Thread Format Changed? Suggestion for Better Visibility

[dlgoff]

The member postbit is pretty much final now. Still a few more small tweaks involving username color to finish.

Awesome. Looks great.

 

[lugita15]

I like how the badges are displayed now.

 

[LCKurtz]

Looks OK to me Greg. My only observation at this point would be that newbies might not notice that they need to hover the mouse over the multi-quote button to see what it does. It isn't as self-explanatory as the Quote button is.

 

[Simon Bridge]

I'm no sure about the badges as displayed now ... perhaps they could be presented more as glowing rings about the top of the avatar instead?

I liked having pips along the top but thought they would look better if they were flatter (shorter than wide) ... the full meaning could be displayed in mouseover text. (Probably would only need colors then - they'd be like medal ribbons.)

 

[turbo]

I wish we could set to way-back machine to 6 months or so. I liked the older format. Change is normal, but I don't always like it.

 

[reenmachine]

Looks very good right now!

 

[epenguin]

There are these little squares with thick letters in them - I have to guess what's they mean, maybe N new, H hot? But I can't see them listed.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

There are these little squares with thick letters in them - I have to guess what's they mean, maybe N new, H hot? But I can't see them listed.

Mouse over them. Your instincts are correct :)

 

[dlgoff]

How about a mouse over on Admin => "The Man"

 

[epenguin]

Mouse over them. Your instincts are correct :)

OK now I see that on computer, but not on IPad which I was accessing with yesterday, and still don't. But that's like some other things on iPad.

 

[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.