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Also, when you are making changes, please remember that while some people are accessing the site on a phone, some of us are accessing it on a desktop machine and don't want a narrow band of text down the middle of the screen! I think customisability (if that's a word) is important.
 
TheClockworkDodo said:
Also, when you are making changes, please remember that while some people are accessing the site on a phone, some of us are accessing it on a desktop machine and don't want a narrow band of text down the middle of the screen! I think customisability (if that's a word) is important.
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Indeed - nowt more annoying than those websites that only display as though you are using a smartphone! 😱
 
A night mode would be lovely as I find it much easier to read (I have visual processing issues) and it’s often helpful for people with dyslexia. It would be good for the site to be as accessible as possible.
 
MeeTooTeeTwo said:
Yes @Ralph-YK I'm aware you can do that - however, when you have maybe a dozen or so web pages open in tabs (as I tend to have) it's a bit of a faff sizing and resizing when you switch from one to the other. Most all of the forums I use have a better readable layout eg like this
https://www.tenforums.com/general-support/
When you land on the page you can start reading right away without the bother of resizing windows.
Dez 🙂
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Interestingly, the forum you've linked to as an example has similar layout as this site.
 
Ralph-YK said:
Interestingly, the forum you've linked to as an example has similar layout as this site.
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Are you sure you have your browser window fully maximized? 🙂
It looks like this on my monitor
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Are you sure you have your browser window fully maximized? 🙂
It looks like this on my monitor
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On my laptop it looks just like this one, no blank spaces at the side! I do not want stuff at the side of all posts, means much more scrolling.
 
I always worked maximised. MeeToo, are you using a screen resolution much higher than 1080p?
 
Ralph-YK said:
I always worked maximised. MeeToo, are you using a screen resolution much higher than 1080p?
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Nope - bog standard 1920 x 1080.
What browser are you using?
I've just checked mine in Chrome, Firefox and MS Edge - they all look the same.
Most strange!! :confused:
 
silentsquirrel said:
On my laptop it looks just like this one, no blank spaces at the side! I do not want stuff at the side of all posts, means much more scrolling.
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@silentsquirrel Josh asked the question "What sort of changes would you like to see on the forum?" My reply was part of my wish list, as I stated "It would be great if . . ."
We are all entitled to our opinions, wishes, desires etc - I am not in any position to decide how or what changes will be made to the website, but I, like you, do have the right to say what I think. You obviously feel strongly about your opinions and I hope you will take the opportunity that Josh offered to lobby for your ideas for making positive changes to the forum. 🙂
Dez
 
@Ralph-YK are you using browser extensions/pop up blockers like Ghostery, AdBlock Plus etc - they can affect how web pages are displayed!
Also, I'm a Windows Insider Programme tester and currently using Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18975 (20H1), sometimes all sorts of strange things happen.

Dez :confused:
 
MeeTooTeeTwo said:
@silentsquirrel Josh asked the question "What sort of changes would you like to see on the forum?" My reply was part of my wish list, as I stated "It would be great if . . ."
We are all entitled to our opinions, wishes, desires etc - I am not in any position to decide how or what changes will be made to the website, but I, like you, do have the right to say what I think. You obviously feel strongly about your opinions and I hope you will take the opportunity that Josh offered to lobby for your ideas for making positive changes to the forum. 🙂
Dez
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I apologise if you thought I was denying your right to say what you think, of course you have that right! But we all also have the right to respond to suggestions. I have already lobbied for losing the Profile Posts and improving readability, which would be very positive changes.
How will Josh assess which changes would be popular if we do not respond?
 
My other machine, Windows XP, SP3, Firefox, no adons, ads vidible, 1440 x 900 resolution. The other was Firefox with Adblock Plus
 

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Ralph-YK said:
My other machine, Windows XP, SP3, Firefox, no adons, ads vidible, 1440 x 900 resolution. The other was Firefox with Adblock Plus
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Ahh!! Good old WindowsXP. IMHO it was and still is the best looking version of Windows.

I'm still intrigued as to how that TenForums looks on your pc with Firefox. I haven't used Firefox for quite a while but the only thing I can think of is that you may have its zoom level set higher than 100%.
 
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The forum looks different (and behaves differently) on my PC, iPad and iPhone. so I suppose any upgrade will do the same. Discussion about the formatting is almost redundant, as it changes from device to device.
 
mikeyB said:
The forum looks different (and behaves differently) on my PC, iPad and iPhone. so I suppose any upgrade will do the same. Discussion about the formatting is almost redundant, as it changes from device to device.
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I think that's probably right. I would hope that the technical team at Diabetes UK will implement a carefully considered responsive design to the new forum so that it adapts to any screen size to display the content in a clear and usable way.
 
mikeyB said:
The forum looks different (and behaves differently) on my PC, iPad and iPhone.
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That could be the site reconising you're on a portable device (small screens) and adjusting to that. Some sites don't and is dreadful to use on some screens.
everydayupsanddowns said:
I think that's probably right. I would hope that the technical team at Diabetes UK will implement a carefully considered responsive design to the new forum so that it adapts to any screen size to display the content in a clear and usable way.
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That's the idea of it.
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
I think that's probably right. I would hope that the technical team at Diabetes UK will implement a carefully considered responsive design to the new forum so that it adapts to any screen size to display the content in a clear and usable way.
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I don't understand half the posts on this thread (being a Luddite) but I would urge the content in a clear and usable way please. To me this basically means clear, dark text, not pale grey, on a white background. All the rest of it is secondary if the text cannot be easily read. Thanks!
 
Pine Marten said:
I don't understand half the posts on this thread (being a Luddite) but I would urge the content in a clear and usable way please. To me this basically means clear, dark text, not pale grey, on a white background. All the rest of it is secondary if the text cannot be easily read. Thanks!
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Wish I could like your post multiple times!🙂🙂
 
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