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Thread: New forum look?
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28 March 2010, 17:52 #16
I like the vBulletin better then what was being used before. It sort of bugged me when you went into a topic and the nested path got longer and screwed up the page formatting.
The only real problem I see is little stuff like the colors. They are pretty high contract and if there is red or yellow, or even blue, they can be very difficult to read. Even the white text can be a bit hard on the eyes. I agree with others that the active/inactive thread indicator is also difficult to read. Maybe choose a lighter red or lighten up the background. The background image probably isn't helping since it's striped and forces the eyes to adjust to the pattern.
So what am I saying, less contrast between the extremes in colors would help.
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28 March 2010, 19:03 #17
I have to agree with Jeffy. Previously the background was a green, rather than black, and it was more readable. If you look at someone's quote on the previous page with the olive background and white text, it's easier to read than the black background with white text.
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28 March 2010, 19:59 #18
OK this is horrible, change it back.
Cameron
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28 March 2010, 20:32 #19Member
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A major issue I'm having is with the forum and search view. Please, please, PLEASE - move the "started by" information to another column somewhere to the right of the topic titles, or at least indent them a few inches. Right now it's a big jumble that's very difficult to read, almost painful.
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29 March 2010, 20:39 #22
Staff will probably hunt me down for this, but I did a few quick photoshop jobs. I do not have any photoshop skills to speak of, so forgive me if these aren't very high quality. :)
First one gets rid of the red wevo icon to indicate a forum section with new posts. Instead, use the existing white fade for "new posts," and then use a grayed out wevo icon to indicate "no new posts."
Next is an example of what you see once you're within a sub-forum. Again, get rid of the red wevo icons, using the white fade for "unread," and grayed out wevo for "read." Also, I shrunk down the text size for the "Started by...." line. This combination makes perusing the thread titles much faster in my opinion, much like the old forum.
Last, in this example of a thread being viewed, I took the background from Cameron's post and switched it to the same color as the quote bubble background. The black background is actually too much contrast, but the olive background is much easier on the eyes, while still retaining enough contrast for easy reading. I don't necessarily think using the exact same color as the individual post header is the best idea, but this just illustrates the point about color contrast.
Also, I agree with HeavyDuty. The search function does produce an extremely hard to read list.
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30 March 2010, 12:35 #23
Looks better with the faded Wevo new/old posts.
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30 March 2010, 12:46 #24
The icon re-tooling is obviously still a work in progress, but we're doing what we can ...
ACStand your ground; don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here. -- Captain John Parker, Lexington, 1775.
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30 March 2010, 15:04 #25Stand your ground; don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here. -- Captain John Parker, Lexington, 1775.
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30 March 2010, 15:11 #26
Agreed that the black background makes it hard to read and is hard on my eyes. IMO the old color scheme worked very well, the text didn't contrast so hard against the background. Even in the short time posting this my eyes are feeling the strain
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30 March 2010, 17:08 #27Contributing Member
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I do like the Tapatalk integration. I think that's a step forward.
I don't have problems with the contrast, but I can see others might.
Some of the bright colors of the ads don't blend in well with the site's colors and kind of distracting.. but I like the new Rainier Arms small logo on the left.
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30 March 2010, 17:22 #28
Appreciate the feedback.
Not sure who else may be using it, as I get the impression that we're still the odd men out in this respect, but I've been greatly impressed by the ability to port a nearly full-featured version of the site to a mobile device.
Perhaps the other iPhone, Blackberry, Android and Nokia users just have yet to get the word.
ACStand your ground; don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here. -- Captain John Parker, Lexington, 1775.
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30 March 2010, 18:00 #29Contributing Member
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I know a couple of people who use Tapatalk to check forums. I wished more forums do. I suggested it. Makes it easy to maintain my subscriptions and my mail. If I can run from computer, I would, but handheld when I have connection elsewhere.. priceless to me.
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Simply put the black background is completely aggravating to the eyes with the associated text. My eye's feel like they are spinning.