PF Style 2026

[Greg Bernhardt]

I am getting more used to it. One minor request would be to have to forum name bolded so it stands out a bit more on the active posts that proceed the forum name.

I'm not completely sure I understand. Can you rephrase and tell me what page template you're talking about?

 

[A.T.]

Disagree that it looks modern. More like early 1970s or retro sci-fi.

This. The previous style looked much more modern and clear.

 

[A.T.]

Have people tried night mode? I like that better than the day mode (the same was true with the old style).

I use the dark mode, and the old style had a better one: Dark gray background is better than blue, because it is more neutral.

 

[A.T.]

I think monospace fonts in general are a bad choice except for very specific applications, like terminal windows or displaying and editing source code, where exactly lining up characters in columns is important.

Even in those applications, I wouldn't use the monospace font used here, because it is too narrow.

 

[PeterDonis]

Even in those applications, I wouldn't use the monospace font used here, because it is too narrow.

My usual choice for those applications is Courier New (the TrueType version). I think at least some of the monospace in the new style is that font. But when I use it for the applications I named, I do so in a fairly large point size. It seems to have a smaller size in the new style here.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Even in those applications, I wouldn't use the monospace font used here, because it is too narrow.

We use it very limitedly and intentionally

My usual choice for those applications is Courier New (the TrueType version). I think at least some of the monospace in the new style is that font.

The font is Jetbrains Mono

 

[symbolipoint]

I'm not completely sure I understand. Can you rephrase and tell me what page template you're talking about?

In trying to guess that meaning, the top panel of links shows "Physics Forms", seeming to be bold-letters, a bit bigger font size, at the far left side. That seems adequate for my senses.

 

[robphy]

Some suggestions (assuming full-screen on a WIndows desktop):

• I think Latest activity's width should be shared with Today's signal so that this is immediately visible without having to scroll down the page, when logged in.
  It seems when not logged in, Today's signal is already near the top.
• I think the "Browse by field" section should be three columns wide. I like that the viewer count moves to the next line if the browser-window is narrowed. Is the word "threads" needed? It takes up valuable real-estate. If needed, could "threads" be a column heading instead?
• I miss the title and link to the latest entry in each subforum.
  One has to visit each field to see what is going on.
• With each field, could there be a color-code based on the number of viewers or maybe the number of threads with activity in (say) the last few days? At a glance, I would like to see where there is activity.
• There is no logo at the top (like there is at the bottom).
  The new favicon does not match the logo.

 

[Ssnow]

I like it!
Ssnow

 

[Frabjous]

There needs to be more differentiation between read and unread threads, particularly in dark mode.

Overall, I like the new look.