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Polycell
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marie-antoinette
Posts: 4136 Location: Ottawa, Canada |
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Yes, this exactly! I don't know why exactly but I don't like staring at a screen that has more white space than text and the forum in the new design definitely takes up less than 50% of the screen (it's probably roughly 1/3 of the monitor I'm on right now). If the forums were the same size as the news section on the main page, as Giolon suggested, I think that would be about perfect. Smaller than they are now (they are definitely a bit on the wide-side at the moment) but not so small that they are dwarfed by the spaced around them. And the sidebar would still fit in nicely for people who don't turn it off. |
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Dan42
Chief Encyclopedist
Posts: 3783 Location: Montreal |
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Look at the account settings again. I've modified the Text width preference so that you can specify a custom number of characters per line. So if you choose something like 150 it should be roughly what you're looking for.
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Giolon
Subscriber
Posts: 61 |
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That's a pretty awesome update, Dan42. I've settled with 175 for the moment - which seems closest to the main page's news column. 150 could have been suitable though if it were the only option. Thumbs up!
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TheDarkVoid98
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everything looks great, but it would look more appealing if you add colors to the background like the old site its all blue it would then look a lot less plain!
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TsunaReborn!
Posts: 4713 Location: Cheltenham UK |
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If you go to My ANN then Skins you should be able to change the background there. I only discovered this the other day |
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Tempest
I Run this place.
ANN Publisher Posts: 10421 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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I'm sure there are other people who prefer the grid (I prefer it), so we can't change the default just based on the preference of one person. The grid view is the main design of the new site, and the others have been added as options for people, such as yourself, who do not like the grid view. Whether you are using a browser that doesn't support permanent cookies, or (more likely) you have chosen to delete cookies, we can't be expected to redesign the site for visitors who essentially have non-completely-functioning browsers. -t |
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Tempest
I Run this place.
ANN Publisher Posts: 10421 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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UGH. I'm sorry, that's not a setup I have installed on any of my system s(although Dan might have something close). I was hoping I could test on a similar system and see if I could replicate the problem. -t |
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Shiroi Hane
Encyclopedia Editor
Posts: 7580 Location: Wales |
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Since it's all GPL stuff it could plausible be loaded up in a virtual machine if someone had the time.
My only machine running linux is Debian but it's Etch IIRC and it is one of these so slow is the norm.... (I got it purely to run as a headless box for doing network diags, and haven't needed to use it since my old job was made redundant) |
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chronium
Posts: 289 Location: Canada |
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Then sorry I will never be returning to ANN when the transition happens. |
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jsc315
Posts: 925 |
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I would be very happy with this. On a side note (not sure if this is a temporary bug or not)when I try to go to my account settings or forum setting on the beta I get a server error on Chrome. Edit: Never mind, I am having issues accessing the forums all together in the beta so I'm just going to assume it's down for a reason. |
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ANN_Lynzee
ANN Executive Editor
Posts: 2947 Location: Email for assistance only |
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Are the "Around the Web" ads a permanent fixture? I noticed them for the first time today.
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dormcat
Encyclopedia Editor
Posts: 9902 Location: New Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC |
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Even if I've selected "Text-only List View," "Text-only Grid View," or "List View with Images" on the front page, the system (cookie?) never remembers my selection and always returns to the "Grid View with Images" layout.
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Dan42
Chief Encyclopedist
Posts: 3783 Location: Montreal |
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Yeah, it's something we're trying out.
Only on admin. Because staff needs to be aware of how the front page looks with the default layout. |
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wilson_x1999
Posts: 182 Location: Monterrey, Mexico |
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Can't say I like the design. It looks to cluttered, it feels like somehow, I ended up in tumblr or pinterest, which might be intentional, but I have never been a fan of the design of those sites.
I do like the menu bar and flat design in general, but there is a huge waste of space in the forums sides, this will probably be used for ads, but is almost double of the space dedicated for the forum itself. |
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