The New Forum Listings Design

[MarkG]

changes
1) the "show topics" drop down menu is now on the left
2) ads have a grey border
3) mycomputer ads open in new window
<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by MarkG (edited January 30, 2001).]</font>

[reismark]

Definitely better... but... the mycomputer ads are still opening in the same window for me
<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by reismark (edited January 30, 2001).]</font>

[reismark]

Ugh... why did you move the forum name up? Now there's just a big space there...

[MarkG]

incomplete change...
there was a power failure in half of my city

"show topics" menu moved...

[Snapcase on Snapcase]

I'd move the "Post New Topic" button and all those words to the left, and center all the old commands under the button as per before, since there is enough space now. And move the forum name down.

[Ari Rahikkala]

What the hell happened to the link to the main forum listing page ?!? I have no problems with the other parts of the layout, but... I do visit other forums than the OT, just not so often. And I think most of the others OTers are similar.

[MarkG]

change: profile/register/etc links put in one line and aligned right

they couldnt be put on the left cause they didnt fit in one line on 800x600...

[Snapcase on Snapcase]

Not too bad. I'm having trouble with the new position of the "10 days" combo box, whose Go button seems to drop down to the line below in IE, though not in netscape.

[Sprayber]

Has it gotten to the point that a 5-6 second delay will destroy life as we know it? I get mad when there is a delay too, but life goes on.

[MarkG]

<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Snapcase on Snapcase on 01-30-2001 05:25 PM</font>
Not too bad. I'm having trouble with the new position of the "10 days" combo box, whose Go button seems to drop down to the line below in IE, though not in netscape.
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>fixed

i think it looks better on 800x600 than on 1024x768...


Sprayber, thanks

[Tau Ceti]

<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Sprayber on 01-30-2001 06:36 PM</font>
Has it gotten to the point that a 5-6 second delay will destroy life as we know it? I get mad when there is a delay too, but life goes on.
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>

My browsing habits here are probably a bit strange. I run a SMAC PBEM tournament, and regularly check the turn administration threads to see if there are any problems etc. Usually there are none, and then checking the thread is a less than 10-second process. It follows that the ratio of time spent looking at 'Click on the 666 for a chance to win $54,000,000,000,000!!!' to time spent doing something useful gets considerable.

It is not the end of the world in any way, but it is annoying and I do not think my phone company deserves the money. So I would really appreciate it if something could at least be done to prevent the drawing of the top ad when the back button is used even when it should not be displayed, as I suspect that may be a major culprit... (please, Mark? Pretty please? )
<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by Tau Ceti (edited January 30, 2001).]</font>

[MarkG]

<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Tau Ceti on 01-30-2001 07:19 PM</font>
but it is annoying and I do not think my phone company deserves the money.
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>what about us? do you believe this is worth the money?

<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font>So I would really appreciate it if something could at least be done to prevent the drawing of the top ad when the back button is used even when it should not be displayed, as I suspect that may be a major culprit...
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>the only thing that could achieve what you want is if you change your web settings to not request the page again(e.g. load it from the cache). i dont think there is something that we can from our side

[axi]

<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font>there was a power failure in half of my city
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>

I heard about it in the news. Nice weather huh? It hit us in Athens at about 22:00. Let's hope we won't have such problems down here.

Wow! Connection with America is really sllooowwww today!

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[Tau Ceti]

<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font>i dont think there is something that we can from our side
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>

Are you sure? It did not do that before, and it still does not do it on the threads themselves, where there is still only one ad - that one is not drawn if it should not be shown. As it is also at the top (albeit centered instead of left-aligned), it seems strange that there should be a difference.

The lower ad does not show up, but before you made the latest changes, the 'Show topics from last X days' did... so apparently there is something in the code that affects it...

[MarkG]

you can click on the apolyton logo to get back to the main forum page