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| 28 NOV 2005 at 3:43am |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | there were 2 choices: optimize the forum to look descent for 800x600 but look kinda crappy on ALL other resolutions, or optimize it to look good on all other resolutions and do the jumpy thingy on 800x600... there are only very few sites left that support (or are made for) 800x600... so the remedy for that would be changing your windows resolution to 1024x768 or higher
as for the post counts, just like the old days, when the top was at 500 posts, too many ppl were gathering up in the highest ranks, so the limits got buffed up a bit!
EVERYONE needs to read the forum upgrade post in the forum news for more details about the upgrade!
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 4:01am |
gailSchattenjger
Posts : 1659
Joined: 19 JAN 2004
Status : Offline | Since I've never been to "AG", my first impression is that these changes are very user friendly.
Now we have two spoiler tags options and the BBC codes work with Firefox. [smiley=clap.gif]
[smiley=thumbs.gif] [size=14]x 2
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other screaming, "WOO HOO what a ride!!!
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 4:24am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | Aya
Thank you. I'm pleased there's a solution, all this jumping left and right was driving me batty. Problem is, I LIKE big icons, big words..... :-/
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 4:46am |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | 1024x768 is pretty big!!!
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 4:54am |
IviniaGuild Master
Posts : 4459
Joined: 7 JUN 2003
Location: US
Status : Offline | Mines at 1280 x 1024, so I like it. Seems a bit bright though, but that is just one little negative and the rest are all positives!
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 6:53am |
Lucien21Guild Master
Posts : 4876
Joined: 9 JUL 2003
Location: 0
Status : Offline | It looks nothing like the AG forums [smiley=crazy.gif]
/me
Dear Diary, My teenage angst bullsh*t now has a bodycount.
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 8:11am |
SarahJourneyman
Posts : 913
Joined: 13 JUL 2004
Status : Offline | Hey a new look! I've been to AG and registered there but never posted and also have already forgotten how it looks like.
The blue frame color is even slighty pale. But I don't mind.
I like the new smileys aswell. The fonts are a bit smaller but it's fine. Wow. So JA has upgraded post counts.
[smiley=thumbsup.gif]
Still busy being a mom &&
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 8:25am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | okay. I've adjusted my display settings to what Aya said and the print I'm looking at is TINY. no, make that ..... okay..... where's the icon for making text diddy? * big sigh......* I'm far too visually impaired and ancient to be this adaptable.
and my comment about it looking like AG was simply that there are little boxes and pictures and new things everywhere......
I need a map..... and a magnifying glass......
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 9:51am |
Chris.Schattenjger
Posts : 1842
Joined: 8 MAR 2005
Status : Online | I like the thing where you can see all the pages of a thread at once.
I'm off to try it out on the 4 word game...if the internet blows up, it was me
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 9:55am |
snowtimeJourneyman
Posts : 1014
Joined: 28 JUN 2005
Status : Online | [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c9/Nuclear_fireball.jpg/250px-Nuclear_fireball.jpg[/img]
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I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 10:03am |
angelfireIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 16
Joined: 12 DEC 2004
Status : Online | Caroline, hold down the ctrl key and move the wheel on your mouse. It makes everything larger or smaller!
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 10:08am |
Chris.Schattenjger
Posts : 1842
Joined: 8 MAR 2005
Status : Online | [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c9/Nuclear_fireball.jpg/250px-Nuclear_fireball.jpg[/img]
oops :-[
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 11:41am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | ...... ahhhhhhhh..... I stand corrected..... crtl + scroll doesn't do anything, but shift+scroll takes me out of JA, scraps my entire post and leaves me gasping in shock....
Okay. in a nutshell, I've changed the settings on my pc to 1024x768 and the text I'm now looking at is smaller than Mark's mumbling blue face usually uses.
Help! I simply can't go on like this. Somebody please solve this for me!
Oh and I do like the function of seeing an entire thread, although it's really odd having the order reversed, but more convenient too.
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 11:51am |
snowtimeJourneyman
Posts : 1014
Joined: 28 JUN 2005
Status : Online | If you're using Internet Explorer go to the View menu > Text size and choose Larger or Largest
If you're using Firefox it's similar but you just Increase until it's comfortable.
[edit]Actually, I just tried it in IE and it only works in the Forum home page not the threads.[/edit]
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I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 12:03pm |
snowtimeJourneyman
Posts : 1014
Joined: 28 JUN 2005
Status : Online | OK. Here's what you have to do for Internet Explorer
Tools > Internet Options > Choose the "General" tab
Click the "Accessibility button
Put a tick in the box next to "Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages"
Click OK
Click OK
Now you should be able to resize the fonts according to the instructions (either using the menu or the Ctrl-scroll wheel)
[It's because the style sheets specify font sizes in a specific number of pixels (bad practice! [smiley=nono.gif]) so IE won't resize them unless you change this option.]
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I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 12:50pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | okay.... I followed your instructions dear snowy and all it did was make it a bit blurry....
And now I'm looking at a different font, sort of like an old daisy wheel typewriter.... oh dear..... actually, I think this text is a bit smaller.....
Actually, I apologise. I just went and had another look and I see that I misread it and ticked the font styles instead of the font size..... I TOLD you it was tiny!
anyway, the ctrol+scroll now works - AMAZING...... oh goodness, I don't have have get new glasses after all.... muchos grazios... :-* :-*
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 1:44pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
Posts : 1842
Joined: 8 MAR 2005
Status : Online | Yay, that's better for me too!
Now if only someone could make it so I can see the "Pages 1 2" at the bottom of the screen...
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 4:53pm |
| Deleted User | I am not happy.
The site is shaking up 'n down.
I am working with a resolution 1280 x 584.
Edit: I mean 1280 x 854
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 5:04pm |
| Deleted User | Works fine for me. And it's pretty. Still feels strange though but it's often not a good thing to be afraid by change.
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 5:45pm |
ValGuild Master
Posts : 3464
Joined: 2 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Sir Funk,
quote from Aya in Off Topic regarding this issue:
there were 2 choices: optimize the forum to look descent for 800x600 but look kinda crappy on ALL other resolutions, or optimize it to look good on all other resolutions and do the jumpy thingy on 800x600... there are only very few sites left that support (or are made for) 800x600... so the remedy for that would be changing your windows resolution to 1024x768 or higher
I'm quoting because I couldn't have worded it better!
That's a strange screen resolution you have... is it for a particular purpose (for your work or something)?
[edit]Just re-read what you said about your resolution... explain what you are seeing please.[/edit]
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 8:43pm |
| Deleted User | Hey, my CyberVal,
I should've typed 1280 x 854.
Sorry.
And it's still not working properly.
I like the new look, though.
(and was in shock bacause of my one star. But you changed it back. Pfew)
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 9:28pm |
ValGuild Master
Posts : 3464
Joined: 2 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Sir Funk, describe to me exactly what is happening on your screen. Is it shifting side to side or something else?
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 10:42pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | Gee Val,
You've got the pm police out in force. I got a curt little note telling my that my 700+ messages in my outbox were disallowed and had been deleted..... Honest, I was trying to go through them..... I would have got around to it.....
I sent one message yesterday and this morning I wake up to find another little note telling me yet another older message had been deleted..... gosh, don't step over the lines, eh?
Oh dear..... I can see I shall have to learn tidier habits..... 8-)
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| 28 NOV 2005 at 11:21pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Valadmin (28 NOV 2005 9:28pm)
Sir Funk, describe to me exactly what is happening on your screen. Is it shifting side to side or something else?
It's not shifting side to side, but up 'n down.
I have a PowerBook G4 15", Mac OS tiger, Safari browser.
[img]http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/pb17/gallery/images/1.jpg[/img]
Yes, yes I can hear those PC-fanboys 'n -girls laugh.
(I'd do the same)
btw: you may call me GOD-O-FUNK, bubbah. 8-)
(for the moment)
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