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Re: Official Pixelation Skin!

Reply #70 on: February 27, 2016, 06:23:53 pm
I'm liking this new skin a lot, but I hate how blurry the post text is (which I see has already been mentioned). The colours are fine, the problem is just the font - it doesn't include a bitmap version (or is too new; I've heard Windows ignores embedded bitmaps for all but a few legacy fonts) and is not hinted well enough for it to render cleanly at this size.

Playing around in Firebug, I disabled the Titillium Web font and kept just the "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" part of the CSS and the forum looks lovely and clear (I'd probably change the size to be a little smaller though).

Edit: It took me too long to see that to get to the other account settings you have to mouse-over the "Modify Profile" bit. Maybe put a little down arrow icon next to things that open menus on mouse-over? I've set it to use sidebars (I'm so glad that's an option!) because I just know that I'll forget again.
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Re: Official Pixelation Skin!

Reply #71 on: February 27, 2016, 07:29:48 pm
Just realized something under the "Forum profile" settings (didn't read the whole thread, so forgive me if it was already mentioned):
The options for the messanger seem a bit outdated for me (ICQ, AIM, MSN, YIM). I don't know which are the commonly used, but it's defenitely missing Skype I think and just four seems too few. And maybe it would be possible to add some options for social media platforms like Twitter, or to commonly used art-showcase sites like Deviantart or Pixeljoint. Or am I overlooking something?

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Re: Official Pixelation Skin!

Reply #72 on: February 27, 2016, 10:04:44 pm
I feel like no one uses any of those anymore (isn't MSN gone for example?). I don't think I've talked on AIM the last decade, not sure if ICQ is still alive and if it is, if anyone outside of Israel still uses it?

So yeah, I agree with Super17 that Twitter, Skype, Facebook, Youtube and Twitch are waaaaay more prominent than any of those.

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Re: Official Pixelation Skin!

Reply #73 on: February 28, 2016, 11:42:49 pm
Awesome work!

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Re: Official Pixelation Skin!

Reply #74 on: February 29, 2016, 05:43:13 am
I feel like no one uses any of those anymore (isn't MSN gone for example?). I don't think I've talked on AIM the last decade, not sure if ICQ is still alive and if it is, if anyone outside of Israel still uses it?

So yeah, I agree with Super17 that Twitter, Skype, Facebook, Youtube and Twitch are waaaaay more prominent than any of those.

No one is using ICQ anymore, even here in Israel lol.

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Re: Official Pixelation Skin!

Reply #75 on: February 29, 2016, 05:48:34 am
Even though I use AIM more regularly than any other communication platform, I still agree that the list of IM options is outdated to the point of uselessness.

It would be nice to have something more like a textbox where you can enter your stuff line-by-line, Network: Username, and to have the relevant links built based on what "Network" is, with unrecognized ones just left as plaintext. That way the forum could have support for more networks added (or old ones removed) over time without losing contact info. I doubt there's a premade plugin for that, though - plugin-makers seem obsessed with having dedicated fields for everything.

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Re: Official Pixelation Skin!

Reply #76 on: February 29, 2016, 09:37:18 am
Removed: AIM, ICQ, YIM, MSN
added: Twitter, Skype, Pixeljoint

Are there others people feel strongly about adding?

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Re: Official Pixelation Skin!

Reply #77 on: February 29, 2016, 09:43:39 am
Awesome skin and mood.  :y:

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Re: Official Pixelation Skin!

Reply #78 on: February 29, 2016, 10:15:48 am
Wow! What an update!

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Re: Official Pixelation Skin!

Reply #79 on: February 29, 2016, 11:17:13 am
It would be nice to have something more like a textbox where you can enter your stuff line-by-line, Network: Username, and to have the relevant links built based on what "Network" is, with unrecognized ones just left as plaintext. That way the forum could have support for more networks added (or old ones removed) over time without losing contact info. I doubt there's a premade plugin for that, though - plugin-makers seem obsessed with having dedicated fields for everything.
That seems a great idea to me. However, I doubt that it's easy to implement.

Thanks Indigo for changing it so quickly!