aFrInaTi0n Posted January 23 Posted January 23 @vascolp You are nto the only one finding the difference too small - I will see what I can do to make the difference more visible. Thanks for checking, for me it was just verification if the bold text is not showing at all or if the difference to the normal one is just too tiny. So it is the latter :) Quote
Aurorasaurus Posted January 23 Posted January 23 Once again I'm complaining about performance... but this time it's definitely slower than before. Sometimes it will load just the text, I'm not sure how to call it. The text without the visuals or fonts or anything. I'm using Firefox, windows 11. However, on chrome, it loads significantly quicker. I guess this is what I get for using Firefox Quote
aFrInaTi0n Posted January 23 Posted January 23 @Aurorasaurus Hmm. In theory if you see text already, the page has loaded to a point where the browser has the skeleton of all the elements to start rendering them, fonts images etc should be cached on your device after the first loads. So in theory this should not happen.. Not sure if you are familar with the Developer Tools of Browsers /- it can be reached with F12 and opens a second pane in the browser and also offers speed analysis. That may be interesting to do when you have a slow experience. Created a short video on how to do: The Events showed on the left would be interesting, "DOM loaded" esp. Quote
aFrInaTi0n Posted January 23 Posted January 23 @Ngoc Nguyen, @vascolp I think I can't make the unread texts any bolder cause of technical limitations (more than bold is not possible) - question: would a brighter blue color of the text allow for more easy identification instead? Quote
Toastie Posted January 23 Posted January 23 4 hours ago, Aurorasaurus said: using Firefox Me too - but I have no issues? Win11/64bit, latest Firefox version with about 12 add-ons (adds, pictures, language ...) Hmm. Best, Thorsten Quote
aFrInaTi0n Posted January 23 Posted January 23 @Toastie I suspect network related long paths, as you me are stting in germany and the server is also located in germany - so our peering may be good and the network paths be short - leading to really fast loading speeds. For Australia it may be another situation. Also from my professional career i know our users from PACI region usually have higher pings & everything feeling laggy when they use for e.g. Citrix when it relies on getting working against resources which are located in our european datacenters.. Quote
aFrInaTi0n Posted January 23 Posted January 23 @Aurorasaurus (and others having a slow page load experience): Could you try to get me some insights from your client side? No filtered audio and you have to listen to my lovely voice but besides of that little blood which may drip out of your ears () I hope it helps for identifying the reason for the issue.. Quote
Ngoc Nguyen Posted January 23 Posted January 23 2 hours ago, aFrInaTi0n said: @Ngoc Nguyen, @vascolp I think I can't make the unread texts any bolder cause of technical limitations (more than bold is not possible) - question: would a brighter blue color of the text allow for more easy identification instead? Why not making the read texts have regular weight or light weight? Quote
vascolp Posted January 23 Posted January 23 1 hour ago, Ngoc Nguyen said: Why not making the read texts have regular weight or light weight? That! Quote
aFrInaTi0n Posted January 23 Posted January 23 Because it may sound easy from the user perspective, but if I remember correctly it was hard to create a CSS fix for that without affecting the whole site / other stuff. As said I have to take closer looks the next days for what I can do, but I can't promise anything. Also the regular font weight is already normal - so it would just leave the option to make it leight weight. (possibly stupid) question: the icon and the other background color are not working for you as good visual indicators? (please don't get me wrong, just asking as I can see very little complaints in numbers about that detail - would like to understand what the difference may be & all fine if you tell "my visual main indicator is the boldness of text"). Quote
vascolp Posted January 23 Posted January 23 1 hour ago, aFrInaTi0n said: Because it may sound easy from the user perspective, but if I remember correctly it was hard to create a CSS fix for that without affecting the whole site / other stuff. As said I have to take closer looks the next days for what I can do, but I can't promise anything. Also the regular font weight is already normal - so it would just leave the option to make it leight weight. (possibly stupid) question: the icon and the other background color are not working for you as good visual indicators? (please don't get me wrong, just asking as I can see very little complaints in numbers about that detail - would like to understand what the difference may be & all fine if you tell "my visual main indicator is the boldness of text"). My visual main indicator used to be the boldness of text. And we all know humans don't like change... but I am sure I can live with that! The background works fine but ... I have to get used to it Anyway, other combinations are possible, for instance underlined if unread... And don't waste too much time just because of me! Well I know, people will start to think underline is a link.... Quote
JesseNight Posted January 23 Posted January 23 11 hours ago, Aurorasaurus said: Once again I'm complaining about performance... but this time it's definitely slower than before. Sometimes it will load just the text, I'm not sure how to call it. The text without the visuals or fonts or anything. I'm using Firefox, windows 11. However, on chrome, it loads significantly quicker. I guess this is what I get for using Firefox I can't reproduce this problem using Firefox myself. It runs just as quick as Chrome for me. Quote
1gor Posted January 24 Posted January 24 (edited) Since I mostly use mobile phone to surf through forum, this version is more practical for me, or as you wish mote user friendly. Edited January 25 by 1gor Quote
Aleh Posted January 24 Posted January 24 78 votes result which gives me feeling that we are not too popular, though :( Quote
aFrInaTi0n Posted January 24 Posted January 24 1 hour ago, Aleh said: 78 votes result which gives me feeling that we are not too popular, though :( Jim let the poll close after one day already - so I guess without that the participation would have been better :D Quote
Ngoc Nguyen Posted January 25 Posted January 25 On 1/24/2025 at 12:41 AM, aFrInaTi0n said: Because it may sound easy from the user perspective, but if I remember correctly it was hard to create a CSS fix for that without affecting the whole site / other stuff. As said I have to take closer looks the next days for what I can do, but I can't promise anything. Also the regular font weight is already normal - so it would just leave the option to make it leight weight. Does the current thread name use the same typeface as the former thread name? If this current type face doesn't support a regular weight that's perceptibly different from the bold weight, how about using the former typeface? Quote
aFrInaTi0n Posted January 25 Posted January 25 @Ngoc Nguyen take a look at https://test.eurobricks.com/forum/forum/115-lego-technic-mindstorms-model-team-and-scale-modeling/ (be aware, its the test environment - please dont accidentally stay there and write comments, as they would be considered lost :D) - did configure the technic theme to use inter instead of roboto. Does it allow for better visual differentiation? (ignore other weirdnesses as I am experimenting with CSS without daring to make other things worse - as this unfortunately is the way to go to test if the own overwrite are not making something else worse.. :D). Quote
Ngoc Nguyen Posted January 25 Posted January 25 7 minutes ago, aFrInaTi0n said: Does it allow for better visual differentiation? The threads' names look the same to me.. Quote
aFrInaTi0n Posted January 25 Posted January 25 F12 says at least to me "Inter" as 1st of the mentioned font families.. added "letter-spacing: 0.07em;" for the unread fonts.. but looks awkward at least to my eyes.. Ok, I think I found a hopefully better solution: giving a brighter blue to the font color & making them bold. please tell me if that would work better. Quote
Ngoc Nguyen Posted January 26 Posted January 26 9 hours ago, aFrInaTi0n said: please tell me if that would work better. I can see the difference now, but I think it can still be made more conspicuous. Quote
Aleh Posted January 28 Posted January 28 @Jim I wanted to ask looong time ago - is there any chance to add "like" button for the post? Quote
Jim Posted January 28 Author Posted January 28 2 minutes ago, Aleh said: @Jim I wanted to ask looong time ago - is there any chance to add "like" button for the post? Well, there is a "social" option in the forum. We have been testing it. But apparently it's only for the topic, so not posts. Could be wrong though. @aFrInaTi0n might know more about it. Let's find out what he has to say. Quote
aFrInaTi0n Posted January 28 Posted January 28 I just did some minor testing back then and it got out of scope at it was considered "a new feature" - so I also need to take a look how it is working. Will report back on the weekend hopefully, if not please don't hesitate to send me a friendly reminder @Aleh Quote
Jim Posted January 28 Author Posted January 28 6 minutes ago, aFrInaTi0n said: I just did some minor testing back then and it got out of scope at it was considered "a new feature" - so I also need to take a look how it is working. Will report back on the weekend hopefully, if not please don't hesitate to send me a friendly reminder @Aleh Cool. No rush. In the past we purposely avoided this on the forum since we want engagement and not just likes, but maybe the time is right to investigate this option. Quote
SpacePolice89 Posted January 28 Posted January 28 Please, don't add a like button. Then it will be too much like social media. It is much better to reply and say why you agree or disagree with a post. Quote
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