WombatOfFury
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I like it. I also thought i went to the wrong place when it first loaded. So used to the older look.
'Marketplace' is the general term you will find where third parties are buying and selling from one another. (clip) We knew this wouldn't be a popular change (although I am a bit surprised by just how many are not liking it) but we feel it is moving the site in the right direction.
Hell, even I like it! :cheers
Can you add a legacy style RPF Standard? I don't like the narrowness of the new design and although I like the Star Wars 'Legacy' style, I get a lot of glare with the black background.
When you say you don't "buy it" what do you mean? Do you think there is another reason we are going with fixed width aside from it being the prevailing trend and because it is easy to design for fixed width? I can assure you it isn't benefiting me. I run 1920X1080, so like many of you with large resolutions, I have a lot of border on the sides. I guess I am used to it because most of the progressive sites I visit are the same way.
Yay! :thumbsupWe have a very small run of test shirts being made right now and will have a couple of test shirts at the prop party but we won't have any for sale. As soon as we get back, we will be putting up a sale thread for the shirts.
I guess I just don't go to many "progressive" sites that leave bars of space.
Can you add some explanation to this? (The variable width bit).The old light and work-safe styles with variable width backgrounds (along with the Replica Property style) are gone for good. :unsure
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Too vague and not centered around the things we love? How about these?
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And most importantly:
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I mean... if the left and right can agree on fixed width....
eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices
Welcome to Facebook - Log In, Sign Up or Learn More
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.
Relationships Matter | LinkedIn
Funny Videos, Funny Clips & Funny Pictures | Break.com
Too vague and not centered around the things we love? How about these?
Comic Book Movies - Superhero Movies - Superheroes - Heroes - Comic Books - Graphic Novels - Super Hero - Adaptations | Superhero Hype
Movie News, TV Show Guides, New Video Games, Hero Machine, Cool Stuff - UGO.com
Star Trek Homepage
StarWars.com | Home Page
Blizzard Entertainment
And most importantly:
FoxNews.com - Breaking News | Latest News | Current News
AND:
CNN.com - Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News
I mean... if the left and right can agree on fixed width....
Not sure if the fixed width issue is even up for debate and playing the devils advocate here. None of those sites listed above are forums.
Many posts of substance, are long big paragraphs that dont conform or match up to content like any of the sites listed above.
With the fixed width, those long posts, pictures, signatures etc and now even shorter posts become "jammed" up, very busy.. almost claustrophobic feeling that makes it harder to read. I mean its not terrible by any stretch, but was better when the user could adjust it to his or her liking.
Would you rather read a paperback book that fits in your back pocket or a nice hardcover full size book?
Sorry, I thought you asked for feedback.
The Star Wars background said things for the site?I agree with the three main points: fixed width is a cramping pain (fixed for the time being in Firefox, using the script from the other thread); Junkyard was a better name for a bunch of reasons; and least important, the new logo is uninspired and says nothing about the site.
Other than saying that some other sites (most of which are not forums) have fixed width, I still haven't seen a reason why the RPF went to this. Art, can you expand on the reasonings - other than other sites have fixed width? Thanks.Mos Eisley Police Department
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IGN is one of the largest on the net.
Now, don't get me wrong, you can find plenty of variable width forums as well. Those are just three that immediately come to mind that are fixed.
The large images thing is the greatest concern as they more or less break the style, but we are working on that.
For signature, they shouldn't be effected because of our limitations on size of signature.
For the typed content, I can certainly understand where someone would have a preference for one over the other, but going back to some of the early examples that were posted, when you look at a news site with fixed width, you are essentially looking at single posts... so where we are vs where they are isn't very different.
Here is a rough idea of variable at 1920 vs fixed.
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