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The Green is dead. Long live the Grey http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[ September 27, 2003, 22:27: Message edited by: primitive ]

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Wow, I thought my Cache server was on the fritz.

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yeah, looking good.
too bad the Posts are still in the wrong order http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif

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As Q2 said to Q...

"What a dreadful color." http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

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Yep this new look is nice http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

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I actually don't mind the Posts being in the wrong order, but I do mind it when I go hunting for a post or something made like a year ago and the search engine thinks the Posts are in the right order - thus linking me to the wrong post!
ARGH!!!!

Anyways! Looks great!

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I like the backwards order of the Posts because I'm used to it now. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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I guess we've gone to desert colors now...hehe.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">4 duplicate Posts! Is that a record? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

PS Change sucks. It looks different. So what? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[ September 28, 2003, 03:16: Message edited by: DavidG ]

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A much slicker look. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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Its taken me 2+ years but I've hit Second Lieutenant. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif
Perhaps I'll become Ruler of the World in another 20 years. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Must be an easterner! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

I think it's great! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

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The size of the writing is smaller and narrower (at least on my computer), which makes it harder for me to read.
Anyway I can change this myself?
For the colour I liked the green one, but the new desert look is o.k. for me.

Edit: Found the option to increase the size of the writing in the IE. However this is the only internet site, where I want to change from "medium" to "larger" size and it was not necessary in the old forum

[ September 28, 2003, 06:32: Message edited by: Q ]

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Err, the "sticky" topics seem to have come unstuck...

SpaceBadger

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And will probably remain that way for awhile. It's a mod and I want to hold off on adding anything new until we upgrade to the newest Version of UBB. We wanted to do that before the server move but it didn't happen.

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I too will get used to the change (we All will) I think it looks cleaner http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

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Oh, it works now. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Yesterday I was getting a lot of errors trying to post here.

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Whoa. Shrapnel forums seem a little... different.

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I for one do not like the new look... this color scheme does not look good to me at all (esp. the combination of browns and greys...). http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">It's desert camo, we are a war and strategy game company after all http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif .

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I think the colors are fine. One sure improvement is that followed links show up better than they used to. They blended too much before.

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just bring back the stickies http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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Well that's.... different.

I'm not too keen, but it's not a bad thing.

I'm sure it's something I'll get used to.

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I like the new board look. Kewlness

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Nice, color scheme... and did y'all notice my avatars seem to look better in this color scheme too?

LOL

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

P.S. What order change are you talking about I haven't noticed any change in the order. (new Posts are still at the top, just the way I like it.) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

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Slynky, you might need a new background color for your avatar... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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yes, the new look is good indeed

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I agree. It just strikes me as... bleagh.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">So, aren't wars fought in jungles? Or the arctic? Why does the desert get top billing? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif Or, hey, aren't your best selling games Space Empires, after all? How about a space theme? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yeah, for REAL! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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Let's see if this works... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

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Looks... different-ish.

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I like the new forum look. And Fyron's comment finally allows me to exercise what I've believe all along: Fyron has no taste. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Slynky - why not use a .gif with transparency?

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">For once, I have to second Fyron here. Yuck!

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I definitely prefer the new look. Cleaner, cooler, a bit more discrete (important for work browsing http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif ).

Also, I notice the bullet logo disappeared a while ago without comment. I remember the debate when it first appeared as to whether it was appropriate or tasteful.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, that's only slightly jaggy. How'd you get it so close to being smooth?

Yes, the slight jagginess now wins the "race". Thanks, David!

PS: Also, looking at the new color scheme, I think my "Trithian Revenge" looks better with it.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">No, I didn't. Actually, I was "wrestling" with the profile stuff. When you add an email reference in your profile, it converts it to HTML tag...then, if you edit again, the HTML tag gets "tossed" for some reason. SO, I was having other fun and didn't notice.

Thanks mucho again!

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I took a snapshot of the forum page to get a copy of the two alternating colors and then nibbled away the (offending) pixels.

If your logo was created with a background color that is 'between' the to alternating colors I could probably make it look even smoother.

But I did what I could with what I had. I'm glad you like the latest 'Transparent' Version.

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

EDIT: here is an example of what I mean by a midtone background color..
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1064841443.gif

[ September 29, 2003, 13:18: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Actually it had nothing to do with that, it just didn't fit the new design.

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Don't mind me, I'm just testing out a camoflage tile pattern... (it might look good as a backdrop to the shrapnel pages.)

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1064849887.gif

What do you think?

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Edit: Just did a test and if used as the backdrop it looks too busy. but it is a nice fill. I'll file it with all my other unused stuff. you never know when it will come in handy.

[ September 29, 2003, 15:55: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

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There is still a message "in front of" this forum saying the forum will be taken offline Wed or Thu. Is that message old?

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Well if noone is going to openly disagree with Fryon on this topic I will step up to the plate.

Fyron I disagree.

Why.

Because.

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AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!! MY EYES!

just kidding.

the new look look's like there's more to look at, for some reason.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Too late, Tesco, I already disagreed.... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif .

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Yes, several people already disagreed with me (and several agreed, what do you know). Do pay attention Tesco. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Richard, perhaps a mod that allows several different themes to be available, and the user can choose which they want to use?

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I've not seen a BB/Forum that allows that much leeway. Perhaps, though.

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Umm... I know of several forum scripts that allow that. phpBB, XMB, etc. There are 100s if not 1000s of forums using such scripts. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif Check out the forums on http://www.tescosamoa.com/seiv/ , which allow that. I'd point you to SE.net, but that is... dead... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon8.gif

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Greet look, but what happened to the Sticky topics?

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whats the deal with the red tacks? i used to get Xs and checks for read and unread topics, now everything has those ugly red tacks, and i dont know what topics have been updated since my Last visit / refresh.

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You get ugly grey tacks for old Posts. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif