Text Size on this Forum Too Small?

[Engineer]

I agree, the current font (Size=2) is perfect.

[elgoog]

post are ok now
threads overview a bit to big imo
writng a post: to big now

[casinojack]

Chaage the color to white so will be more a challenge to type.

[Renee]

Don't take this the wrong way but I think I'm developing a man crush on you. I mean that in a non sexual way of course.

Oh dear.. Now Martyn has some competition...

Don't worry Martyn... I still love you!

[wagerprofits]

Has the font changed again or am I adjusting to it????


Shaun

[Renee]

Has the font changed again or am I adjusting to it????


Shaun

I think it might be a bit smaller inside the threads, but the outside where the threads are located is still massive.

[AmCan]

I'm pretty sure the font size has increased, thankfully.

I thought this board was about wood working, before the text got big enough to read

[Leo]

Thanks Michael, the current size is much better, a 100% improvement. Of course you can't please all people all the the time, but I think the consensus is good.

A few people have also commented on the width, it's not ideal right now... constantly moving your eyes so far left and right is tiring for your eyes...

"Research shows that reading slows as line lengths begin to exceed the ideal width, because the reader then needs to use the muscles of the eye or neck to track from the end of one line to the beginning of the next line."

(from : http://webstyleguide.com/wsg3/7-page...ne-length.html )

Fixed width similar to 'that other forum' would be probably be good...

[Renee]

Thanks Michael, the current size is much better, a 100% improvement. Of course you can't please all people all the the time, but I think the consensus is good.

A few people have also commented on the width, it's not ideal right now... constantly moving your eyes so far left and right is tiring for your eyes...

"Research shows that reading slows as line lengths begin to exceed the ideal width, because the reader then needs to use the muscles of the eye or neck to track from the end of one line to the beginning of the next line."

(from : http://webstyleguide.com/wsg3/7-page...ne-length.html )

Fixed width similar to 'that other forum' would be probably be good...

I see the width has changed over the weekend... awesome start.. i still think it could be a little smaller in width though.. but great start.

Just a suggestion though - perhaps to centre the forum so that it sits in the middle of the browser instead of on the left..

[MichaelCorfman]

I'd like to thank everyone for the additional feedback. Following are some quotes from suggestions in this thread above and the changes we have made in response to your suggestions.

threads overview a bit to big imo

We decreased the size of the text in the thread overview pages by a point

writng a post: to big now

We decreased the size of the text in the quick response and post boxes to match the text size in completed posts.

Chaage the color to white so will be more a challenge to type.

While this suggestion would help to reduce moderation requirements for spam since it would no longer be visible, our feeling is that in spite of this benefit the suggested change is not desirable.

A few people have also commented on the width, it's not ideal right now... constantly moving your eyes so far left and right is tiring for your eyes...

I see the width has changed over the weekend... awesome start.. i still think it could be a little smaller in width though.. but great start.

The forum used to expand to fill the entire browser window. We put a limit on this based on feedback, and then have reduced it further earlier today based on the feedback from Renee.

Just a suggestion though - perhaps to centre the forum so that it sits in the middle of the browser instead of on the left..

We are working on trying to implement that suggestion. At the moment it is proving to be a bit more complicated than just inserting center tags as we had hoped it would be, but give us some time and I'm sure we will figure out a way...eventually.

Michael

[jarvi]

Thank you Michael. Definitely positive changes.

On thing though. The quick response (and pm area as I just sent one) are still appearing larger than the competed posts. See the attached. I'm using OS X and Safari if that makes any difference.

[MichaelCorfman]

Thank you Michael. Definitely positive changes.

On thing though. The quick response (and pm area as I just sent one) are still appearing larger than the competed posts. See the attached. I'm using OS X and Safari if that makes any difference.

Thanks for the feedback. I'll pass that on to the development team and we will get it sorted.

Michael

[MichaelCorfman]

Just a suggestion though - perhaps to centre the forum so that it sits in the middle of the browser instead of on the left..

In a post earlier this evening I said we were working on this. Everything is now set and we have deployed the changes to the production GPWA website to center the forum on the page when the browser width is greater than the forum width.

Michael

[thepokerkeep]

While this suggestion would help to reduce moderation requirements for spam since it would no longer be visible, our feeling is that in spite of this benefit the suggested change is not desirable.
Michael

Reply of the week!!

[jarvi]

Fixed! Thanks Michael.