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Firstly, I think it did need an update. The old orange and fixed Arial text looked a bit 90s. However I do have a few complaints:
- The forum bar on the left no longer shows all forums, and nor does it have highlighting for forums with new posts. This is how I have always navigated around the forums I'm interested in and I think that is a big mistake. There is plenty of vertical space to still have a full list there and to bring back highlighting of the current forum and forums with new posts. Edit: actually, it does have highlighting. But I can't see it for all forums without expanding every section manually.
- It is an unstructured sea of white. It will hurt my eyes after not very long, and it's hard to see the structure of the page. I think the navbars (left and top) should have some shading, a pastel orange perhaps.
- In articles, H3 headings are more prominent than H2 ones. Make H2s a darker orange, or bold.
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Firstly, I think it did need an update. The old orange and fixed Arial text looked a bit 90s. However I do have a few complaints:
- The forum bar on the left no longer shows all forums, and nor does it have highlighting for forums with new posts. This is how I have always navigated around the forums I'm interested in and I think that is a big mistake. There is plenty of vertical space to still have a full list there and to bring back highlighting of the current forum and forums with new posts. Edit: actually, it does have highlighting. But I can't see it for all forums without expanding every section manually.
- It is an unstructured sea of white. It will hurt my eyes after not very long, and it's hard to see the structure of the page. I think the navbars (left and top) should have some shading, a pastel orange perhaps.
- In articles, H3 headings are more prominent than H2 ones. Make H2s a darker orange, or bold.
1. I wanted to be consistent with the sidebar nav in the article section tables of contents, plus, for those viewing 10 or 25 messages per page the nav bar was longer than the messages. It's a subjective call, but I still prefer the minimal view 2. I've already been threatened with physical violence if I bring in any more pastel 3. I tweaked these earlier. Should be good now (though may Ctrl+F5 to force a CSS reload)
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP