[SypheDMar]

Hey, it's starting to look more Web 2.0! I like it now better than before. The "FreeSpace Network Menu" is now much more useful since I don't have to scroll all the way up to create a new tab for the Wiki page. I have a slight issue with the forum nav bar tabs (Home, Help, Search, Profile, etc.) being a bit tall. But everything else is superb and modern.

Thanks for being so quick with the updates. I eagerly await the whiteness to fix itself both on the text boxes and the FreeSpace Network Tab.

Image for reference: http://imagebin.org/235018

e: Oh wow. You guys already made it thinner. Just the whiteness, then! And it'd be nice to have the Search Bar on the right side just because other places do so and following convention is ergonomical.

e: You guys are awesome.

[MatthTheGeek]

Because I have to be That Guy, I actually think that freespace Network thing is taking up a lot of valuable screen space.

[pecenipicek]

Because I have to be That Guy, I actually think that freespace Network thing is taking up a lot of valuable screen space.

i agree with this. if it was an "auto-hide" style thing when you mouseovered on the upper part of the screen, i'd be happy.

[Sandwich]

In case people are curious, what I've been doing was removing our reliance on some old scripts that may have had vulnerabilities, and converting the site's layout over to something more reliable. Right now I'm doing macro stuff. Later I might start on the micro (white text boxes, etc), but no guarantees.

EDIT: the nav bar will likely remain as-is for the forseeable future. What puny screen resolutions are you browsing in?

[MatthTheGeek]

1920*1080 ?

If you could just reduce the font size that would go a long way I believe.

[Rodo]

It's looking good, I'll agree that the web 2.0 looks give it a sense of modernity which I'm totally digging.
Are you getting rid of scriptaculous as well?

res:

work: 1280x1024
home: 1680x1050

[mjn.mixael]

I hope the Kick Ass button remains... <3

[headdie]

1280x1024 here

[Polpolion]

1920*1080 ?

If you could just reduce the font size that would go a long way I believe.

this. I really like the idea of the nav bar but I just think it's a tad bigger than it needs to be

edit: also am I the only one getting white bars next to quotes? it seems pretty out of place.

[Sandwich]

White bars I classify as micro - I'll get to them later.

I'm experimenting with something here; restricted forum width... basically, restricting the width of the posts (not the header/footer). Seems to me that lines of text can get ridiculously unreadably long at 1920, so this may help with that. I'm not sold on it, however, so let me know what y'all think.

[mjn.mixael]

Hmm, it feels a little awkward this way. I can't put my finger on it. Of course, I'm not using a 1920 monitor, so I don't know about the other problem.

[Sandwich]

White bars on quotes fixed btw, since it was easy-peasy.

[Flipside]

According to Avira, the problem is in a Javascript asset called sleight.js

The name of the script does not inspire confidence

Path?

Sorry for the delay, Avira has a terrible GUI...

hard-light.net/assets/js/sleight.js

Claims it's 'infected HTML', but can't get more details because the aforesaid GUI won't even allow the whole name of the reported virus to fit into the window... :/

[MatthTheGeek]

That is a lot of blank space with the current fixed width...



EDIT : might be better to have fixed-width margins on the sides than fixed-widths posts. Would scale better with large resolutions. My 2 cents.

[Polpolion]

I think I could get used to the fixed width but the footer below the main thread body still looks a little wonky. (WIP I'm assuming)

Also thank you for fixing the quotes, Sandwich. :3

[Crybertrance]

While the modern Web 2.0 look is awesome, I'd like to point out one thing. Could you have a slight delay for the FreeSpace Network menus to open/expand? Because every time you move the cursor down after opening a new tab it mostly passes over some or the other menu (mostly Hosted Projects for me) and that flash of white light....it burns...

[Sandwich]

Sorry for the delay, Avira has a terrible GUI...

hard-light.net/assets/js/sleight.js

Claims it's 'infected HTML', but can't get more details because the aforesaid GUI won't even allow the whole name of the reported virus to fit into the window... :/

Thanks, that helped a ton. All malware I'm aware of is now gone.

That is a lot of blank space with the current fixed width...



EDIT : might be better to have fixed-width margins on the sides than fixed-widths posts. Would scale better with large resolutions. My 2 cents.

The point is not to "utilize" the entire width at the expense of readability. If the space bothers you, have you considered having a couple of windows open side-by-side?

FWIW, there should be a larger width the forums should be scaling to on large monitors, but it's not working for some reason. Low-priority ATM.

I think I could get used to the fixed width but the footer below the main thread body still looks a little wonky. (WIP I'm assuming)

Which part, and what is "wonky" exactly?

While the modern Web 2.0 look is awesome, I'd like to point out one thing. Could you have a slight delay for the FreeSpace Network menus to open/expand? Because every time you move the cursor down after opening a new tab it mostly passes over some or the other menu (mostly Hosted Projects for me) and that flash of white light....it burns...

Yeah, I'm considering switching it over to a click-to-open system; the main issue being that the top-level nav items are links themselves, so click-to-open would prevent them from working as links. It's just a matter of rethinking those nav items, though.

[mjn.mixael]

Also, mouseover menus should increasingly be phased out due to mobile browsing.. tablets/phones/etc.

[Sandwich]

Indeed. The switchover is made. The on-hover menus are now on-click.

[Dragon]

The point is not to "utilize" the entire width at the expense of readability. If the space bothers you, have you considered having a couple of windows open side-by-side?

FWIW, there should be a larger width the forums should be scaling to on large monitors, but it's not working for some reason. Low-priority ATM.

Look for me on Gamewarden. I've had it with this "new and improved" look. It just keeps getting worse. Why couldn't we stay with the good, old interface?