Thread Format Changed? Suggestion for Better Visibility

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The recent changes to the forum's post display format have sparked mixed reactions among users. While some appreciate the new layout, many express concerns about the visibility of usernames, suggesting that they should be in a lighter color for better readability. Users are also frustrated with the size of avatars, which have become too small, diminishing their visibility and personal significance. Additionally, there are complaints about the alignment and spacing of various elements, making it difficult to navigate and identify posts quickly. Overall, users are seeking adjustments to improve clarity and functionality while adapting to the new format.
  • #151
I tried to report this link https://www.physicsforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=111 as being more TV Spam.
When I click on the REPORT button, the report box appears jammed over to the right hand side of the screen and cut off. The Quote Button works normally.

Win 7 and FF V23.0
 
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  • #152
Greg Bernhardt said:
Use IE 10 and FF 23 and you'll have no problems :)
Hmmm. The long badge names aren't ending up on the next line and I didn't have to upgrade. Must be some sort of magic-istry.
 
  • #153
SteamKing said:
I tried to report this link https://www.physicsforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=111 as being more TV Spam.
When I click on the REPORT button, the report box appears jammed over to the right hand side of the screen and cut off. The Quote Button works normally.

Win 7 and FF V23.0

How about now?
 
  • #154
Greg Bernhardt said:
How about now?

Seems to work correctly now. Many thanks, GB
 
  • #155
SteamKing said:
Seems to work correctly now. Many thanks, GB

Keep the bug reports coming, thanks for the help! :)
 
  • #156
The bug I was seeing seems to be fixed now also. The main page is back to normal.
 
  • #157
Borg said:
Hmmm. The long badge names aren't ending up on the next line and I didn't have to upgrade. Must be some sort of magic-istry.
Interesting. This was yesterday on Firefox 3. Today on Firefox 15 the badges are still overlapping and IE 9 works. 3 out of 4 of my browsers display them OK but not the one that I use the most. Oh well.
 
  • #158
Not sure if it's part of the format change but, it appears that the exploded view for threads is gone. For example, https://www.physicsforums.com/archive/index.php/t-270543.html used to return a non-paged view that I could search for text in. Now it just returns the first page. I used this because the search page just tells you what thread something is in and doesn't tell you what page your search phrase was in. I used the exploded view to find the actual post in really long threads with many pages.
 
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  • #159
Borg said:
Not sure if it's part of the format change but, it appears that the exploded view for threads is gone.

The archive was removed a couple months ago. It's was an artifact from a different internet age. It was both problematic for search engines and when people linked to those pages instead of the full GUI thread. I'm sorry you found use for it and now it's gone. I find searching within a thread to still be quite effective.
 
  • #160
Greg Bernhardt said:
The archive was removed a couple months ago. It's was an artifact from a different internet age. It was both problematic for search engines and when people linked to those pages instead of the full GUI thread. I'm sorry you found use for it and now it's gone. I find searching within a thread to still be quite effective.
Normally searching within a thread is effective enough. However, with something like the Japan Earthquake: nuclear plants thread that's 831 pages long, it's going to take a very long time to find the post that you may be looking for.
 
  • #161
Borg said:
Normally searching within a thread is effective enough. However, with something like the Japan Earthquake: nuclear plants thread that's 831 pages long, it's going to take a very long time to find the post that you may be looking for.

I understand, on the other hand, loading an 831 post thread into one page isn't exactly a good idea on the performance end :)
 
  • #162
Greg Bernhardt said:
I understand, on the other hand, loading an 831 post thread into one page isn't exactly a good idea on the performance end :)
Slow to load yes but, easy to search. :smile: And I understand that even many long time users may not have even know about this. Can't build a website for just one person. :-p
 
  • #163
Borg said:
Normally searching within a thread is effective enough. However, with something like the Japan Earthquake: nuclear plants thread that's 831 pages long, it's going to take a very long time to find the post that you may be looking for.
You can use the search function for individual threads. Alternatively, you can directly choose "show results as posts".
 
  • #164
mfb said:
You can use the search function for individual threads. Alternatively, you can directly choose "show results as posts".
Thanks. I'll try that.

I had also written a program that would use the exploded thread to search for posting patterns. I guess I'll have to rewrite it to load pages individually if I want to run a test like that again. I'm sure that won't raise any red flags on the server side as I attempt to access 800 pages in 30 seconds. :rolleyes: Seriously though - Greg, let me know if you don't want me doing something like that and I won't. I don't do stuff like that very often and have no plans to do it so it doesn't matter to me either way.
 
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  • #165
Greg, can you please change the box which appears when clicked "Thanks"? It pops up as a transparent box for me in Google Chrome. Is that intended?
 
  • #166
Pranav-Arora said:
Greg, can you please change the box which appears when clicked "Thanks"? It pops up as a transparent box for me in Google Chrome. Is that intended?

Can you post a screenshot? What version of Chrome?
 
  • #167
Greg Bernhardt said:
Can you post a screenshot? What version of Chrome?

I have attached an image. I had trouble clicking the "Submit Thanks" button. Here's the thread: https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=4477490#post4477490

Can you click the "Submit Thanks" button?

Version: 28.0.1500.95 m, Chrome says that its the latest one.
 

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  • #169
When someone posts an oversized image like this one (What did I just see, guys?), the other posts remain readable without having to scroll! Thanks Greg. :thumbs:
 
  • #170
Is there not a vbulletin plugin that will automatically shrink large images like that down to a set size, on another forum its set at 800 x 600, then to see the full image you click on it and it comes up full sized? Its also good because it saves time loading them, that thread took quite a while to download for me because I'm on a bad connection, also it helps with people that are using mobile connections to save their data usage.
 
  • #171
Thanks Greg, looks like the "Thanks" box is fixed. :thumbs:
 
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  • #172
Greg Bernhardt said:
Use IE 10 and FF 23 and you'll have no problems :)
Updated to FF23 and I still get this.
 

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  • #173
Borg said:
Updated to FF23 and I still get this.

What resolution?
 
  • #174
Greg Bernhardt said:
What resolution?
My screen resolution is 1920 X 1080. Still happens even if I reduce it to 1440 X 900.
 
  • #175
Borg said:
My screen resolution is 1920 X 1080. Still happens even if I reduce it to 1440 X 900.

Strange, I'm on that resolution with FF23 Win7 and it looks ok.
 
  • #176
Greg Bernhardt said:
Strange, I'm on that resolution with FF23 Win7 and it looks ok.
You would think that the higher resolution would allow the Sci Advisor badge to fully display. I have noticed that the HW Helper badge is fully displaying now (it wasn't before).

I reverted back to FF 15 since that doesn't appear to be the problem. FF 23 had all kinds of unwanted behavior and forced addons that I had to spend too much time undoing. I have it backed up though if you need me to test an update. If I get a chance, I'll dig through the source code again and let you know if I find anything.

I unchecked the "Allow sites to choose their own Fonts..." selection and it works. That's probably not going to be good option for most of my browsing needs though. I also played around with the css. If I increase the h_sa to a width of 72 or remove the bold setting, it displays without wrapping. I'm guessing that the width and font settings for some of the badges is so close to filling the box that it wraps for some people and not others.
 

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  • #177
Borg said:
I unchecked the "Allow sites to choose their own Fonts..." selection and it works. That's probably not going to be good option for most of my browsing needs though. I also played around with the css. If I increase the h_sa to a width of 72 or remove the bold setting, it displays without wrapping. I'm guessing that the width and font settings for some of the badges is so close to filling the box that it wraps for some people and not others.

I had a similar problem with the website my daughter is making and found that the FF23 zoom function needed one click to fix it. Also there's the Win7 "old eyes" thing.
 

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  • #178
Borg said:
I unchecked the "Allow sites to choose their own Fonts..." selection and it works. That's probably not going to be good option for most of my browsing needs though.

ahhhhh I didn't know about that FF feature, very interesting.
 
  • #179
dlgoff said:
I had a similar problem with the website my daughter is making and found that the FF23 zoom function needed one click to fix it. Also there's the Win7 "old eyes" thing.
I have the same setting for my old eyes. :bugeye:
Greg Bernhardt said:
ahhhhh I didn't know about that FF feature, very interesting.
Note that I am unchecking it and overriding PF's Fonts to get it to work. Or, is that why yours was displaying without any problem?
 
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  • #180
Greg, the Guru medals are still not showing.
 

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