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RacingPete

8,868 posts

204 months

Monday 6th July 2015
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We are releasing further updates this week... so take a look throughout the week (if you are not using it already).

FourWheelDrift

88,483 posts

284 months

Monday 6th July 2015
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grumbledoak said:
Same here. I do like the Beta 2 font. Well, one of them. Specifically, I like the font in the edit control when submitting a comment/reply.
Aren't those set by the browser you are using?

grumbledoak

31,532 posts

233 months

Monday 6th July 2015
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FourWheelDrift said:
Aren't those set by the browser you are using?
I doubt it, far too pretty to be a default font. It's like a narrower version of the Verdana used elsewhere on the page.

I think the editable page numbers might still be in "MS Default Gopping". hehe

Durzel

12,254 posts

168 months

Monday 6th July 2015
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Is there any reason something more heavyweight and ubiquitous isn't used? e.g. phpBB or vBulletin?

marting

668 posts

174 months

Monday 6th July 2015
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Durzel said:
Is there any reason something more heavyweight and ubiquitous isn't used? e.g. phpBB or vBulletin?
I second this question, seems strange industry standard BB solutions aren't used.

NomduJour

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19,075 posts

259 months

Monday 6th July 2015
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marting said:
Durzel said:
Is there any reason something more heavyweight and ubiquitous isn't used? e.g. phpBB or vBulletin?
I second this question, seems strange industry standard BB solutions aren't used.
Whereas I can only see that question when it's quoted by someone else.

Durzel

12,254 posts

168 months

Monday 6th July 2015
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NomduJour said:
Whereas I can only see that question when it's quoted by someone else.
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hornetrider

63,161 posts

205 months

Thursday 9th July 2015
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RacingPete said:
We are releasing further updates this week... so take a look throughout the week (if you are not using it already).
coffee

RacingPete

8,868 posts

204 months

Thursday 9th July 2015
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hornetrider said:
coffee
Today is the major release day for the mobile side of things.

hornetrider

63,161 posts

205 months

Thursday 9th July 2015
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Cheers. Do you mean the Beta2 skin?

Because I was rather hoping that the Beta2 skin when viewed on a desktop would start to look less like a dog's dinner. Is it only the mobile side of things that'll benefit?

At the moment I'm switching skins back to Big Blue depending on which device I'm using.

RacingPete

8,868 posts

204 months

Thursday 9th July 2015
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hornetrider said:
Cheers. Do you mean the Beta2 skin?

Because I was rather hoping that the Beta2 skin when viewed on a desktop would start to look less like a dog's dinner. Is it only the mobile side of things that'll benefit?

At the moment I'm switching skins back to Big Blue depending on which device I'm using.
There are tweaks to the desktop view, but not sure it is enough to change your view on the design on desktop.

Though one thing this release will do is migrate all new users to it as the default skin and not allow you to swap off it once chosen.

RacingPete

8,868 posts

204 months

Thursday 9th July 2015
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hornetrider said:
Cheers. Do you mean the Beta2 skin?

Because I was rather hoping that the Beta2 skin when viewed on a desktop would start to look less like a dog's dinner. Is it only the mobile side of things that'll benefit?

At the moment I'm switching skins back to Big Blue depending on which device I'm using.
There are tweaks to the desktop view, but not sure it is enough to change your view on the design on desktop.

Though one thing this release will do is migrate all new users to it as the default skin and not allow you to swap off it once chosen.

hornetrider

63,161 posts

205 months

Thursday 9th July 2015
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RacingPete said:
Though one thing this release will do is migrate all new users to it as the default skin and not allow you to swap off it once chosen.
You are kidding me.

hornetrider

63,161 posts

205 months

Thursday 9th July 2015
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Seriously, can you not fix stuff on this flawed skin before forcibly migrating everyone onto it. I have no words for how much of a flawed concept this is.

rscott

14,711 posts

191 months

Thursday 9th July 2015
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Serious question - what do you think is so badly flawed with beta2?
This is bigblue


This is beta2

FourWheelDrift

88,483 posts

284 months

Thursday 9th July 2015
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They are both very similar and for me have two obvious faults that makes my teeth itch, the unequal widths of the title bar, forums bar, options bar and the forums themselves. Everything getting narrower. And the blue line above "author" on the 2nd images, which is slightly wider than the forum listing below.

RacingPete

8,868 posts

204 months

Thursday 9th July 2015
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hornetrider said:
RacingPete said:
Though one thing this release will do is migrate all new users to it as the default skin and not allow you to swap off it once chosen.
You are kidding me.
Right, we have had internal discussions - and we are going to do the release today, but still allow you to switch for the moment.

Have a look, feedback to us, on this next iteration (by the way we are moving out of Beta and going to GTI - all those on Beta2 will automatically be moved to GTI [well we are just renaming it so it isn't exactly a migration]).

Also, we are going to make it the default skin for non-logged in users, or new users signing up - but those already on skins will be protected.

But we are going to switch off the other skins soon, as supporting the multiple skins mean we cannot advance the forums due to having to maintain multiple code bases. So in the long run it will be better for users as we can add more features to the forums that are long overdue.

Tonsko

6,299 posts

215 months

Thursday 9th July 2015
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I just use Big Blue across all, and pinch zoom if necessary on mobile. It's not the best solution, but big blue is enough of a balance for it to work for me.

hornetrider

63,161 posts

205 months

Thursday 9th July 2015
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rscott said:
Serious question - what do you think is so badly flawed with beta2?
This is bigblue


This is beta2
Show me What's New or My Stuff.

hornetrider

63,161 posts

205 months

Thursday 9th July 2015
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RacingPete said:
Right, we have had internal discussions - and we are going to do the release today, but still allow you to switch for the moment.

Have a look, feedback to us, on this next iteration (by the way we are moving out of Beta and going to GTI - all those on Beta2 will automatically be moved to GTI [well we are just renaming it so it isn't exactly a migration]).
Ok thanks Pete and will do thumbup