trw Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 I have two comments regarding the new layout: 1) the breadcrumbs are very faint and hard to read, as are the my workplace andlogout links. Perhaps more contrast is in order, and 2) The default font is very tiny again. Perhaps it's specified on px where itshould be pt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_dzambic Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 My biggest dislike about the new layout is that the links for the various threads don't change colour in IE6 or Netscape 7 after I've read them which makes it hard to tell which threads I've read and which ones I haven't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvisionphotography Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 I just noticed I can't edit my comments. Did anyone notice that? Weird! Really weird as that is something I really thought was something helpful. Anyone else find that it was really helpful and necessary? I was going to add something and couldn't. I felt silly having to add another comment. Thanks ~ micki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_dzambic Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Actually, I have one more major dislike. The Contribute an Answer box at the end of a thread is available whether I've logged in or not, but if I type out an answer and hit the Submit button without logging in first, the site takes me to the login page, but doesn't add my response to the thread after I've logged in. It just seems to disappear, and force me to navigate my way back to the thread and re-type the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_dzambic Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 The new layout looks more modern, but I was happy (comfortable, used to, in a rut) with the old one as well. I think I do prefer the old look actually. But, a huge positive is that the site suddenly seems to fly, without the constant hangups when clicking on a thread or a forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_dzambic Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Come to think of it, the link to the feedback forum seems to be buried. The only way I can find it is to click on the "Contact us" link at the bottom of the page, and then look for it on the contact information page that comes up. If the link was more prominent (maybe included in the list of all the other forums) you might generate a lot more feedback. On the other hand, the site would probably slow down to a crawl again under the strain of all the rating system complaints if the feedback forum were more visible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken dennis Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 There are adds in my photos space between the last comment and the submit a comment button! Is this going to be permanent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken dennis Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 I take that back, there are adds separating the comments, right in between them, its an Amazon add in my photo space, please tell us that this is not something permanent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akajohndoe Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 I like the new look, but wish the visited links would either use the color I set here at photo.net or the color I set in my browsers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wood Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Please get rid of the Amazon ads on the photo comments page. Extremely annoying. I realize ad space helps pay the bills, but please not on the individual photo pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rene_theberge Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Just plain ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwirob Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 perhaps put the adds at the bottom of the critiques rather than in between comments might be nicer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmccracken Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 I am not a great fan of the change and certainly not a fan of the ads. I also noticed what Micki stated above... you can't edit comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Tardio Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Ditto about the visited links. I can't tell what I've read because they don't change colors any more. That's a major flaw IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsc Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 We'll be looking at your comments and making changes over the next few days; thank you for the feedback. I've fixed the contribute form so you get the old "Contribute" button which takes you to the login if you are not already logged in. I'll look into what happened to the comment editing feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Schaefer Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Not being able to edit comments is a major minus of the new layout. Font is a bit on the small side and the color of the links could be a little stronger. On My Workspace I have an unnecessary empty line between every forum post that wasn't there before (not between the submitted photos though). The purple bars highlighting the title of folders seem to be misaligned with the gray background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilsontsoi Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 That Amazon.com ad is ridiculously H U M O N G O U S ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilsontsoi Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Additionally, the "Option," "Detail," and "Slideshow" under folder view are not separated visually. It would be clearer to keep them as separate "tab" as before. Secondly, I also agree it is much more helpful to have different colors between unread and read items. Also, I don't think that the light grey top banner is an improvement. I personally prefer the dark blue of pervious look. What I like now is that it takes one less step to add comments since the dialog box is right there on same thread page when one is logged in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilsontsoi Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 There is one very interesting twist that I've found. While viewing "Top Photo," I can keep on clicking "Search" and the images per page view will keep on increasing. The TRP may show 12 images initially, but I can keep on clicking the "Search" button (regardless of filter,) and number of images per page will increase to 20, 25, 30, 35, etc. Viewer then will have to scroll a long way to view all images on the page. I'm not sure if this is intentional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsc Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Wilson, that Top Photos behavior you reported should now be fixed not to do that. Try holding down Shift while reloading to make sure you have the new stylesheet; that should clear up the problem with the folder view tabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irsteve Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Ughhhhhh - You call this progress ? - Those adds suck but worse still I cant open any of my portfolios with AOL nor even view images on the main page (Its all OK with Internet Explorer)I hope some-one will sort this out - SOON ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Yes yes, all the bugs will be worked out. When working on a project this large, not everything is going to work perfectly the first try. Give us a day or two and things will be runningly smoothly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runkel Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 I think the main column of text should be made significantly narrower for better readability. I just counted one line at random and found there were more than 150 characters on the line I picked. The eye gets lost. I don't know if it's web design 101 or not, but multiple sources suggest not exceeding 50 to 60 characters per line.<p> You also need to fix the line spacing of thread titles on the first pages of each forum. Right now the presence or absence of an icon by the original poster's name is affecting the spacing, and it shouldn't.<p> The larger question is whether it makes sense to throw all this effort into revamping the look of the forums and not change the way they operate. Are we stuck with threads that move inexorably down the list regardless of how much activity they generate? It seems that over the years since the Photo.net forums originated, the "industry standard" forum model has become one in which active threads stay at the top.<p> I have to wonder if with the same amount of effort as is being expended to retool the form of the aging Photo.net forums (and not changing the functionality), the powers that be could be moving everything to a basically off-the-shelf solution customized to retain the Photo.net "look". <p> Finally, this would be high time to fix the dysfunctional Photo.net site search, allegedly powered by Google. I feel for those new users admonished to "search the archives" by an old-timer who has read the same question a million times—because the archives search is broken.<p> Here is a random example, the very first thing I tried when looking for an example. The search string was: summicron veiling flare (with no quotes)<p> The result from the a search using the "Search Photo.net" box: <a href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=site%3Awww.photo.net&q=summicron+veiling+flare">LINK</a><p> The result from a Google "advanced search" of the Photo.net site: <a href="http://www.google.com/search?as_q=summicron+veiling+flare&hl=en&num=100&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=photo.net&as_rights=&safe=off">LINK</a><p> It seems like maybe the only issue is that the "Search Photo.net" box is adding a "www." prefix that somehow keeps the search from running correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightwait Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 I'd just like to say there's nothing particularly wrong with the new design. Good luck with the continued upgrade. Are we allowed to not complain here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irsteve Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Just to confirm .. new style U/S on AOL :- 566 Response HTTP Version Unsupported This Web page could not be opened with the specified browser HTTP version. Please contact the owner of this Web page for more information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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