Thread Format Changed? Suggestion for Better Visibility

[dlgoff]

A little tweek needed?

 

[mfb]

A little tweek needed?

That's what I see:

Edit: I have the same "invisible" usernames (as dlgoff) at deleted visitor messages in my profile.

 

[AlephZero]

Re the badges, the new format makes one thing clear:

The way you get to the top of the badge "ladder" (and a gold badge!) is by "paying the man", not by contributing anything to the site content

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

The outline is a temporary fix. I hate it, but there is a frustrating way that the software handles username colors and it's causing me some headaches.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Re the badges, the new format makes one thing clear:

The way you get to the top of the badge "ladder" (and a gold badge!) is by "paying the man", not by contributing anything to the site content

Interesting observation, it's not intentional. I can reorganize them if it bothers some people.

 

[Integral]

Interesting observation, it's not intentional. I can reorganize them if it bothers some people.

I wouldn't worry about it Greg. The people who pay make the site possible for those who just post content.

When did you become "the man"?

 

[dlgoff]

That's "The Man".

 

[davenn]

Hi Greg

dunno if this has anything to do with your alterations or not ...
the post counter is not always working. I have done several posts today and the counter hasn't changed from 1704
no big deal ... just wondering ??

Dave

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Hi Greg

dunno if this has anything to do with your alterations or not ...
the post counter is not always working. I have done several posts today and the counter hasn't changed from 1704
no big deal ... just wondering ??

Dave

Posts aren't counted in GD or feedback.

 

[davenn]

even that post above didn't change it LOLDave

EDIT ... haha now that though did cross my mind :)

 

[Borg]

Am I the only one seeing this bug?

 

[PeterDonis]

Am I the only one seeing this bug?

I've seen it off and on over the past few days; I'm not seeing it now (as I'm writing this post).

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Am I the only one seeing this bug?

Does it happen only in specific threads, with specific members or always?

 

[Borg]

Does it happen only in specific threads, with specific members or always?

[STRIKE]I think that it's when someone has more than three badges.[/STRIKE] It's hard to read but it looks like he has Thanks and Advisor on top of each other.

Edit: I see now that it's just three badges and that Advisor is part of Sci Advisor. But, today in the Best Songs Ever thread, it looks fine. I'll keep watching it and I'll copy the source if I see it again.

 

[Borg]

While answering the previous question, I decided to see how it looked in IE. Since I never use it, I had to log in. What I noticed is that no avatars or badges showed up until I logged in. When I did log in, the badges have no background colors. I'm using IE 7 (it's a work computer and I can't change it). I don't remember what my home version is but I can try later.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I'm using IE 7 (it's a work computer and I can't change it)

IE7 will definitely have some quirks.

 

[Pythagorean]

IE, the web developer's mortal enemy.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

IE, the web developer's mortal enemy.

IE10 isn't too bad, but anything lower and it's at your own risk :D

 

[Borg]

I've been looking at the pages in IE and Firefox. I have IE 7 / Firefox 3 at work and IE 9 / Firefox 15 at home. Here are some of the things that I'm seeing with my browsers at home.

Since I always use Firefox, I didn't realize that the Sci badge actually says Sci Advisor. Looks like IE shrinks the wording to fit and Firefox is wrapping it on the next line. For people with the Thanks badge under Sci Advisor, the word Advisor ends up on the same line. Otherwise, it doesn't show up. I tried adjusting the page's text size in and out but it makes no difference. I think that there's something funky in the way the <div> tags are structured or the css for the Sci Advisor but I haven't gotten that deep into it yet.

The PF Patron badge code looks a little weird to me. I would put the link inside the <div> instead of the way that it currently is with the <div> inside the link. I don't think that it's related to Sci Advisor bug but I haven't ruled it out 100% yet. I have seen div tags wreck a page when you put them inside other elements. Even though AlephZero in the attachment has the issue without having the Patron badge, it could be that one patron badge on the page wrecks the soup for the entire page.

I also noticed that Firefox doesn't display any color for me in the Thread tools section. See attachment.

One caveat to mention. My Firefox browsers have addons and I have a lot of site blocking going on. If these 'bugs' aren't being seen by others, don't worry about them because they're my problem to deal with - even though I didn't have these bugs before all the changes...

EDIT: Looks like the HW Helper badge has the same issue in Firefox. https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=4464524&postcount=3

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

IE 9 / Firefox 15 at home. Here are some of the things that I'm seeing with my browsers at home.

Use IE 10 and FF 23 and you'll have no problems :)

The PF Patron badge code looks a little weird to me. I would put the link inside the <div> instead of the way that it currently is with the <div> inside the link.

Thanks, I'll take a look at that.

 

[Ben Niehoff]

Use IE 10 and FF 23 and you'll have no problems :)

LOL, glad to know my signature is still accurate.

The newer format is nice, avoids obstructing the content too much, and still allows people's avatars to be a reasonable size.

 

[dlgoff]

Don't shoot me Greg.

Another tweek.

 

[fluidistic]

When you open the list of people who voted in a poll, the usernames of people appear white over a white background, making them invisible unless you pass your mouse over and select the text.

 

[CAF123]

When you open the list of people who voted in a poll, the usernames of people appear white over a white background, making them invisible unless you pass your mouse over and select the text.

The same effect happens in the list of friends: My PF -> My Profile -> Friends. The avatars are displayed normally on the left, but the name does not appear next to the avatar. (you have to put the mouse over).

 

[trollcast]

The same effect happens in the list of friends: My PF -> My Profile -> Friends. The avatars are displayed normally on the left, but the name does not appear next to the avatar. (you have to put the mouse over).

I looked at mine and it appears the text is actually there but because the text is white with a grey outline that's then rendered onto a grey background you can't see the text. Just needs a bit of html / css tweaking to fix, either change the outline to another color / shade of grey or make the background for the friends box white like the currently online box.

 

[krash661]

chat on saturdays ?

 

[Evo]

chat on saturdays ?

Chat is on Sundays, except for rare times when we do it on holidays or for other reasons.

 

[tiny-tim]

when a post has been edited, the title bar says so (after about 5 minutes), but still gives the time of the original post

i would rather it gave the time of the edit (as it used to) …

otherwise i don't know whether it was edited after i last looked at it

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

otherwise i don't know whether it was edited after i last looked at it

Mouse over the [Edited] text for the edit time

 

[OmCheeto]

Thank you for getting rid of the volcano noose. Take all the time you need young Greg, not to fix that...

 

[lisab]

Thank you for getting rid of the volcano noose. Take all the time you need young Greg, not to fix that...

Hey! You earned that noose, er I mean honor!

Greg, the Guru patches have disappeared .

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Hey! You earned that noose, er I mean honor!

Greg, the Guru patches have disappeared .

Thanks for reminding me, I'll get it done next week.

 

[Saitama]

The thread closed button doesn't show up properly. (Google Chrome)

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

The thread closed button doesn't show up properly. (Google Chrome)

Thanks, easy fix

 

[dlgoff]

I like these post header (and text) colors.

 

[turbo]

Notifications shows up with a red underline and I haven't been able to remove it. Any suggestions?

 

[mfb]

Just check your notifications (read the PMs and so on), and the message will go away.
Alternatively, I am sure a userscript can handle that.

 

[OmCheeto]

Hey! You earned that noose, er I mean honor!

Greg, the Guru patches have disappeared .

Is "premeditated murder" in the blurb about what constitutes a valid reason for pushing the "Report" button?

 

[SteamKing]

I just tried to make a reply in this thread:
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=4470185#post4470185 Post #3
and the Quote feature malfunctioned. The quoted material was shoved over to the extreme RHS of the screen and cut off. I have been able to use the Quote button before without this behavior.

I am using Windows 7 with Firefox V22.0

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I just tried to make a reply in this thread:
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=4470185#post4470185 Post #3
and the Quote feature malfunctioned. The quoted material was shoved over to the extreme RHS of the screen and cut off. I have been able to use the Quote button before without this behavior.

I am using Windows 7 with Firefox V22.0

Quoted this post using Win7 FF23 and it appear to function just fine, hmmm

 

[Nugatory]

I just tried to make a reply in this thread:
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=4470185#post4470185 Post #3
and the Quote feature malfunctioned. The quoted material was shoved over to the extreme RHS of the screen and cut off. I have been able to use the Quote button before without this behavior.

I am using Windows 7 with Firefox V22.0

Same here with FF 23, also Win 7.
I grabbed a screen shot if you want it.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Same here with FF 23, also Win 7.
I grabbed a screen shot if you want it.

yes please, thanks!

 

[Evo]

Notifications shows up with a red underline and I haven't been able to remove it. Any suggestions?

does it say 0?

 

[SteamKing]

Updated to FF V23.0 and Quote seems to work fine now.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Same here with FF 23, also Win 7.
I grabbed a screen shot if you want it.

I see it now and fixed it. Also happened on new thread.

Please let me know if you see any other problems!

 

[TurtleMeister]

The twitter link on the main page causes the sidebar to appear at the lower left side of the page. When I delete the twitter node (using Firefox inspect element) the page displays normally. I'm using Firefox 23 and Windows 7.

edit:
But only when I'm logged out. The page displays normally when I'm logged in.

I checked the page source and found this line:

<a href="[PLAIN]https://twitter.com/share"[/PLAIN]  class="twitter-share-button" data-count="vertical" data-via="physicsforums">Tweet</a>

But when I log in the line is not there.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

The twitter link on the main page causes the sidebar to appear at the lower left side of the page. When I delete the twitter node (using Firefox inspect element) the page displays normally. I'm using Firefox 23 and Windows 7.

What screen resolution. It displays fine for me.

 

[TurtleMeister]

What screen resolution. It displays fine for me.

1600 x 900

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

1600 x 900

How frustrating. I am using FF23 on Win7 and changed to 1600x900 and it displays fine. Can you take a screenshot?

 

[TurtleMeister]

This is at the top left of the page:

This is at the middle left of the page:

When I delete the tweet link the problem goes away. But the link is not there when I log in.