reynoldbot
Jupiter
A paper-white mask of evil.
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Post by reynoldbot on Dec 6, 2007 4:53:58 GMT -4
My two cents... After viewing many forums on the web, I find this one the easiest one to navigate, and perhaps the biggest compliment I can give is that is easier on the eyes than any other one I've seen. I don't know if the layout and colours are specified by the board or by you, but the combination of greys, black and even the highlight orange are very pleasant to look at. Even the ads are not that intrusive, they sort of blend in quite nicely considering what they are. Simple, elegant and smooth. That's what I see. Good job. I wholeheartedly agree. This is by a wide margin the most attractive and easy to read forum I have ever visited. I don't frequent baut that much almost purely because I find it hard to navigate (making me log in every time I view a picture or try to post a comment is annoying) and even other proboards forums tend to not have as appealing a color scheme as this. The sime design element of the moon peeking out of the left side is brilliant. It's unfortunate that proboards has these basic problems that can be easily taken advantage of, but in day-to-day operations I can't imagine it being a big issue. |
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Post by Mr Gorsky on Dec 13, 2007 5:27:40 GMT -4
I wholeheartedly agree. This is by a wide margin the most attractive and easy to read forum I have ever visited. That part of it is down to the aesthetic sense of the board Administrator ... I am sure it is just as simple to put together an almighty mess using Proboards as it is any other board software. This board is well designed and easy to use, but I frequent others that use vBulletin or phpBB that are just as good. Credit where it is due ... it is down to LO's hard work, rather than an inherent advantage in the software, that this one works so well. Interesting, I only visit BAUT once every couple of weeks or so, and I never, ever have to log in, even when I post (which isn't very often). Cookies issue? Incidentally, does the fact that Proboards uses a flat file, rather than SQL remove the possibility that some nefarious individual could inject a trojan or virus into the system? If so, that is one very good argument for keeping it here. |
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Bob B.
Bob the Excel Guru?
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Post by Bob B. on Dec 13, 2007 9:37:31 GMT -4
This board is well designed and easy to use, but I frequent others that use vBulletin or phpBB that are just as good. Credit where it is due ... it is down to LO's hard work, rather than an inherent advantage in the software, that this one works so well. LO certainly gets all the credit and did all the hard work to get this board up and running, but he was also wise enough to solicit opinions from the board users. Somewhere around here is a thread from the very early days when this board was being developed. LO came up with about 90% of the design and then he asked everyone for their comments. LO was very accommodating and incorporated most of the suggestions. The fact the users had some input is one of the reasons this board is one of the more user friendly ones around. I give LO kudos for his patience and willingness to work with the rest of us. |
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Post by JayUtah on Dec 13, 2007 10:36:12 GMT -4
The only lingering problem I have is the orange text on a light gray background. But that's an essential problem because the text has to appear variously on light and dark backgrounds.
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Bob B.
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Post by Bob B. on Dec 13, 2007 11:01:55 GMT -4
But that's an essential problem because the text has to appear variously on light and dark backgrounds. Yep, I remember that being a difficult thing to work out. We ended up going with the orange because it did the best job of satisfying both requirements simultaneously, even though it wasn't best at either one individually. |
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Post by gillianren on Dec 13, 2007 15:08:49 GMT -4
Personally, I hate that text style isn't consistent in quotes.
I have to say, guys, in a lot of ways I prefer BAUT. No offense, LO.
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Bob B.
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Post by Bob B. on Dec 13, 2007 16:17:08 GMT -4
Personally, I hate that text style isn't consistent in quotes. What do you mean? That the text inside the quotes isn't consistent with the text outside the quotes? Or that the text isn't consistent between one quote and another quote? If the latter, I haven't noticed any inconsistency. What I don't like is that the text inside quotes is such a small font size. I don't mind it so much when I'm just replying to a post, but sometimes I'll use the quotation function when quoting from a source. In that case I'll just use the font size function to set the font inside the quote to a larger size, like this: |
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Post by LunarOrbit on Dec 13, 2007 17:27:55 GMT -4
The font size in the quotes is something I keep meaning to adjust... I sometimes do what Bob suggested and use the size tag. I'll get around to it soon.
As far as the text colours are concerned, I've struggled to reach a compromise between light text on light background vs. dark text on a dark background. The problem is that the navigation links at the top of the page (where the moon background image is) use the same colour definitions as the links inside posts, so I can't change one without changing the other. It's not something I can work around without modifying the underlying code of the forum (which I don't have access to).
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Jason
Pluto
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Post by Jason on Dec 13, 2007 17:33:14 GMT -4
I like the site layout pretty much as it is, small-font quotes and all.
Just sayin'
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Post by gillianren on Dec 14, 2007 0:31:34 GMT -4
It is either bold or italic or both (I haven't quoted either in a while) that doesn't really show up as bold or italic if you're quoting. It bothers me.
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Post by LunarOrbit on Dec 14, 2007 10:46:17 GMT -4
That's because of the smaller font, bold and italic don't work at that size.
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Post by JayUtah on Dec 14, 2007 11:10:03 GMT -4
The problem is that the navigation links at the top of the page (where the moon background image is) use the same colour definitions as the links inside posts, so I can't change one without changing the other.
Yes, I remember that discussion. Put simply, the forum gives you the graphic art tool equivalent of stone knives and bearskins. CSS classes can be used to great effect to achieve uniformity and harmony, but are simply too crude for effective graphic design in general.
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Post by nomuse on Dec 14, 2007 20:10:49 GMT -4
But can you construct a mnemonic memory circuit with it?
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Post by laurel on Dec 14, 2007 21:07:09 GMT -4
But can you construct a mnemonic memory circuit with it? It's really strange that I got that reference. I haven't seen Star Trek in years and I still knew the episode name.  |
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Bob B.
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Post by Bob B. on Dec 15, 2007 14:30:55 GMT -4
The font size in the quotes is something I keep meaning to adjust... I see you've changed it. The larger font is a lot easier on the eyes. Thanks. |
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