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If I'm speaking out of turn here, then someone please flog me with a wet noodle, but it seems as though there have been more changes to the Forum in the brief time since Haymarket got involved than there were in the seven years previous.
Perhaps someone should tell them that the reason PH was so successful was that WE LIKED IT THE WAY IT WAS.
flemke said:
If I'm speaking out of turn here, then someone please flog me with a wet noodle, but it seems as though there have been more changes to the Forum in the brief time since Haymarket got involved than there were in the seven years previous.
I think we should give the changes a couple of weeks to get refined and bed down a bit before we cry too loudly.
TonyHetherington said:
Flemke....assuming you are using internet explorer, your F5 key would refresh the page. Push SHIFT + F5 and it will re-load all the important bits.
I had figured it out - but only barely.
I only learned how to Cut and Paste a year ago, and that was because a friend pointed out that his five year-old daughter could do it.
jamieboy said:
flemke said:
If I'm speaking out of turn here, then someone please flog me with a wet noodle, but it seems as though there have been more changes to the Forum in the brief time since Haymarket got involved than there were in the seven years previous.
I think we should give the changes a couple of weeks to get refined and bed down a bit before we cry too loudly.
In that case, I'm ready for the noodle.
From the other thread:
We've got some subtle changes coming to the forum software. Some of you got a glimpse of it yesterday.
Just thought it might be useful to explain what's going on as otherwise it might look like cosmetic tinkering when in fact it's the result of quite a lot of work.
The forum software hasn't really changed much since I first wrote it back in 2000. I've made various changes and improvements over the years but the underlying architecture remained largely unchanged.
In January 2005 I set about rewriting the forums to create a more robust and flexible system - one that would facilitate making changes more easily going forwards. 2005 got a bit busy as did 2006 and the software was left half finished (the profiles page was the first to be part of the new architecture and then I got permanently distracted).
I've now had the opportunity to complete the job and the pages will come onstream shortly.
Feedback suggests that changing things on the forums creates a lot of noise
so I've created a 'skin' for the new software that makes it look very similar to how it has always looked. Other skins will be available for those that want a different look (more of that later).
The new architecture provides:
* A significant performance increase (large threads were killing the old code)
* Better support for mobile phones (still some testing required on this)
* Better support for printing threads
* Sound foundation for future enhancements (i.e. actually allowing us to plough on with the change requests that many have made over the years)
* Restructured database allowing me to work on a feature that I'm quite excited about (watch this space)
Ted said:
We've got some subtle changes coming to the forum software. Some of you got a glimpse of it yesterday.
Just thought it might be useful to explain what's going on as otherwise it might look like cosmetic tinkering when in fact it's the result of quite a lot of work.
The forum software hasn't really changed much since I first wrote it back in 2000. I've made various changes and improvements over the years but the underlying architecture remained largely unchanged.
In January 2005 I set about rewriting the forums to create a more robust and flexible system - one that would facilitate making changes more easily going forwards. 2005 got a bit busy as did 2006 and the software was left half finished (the profiles page was the first to be part of the new architecture and then I got permanently distracted).
I've now had the opportunity to complete the job and the pages will come onstream shortly.
Feedback suggests that changing things on the forums creates a lot of noise
so I've created a 'skin' for the new software that makes it look very similar to how it has always looked. Other skins will be available for those that want a different look (more of that later). The new architecture provides:
* A significant performance increase (large threads were killing the old code)
* Better support for mobile phones (still some testing required on this)
* Better support for printing threads
* Sound foundation for future enhancements (i.e. actually allowing us to plough on with the change requests that many have made over the years)
* Restructured database allowing me to work on a feature that I'm quite excited about (watch this space)
As per my post in GG that coincided with Ted locking the thread...
The 'new' font is either different or smaller on my machines. It's hard to read, so I've resorted to using the browser to up the size of the font, which makes the page very ugly but easier to read.
I'm running Camino (a Gecko/Firefox based browser) on my Macintoshes, and have two 30" Apple LCD screens. These are *very* good quality displays. PH used to be perfectly legible, it's now uncomfortable to read.
If the new code is more flexible, is there any way we can be allowed to choose our own font or size?
It appears that I have exactly the same issue as Flemke here.
Ted - to help you track this down, the Message Preview page still uses the 'old' readable font, whereas the new forum pages use the 'new' font size. It could be just a matter of one point difference, but it's definitely harder to read - the anti-aliasing for a start isn't as clear.
The 'new' font is either different or smaller on my machines. It's hard to read, so I've resorted to using the browser to up the size of the font, which makes the page very ugly but easier to read.
I'm running Camino (a Gecko/Firefox based browser) on my Macintoshes, and have two 30" Apple LCD screens. These are *very* good quality displays. PH used to be perfectly legible, it's now uncomfortable to read.
If the new code is more flexible, is there any way we can be allowed to choose our own font or size?
It appears that I have exactly the same issue as Flemke here.
Ted - to help you track this down, the Message Preview page still uses the 'old' readable font, whereas the new forum pages use the 'new' font size. It could be just a matter of one point difference, but it's definitely harder to read - the anti-aliasing for a start isn't as clear.
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