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I don't believe it--you all have one guess as to the style sheet that turned out to be my favorite: snow! Wait, wait, don't tell me, let me guess... Mint julep, right?
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I won't mince words: I think the new theme is cluttered and awful.
The info inset on the right of the screen—forum states, newest members, top posters, etc.—doesn't deserve to take up permanent screen real estate in every thread!
It should be in a seperate "stats" pane which interested posters can seek out if they care to.
And given that opinion, I wouldn't. Who cares?
Plus the spacing all round is claustrophobic. Especially the alignment of post text—hard left against the vertical line dividing the post itself and the poster's info, and with a miserly 2mm spacing between the start of the post text and the "re" info (see above under "I won't mince words).
Take a lesson from the average book. The text is never crammed right up against the page number.
It desperately lacks design economy.
With all due respect—Yuk!
There was nothing wrong with the old theme.
Edit: Changing the default sheet style to one with more contrast is a big improvement, but there are still spacing issues... and did I mention the horrible unwanted screen-cluttering boxes of stats on the right of the screen?
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You know Hydra, you can turn off the right column ? ;-)
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Ha ha! How? Edit: No, don't bother. I figured it out. That makes a second big difference. What can I say? I'm an idiot. The new theme is fine. 
Last edited by Hydra; 03/04/07 05:35 PM.
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Hydra...if you choose the infopop style, the font is smaller so everything looks a little less cluttered on the screen. The colours are also less incongruent, so easier on the eyes.
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Well done admin.
It'll take a bit of getting used to but a change is always welcome. Just one question, who are these invisible people? Yesterday there was myself and an invisible person online I figured it was etaoin as a post appeared from him. But overall a good move forward.
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nah, I'm not invisible, I just don't always show up.
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some people have their preferences set to be invisible. so we know they're here, just not who they are.
formerly known as etaoin...
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Ruh roh--when I came on here the first time today, there were icons for new posts in several forums; but although the only one I've come to is I & A, when I went back to the Main Index, ALL of the others had greyed out. I think I had some in Miscellany and W & F, but...
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Ruh roh--when I came on here the first time today, there were icons for new posts in several forums; but although the only one I've come to is I & A, when I went back to the Main Index, ALL of the others had greyed out. I think I had some in Miscellany and W & F, but... I've seen this happen too, but not always. I suspect that if you take things in order you'll be okay -- just a suspect, though. in any event, you can use Active Topics to get a sniff of what's new.
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Curuinor: You should be able to change your avatar now.
BranShea: Email notification of watched topic is working now.
Thanks for reporting these problems.
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