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Re: Forum Upgrade!
Reply #20 - 11/09/09 at 13:57:17
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GabrielGale wrote on 11/09/09 at 00:35:21:

2) Do we really need all thos info about the moderators, their online status, their PM, etc? It is making the page longer ...

3) Similarly do we need all thoise info for Forum members who is online at the bottom of the page?

Presumably this info is only shown on the Home page, and not on any of the board or message pages?
  
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Re: Forum Upgrade!
Reply #19 - 11/09/09 at 13:54:18
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Jesse Gersenson wrote on 11/09/09 at 11:10:25:
Quick post

in the 'quick post' window, the buttons 'Post Message' and 'Preview' need some vertical padding below them, they are crunched up against the text.

I'm not sure I have any control over this (without directly editing the Forum software), or the whereabouts of the navigational links, but I'll keep looking!
I decided to turn the quick post/reply feature off, as most posters found it annoying. Undecided
  
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Reply #18 - 11/09/09 at 13:36:09
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chk wrote on 11/09/09 at 08:01:18:
What? No more dilbert avatars?!? I want the 'boss' back Cry

He's back!! Cheesy
  
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Re: Forum Upgrade!
Reply #17 - 11/09/09 at 13:24:35
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Viking wrote on 11/06/09 at 20:02:11:
I find the old chesspub logo more suitable than YaBB 2.4 logo

Oops! This must be on the old style look Forum template? I just fixed it. Smiley
  
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Re: Forum Upgrade!
Reply #16 - 11/09/09 at 11:10:25
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Quick post

in the 'quick post' window, the buttons 'Post Message' and 'Preview' need some vertical padding below them, they are crunched up against the text. 

The text is too busy and is difficult to read:

Shortcut: Press [Shift]+[Alt]+[s] to Post Message or [Shift]+[Alt]+[p] to Preview  

Change to

Shortcuts: press [SHIFT+ALT+s] to post message or [SHIFT+ALT+p] to preview 

That said - the shortcuts don't work with some version of firefox. 

Drop the text.


Navigational links

      « Home  ‹ Board  Top of this page 

Should be above the quick post section. They are navigational and belong grouped with the other navigational links which appear above the quick post window:


putting the two together:
Home  Board  Back to top   ‹ No Topic | Next Topic › 


note: 
1. remove the left arrow's beside 'board' and 'home'
2. Top of this page edited to be consistent with rest of site 'Back to top'

these navigational links should not be bolded - none of the other links on the site are bolded and, generally, bold text is difficult to read.
  
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Re: Forum Upgrade!
Reply #15 - 11/09/09 at 10:08:45
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After a couple of days I still thintk the quick post option is very annoying. 
You never get around it - when you want to go back to the "Board or to Home" you have to scroll past it. That I think is very illogical and disturbing.

A workable compromise could be to put "back to the Board or to Home" above the quick post option.

Any other changes seams quite nice to me. It's the best forum around!
  
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Reply #14 - 11/09/09 at 08:01:18
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What? No more dilbert avatars?!? I want the 'boss' back Cry
  
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Reply #13 - 11/09/09 at 05:59:34
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Stigma wrote on 11/09/09 at 02:15:03:
I really like the quick post window, it saves a few seconds.


Scroll up a bit in a thread and try reading a long post or one with a bit of analysis in it.  As GabrielGale notes, before you can finish what you are doing, you get dragged down to the bottom of the screen.  

Very annoying.   
  
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Reply #12 - 11/09/09 at 02:15:03
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I really like the quick post window, it saves a few seconds.

One feature that I really missed is now back: I can display an entire thread on a single web-page. This is very useful when I want to save a long thread with interesting theory and study it away from an internet connection, so please don't remove it again!

Also it's nice to be able to see more than 10 "recent posts".
  
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Re: Forum Upgrade!
Reply #11 - 11/09/09 at 00:35:21
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Grumble ... Grumble ... Grumble

This is a list of peeves at the moment  which may pass once I get used to it (if I do as conditioning is a wonderful thing!)

1) I like clicking on the last post to read a thread and then work myself back up to see where I last read the thread. But with the default "quick new post", this is taking longer to load and the browser keeps dragging me back to the end of the thread and the "quick new post" ... very annoying.

2) Do we really need all thos info about the moderators, their online status, their PM, etc? It is making the page longer ...

3) Similarly do we need all thoise info for Forum members who is online at the bottom of the page?

4) what happened to the functionality at the bottom of a thread where you can click to go back to the Board or to Home?

On the positive side,

1) I like the new functionality which allows you to see the new recent posts with a max of 25 posts.


But keep up the good work and the willingness to experiment and change (for the better...)
  
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Re: Forum Upgrade!
Reply #10 - 11/07/09 at 15:33:54
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GMTonyKosten wrote on 11/06/09 at 16:52:02:
What about this quick post option at the bottom, good or bad? Undecided


I find it annoying, but could just take getting used to.
  
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Reply #9 - 11/06/09 at 20:35:43
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I love the new poll colors!
  
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Reply #8 - 11/06/09 at 20:02:11
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I find the old chesspub logo more suitable than YaBB 2.4 logo
  
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Reply #7 - 11/06/09 at 19:38:43
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GMTonyKosten wrote on 11/06/09 at 16:52:02:
What about this quick post option at the bottom, good or bad? Undecided

When entering a thread I normally push the "end" key to read the last post. Now I have to scroll the window a bit. No big deal - but a bit irritating. 
Also; When posting, I normally quote someone anyway. Then it is not logical to use this quick post option...
  
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Reply #6 - 11/06/09 at 18:39:26
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Just testing this 'quick post' option. It looks like a very good idea but I will have to try it out first. (Ignore this post).
  
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