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  • 01-10-2003 10:36pm
    #1
    flywheel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭


    hi, just wanted to do a poll for anyone else having problems with the boards.ie menu on Safari

    details outlined in this thread

    are you having problems using Safari on boards.ie 20 votes

    yes - the menu system is causing problems with navigation
    0% 0 votes
    no - i enjoy not being able to navigate easily around the site ;)
    100% 20 votes


Comments

  • #2
    flywheel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭flywheel


    great to see humour isn't lost on those voting no... :rolleyes:


  • #3
    DannyD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 852 ✭✭✭DannyD


    Me too, I believe the problem is with Safaris' limited implementation of Cascading style sheets.Should be better/fixed with the next Safari release.


  • #4
    DannyD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 852 ✭✭✭DannyD


    Besides the menus being compacted there is also a pause which hangs Safari for 2-5 seconds when I click the submit button.This problem is also evident with Mozilla on Macos and Windows.


  • #5
    flywheel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭flywheel


    yeah there are still a few sites causing problems :(

    but the thing was, the crowd who develop the menu system say the latest version works with Safari (re: this thread in Admin / Support)

    just none of the boards.ie team seemed interested :(


  • #6
    PhilipMarlowe
    Subscribers Posts: 4,419 ✭✭✭PhilipMarlowe


    I pm'ed ecksor about this and he was going to check into their licence details and have a look...
    I think the latest version of the menu works differently so I assume it won't be so straightforward to swap the new for the old....


    I use mozilla for browsing but would prefer to use Safari if the menu was fix0red...
    Patience grasshopper....


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  • #7
    flywheel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭flywheel


    i never assume anything is straightforward ;)

    but the sound of slience isn't the most encouraging response to user feedback :)

    BrianG


  • #8
    Hugh_C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,852 ✭✭✭Hugh_C


    I've also been having problems with Safari and other browsers on boards.ie and contacted the admin guys months ago.

    They seem to be of the opinion that it is the off the shelf sofware that boards.ie runs on, which causes the problems.

    Who knows?

    It's a pain in the ass though...


  • #9
    flywheel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭flywheel


    have found VB (vBulletin) runs smoothly enough in Safari (after it moved from Beta) - it's the dynamic menu system that still caues the biggest hassle for the basic task of navigating around the site :(

    BrianG


  • #10
    ssh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 484 ✭✭ssh


    I see the same problems with the menus on the top... all of the text is scrunched up.

    It works fine in Camino, Mozilla, Firebird etc. but not in Safari. It's a pity Camino isn't as snappy as Safari...


  • #11
    ZENER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    The menus are annoying OK. I find there is also a lag when loading forums that does not occur on I.E.. Seems to take about 4 or 5 seconds before anything happens after clicking. I use IOLBB.

    Tinky


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  • #12
    flywheel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭flywheel


    YAY! :D

    they've upgraded it and it works - no more stabbing at a mangle of words hoping you hit the right forum menu :)

    BrianG


  • #13
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    We do listen. Things move slowly though.

    especially when the upgrade of that thing was such a frickin' pain, I'm just glad that cloud took it over from me ...


  • #14
    flywheel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭flywheel


    flying around the place i am now - 'tis great thanks - and i didnt' notice you'd changed the logo in the mean time too...

    the then and now...

    BrianG


  • #15
    DannyD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 852 ✭✭✭DannyD


    I can now return to boards.ie after months of absence.Who fixed it ? Boards or the Safari update ?

    Anyone notice the 2/3 second delay which freezes Safari when a boards.ie page loads ?


  • #16
    PhilipMarlowe
    Subscribers Posts: 4,419 ✭✭✭PhilipMarlowe


    Yeah, that delay is getting right annoying now...


  • #17
    The Bouncer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 104 ✭✭The Bouncer


    Hi Dub,

    You mention te safari issue (menu all bunched up) has been resolved yet I am running safari 1.0 and OS 10.3.1 and I still have this issue


  • #18
    Hugh_C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,852 ✭✭✭Hugh_C


    I managed to make the scrunched-up text go away by selecting 'minimalist' in the 'Change Styles' menu.

    It's another matter alas, to actually get at the Change Styles menu via scrunched text!

    hC


  • #19
    PhilipMarlowe
    Subscribers Posts: 4,419 ✭✭✭PhilipMarlowe


    Here's a link for the minimalist style - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/index.php?styleid=17

    *shakes fist at the 3 second safari beachball here on boards...*


  • #20
    flywheel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭flywheel


    Originally posted by The Bouncer
    Hi Dub,

    You mention te safari issue (menu all bunched up) has been resolved yet I am running safari 1.0 and OS 10.3.1 and I still have this issue

    yeah - they "un-fixed it" a few days later :(

    BrianG


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