug or a feature?

This was done on purpose to minimize the cutter in the posts. Previously, the thread title was at the top of each post in a thread. Now the thread title is listed once, above the posts.

Purely out of curiosity, how did you use the thread title above each post?

Come to think of it, and I missed suggesting it in the beta testing, I think the thread title above each individual post is better.

Why ? Don't laugh, but since I browse the site opening multiple tabs from multiple forums before clicking 'mark forums read', I then go between the tabs (threads) back & forth before closing them ......... and it has happened several times to me so far that I forget what thread I am on and I have to go to the top just to remind myself where the heck I am

If its a question of minimising space, perhaps the title could be placed on the same line/ header, in between 'x minutes ago' and the post number.

 

[Alan Castillo]

Why not? Well Opera is the one I've been using for years, has a lot of handy plugins, supports content blocking as standard (handy on a lot of sites) and has integrated email. Also by using Opera Unite, I can sync my bookmarks with my mobile devices.

Just use Firefox to browse the RPF and nothing else. All it takes is one click to change browsers to go back to opera.

All I am saying is that if the colours etc bother you a alot, there is a solution

 

[Alan Castillo]

One more suggestion I'd like to second, and please excuse me whoever it is as I can't find the suggestion anywhere for the life of me (but I did see it), is, if possible, to reinstate being able to go to the last post in a thread by clicking the time ('10 minutes ago' etc), from the forum front page.

I used to use that feature very often, especially because when I mark forums read & go to the front page & just leave it there refreshing now & then, I used to go to a new post in a forum straight from the front page by clicking from there, rather than now having to go into the actual forum first to be able to access the 'go to last post' button.

I am only seeing this now because in the beta stage, the threads weren't being moved by posting, so I missed that completely.

Now the site is buzzing with activity, I realise I miss that feature.

 

[Montagar]

This thread appears to be missing in action.

http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=67567

What was the title/topic of the thread?

 

[TheNickFox]

All of the bugs I encountered have either already been brought up or resolved, so all I have are three small requests, just from a usability/UX standpoint:

1) On the thread list, alternate 2 slightly differently colored greys to make each thread seem more distinct. As it stands the thread list looks a bit "soupy." (My word for being tough to read...like that feeling when you are reading a book as you're falling asleep and your eyes keep going over the words without actually reading them)

2) And this one is REALLY small. When there are multiple attachments on a post, could the "Previous," "Next," "First," and "Last" links in the lightbox please be underlined and have a dividing line put between them just for clarity's sake. So it would look more like this: Previous | Next

Again, the way it is now is just a tad soupy. I find myself having to actively search for those links each time I open up the lightbox.

...a small light colored "x" in a dark grey circle to the right of "close" could also help but isn't as big of a deal for me.

3) In the Quick Reply box at the bottom, is there a way to make the "post reply" button stand out more? Possibly by inverting the colors so that it would be the one light on dark option among the three options. (Post Reply, Go to Advanced Reply, and Cancel) Again this would just be to draw the eye to it and to prevent further soupiness. (Same thing applies to "Submit" in the advanced reply and "Save Changes" in the edit post page)

And a quick question: Is there a reason you guys went with activating the top navigation bar drop downs on a click action rather than through a hover?

Overall, I'm pumped about the new site. It will take some getting used to since it involves slight changes to how we navigate, but it's working great for me overall. (Then again, I'm on a Mac, so I've got the best fonts! WOOOO!)

-Nick

PS: The word of the day is officially soupy.

 

[Art Andrews]

If we keep saying it, maybe someone will notice?

It has been noticed. Bear with us. We have quite a list of fixes to work through... That is on it.

 

[Art Andrews]

1) On the thread list, alternate 2 slightly differently colored greys to make each thread seem more distinct. As it stands the thread list looks a bit "soupy." (My word for being tough to read...like that feeling when you are reading a book as you're falling asleep and your eyes keep going over the words without actually reading them)

Based on the coding alone, no, I don't think we can alternate them, but what we should be able to do is create a faint dividing line between them.

2) And this one is REALLY small. When there are multiple attachments on a post, could the "Previous," "Next," "First," and "Last" links in the lightbox please be underlined and have a dividing line put between them just for clarity's sake. So it would look more like this: Previous | Next

Again, the way it is now is just a tad soupy. I find myself having to actively search for those links each time I open up the lightbox.

That will depend on how much of that issue is lightbox vs how much is something we can control through vb, but we can certainly look at it.

3) In the Quick Reply box at the bottom, is there a way to make the "post reply" button stand out more? Possibly by inverting the colors so that it would be the one light on dark option among the three options. (Post Reply, Go to Advanced Reply, and Cancel) Again this would just be to draw the eye to it and to prevent further soupiness. (Same thing applies to "Submit" in the advanced reply and "Save Changes" in the edit post page)

Yes, we will definitely address this.

And a quick question: Is there a reason you guys went with activating the top navigation bar drop downs on a click action rather than through a hover?

Natively it is click based. However, we have been provided with code that we are going to test to see if we can change it to hove based. It is lower on the priority list since it isn't a functionality issue, but we will look into it and see if we can't make that happen.

 

[Angelus Lupus]

Good to know, Art. Just being a little facetious, y'know

 

[Art Andrews]

Thanks for the input. We are working to address a number of these concerns.

Although a change is welcome, I dont think this new template is working for me. The menus on top and the quick navigation on bottom are difficult to read, the text is too small and the grey doesnt has enought contrast with the background darker gray.

Im a professional graphic and web designer, and first thing I think of when facing a work is funcionality, clearity, readabilty and such, and give the user as easy access to the wanted information as I can, and according to that, I would never use a template like that. The general color is too plain and there is no color or typographic variations to guide the user eyes to the main sections. For example, in the main menu the area for the threads is small, and even in a big monitor has i have you have to scroll halfway down to get to it. Then, the small text and the too gray color for all text does not let you read the thread titles as easily as you should. Then, once in the threads, more or less the same. All text is gray, there is no color or size or weight variations to break the sameness of the page, and the name of the authors of the post gets kind of lost.

Please understand that I say these things without harshness and maybe I come across as smug or such, but Im not, I do it because I love this place and I want to see it become better than it already is.

Cheers!