Use the quote button and it makes things easier to track.dumb bloke wrote:How am I supposed to tell who I'm responding to or who is responding to me?
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Can't say as i like the new BBS. This is probably just fear of the new. The old way was sure easy, but there was way too much in the way of clutter. Will this no longer be a problem?
I really liked having everything in front of me, only having to scroll to see what was up. Someone 'splain to me why this will be better?
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I really liked having everything in front of me, only having to scroll to see what was up. Someone 'splain to me why this will be better?
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Re: Moving TubeNet here
Well, I too miss the "idea" of sub-threads, otherwise I think this is an improvement.
One big question: Will the archives be available to the new search engine?
One big question: Will the archives be available to the new search engine?
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I noticed this too (text size). I wonder how easily that could be changed?Chuck(G) wrote:Not too Shabby, Sean!
It's a little harder to read for those of us with weak peepers, but I think I can get used to it.
I don't know if it's possible, but it would be a great improvement to have the BBS profile scale whatever size image that was submitted as an avatar.
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The avatar rules are the same in most places I visit.
The one thing I love is the ability to stay logged in and do a drive by post. I love it, Sean. I wasn't too sure at first, but I think it is GREAT!!!
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What did I do wrong with the quotes... OH, if you wanna do quotes, be sure not to disable codes... got it.
EDITING the post is a great GREAT thing!!!
EDITING the post is a great GREAT thing!!!
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text size
Farah,MomOfSampson wrote:I'm definately asking him about this one.Anonymous wrote:Sean, is it possible to make the text of the messages a larger font, so it stands out from the other backround info? I think it might be a little more readable.
It's good to have someone on the inside.
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Another thing --
The thread on the old BBS about the robot orchestra conductor (which branched into God-knows-what) had only 44 posts or so and became almost illegible, while this thread is already well over 50 and still relatively easy to follow.
In other words, I've only had to click on 4 links to read every post in this thread, while I would have had to click on 55+ to read this same thread on the old site.
The thread on the old BBS about the robot orchestra conductor (which branched into God-knows-what) had only 44 posts or so and became almost illegible, while this thread is already well over 50 and still relatively easy to follow.
In other words, I've only had to click on 4 links to read every post in this thread, while I would have had to click on 55+ to read this same thread on the old site.
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I guess not everyone hates me now.Leland wrote:Another thing --
The thread on the old BBS about the robot orchestra conductor (which branched into God-knows-what) had only 44 posts or so and became almost illegible, while this thread is already well over 50 and still relatively easy to follow.
In other words, I've only had to click on 4 links to read every post in this thread, while I would have had to click on 55+ to read this same thread on the old site.
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Changing the size of the text is easy.
When you click on the 'post new topic' or 'post reply' buttons, you're given a new screen. On that new screen are pull downs for color changing and font size. This size of this typing is 10 point, and looks to be the default. If you want to increase the size of your post, highlight the text, click on the pulldown till you see large or huge.
This is large or 18 point. If that's too big for you, you can highlight and change that 18 number to anything you want. I just changed it to 15 pt.
This is huge... or 24 point
There are also many colors you can add for effect.
Red, DarkRed, Orange, Brown, Yellow, Green, and a few more.
When you click on the 'post new topic' or 'post reply' buttons, you're given a new screen. On that new screen are pull downs for color changing and font size. This size of this typing is 10 point, and looks to be the default. If you want to increase the size of your post, highlight the text, click on the pulldown till you see large or huge.
This is large or 18 point. If that's too big for you, you can highlight and change that 18 number to anything you want. I just changed it to 15 pt.
This is huge... or 24 point
There are also many colors you can add for effect.
Red, DarkRed, Orange, Brown, Yellow, Green, and a few more.
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[quote="Rick F"]Changing the size of the text is easy.
Font size is not the only thing mattering, for those wanting to read with a reasonably high speed. So is the very font shape.
Optiming fonts for easy readability is nothing new. The informed ones know, that serif fonts are the ones, which support the fast movement of the eye. And within the serif font group Times is the one, which has stood the test of time best.
Aside from the perfect way the original TubeNet reflects the structure of the debate, it has one more feature very friendly to the human sitting at the receiving end: he/she can choose the font best suiting his/hers reading needs.
My age and my high resolution monitor makes Times 24 a very good font for fast reading. The default Arial 12 is far too small, thin, and unfriendly even on a less high resolution monitor.
With all the fine features available in modern software, if the core project (in casu: the TubeNet billboard) does not come out logically structured and easily legible, then it will not be used as much as the original TubeNet.
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Font size is not the only thing mattering, for those wanting to read with a reasonably high speed. So is the very font shape.
Optiming fonts for easy readability is nothing new. The informed ones know, that serif fonts are the ones, which support the fast movement of the eye. And within the serif font group Times is the one, which has stood the test of time best.
Aside from the perfect way the original TubeNet reflects the structure of the debate, it has one more feature very friendly to the human sitting at the receiving end: he/she can choose the font best suiting his/hers reading needs.
My age and my high resolution monitor makes Times 24 a very good font for fast reading. The default Arial 12 is far too small, thin, and unfriendly even on a less high resolution monitor.
With all the fine features available in modern software, if the core project (in casu: the TubeNet billboard) does not come out logically structured and easily legible, then it will not be used as much as the original TubeNet.
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Hah! I'm the poor soul that first brought up the thread issue and I certainly don't hate you. I think you are a down right swell guy. I'm tickled pink to have this forum in any form. Just that some of us deal with change less enthusiastically than others. I think that those of us that gripe and complain do so out of love. If we didn't care you would hear lots of silence. I think it's pretty interesting how much ownership people feel towards this forum that there are so many strong opinions. You can't buy that kind of loyalty with new software and I'm pretty sure new software won't destroy it either. Over the years you've done quite a few things with a lot of class and wisdom. I think that's what counts for most of us.TubeNet wrote:I guess not everyone hates me now.
I also thought the color change way back when was the end of the world so my reaction should be taken with a huge grain of salt. Do what you want to do and at the end of the day I for one will still think you are just peachy.
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That's not exactly what I meant, Rick. What I'd like to see is a general way to increase the default size of the text that everyone else has used. Honestly, on IE on my system, the default font size looks to be about 8 points.Rick F wrote:Changing the size of the text is easy.
When you click on the 'post new topic' or 'post reply' buttons, you're given a new screen. On that new screen are pull downs for color changing and font size. This size of this typing is 10 point, and looks to be the default. If you want to increase the size of your post, highlight the text, click on the pulldown till you see large or huge.
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I suppose I'll have to browse using Mozilla or Opera and zoom in on the text.
Thanks,
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That's what the zoom function is for in your Web browser. In Safari, it's in the View menu, called "Make Text Bigger", or command-+. Hopefully, every browser has a keyboard command to easily increase the font size.Anonymous wrote:I noticed the possibility of text enhancement, but my point is the problem of readability of all posts.
The other option -- which I haven't yet seen in any discussion board software -- would be something in the user preferences page (Profile here) that allows a choice of default text size. Some boards have different styles for each user to choose to appear on their own computers, so maybe there's software somewhere that has this kind of option.
A bigger font would be a waste of space for me & my laptop, but I can understand wanting to see it larger.
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Give me some time to get into the new software. It supports themes which can be custom tailored, including colors and font sizes/types. I just need time to figure it all out, then you should have options on the appearance.Chuck(G) wrote:That's not exactly what I meant, Rick. What I'd like to see is a general way to increase the default size of the text that everyone else has used. Honestly, on IE on my system, the default font size looks to be about 8 points.Rick F wrote:Changing the size of the text is easy.
When you click on the 'post new topic' or 'post reply' buttons, you're given a new screen. On that new screen are pull downs for color changing and font size. This size of this typing is 10 point, and looks to be the default. If you want to increase the size of your post, highlight the text, click on the pulldown till you see large or huge.
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I suppose I'll have to browse using Mozilla or Opera and zoom in on the text.
Thanks,
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