Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Do you have any idea how many different PCs I have to change bookmarks on, Doug?
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Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
That's three more seconds between me and my SF fix, hence the bookmark updating. 
Tea
Storage? I am Storage!
Hmmmm ... perhaps there is a place for a virus or two here (says Tea, carefully avoiding use of the plural, just in case Cliptin and The Grammer Police get her), one that is highly infectious and carries as its payload a new and corrected SF Forum URL.
Come to think of it, that might be a good way to publicise the site.
(For the 36 hours it takes to get the site closed down as a result, that is.)
Come to think of it, that might be a good way to publicise the site.
(For the 36 hours it takes to get the site closed down as a result, that is.)
Tannin
Storage? I am Storage!
I think I saw that already. You mean the blue highlight? That's what I meant when I carelessly said "bigger". I like it: catches the eye - which is exactly what it should do.
(Tannin wanders off, hoping that The Grammer Police doesn't catch him and punish him for careless posting.)
(Tannin wanders off, hoping that The Grammer Police doesn't catch him and punish him for careless posting.)
Mercutio said:That's three more seconds between me and my SF fix, hence the bookmark updating.
Sorry about that... I can change it to 1 or 2 seconds
Have I made a bad decision to change the path? Now that there are FOUR links to the forum on the front page, do you think people can manage? :wink:
Tannin
Storage? I am Storage!
Ahh, I see. Or rather, Tea (IE 5.0) and The Grammer Police (Moz 1.2) can see, but I (Opera 6.03) can't.
Tea
Storage? I am Storage!
He's supposed to have upgraded long ago, but he's lazy. Ignore him, Doug. That's what I do.
Dozer
Learning Storage Performance
Kudos, Doug.
The new link works well and looks very nice. If someone can't find the forum now, they have issues that we can't help them with
The new link works well and looks very nice. If someone can't find the forum now, they have issues that we can't help them with
blakerwry
Storage? I am Storage!
I prefered the old link to the forum on the left better.... now it looks like it's suposed to be a heading for the other items and not its own link
Buck
Storage? I am Storage!
Handy, that image in the upper righthand corner blends in so well with its background, especially at 1024x768 and above. Perhaps a similar button located in the lefthand side navigation bar under the "Welcome [user]" line would work better. Then you could also switch the word Forum in the navigation bar back to the light background so it matches the other items. Just a thought.
Cliptin
Wannabe Storage Freak
To no one in particular:
Yes the forums are an important part of the website but do we need 17 links to them on the front page.
Yes the forums are an important part of the website but do we need 17 links to them on the front page.
Tea
Storage? I am Storage!
No the forums are not an important part of our website, they are the important part of our website. The sole reason it exists, as a matter of fact. (Just a chance comment of no particular relevance to anything, let alone anyone. :wink
Cliptin
Wannabe Storage Freak
:wink:
Of ultimate importance in perpetuity?
Of ultimate importance in perpetuity?
Tea
Storage? I am Storage!
Huh? Of course.
Buck said:
I've been thinking about this all day today and I was going to do some rearranging of the front page. My plan was to move that image out of the upper right hand corner as you have suggested.
I'm also going to remove the login box from the front page since it only helps people whom whish to submit news. I will move it so that a new visitor will only see the login box once they click on submit news.
I'll try my ideas sometime tonight and then wait for feedback.
I'm trying to make the place easier for new visitors (and old), sorry that the results have been negative so far. It's not the criticism I mind, it's that I'm not making it work correctly.
Tea
Storage? I am Storage!
Oh, don't worry about it, Handruin. I'll criticise you anyway. :wink: (No matter what.)
That's the trouble with being me. With the example of Tannin to learn from in my formative years, criticism is the only thing I'm really good at. (Apart from innovative zpelling and bananaz, of courze.)
That's the trouble with being me. With the example of Tannin to learn from in my formative years, criticism is the only thing I'm really good at.
(Apart from innovative zpelling and bananaz, of courze.)Cliptin
Wannabe Storage Freak
Still looks good Handy!
Tea said:Oh, don't worry about it, Handruin. I'll criticise you anyway. :wink: (No matter what.)
That's the trouble with being me. With the example of Tannin to learn from in my formative years, criticism is the only thing I'm really good at.
Is the new front page any better?
blakerwry
Storage? I am Storage!
speaking of the front page and news, I just saw the stupidest flash ad at ars technica.
http://anime-jennie.com/hdd/stupid.swf
*dang they make it difficult to get this stupid flash ad.
http://anime-jennie.com/hdd/stupid.swf
*dang they make it difficult to get this stupid flash ad.
Buck
Storage? I am Storage!
Looking good Handy. I would even go so far as to change the color of the Forum button so that it is different from the rest of the page, and double the space between it and the other navigation items below it. Addditionally, the General News logo could be half the size, or removed. Do we ever post anything but general news?
Tannin
Storage? I am Storage!
I finally got back to looking at the front page again today and, Doug, that is looking great. Excellent balance, very clear. I think a glass of scotch is in order.
Bartender!
Bartender!
Tannin
Storage? I am Storage!
I finally got back to looking at the front page again today and, Doug, that is looking great. Excellent balance, very clear. I think a glass of scotch is in order.
Bartender!
Bartender!
Bartender
Storage is cool
Coming right up!
What do you guys think about these themes?
http://www.forumimages.com/info/phpbb_tutorials/phpbb/fisubice_index.html
or this one for Tea:
http://www.forumimages.com/info/phpbb_tutorials/phpbb/fisubgreen_alt_index.html
http://www.forumimages.com/info/phpbb_tutorials/phpbb/fisubice_index.html
or this one for Tea:
http://www.forumimages.com/info/phpbb_tutorials/phpbb/fisubgreen_alt_index.html
Tea
Storage? I am Storage!
Brrrrrrllfsp! On the whole, I prefer it when my green doesn't glow in the dark and set off radiation detectors.
Tea
Storage? I am Storage!
Grrrreat idea. Absolutely! I guess the only question is, is it best if it shows the user's local time when posted? Or local time now? On the whole, I think local time now is better, but maybe there are mattters to ponder about that. (Oh, and I take it you don't see a layout problem?)
Another thing: that makes it pretty important that people take the trouble to input their local times, if the mod is to be of use. What cruel, extreme and unusual punishment can we inflict on people who don't do this? What allowances do we make for the numerically-challenged among us (such as Tannin) who have difficulty remembering what day it iz, let alone how many hours it is and in what direction from Greenwich?
Another thing: that makes it pretty important that people take the trouble to input their local times, if the mod is to be of use. What cruel, extreme and unusual punishment can we inflict on people who don't do this? What allowances do we make for the numerically-challenged among us (such as Tannin) who have difficulty remembering what day it iz, let alone how many hours it is and in what direction from Greenwich?
James
Storage is cool
The mod as I see it has the local time the poster posted at (?!) as well as the local time of the viewer (bottom left of each post). I think that's pretty good.Tea said:
James
Storage is cool
None at all, I would say, speaking as someone who has to deal with at least 4 other timezones every day (Singapore/HK, London, Japan and east coast US).Tea said:
In the end I put a line of clocks up on the wall just to keep track of it all.
Tea
Storage? I am Storage!
Is that no cruel, extreme and unusual punishments? Or no allowances?
Cliptin
Wannabe Storage Freak
Tea said:
Yes. As it has always been. :wink: