New EEVblog Website Install

[EEVblog]

The new EEVblog website template is being installed sometime over the next day.
If the site goes down or goes silly you'll know why.

[EEVblog]

And if it goes horribly wrong, we know who to blame!
http://www.inerds.com.au/

[xrunner]

And if it goes horribly wrong, we know who to blame!
http://www.inerds.com.au/

Well, it says they are "Sydney's best website designers". I don't know ... they couldn't even get the whole picture of that lady to fit on the front page - they cut off the picture right at her nose! 

[LordNobady]

And if it goes horribly wrong, we know who to blame!
http://www.inerds.com.au/

Well, it says they are "Sydney's best website designers". I don't know ... they couldn't even get the whole picture of that lady to fit on the front page - they cut off the picture right at her nose! 

not even talking about the fact that I find it a very confusing interface. I like to see where my menu buttons are.

[Bob F.]

And if it goes horribly wrong, we know who to blame!
http://www.inerds.com.au/

Well, it says they are "Sydney's best website designers". I don't know ... they couldn't even get the whole picture of that lady to fit on the front page - they cut off the picture right at her nose! 

That's Art, that is... It is designed to counterpoint the surrealism of the underlying metaphor.

As for the new site install: 

[Muttley Snickers]

Is anybody else now having difficulty viewing the forum on a smart TV, unfortunately I cant take a snapshot to show what I am seeing or rather not seeing, previously I would view the forum at 150% and it fitted nicely and text was readable but with the new wider columns it doesn't fit and I need to pan right on every page to get the entire contents of the viewed page and we can only read text up to the start of the quote icon, anything to the right of that icon requires dragging the screen to the left, at 125% it fits but the text is way to small to read and no hope at all at 100% but this was always the case even prior to the upgrade, I have no doubt that it will be fine when viewed on the PC but we mostly look at it on the TV which has no means of adjustment even via the thinned out chrome settings. On the main page we now miss out on the time, date and last poster corresponding to that particular topic and the same with the front page list of recent posts, the far right column is concealed.

I might have to take a photo to show how much we are not seeing and it isn't much just enough to be a serious annoyance, so if someone could just take a few millimeters off each column we would be very appreciative, I have an angle grinder if necessary.

Many Thanks

Muttley


Sent from my LG TV with the on screen keyboard, a mouse and my right index finger.

[krivx]

I just noticed that the forum now sits in the middle 50% of my screen instead of stretching to fill the whole thing, is there any way to change this?

[apelly]

Probably nothing some greasemonkey scripting can't sort out.

[ataradov]

Don't like 50% thing either. What's the point of buying big monitors if we only use 50%?

Unless this gets fixed, GreaseMonkey will have to do some more work, indeed.

Stylish style to bring things back:
---
@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);
@-moz-document url-prefix(https://www.eevblog.com/forum);

div#wrapper
{
  max-width: 100%;
}
---

[EEVblog]

The forum was changed from a 95% width setting to a fixed 1045px
This was done to match the new wordpress website template width.
I agree that is look kinda wierd for a forum, I do all my viewing a 1920wide monitor.
Opinions please...

[ataradov]

Is there a significant amount of people visiting for the main site? I don't remember when was the last time I was there. It feels like  majority of people are here for the forum. Why not make it easier on them?

[PA0PBZ]

The forum was changed from a 95% width setting to a fixed 1045px
This was done to match the new wordpress website template width.
I agree that is look kinda wierd for a forum, I do all my viewing a 1920wide monitor.
Opinions please...

 

[firewalker]

I like the old format better.

Alexander.

[Muttley Snickers]

I've just been scrolling around the forum reading a few posts and had enough, it really is a challenge when viewed on this smart TV.

If it stays like this then I will  have little option left other than to find a forum that fits or a TV/ Screen that is acceptable.........

Hello Martin it's Muttley.
Yassas Kiriakos Afto Muttley.

[ElectroIrradiator]

The forum was changed from a 95% width setting to a fixed 1045px

21st century net users wants their inline, high resolution, user submitted/linked photos back (without having to tinker with GreaseMonkey).

1045px doesn't allow room for the LH sidebar *and* wide photos in forum posts.

[Tac Eht Xilef]

The forum was changed from a 95% width setting to a fixed 1045px
This was done to match the new wordpress website template width.
I agree that is look kinda wierd for a forum, I do all my viewing a 1920wide monitor.
Opinions please...

Imagine what it's like on a 2560px-wide monitor...

[EEVblog]

Imagine what it's like on a 2560px-wide monitor...

I can.
No one seems to complain about fixed width wordpress blog sites though, but that's kinda par for the course. Forums are different beasts.

[ElectroIrradiator]

Could some kind soul upload a working GreaseMonkey script, including all the trimmings, @include's and whatnot, please? A script, which visibly changes exactly one detail on the EEVBlog site through CSS manipulation, to be precise.

[RobertHolcombe]

The forum was changed from a 95% width setting to a fixed 1045px
This was done to match the new wordpress website template width.
I agree that is look kinda wierd for a forum, I do all my viewing a 1920wide monitor.
Opinions please...

Imagine what it's like on a 2560px-wide monitor...

 

[Deathwish]

Looks ok and works on my laptops and TV in the front room, if it aint broke why fix it, so long as it doesn't end up loading a whole lot of glitzy ritzy add ons or flash stuff etc I dont need so I  wait an hour to read the posts its all good with me.

[tggzzz]

The forum was changed from a 95% width setting to a fixed 1045px
This was done to match the new wordpress website template width.
I agree that is look kinda wierd for a forum, I do all my viewing a 1920wide monitor.
Opinions please...

In a word: arrogant.

I know how I want/need to see things on my display; the web designer cannot, by definition. The way I want/need things is, of course, different to other people's desires/needs.

I'm not sufficiently arrogant to assume that my way is right for everybody. Why are your web designers so arrogant? What makes them so sure they are right I am wrong?

[tggzzz]

No one seems to complain about fixed width wordpress blog sites though, but that's kinda par for the course.

So what? Two wrongs don't make a right!

If you want to see a spectacularly unusable fixed-width site, try to choose between the resistors on
http://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/passive-components/fixed-resistors/surface-mount-fixed-resistors/?searchTerm=0603+50+ohm+resistor

[ElectroIrradiator]

It does seem silly to have a fixed narrow website (suitable for smartphones) in a widescreen desktop/laptop world. You really need two entry points so each device can have the best format. One size does not fit all.

You really need/want a fluid layout, which automatically adapts to the client screen resolution/width. This can be done through CSS with no server interaction, though writing a suitable style sheet for an existing forum may not be that easy.

[wraper]

The forum was changed from a 95% width setting to a fixed 1045px
This was done to match the new wordpress website template width.
I agree that is look kinda wierd for a forum, I do all my viewing a 1920wide monitor.
Opinions please...

Imagine what it's like on a 2560px-wide monitor...

No need to imagine for me as I see this everyday with my own eyes

[Ian.M]

At 1045px it doesn't even suit anyone running legacy computers or tablets with 1024px wide screens.
IMHO its the worst of all possible choices for a forum.   Why not simply put it back to the 95% width setting, as I don't remember anyone complaining recently about the forum layout?

Also a separate lean as possible forum theme for mobile devices with minimal crud at the top and bottom of each page would be useful.