Formatting gone goofy

I think that both Richard and Kristen are doing sterling work on pointing out and sorting out problems and possible problems on the Forum. Thanks very much

I definitely agree with Kristen about the font situation and hope that Nathan can agree. I still do some work with people that have sight problems and/or dyslexia type problems and Times New Roman is a recognised problem for them.

Also, although not a great problem, the spacing on Arial is not quite as easy for them to read as the spacing on Verdana but Arial seems to be much more compressed.

All the other things are nice to have sorted but the look and ease of reading should be a priority as it makes the forum more user friendly.

Just as a note, totally unrelated to this discussion, :- The use of Times New Roman when needing to print out documents saves anything up to 30% of printing ink. I still don't use it!

 

I couldn't agree more clueless1 - I developed, and am responsible for ongoing maintenance of, a bespoke database for my company which is in use day and daily across a number of locations and 99% of any feedback that I get is when there is a minor gripe, some downtime (usually our decrepit network as opposed to the database itself), or when there is a PICNIC fault (the most often of them all).

There is no doubt in my mind that designing, developing and maintaining a site like this must be very time consuming indeed - and the fact that it has so many features, and is generally easy to use is testament to the hard work that has been put in.

Purely as an opinion, the previous layout was better - however, I am still getting used to this layout so that could be a familiarity thing as much as anything. Let us also not forget that in some ways, the site has been a victim of its own success - the increased server demand has been as a result of increased traffic to the site both by registered users and by lurkers, some of that has to be down to how easy and user-friendly the site is to use, as well as how well moderated it is.

Whilst giving opinions, I agree that the Times font is a pain, and seems especially bad on a laptop screen when it is in its super-frugal mode with the backlight down.

I am certain however that the development will continue, and that we will see more improvements as time goes on - and if that can be achieved whilst keeping the server load to a level where we can all keep getting access to the site, then that can only be a good thing.

PS - if there is ever the desire to have something tested etc, I would be more than happy to help.

 

So true!!

I agree!!

 

Got to agree with this - both of these are easy to read fonts

 

Actually, I quite like it!!

 

I agree Armandii.. I think it gives it a lovely clean fresh look... Just like Springtime...

 

I like the rich blue background across the top of the page like that.. Makes it all stand out...

 

I don't think there's a Forum out there on the Net that will please everyone who visits it and uses it I'm not knowledgeable at all in computers but know enough to get by and also know that while the more knowledgeable members are pointing out errors and faults some of those are personal opinions which other knowledgeable members are perhaps not in agreement with! That seems to underline and reinforce my thoughts that despite all the hard work, skill and effort Richard is putting in not everyone is going to agree/like or be satisfied with the finished [which I'm learning never is] product.
We all, including us less knowledgeable members, have different tastes and likes regarding fonts, sizes and design and we would never reach agreement to what would be, in our eyes, a perfect design etc that we would all nod our heads to. Me?, I'm happy that Richard is there beavering away making things so much better and brighter than they have been, and also that he is there in the background [unsung] fixing any future problems we get!!