Avast WEBforum
Other => General Topics => Topic started by: Ashish Singh on May 24, 2011, 03:17:35 PM
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I love the new look of the forum but it could be a little wide...
What you people think?
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I love the new look of the forum but it could be a little wide...
You mean 'a little wider', I guess..!??
Go to: Profile - Look and Layout Preferences (Click on: change) - pick: AV6 evang
Better..??
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what should we do without you Asyn ;D
it was a bit small on my 14" work lappy
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actually it was wider till today morning
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what should we do without you Asyn ;D
it was a bit small on my 14" work lappy
Well, good to know I could help you. :)
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actually it was wider till today morning
New forum theme was applied since then... ;)
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actually it was wider till today morning
New forum theme was applied since then... ;)
Well thanks, Its fine now......
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Well thanks, Its fine now......
You're welcome..!
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I was amazed to see the clean look after just visiting the forum last evening and reading posts.
Looks great! Using a 19 inch Desktop Monitor though.
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I like it. Much more colorful and matches the Avast! GUI pretty well. I actually switched to the Evangelist version and plan to leave it there. Nice job Avast! :)
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i like the new forum skin. looks good and fresh. :D
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I like it. Much more colorful and matches the Avast! GUI pretty well. I actually switched to the Evangelist version and plan to leave it there. Nice job Avast! :)
+1 :)
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Great job Avast!!!! :D
Jack
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I like it. Much more colorful and matches the Avast! GUI pretty well. I actually switched to the Evangelist version and plan to leave it there. Nice job Avast! :)
+1 :)
+1 Fills my screen much better.
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What's happened to the Forum pages they are half the size they should be
Is this temporary or is it always going to be like this.
I sincerely hope not
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I noticed that too. Sometimes the forum forgets your settings. I just had to change mine back so it's readable.
- Click on 'profile' near the top
- Then on the left-hand side click 'Look and Layout Preferences'
- Then to the right of "Current Theme", click 'change'
... I like the SMF Default Theme, but that's up to you
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It is a new theme, that better reflects the overall theme of the avast websites.
The new, default one is fixed width.
Go to Profile --> Look and layout Preferences --> change the theme to the AV6 evang. (Variable width version of the new one)
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Got online midday today and come here to find the new av6 was now active as the default, which was my setting. And I agree that it's a little too wide, and that the "evang" version fits much better. I'm running a desktop at 800x600 (yes, still, for better readability), if that makes a diff.
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Its a new forum theme and believe me we who tried it said there would be complaints with the fixed width.
So much so that there was another theme crafted for variable width, AV6 evang, now I don't know if this theme is available in the user Profile, Look and Layout Preferences, Check the current theme, it will probably say Forum Default. Click the (change) link and see if the AV6 evang theme is available, that has a variable width.
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I actually like the new default theme. I agree that the print is smaller but with a FF addon and a couple of clicks of the mouse I can get the page size just the way I want it. Looks great to me :)
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I actually like the new default theme. I agree that the print is smaller but with a FF addon and a couple of clicks of the mouse I can get the page size just the way I want it. Looks great to me :)
If you changed to the AV6 Evang theme you wouldn't need the add on.
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I actually like the new default theme. I agree that the print is smaller but with a FF addon and a couple of clicks of the mouse I can get the page size just the way I want it. Looks great to me :)
If you changed to the AV6 Evang theme you wouldn't need the add on.
Thanks for the tip I will try it. However I would still need the addon for other websites.
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Looks great.
Thanks again.
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Looks great.
Thanks again.
Your welcome :)
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Oh, so they screwed up the forum appearance on purpose huh? ;D
::) :o Just kidding. But I prefer the old style for old eyes. Glad they have the option for forum layout.
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Can somebody please tell me how i get it back to exactly to how it was before including having the opening page full width
I really don't want the new version
Or if you want it in a language that everybody understands,It is bloody awful
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Not sure what your setup was before as there have always been choices, but look at the my post above (2nd post) for step by step instructions.
Hope this helps.
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I just had the standard setting,which i quite liked
I didn't realize you could change it.
So what i want is that.Full width on the opening page and have my login details already in the boxes.
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I noticed that too. Sometimes the forum forgets your settings. I just had to change mine back so it's readable.
- Click on 'profile' near the top
- Then on the left-hand side click 'Look and Layout Preferences'
- Then to the right of "Current Theme", click 'change'
... I like the SMF Default Theme, but that's up to you
Thanks Rick
That's very helpful
What i am trying to achieve is a full with page when the Forum is opened.Or is that too much to ask?
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I think it's a little thinner,but I like the new layout. Made me think I was at the avast! website! :)
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I noticed that too. Sometimes the forum forgets your settings. I just had to change mine back so it's readable.
- Click on 'profile' near the top
- Then on the left-hand side click 'Look and Layout Preferences'
- Then to the right of "Current Theme", click 'change'
... I like the SMF Default Theme, but that's up to you
Thanks Rick
That's very helpful
What i am trying to achieve is a full with page when the Forum is opened.Or is that too much to ask?
My view of the forum is full width when viewed with either FF or IE, and I have my view set to "SMF Default Theme". Don't know why yours would be different.
Here's a picture of what I see...
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You have to choose the AV6 evang one...(assuming you still want the orange theme...
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I noticed that too. Sometimes the forum forgets your settings. I just had to change mine back so it's readable.
- Click on 'profile' near the top
- Then on the left-hand side click 'Look and Layout Preferences'
- Then to the right of "Current Theme", click 'change'
... I like the SMF Default Theme, but that's up to you
Thanks Rick
That's very helpful
What i am trying to achieve is a full with page when the Forum is opened.Or is that too much to ask?
My view of the forum is full width when viewed with either FF or IE, and I have my view set to "SMF Default Theme". Don't know why yours would be different.
Here's a picture of what I see...
Yes it is full width when signed in.The screen shot you have taken is when you are signed in.
Log out,close forum then reopen and then tell me if it us full width,i think you will find it is not,
I would be most interested to know,
Thanks
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Well, of course if you log out, the forum is going to display the default, which has a fixed width now. It can not remember what custom theme you wished to use if you do not log in.
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Why would you sign out? Makes no sense to me. I stay logged in all the time... otherwise it goes back to default.
Your choice however.
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The new look is nice ;D
I'm actually going to keep the default (thinner) layout.
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That could be the answer except that when i close the forum and then reopen it has returned to the default page
There must be a setting in Firefox somewhere that allows me to stay logged in.
No doubt will find it in due course,
Regards
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There must be a setting in Firefox somewhere that allows me to stay logged in.
No there is not. It is not a FF issue. The forum changes were made by Avast to fit in with the Avast logo style. However when you log into the forum, you should be with your defined default settings. If not, log out of the forum, clear your cache, then log back in.
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Please tell me how to clear the cache
Not something that i have come across before
Thanks
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I just had the standard setting,which i quite liked
If you want the old default theme back, choose AV5.
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Please tell me how to clear the cache
Not something that i have come across before
Thanks
Problem sorted,thanks
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As always when a GUI is changed, some users are happy, some not so much.
In recent days I noticed several changes in the forum look, apparently testing and/or answering to requests.
Some users mentioned low resolution problems, and some actually requested wider lines for 16:9 or 16:10 monitors.
Although changing the look/skin to some other alternative could satisfy the needs for frequent users, I wonder why the default forum skin can't be used "as before", in the sense of adapting itself to the adequate width.
For example, wider monitors can "read" shorter lines, as well as "low" resolutions monitors can. This is not valid in the opposite case.
I would like you (Avast forum maintainers) to consider to set the default skin so to be "adequate" for "most" users.
It may be useful to make a "wider monitor" skin, or something similar, for frequent users with such characteristics, leaving the default forum skin to be "readable" and "usable" for "most" users (lower AND higher resolution; or 4:3 AND 16:10 monitors).
Ideally, the skin should adapt itself according to the resolution, but I don't know if this is currently possible.
The current worst case presents itself with the current default being adequate "only" for wider monitors and higher resolutions, while the older monitors and lower resolutions can't even see the entire width of the writing box (where we write the messages).
About the "lines" of the board (where we see the list of topics), I've been seeing little changes during the last few days. I guess some users requested wider lines, and some others requested shorter ones.
I would like to request to find an intermediate (which I indeed have seen "intermittently"). The older width of the topic titles was probably "too short", and the current probably is "too wide" for "old" resolutions.
Once again, the principle should be IMO that the default skin should cover the wider range of users.
To be clear, when I say "the most users" or "the wider range of users", I do NOT mean that the default skin should be adequate for the "most frequent monitor's configurations/resolutions". What I mean is that it should cover "the most different cases" (most amount of users), which means having the minimum denominator covered.
For "specific" monitor configurations, there could be those special skins available, besides the DEFAULT forum skin.
Please find the way to dynamically adapt the default skin according to the monitor of each user, or make the default skin to cover "the broader or cases".
TIA.
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Love the new look. Somehow I thought that I've got malware redirecting me to somewhere else and after 4 seconds I just realize that this simply a new look of this forum... :P
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My previous post (2 posts above this) was actually moved here. I originally opened a new topic for it, in the same/correct section.
The reason to open a new topic was to receive specific feedback about the specific issue of low resolutions and older monitors in relation to the new default look/skin.
I know that this topic, where the post was moved, has some comments about this low resolutions, but those posts are "merged" with other general comments that has nothing to do with it. More important than that, now there will be no relevant comments. I can't even know if the post is or has been considered.
Moreover, I received an email notifying me that there was an answered in the original topic, but since it was deleted, now I don't know what that answer was.
All I know is that I indeed *saw* a working compromise in this aspect a few days ago (low/high resolutions; 4:3 / 16:10 monitors), but now my post is just one more "thrown" here, with no actual answer.
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The Babylon Theme is best, IMHO.