This looks like a really good idea. My first reaction was nice idea but why not just change the colour temperature yourself, but after several minutes of trying on my Dell laptop I still haven't found out how to do it yet. OK, I'm laughing now, but there's no smiley for that.
On Firefox use ctrl and + or - to change the screen (make sure zoom text only is not ticked in the menu bar View - Zoom first)
Then go to View - Zoom - Zoom text only and tick zoom text only and do the ctrl - and + thing again to change size of your text - keep the zoom text only ticked to keep it that way.
There are instructions on here somewhere for chrome
I agree with you when the zoom is 100%, but going up to 110% takes one keypress and it really does make DS much better. I'm using Chrome but I'm sure Firefox has the feature too.
Should it not be a "uniform experience" rather than faff here, fiddle there, and dance round the old oak tree at exactly 3.55am when Jupiter is in Leo.
Not knocking anyone, but homemade solutions seem to more available than than a few words of comfort from the DS admin.:)
:o:o i've slipped into an eddy in the space/time continuum
(i'd be embarrassed too but reminds of old alcoholics that have gone all purple)
I did prefer the replacement pink blush smiley. This one looks like someone with that alcoholics nose that has spread. We shall see what tomorrow brings
On Firefox use ctrl and + or - to change the screen (make sure zoom text only is not ticked in the menu bar View - Zoom first)
Then go to View - Zoom - Zoom text only and tick zoom text only and do the ctrl - and + thing again to change size of your text - keep the zoom text only ticked to keep it that way.
There are instructions on here somewhere for chrome
Hmmm, not sure how this helps either. The problem is that the right hand half of the page is coloured in dark blue so half the text is missing. Changing the text size doesn't really make this any better.
OK, I've done that but it didn't make any difference (I'm not sure why you thought it would)
Hmmm, not sure how this helps either. The problem is that the right hand half of the page is coloured in dark blue so half the text is missing. Changing the text size doesn't really make this any better.
That's why I said you have to change the screen first then change the size of the text. Do you mean you can't see the end of sentences on the right of your screen?
I have also noticed digitalspy has far less traffic, I was involved in a few active threads when the design changed and the traffic on those threads went near dead overnight.
the 2 boxes at the top are now white with black text. Trust me
(a) old design was way better
(b) dark backgrounds usually beat light backgrounds. especially when the white is excessive.
Should it not be a "uniform experience" rather than faff here, fiddle there, and dance round the old oak tree at exactly 3.55am when Jupiter is in Leo.
Not knocking anyone, but homemade solutions seem to more available than than a few words of comfort from the DS admin.:)
This is an exception. I'm not advocating what you think I am. In general, for all things on a computer or phone screen, not just browsers, not just DS, it's a jolly good idea to change the colour temperature at night to reduce eye strain.
Your use of bold for contrast looks awful on my properly setup monitor, and DS have improved text rendering since early this week. The cure is worse than the disease in this case.
And that's exactly why I had to laugh. And that is what undermines your assertion about design having supposedly moved from clunky to attractive. Hm... DS was very attractive, colourful yet restful and comfortable to look at and to use. Now it is clunky and hideous, pallid, yet hard to look at and to read etc. Designed by programmers or by real designers? Bring back the programmers with their lovely, clever vBulletin design.
yeah a time comes when things 'peak' changes get made however for the sake of change but those changes are regressions. Seeing it now in most software.
windows 8 looks aweful compared to win7/vista and even XP.
most large websites which have regurlar updates looked better 3 years ago than they do today.
digitalspy has now succumbed to this.
sites such as cableforum which stick to traditional vbb style actually look far better and are far more functional.
the old digitalspy really was a nice looking forum, I remain gobsmacked on how this can be seen as a improvement.
even more baffling is why the decision makers who make these changes think its ok to remove choice of theme, why not keep the old site as an option.
Also the mobile version of this new design looks better on the desktop than the desktop version, I guess it has had more effort put into it
Your use of bold for contrast looks awful on my properly setup monitor, and DS have improved text rendering since early this week. The cure is worse than the disease in this case.
Well, I can't think of anything else to try!!
It's clear with the various setups, browsers, monitors os that there are a lot of different ways people see the site (for instance I get a blue/black screensplash at work that appears for 0.25 second, but I don't get it at home) and it causes more issues for some than others.
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Nope, it refreshed the page but didn't cure anything.
last friday i think
What browser are you on?
This looks like a really good idea. My first reaction was nice idea but why not just change the colour temperature yourself, but after several minutes of trying on my Dell laptop I still haven't found out how to do it yet. OK, I'm laughing now, but there's no smiley for that.
I feel like I've been on this thread since July
Chrome, but I also tried it on Firefox.
i've moved in, made it comfy with a sofa and some snacks.....:kitty:
On Firefox use ctrl and + or - to change the screen (make sure zoom text only is not ticked in the menu bar View - Zoom first)
Then go to View - Zoom - Zoom text only and tick zoom text only and do the ctrl - and + thing again to change size of your text - keep the zoom text only ticked to keep it that way.
There are instructions on here somewhere for chrome
Have a PC Winterval guys.
Not knocking anyone, but homemade solutions seem to more available than than a few words of comfort from the DS admin.:)
Monday night:o
(i'd be embarrassed too but
I did prefer the replacement pink blush smiley. This one looks like someone with that alcoholics nose that has spread. We shall see what tomorrow brings
OK, I've done that but it didn't make any difference (I'm not sure why you thought it would)
Hmmm, not sure how this helps either. The problem is that the right hand half of the page is coloured in dark blue so half the text is missing. Changing the text size doesn't really make this any better.
I dont need pay someone £million for a new logo, that is just black text on a white background
That's why I said you have to change the screen first then change the size of the text. Do you mean you can't see the end of sentences on the right of your screen?
And a Dot! Don't forget the Dot!!! That could have taken someone an hour to think of!!!
ah the bbc website at its peak.
much better than the current bbc website.
I have also noticed digitalspy has far less traffic, I was involved in a few active threads when the design changed and the traffic on those threads went near dead overnight.
the 2 boxes at the top are now white with black text. Trust me
(a) old design was way better
(b) dark backgrounds usually beat light backgrounds. especially when the white is excessive.
This is an exception. I'm not advocating what you think I am. In general, for all things on a computer or phone screen, not just browsers, not just DS, it's a jolly good idea to change the colour temperature at night to reduce eye strain.
Your use of bold for contrast looks awful on my properly setup monitor, and DS have improved text rendering since early this week. The cure is worse than the disease in this case.
yeah a time comes when things 'peak' changes get made however for the sake of change but those changes are regressions. Seeing it now in most software.
windows 8 looks aweful compared to win7/vista and even XP.
most large websites which have regurlar updates looked better 3 years ago than they do today.
digitalspy has now succumbed to this.
sites such as cableforum which stick to traditional vbb style actually look far better and are far more functional.
the old digitalspy really was a nice looking forum, I remain gobsmacked on how this can be seen as a improvement.
even more baffling is why the decision makers who make these changes think its ok to remove choice of theme, why not keep the old site as an option.
Also the mobile version of this new design looks better on the desktop than the desktop version, I guess it has had more effort put into it
not for me text still looks super skinny
It's clear with the various setups, browsers, monitors os that there are a lot of different ways people see the site (for instance I get a blue/black screensplash at work that appears for 0.25 second, but I don't get it at home) and it causes more issues for some than others.