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Updated look for the site (part2)
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Yeah, the count is always 1 more than it should be, has been for a few days. Obviously I could just ignore it, but it's a notification, I can't NOT pay it attention :P:o. Thanks Paddy
This should be resolved for you now. I'm going to dig into this bug again, I might be gone for some time
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Boards.ie: Danny wrote: »This should be resolved for you now. I'm going to dig into this bug again, I might be gone for some time
Danny
Back sooner than I thought. This bug should not crop up again on the new skin or on the old Beta skin but if it does you know where to post
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These are just my initial reactions.
Cozy Mode
Massive improvement. Well done on this, makes the site so much more readable.
Full Width Mode
This still isn't 100% in my opinion. For example:
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It would be so much better if the block of threads was centred in the screen. It just feels out of place where it is.
The Header
The breadcrumbs is much improved, much easier to read and looks better. However, the menu bar of forums is worse.
I can't show it in a snip, because snips don't take inverted colours into account, but now the menu bar fades into the overall header bar, and it's hard to make out Menu headers without mousing over them.
I realise that this won't affect the majority of the users of the site, because with non-inverted colours it's far easier to read than the previous white one, but surely there's a happy medium between white and the current colour?
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wnolan1992 wrote: »These are just my initial reactions.
Cozy Mode
Massive improvement. Well done on this, makes the site so much more readable.
Full Width Mode
This still isn't 100% in my opinion. For example:
It would be so much better if the block of threads was centred in the screen. It just feels out of place where it is.
The Header
The breadcrumbs is much improved, much easier to read and looks better. However, the menu bar of forums is worse.
I can't show it in a snip, because snips don't take inverted colours into account, but now the menu bar fades into the overall header bar, and it's hard to make out Menu headers without mousing over them.
I realise that this won't affect the majority of the users of the site, because with non-inverted colours it's far easier to read than the previous white one, but surely there's a happy medium between white and the current colour?
On the whole, nice job guys. A definite improvement.
In relation to Full Width / Cozy modes, we may come back and look at issues these modes create, but we currently aren't committing to anything just yet.
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Good luck to Tony (New Boards Product lead).
Like the new look and feel of the site, though don't know if I'll use it yet, or at least until I'm forced (or like the last sailor off the ship)
BTW, any chance Tony you could come up with a titanic skin, just in case we all get that sinking feeling
Thanks guys for all your help.
All the best,
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Boards.ie: Tony wrote: »In relation to Full Width / Cozy modes, we may come back and look at issues these modes create, but we currently aren't committing to anything just yet.
Can you clarify what you mean in relation to the header?
It's hard to explain without pictures but I'll give it a go.
I use inverted colours, and the top bar of the header (boards.ie, Adverts.ie, Arts, etc) kind of fades into the main header (boards logo, username, notifications, etc). The colours (when inverted) are too similar for my liking, and the two parts aren't as distinct as they were before the change.
At a quick glance, the text for the menu headers (Arts, Rec, Sys) don't stand out as much as they did when the background was white.
Not sure if that makes any sense,
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wnolan1992 wrote: »It's hard to explain without pictures but I'll give it a go.
I use inverted colours, and the top bar of the header (boards.ie, Adverts.ie, Arts, etc) kind of fades into the main header (boards logo, username, notifications, etc). The colours (when inverted) are too similar for my liking, and the two parts aren't as distinct as they were before the change.
At a quick glance, the text for the menu headers (Arts, Rec, Sys) don't stand out as much as they did when the background was white.
Not sure if that makes any sense,
Out of interest, are the menu headers (Arts, Rec, Hosted, etc) in bold?
It makes sense, but we haven't designed the site with inverted colours in mind. Maybe dont invert them and it would be better?
(p.s. the upcoming dark theme might be to your liking)0 -
Boards.ie: Tony wrote: »It makes sense, but we haven't designed the site with inverted colours in mind. Maybe dont invert them and it would be better?
I have to have the inverted (sensitivity to bright colours makes reading black on white text difficult).
It's fine though, I realise this isn't an issue for the majority of users, but it was the feedback I had so said I'd put it out there. On the whole, the updates are a vast improvement. 0 -
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wnolan1992 wrote: »I have to have the inverted (sensitivity to bright colours makes reading black on white text difficult).
It's fine though, I realise this isn't an issue for the majority of users, but it was the feedback I had so said I'd put it out there. On the whole, the updates are a vast improvement.
Ah, I understand now!
the black theme will really help then.
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Boards.ie: Tony wrote: »Ah, I understand now!
the black theme will really help then.
We'll be letting people know when it's live.
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Saul-Goode9 wrote: »Why is 'cosy' spelt as 'cozy'?
Us web devs are all americanized from typing color when writing stylesheets
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homerun_homer wrote: »Has anyone noticed how trying to browse the Rec categories on ipad proves difficult? Can this be fixed?
Yes definitely, you can't even scroll across
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....trying to find my own questions on the original thread, I had to do it the round-about way: go to my CP, and find 'all posts by galwaytt'......
...the 'omnibar' isn't, well, quite so Omni, it seems. I typed in my name, and click 'week' on l.h. toolbar and also 'search this thread for galwaytt' and.........got a big fat zero. (see attachment).
...which leads me to the purpose of the search in the first place - wondering if there's an answer to my question on page 73 (post #1089 in factah...)...
1. Hover-over to expand sub-menu's : is this going to happen, or can't happen or....likely to happen, or..........A.Other reason ?
2. Same thing but for the brightness - really, really need to tone it down.......or are my eyes playing tricks on me, and it has been - a bit, since Beta 1.0 ??
Btw, breadcrumbs much better now, beginning to like it - even if it looks very 'DEC' - all ye dev's old might get that..........Ode To The Motorist
“And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road”
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I've used Boards default since I registered and politely but stubbornly resisted all attempts to convert me to Hallowe'en skins, Beta skins, Apple Dumpling skins etc. in the interim.
Tbh, I probably wouldn't have been in any rush to try this either if someone hadn't been in the house and switched it over and said "sure try it for a while!"
But I've become accustomed to it quite quickly, and generally find very little to complain about (that's a compliment btw).
One thing I do find a tad annoying though is links within posts not really being that easy to spot, especially when they are incorporated into the text.
I haven't read all the original thread, so perhaps this has already been mentioned and answered there; if so, apologies.
Admittedly, the fact that my sight is not the best, and that I'm a tad light-sensitive and would have the brightness turned down on my screen may not be helping in this regard, but I doubt I'm the only one in that particular situation.
In the old default look, links were underlined, and were much easier to spot as a result. Would it be possible to revert to this? ... or is there any other / better way to make them stand out a bit more? ... I don't know, perhaps embolden them* or a stronger shade of blue or something?
Many thanks,
R.
*I notice that even in the OP of this thread, Tony has used bold to make the links stand out ... and I can see those much more clearly! 0 -
Boards.ie: Danny wrote: »1) Not likely, at least not in the near future.
2) Not happening. Your solution is the themes that Tony has already mentioned several times.
3) Searching from the Omnibar is searching for words in posts. Your name doesn't come up that often in post content. If you want to find your post you could have opened the old thread, clicked Search this Thread -> Advanced -> Posts by galwaytt. Or clicked advanced from the search, posts by galwaytt in Feedback.
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1) Why break something that didn't need fixing - I think that's a major fubar.
2) Again, if, like so many others, the brightness is an issue, surely you can just select that value to be a softer white - it doesn't affect anything else..
3) Erm, I see. I assumed that is was searching all fields - text and users, based on what comes up on the attached......
Oh, and, back to the breadcrumbs; the last text field (updated look for the site, part 2, this thread, say), wouldn't that be better as a hyperlink to the thread (say page 1 or last page) as well, otherwise you just get booted out of the thread ?Ode To The Motorist
“And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road”
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1) Why break something that didn't need fixing - I think that's a major fubar.
The old menu expanded to the left and right, so a hover causes no user experience issues. In this design the hover expands downwards, so a hover (even a delayed hover) can throw the whole thing off - why is that menu opening? what does it mean? Why are those forums hidden but others not? Oh look, It's disappeared now etc. As has been said in the last thread, we tried it out and went back to the click to expand.
Getting us to this stage has taken a good chunk of time, like most software developmen some decisions were taken and then built upon. Changing something fundamental such as the way events are handled and menus are expanded isn't trivial. So it's a time vs benefit thing - and right now all the time is being spent on other features people were much more vocal in giving feedback about - the sticky header, the excessive padding, the "what's in my notifications" brigade and some non-default themes.
So, as I said it's not looking likely, and not in the near future. If this changes then I'm sure Tony will let you know.2) Again, if, like so many others, the brightness is an issue, surely you can just select that value to be a softer white - it doesn't affect anything else..
I'm not a designer, I don't make these decisions. What I do though is I look at the skin for upwards of 8 hours per day in addition to a lot of other sites with white backgrounds (StackOveflow, Google) and I don't have an issue. There were maybe 100-200 people with an issue on it, there are now 6471 people on the new style - so less than 5% of people have an issue with the black on white, should we change it or should we just let the themes sort it out? We've chosen to let the themes sort it out.3) Erm, I see. I assumed that is was searching all fields - text and users, based on what comes up on the attached......
Those 3 things are options, you pick one but all 3 of them are not referring to you as a user but your name as a key word. Now that I think about it, that wouldn't be a bad improvement to makeOh, and, back to the breadcrumbs; the last text field (updated look for the site, part 2, this thread, say), wouldn't that be better as a hyperlink to the thread (say page 1 or last page) as well, otherwise you just get booted out of the thread ?
Waaaay ahead of you, filed that one myself
Thanks for the feedback, to you & all who've posted for far - it's much appreciated.
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This decision will effect a lot of people on Boards.ie and it is beneficial to get advice on colour balance from a designer. It is too often that the site are designed by a committee who are non-designers as well? I've come across few comments after reading this feedback about bright white screen that effect their eyes. I agree as a designer myself to tone down harsh white to softer white even slight hint of grey less than 5% that might do the trick.Boards.ie: Danny wrote: »I'm not a designer
I also noticed as the content scroll up / down and you can see them all in between a line as marked in red and I'd suggest fill that in white.
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Excellent job on the latest version of the skin, particularly the 'cozy mode' and the 'new posts' link!
A little something I've noticed right from the beginning with the new skin:
Type: Design
Issue: My avatar (a Norway Maple leaf, if anyone's interested) has a faint square outline around it. I went to a fair bit of trouble to create a transparent area around the leaf image, so that it would appear the same on all the skins
See screengrab image below.
It'd be nice if the square outline could be done away with at some stage, no biggie if it can't though.
Browser & OS: Chrome 20.0.1132.57 m; Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
Screen Resolution: Not applicable
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