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Any chance of you changing the 'orange' envelope to a color that is a little darker? I'm still getting confused on those.. it's not very functional if you have bad eyesight.

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said by OLDb34tBoX :

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I think the orange envelopes should be returned to red.

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said by neutral :

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said by 35375105 :

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IMO the getting rid of the "you posted here" icon is the worst thing that has ever happened to this website.

I think I'm leaving now.

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Weren't you "leaving" after the topbar went away too?

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said by steve1515 :

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said by justin :

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said by removed :

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Could you adjust the colors just a little bit? I keep confusing the orange one with white ones. Maybe a darker one?

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control-R a forum with whites and yellows see if it looks more distinct?

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What does Control+R do?

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said by justin :

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said by removed :

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Could you adjust the colors just a little bit? I keep confusing the orange one with white ones. Maybe a darker one?

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control-R a forum with whites and yellows see if it looks more distinct?

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said by 35375105 :

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IMO the getting rid of the "you posted here" icon is the worst thing that has ever happened to this website.

I think I'm leaving now.

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said by nil :

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If you were here just for the icons.. well.. see ya!

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said by M A R K :

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no dude , i want all changes done at once , if i work on a site i test it out in a beat mode , on another server then when all the bugs are out ... i make the switch.

you could warn people in advance that the forums will be down on such and such day for the change

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said by RadioDoc :

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I thought about that before posting. Usually we use the "unreplied" topics link to ferret those out and get help to them. There are very few unreplied topics over in Ameritech (for example), less than 20 in the last month.

Your idea to have single-post "orphans" stand out is a good one. Maybe leave those bright red and once they are replied to soften to a darker red. Or maybe I'm just making this more complicated. We already have two ways to find these...

It's probably OK the way it is. It just seemed backwards to me, since the ones you were interested enough in to read in the first place would be the ones you'd be more interested in continuing to read when updated.

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said by R2 :

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I need a manual on how to use the site now. ;)

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said by removed :

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Somewhat OT, but what's with the buddy list? Mine is showing posts my buddies have participated in.

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said by M A R K :

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See I feel the kind of like that , but if the forums were lets say down and people were told that changes were being made then when the forums were back it was over.. It might make it a little bit easier...

But I don’t mind change, after all the forums use proprietary software, so it’s just like up dates to the code, I think that’s fine.

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said by Happyrat:

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If you're unhappy with your provider then quit the service and find another one. We're all more than happy and capable of helping you to do that. But for god's sake, please stop these pointless "bashing threads" that do nothing more than waste bandwidth and drag the loonies out of the woodwork to add their two cents. worth.

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said by Happyrat :

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I'm tired of interface changes every two weeks. I don't see what the actual improvement is except to make the entire site more icon based, cryptic and unreadable. If Microsoft reinvented the Windows Interface every two weeks they would go out of business really quick. As it is now everytime you "improve" the site, I have to spend two hours pushing my mouse around to some unexpected new place to find the function I'd grow used to a few weeks ago. I don't actually know why I even bother commenting since Justin pretty much seems to his own work and tends to ignore any comments except raves. But frankly, I may not frequent this site much longer as I can't be bothered to relearn the interface on a bimonthly basis.

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said by RadioDoc :

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since the ones you were interested enough in to read in the first place would be the ones you'd be more interested in continuing to read when updated.

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said by RadioDoc :

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Maybe reverse the two. Have orange indicate a new (unread) topic, and then if it gets replies (and stays alive) it turns red (updated) with new posts. That seems to be more in tune with the colors used. It also reduces the visual clutter of "unread" posts you don't necessarily want to read and is more intuitive.

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said by removed :

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Could you adjust the colors just a little bit? I keep confusing the orange one with white ones. Maybe a darker one?

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said by justin :

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A proper ignore topic feature might come later, depends how these changes bed down. The old ignore topic feature was a major hack, among other things, memory of ignored topics was temporary.

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said by Zupe :

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Also, for a suggestion, could the second column (the one with the smileys and notepad symbols) possibly be removed at some point? It adds to the cluttered feeling in my opinion.

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*Sign*..I agree

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said by justin :

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As for removing the 2nd column. Yeah right, that would cause a storm of protest. You go away and get concensus it should be removed and I'll remove it :)

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said by Zupe :

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Also, for a suggestion, could the second column (the one with the smileys and notepad symbols) possibly be removed at some point? It adds to the cluttered feeling in my opinion.

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said by Dubon :

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It seems that no matter what changes this site goes through, there will be always disgruntled members, who are used to the ways things looked before. I'm one of the disgruntled ones.

I don't know if it's technically possible, but it would be great if all the changes were voluntary, i.e. if a user could choose if he wants the new icon set, new forum page layout, etc. Kind of like themes - you like it, choose it, not - let it stay the way it used to be.

I understand that major changes in forum features sometimes are not just a visual overhaul, but a new system of tracking things. But why not let users choose, say, how forum lists look like?

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said by justin :

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site marked = marking any followed topic so you can see it in another tab (marked topics). You'd follow topics you are interested in, you'd site-mark those followed that are useful for future reference.

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said by justin :

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So at the bottom of the topic, follow this topic, is quite useful, because you can follow something you have not posted in. When you post, however, you follow it. Like it or not. I don't think people should post in topics and not follow them by default. They can of course un-follow them later with another click it they want to. (for those posts that say .. "i am done here").

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said by alien9999999 :

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a few things are confusing: you have followed and sitemarked, what's the difference...

and why does it say on the bottom of a topic; follow this topic; when by your definition, following is: posting in and updated?

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said by CylonRed :

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2) Fav forums - mixed read and unread together when before it simply had all the updated unread threads (or new) and then all of the unread threads - now it is mixed.

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3) It used to be you could have Updated posts in threads you responded to - nothing else. Nice and tidy - only ones that would stick around were sticky threads. As soon as I read all of the updated threads I posted to I would have NO threads listed till someone updated a thread I posted in. Nice and clean unlike the second pic which shows threads from July and August - stuff I had already read and have not been updated in a LONG time

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said by justin :

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you are looking at a cached page, or a page from a server that hasnt rolled yet. It doesn't say that currently. If you still see it, look later.

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said by justin :

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It actually displays that help on my forum view currently. The red dot means 'hot topic'. Think of it as one of those chilli icons you get on menus.

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said by login name :

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Isn't putting a ribbon near an envelope redundant? I would imagine that for 99% of the people here, if you have posted in the thread, you would want it followed (makes sense)

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said by justin :

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red = new topic
orange = updates to a topic you have read
white = no updates (entirely read)
ribbon = followed topic
lit background color = site "hot" topic

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said by CylonRed :

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2) Read threads are getting mixed in with threads that have NOT been updated.

3) On my Fav forums I would LOVE to see it go back to where all I could see are the threads I posted to that were updated and nothing else. Now they are mixed and I have to stop following them - I only have 17+ pages of followed threads - I am NOT going to go thru 17 pages hitting Stop on each one.

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said by login name :

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Secondly, why put an envelope along with a lock icon? If the thread is locked, no one is posting to it anymore, so that will alleviate the need for showing any sort of envelope, right?

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said by justin :

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I agree that "hot topic" is kind of redundant. I'd like to remove it. The 'red dot' is better to my eyes (not for black backgrounds yet, the gif still needs tuning) than a back-lite, but should be done away with completely if its still irritating to waste space indicating such things.

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said by Dan Koerner :

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I think "hot topic" is readily seen by the "Replies/uniqs" column. "Voted" needs back-lighting somewhere, either icon or subject.

My .02...

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said by login name :

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Just out of curiousity, what was the problem before?

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said by techie :

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It's just too confusing now.

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said by 35375105 :

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Worst feature ever!! :( :( :(

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said by techie :

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It's really annoying. :(

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said by login name :

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Justin, are you referring to this?

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