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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2009 14:45:51 GMT
One afternoon, when I was just wandering into my favorite sword forum it suddenly back fired no my eyes. I couldn't believe what I was seeing!
The simple and clear design was was gone! In stead, strange sandy colours appeared and the tiny lettering on the sub-forums made me search for my favorite topics.
No, I'd like the old, plain and simple look back!
What do you think about this? Please do fill in the poll.
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Post by Brendan Olszowy on Jul 7, 2009 14:53:08 GMT
I think it's still a work in progress. I'l reserve my vote. Every time I check in it's changed...
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Post by shadowhowler on Jul 7, 2009 15:25:11 GMT
I think it's still a work in progress. I'l reserve my vote. Every time I check in it's changed... Indeed. If the look it has now is the final look, I'm undecided... there are things I like about it and things I don't. Like Brenno said, tho, it seems to change every few hours so... I'll hold off till I'm told 'This is it.'
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Post by Marc Ridgeway on Jul 7, 2009 15:26:23 GMT
I dont mind the new look.... I liked the darker dialouge boxes better , because it made it easier to differentiate between quotes and text and signatures.... evrything just runs in together now...
AND I HATE THAT THE SIZING CODE DOESNT WORK.... THAT BLOWS BIG CHUNKS...
Otherwise , the new look is groovy,.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2009 15:29:52 GMT
It may be a work in progress, and if I have to wait a while for it to be settled I can live with that. What I don't like right now is having no choice of skin any more. The choice has been removed from the profile page. Most forums have a choice of skins and I just hope that this will be given back at the conclusion of this transition period. It's not that I hate this look, but all eyes are not the same and some would choose differently if they could. It's always preferableto be given a choice!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2009 15:30:21 GMT
i don't mind the new look i actually prefer everything not have a big ol white background... i feel like its easier on my eyes... especially since the other forums i go on aren't text over white... everytime i came here it was like my monitor punched me in the eyes
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Post by shadowhowler on Jul 7, 2009 15:32:28 GMT
I dont mind the new look.... I liked the darker dialouge boxes better , because it made it easier to differentiate between quotes and text and signatures.... evrything just runs in together now... AND I HATE THAT THE SIZING CODE DOESNT WORK.... THAT BLOWS BIG CHUNKS... Otherwise , the new look is groovy,. Sizing doesn't work? Sad... let me try... [glow=green,2,300]Me talk big...[/glow] Crap, your right. Lame. Quoted text not being marked by the box is a problem also.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2009 15:39:08 GMT
Actually there IS a box around quoted text, but it's a white box now. Very hard to see on this background.
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Post by admin on Jul 7, 2009 15:40:28 GMT
Hey guys, I must apologize to anyone who may have been watching the forum go from one design to the other the last few hours! I considered locking it down to do it, but thought 'the posts must go on'...! (and as a side note, I actually had about 1 hour where I thought I had accidently destroyed the whole thing! Oh my, I think I lost a few years off my life from that! ) Anyway, yes - it is very much a work in progress and there will be a few bugs that need to be ironed out (such as the sizing issue, and a few others here and there) and I know some of you HATE any kind of change, and I do understand that. But once we get the bugs out I hope you'll start to like it. In the meantime, apologies for moving all the furniture around for a while.
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Post by shadowhowler on Jul 7, 2009 15:44:36 GMT
Hey guys, I must apologize to anyone who may have been watching the forum go from one design to the other the last few hours! I considered locking it down to do it, but thought 'the posts must go on'...! (and as a side note, I actually had about 1 hour where I thought I had accidently destroyed the whole thing! Oh my, I think I lost a few years off my life from that! ) Anyway, yes - it is very much a work in progress and there will be a few bugs that need to be ironed out (such as the sizing issue, and a few others here and there) and I know some of you HATE any kind of change, and I do understand that. But once we get the bugs out I hope you'll start to like it. In the meantime, apologies for moving all the furniture around for a while. I tried to log on earlier and could not at all... that must have been durring the time you thought you killed the place. good luck getting everything the way you want it, Paul... I admire the effort.
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Post by shadowhowler on Jul 7, 2009 15:45:11 GMT
Actually there IS a box around quoted text, but it's a white box now. Very hard to see on this background. Must be a setting issue... cuz I don't see ANYTHING. Not hard to see, NOTHING.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2009 15:53:32 GMT
i seem to be missing several lines, i took them for granted before, but i miss them now...
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Post by Matt993f.o.d on Jul 7, 2009 16:03:04 GMT
I like the new look. The old look was too plain. So long as the mechanics of posting things like pics etc doesnt change, its all cool with me.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2009 16:03:27 GMT
Actually there IS a box around quoted text, but it's a white box now. Very hard to see on this background. Must be a setting issue... cuz I don't see ANYTHING. Not hard to see, NOTHING. There is a very faint, white, line around the quoted text. It is hard to see, but it is there. Vernon
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2009 16:07:37 GMT
I really like the background. Much better than that plain and boring white before. About the rest, let's see how it turns out!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2009 16:24:02 GMT
I dont mind the new look.... I liked the darker dialouge boxes better , because it made it easier to differentiate between quotes and text and signatures.... evrything just runs in together now... AND I HATE THAT THE SIZING CODE DOESNT WORK.... THAT BLOWS BIG CHUNKS... Otherwise , the new look is groovy,. Sizing doesn't work? Sad... let me try... [glow=green,2,300]Me talk big...[/glow] Crap, your right. Lame. Quoted text not being marked by the box is a problem also. At least you can read the quoted text now. That miniaturization this forum used to have was a real pain.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2009 17:53:58 GMT
New look is fine by me, but it'd be nice to have the option to change the forum theme.
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Post by brotherbanzai on Jul 7, 2009 18:03:41 GMT
Yes the background is pretty. But I don't come here to look at the background, I come to read the posts.
The original layout was nice. The one with all the little SBG logos was horrible. The one after that which was sort of light blue was nice and would be a fine replacement for the original. This one that looks like parchment with the sword hilts over on the right isn't the worst but having the actual posts shrunk down so we can see the spiffy background is silly. I hope we get an option to pick a simpler skin in our "user preferences".
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2009 19:00:38 GMT
I'm looking at a very parchmenty theme right now. It's nice, in that it doesn't hurt my eyes.
Pros: Nifty looking, certainly distinctive. Has swords on it.
Cons: No choice, not even the illusion of it. Post background is an off color, could be darker. Quote boxes don't show up very well.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2009 19:31:58 GMT
I dig the new background a lot but the text area, sub forums and whatnot seem off and require more concentration for me to navigate. Old eyes I guess.
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