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09-04-2007, 04:42 PM
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| | | The latest layout looks a little cluttered, the most previous one was a bit better IMO. |
09-04-2007, 09:00 PM
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| | | Alright, I've added some extra space between each sub-forum name on the index. Does that help? Or did you prefer when all the sub-forums were listed in a single column below the category name? |
09-04-2007, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by BuckGB  Alright, I've added some extra space between each sub-forum name on the index. Does that help? Or did you prefer when all the sub-forums were listed in a single column below the category name? | Personally, I liked the single column idea. But, no need to change it based on just my opinion. You might start a poll or something, having pictures of each version of the forum that you can set up for us. |
09-05-2007, 03:08 AM
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| | Actually, I liked the "original" best of all: one big list to scroll through. However, this is personal, and as long as there are fora, I'll be fine. 
Edit: Oeh! I like the stats-column. |
09-05-2007, 11:11 AM
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| | Thinking about it... I feel this present configuration is the best yet. The two lists make for less scrolling down, and give you a much better "at a glance" view.
This is particularly helpful combined with the nifty little golden new post icons. Though, I'm also looking at this from a modding POV, now I can take a quick look and almost immediately see if any of the forums I moderate have new posts. 
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09-05-2007, 11:48 AM
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| | I like this new overview, but I'm also a minimalistic sort of guy, so I like fast overviews and less clutter  |
09-05-2007, 04:40 PM
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| | | I think the new layout is pretty good. Having two columns is practical and efficient, and the golden new post icons serve their purpose well. But to make the menu easier to read, I have a few suggestions:
- Make the forum category titles a slightly larger font, or maybe a different color. (Don't go crazy with the palette, of course.)
- Put a little more space between the forum categories. (More indentation of the forum titles beneath the forum category titles won't help, since the new post icons line up with the forum category titles and I don't think there should be any more space between those icons and the forum titles.)
- If there is a way to highlight the names of the forums that have new posts, that might be even better than using the golden icons. Making them bold probably wouldn't help, but maybe a different font color would work. I'm not sure about this though and I'd have to see it to be sure, so use your own judgment. If you eliminated the icons (maybe that's not a good idea), you could put more indentation beneath the forum category titles instead of putting more space between the forum categories as I mentioned above.
I hope this helps.
Last edited by VonDondu; 09-05-2007 at 04:43 PM.
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09-06-2007, 02:58 PM
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| | Just a note on using colors....
some of us are severely colorblind, 
especially some color combos, when used together can be confusing...
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09-06-2007, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueSky Just a note on using colors....
some of us are severely colorblind,
especially some color combos, when used together can be confusing... | ...And yet there's not a new used color in the new layout. |
09-06-2007, 03:23 PM
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| | I think it was in reaction to the previous suggestion. |
09-06-2007, 03:30 PM
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| | | Ah, right, my mistake then. Apologies Bluesky. |
09-06-2007, 09:10 PM
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| | | I've changed the color of the category names and have increased the padding around each forum name by 3 pixels. Is this what you were looking for? Or did you prefer it the old way? |
09-07-2007, 12:20 PM
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| | | Buck, the main menu looks much better with the small changes you made to it, and it is easier to read. That's exactly what I was looking for. Thank you. |
09-07-2007, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Siberys Ah, right, my mistake then. Apologies Bluesky. | No need...it was indeed a suggestion to watch out for the Green/Red colors used along with black....these tend to bleed into each other when used together.
As for the current colors, those work just fine and dandy. 
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Last edited by BlueSky; 09-07-2007 at 01:08 PM.
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