1/25/2010 Layout updates! page 1

Mon, Jan 25 2010 12:21
Vatsis
cold capital of Finland
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Made a few changes to the layout, since there were some long time annoyances and usability changes:

- Links are now underlined and no longer with high contrast orange-color. We've already used this link-color on the posts, now just applied it everywhere. Also selected link is highlighted. The reason is that with some LCD displays the link cannot be seen at all and having then underlined is more standard way to stand them out.

- The header is now smaller. Made the logo & navigation toolbar thinner, as well as put the profile, pm etc. links at the more visible left top corner, away from ads. Reason is that now there's more space for actual content without scrolling down and the small links stand out more.

- Share-toolbar to the top right-corner so there is a standard way to bookmark/twitter whatever page you wish

- Fixed annoying "resizing bug" on the thread view. Texts used to jump from right to left on the threadlist-page. Now they are nicely rendered on any browser.

Mon, Jan 25 2010 12:42
Sgt. Stud
Sandbox So Cal
Posts 326

Dang Vatsis! Love Peachy's new look! Thanks for all the stuff ya fixed! Like always you did a great job!  Good Job!

-Sarge

Mon, Jan 25 2010 18:28
rknox
Posts 147

Nice work.

Mon, Jan 25 2010 20:35
kamz5
Posts 7,092
Moderator
Please consider returning to grey as the color for links in posts.  This was a unique feature of PeachyForum and it looked really cool.  Now it does not.
Tue, Jan 26 2010 1:52
Merdeka
Australia
Posts 609

Although it may be practical for some features, it now looks very plain and dull.  The rather unique appearance of Peachyforum made it stand out from dozens of other forums. Now it doesn't anymore.

Tue, Jan 26 2010 2:16
7Taffy
Posts 259
Wow, I love the new look Vatsis! Everything feels so much more compact and more easier to navigate! Love it, love it, love it! I'm posting from my laptop at the moment. Later on, I'll try browsing the new-look PeachyForum with my iPod Touch and let you know how it goes. Browsing 'old' Peachy Forum was quite easy, though it had some problems, so I'm hoping it'll be a bit easier with this new version. Keep up the good work! I really like this :)
Tue, Jan 26 2010 3:02
Vatsis
cold capital of Finland
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Yes - the Peachy does seem abit more "dull", because the orange was quite happy, dominating color. Might still use it somewhere else then important links, like on headers etc... being unique shouldn't become first over usability, but with some better choices we might have both.

It's also true that lots of changes lately have brought Peachy more close to other forums. The reason is of usability - it's easier to just jump into doing stuff when there lots of familiarity... again, when I get the major bugs fixed, I'll look into what makes us special and dive into it more..


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