Cinnamon Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Any chance the avatars can be put on the left with high contrast The Mod team have put this to Matt - I am sure he will continue tinkering away next week & this will be top of his list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodcat Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 In general, if it is red, it has new posts. If it is green it has no new posts. If it has a star next to it, you have posted in it. (it took me ages to do this) Cheers Fred was having a huge puzzle over what the stars meant this is just a thought but would it be worth sticking that in the FAQ cause i'm sure that other new users are going to be puzzled over the whole thing and this is the only forum i've been on that doesn't have something like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Any chance the avatars can be put on the left with high contrast I'm sure Matt at HQ will work on it SC. He is currently lying down in a dark room bless him. I like the High contrast MUCH better ooh my eyes couldn't take the white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Reminder - if you go to User Control Panel -> Board preferences -> you can now select Omlet_highcontrast which seems to be better for those having trouble with the new format Thats sooo much better , many thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Sorry, but I've swapped over to the silver high contrast and it's still given me a headache this morning. No idea why as the board I Mod on is blue based here Hope it's ok to post as an example. Also, the P P forum is blue and again that's fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Reminder - if you go to User Control Panel -> Board preferences -> you can now select Omlet_highcontrast which seems to be better for those having trouble with the new format Have you tried the above abwsco? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Reminder - if you go to User Control Panel -> Board preferences -> you can now select Omlet_highcontrast which seems to be better for those having trouble with the new format Have you tried the above abwsco? Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 That's a shame. I am not so keen on the Omlet silver, but prefer the blue of the Omlet Highcontrast. Similar to other forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Just to say I wasn't having any problems with the contrast but switched to the blue just for a looksee and the page seems much better - the text seems better 'anchored' and I can see the delineation between threads more clearly . I've changed the font size so its larger; I just couldn't deal with it on the default normal. The headings are now massive and I feel a bit like I'm reading in large print; its not great but its OK. I'm on IE and Windows XP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 I'm testing the high contrast - seems a lot better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickric Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Just switched to the Hi-contrast, I like! It matches the lounge decor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 The high contrast is much easier to read well done Matt Not an easy job keeping us all happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 dont know if this has been mentioned but..... when receiving pm's it will say 2 messages (for instance) but as soon as you read one in does not acknowledge there's still a 'new' message and goes to '0 messages' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbug Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 The name of the forum members underneath the picture is so small needs to be bigger so you can see who writing the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 I agree about members names needing to be larger. I much prefer the High contrast version. But please move the avatars to the left of the text box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 The high contrast version is better, but I HATE the alternating colours, as I get really confused by it. Each persons user information is too wide and takes up too much of the screen for me and I too want it back on the right side of the screen. I too preferred the old format, mostly because when I clicked on a topic I'd posted on it would take me to my latest posting and I could read on from there, but now I can't and have to scroll back through everything and remember the page number I was on-an utter pig that wastes time. Also the icons which appear on the lefthand side to say if things have been read or not are far too similar to one another and difficult to tell the difference between. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Not keen on high contrast - too bright for me, the glare from the huge white and green "silver" version is still bright enough. Preferred the old format - much easier on my eyes - I'm squinting as I write. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ygerna Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Omlet silver was a bit difficult for me to read, not enough contrast, so I switched to the High Contrast version and its much better. I like this version better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily95 Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 . I too preferred the old format, mostly because when I clicked on a topic I'd posted on it would take me to my latest posting and I could read on from there, but now I can't and have to scroll back through everything and remember the page number I was on-an utter pig that wastes time. Just click on the ^ symbol next to the thread titles and it will take you to the first post you haven't read. Em x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furball Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 (edited) Is it me but is the background on the silver new look layout not as glaring as it was when i looked yesterday? So now kinder on the eyes. More like the old look. If so thankyou, i can't imagine how much work has gone into the new look forum, so any changes to suit us omleteers must be even more work. Edited April 11, 2010 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Well, I don't come on for a few days and its all change Initial thoughts were woah! What's all this then? Have I come to the right place? But on the whole I like it. I've had to change to the high contrast as my eyes have been affected - almost migraine inducing But with the high contrast everything is on the wrong sides I like the smilies being on the right hand side of the text box as its much easier to click on them, and as for clicking the cursor in the text box twice, I've always had to do that otherwise end up half way down the page I would prefer to use the non high contrast background with a more muted background as the white is just too white. I shall have another look and see, but with it being so bright (and I appreciate comments on turning down screen contrast but it's fine on all the other websites I look at ) I may not be able to look on here for as long Might be a good thing as I am sure I spend way too much time on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Well, I don't come on for a few days and its all change Ditto It is very different and will take me some time to get used to it. It does look very "busy" on screen. I like the brightness, very cheery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 I have changed to the high contrast version and quite like the blue, but it is still a bit too bright and I would also love the avatars to be back on the left pleeeeeease. I think I am having a funny eye day, migraine lurking me thinks, so i will try both formats again tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 I have changed to the high contrast version and quite like the blue, but it is still a bit too bright and I would also love the avatars to be back on the left pleeeeeease. I think I am having a funny eye day, migraine lurking me thinks, so i will try both formats again tomorrow. The avatars are on the left for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 No they are on the right on the high contrast version - omlet silver is on the left! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
