Oh the new forum, it\'s damn small !!!
 

Well, I was used to the old one and maybe I need some time to adjust, but the new forum font is really small and unreadable ...
And the IE options about font siez just don't work here [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] !!

Re: Oh the new forum, it\'s damn small !!!
 

i can't read this forum in IE. I'm using firefox instead.

Re: Oh the new forum, it\'s damn small !!!
 

I am using firefox too! It's a wonderful browser. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Oh the new forum, it\'s damn small !!!
 

All right gramps its time for some new glasses.

Re: Oh the new forum, it\'s damn small !!!
 

Go to the Forum feature "My Home", click on the Edit button for "Display preferences" (the middle one), then select "Shrapnel Large" (which is what I use) or "Shrapnel Huge" for the style sheet.

Re: Oh the new forum, it\'s damn small !!!
 

Thanks Arryn for the tip ! But even "Huge" ain't that huge ... and that on a 21" monitor !!!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Oh the new forum, it\'s damn small !!!
 

This is because the web designers in question think that specifying font sizes in pixels is the way to go, when in fact it is just about the worst possible thing to do. I've all but stopped reading these forums because of this --- even with huge fonts, the text is barely readable. Why can't people just leave the damn fontsize alone? Is it so hard? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

font-size is for people who know what they are doing. If you're using font-size: xxpx, without trying to align something to an image (which is a daft thing to do in any case) you're not qualified to use that attribute. 

Re: Oh the new forum, it\'s damn small !!!
 

seriously, the increasing of text size in Firefox works perfectly. I'm not sure what browser you're using Esben, but i can make the text as large as desired, or larger.

its not a perfect solution, but certainly better than the crazy default size.

Re: Oh the new forum, it\'s damn small !!!
 

Actually the decision was made based on the majority of user response on the font issue. No matter what way we went someone was going to be unhappy. We may setup on larger set for those with extremely large monitors. One thing to keep in mind is that even IE has ways to bypass stylesheets so that you can set this they way you want.

Again we cant please everyone with the choices we made with the font issue, but by and large we have heard much more positive responses than negative ones.

Re: Oh the new forum, it\'s damn small !!!
 

I think you maybe missed Esbens point. Certainly for the majority of people like me who surf in something like 1024x768 on a laptop the new forum size is much better, but that is because by using pixels to specify font size rather than, say using css relative sizes (100%, 150%, etc.), you are hardcoding for specific screensizes. By using relative sizes (including 100% which means leaving it alone), you could actually please everyone.

Cheers,
Thomas