Thread-title TOO MUCH in your face!

[RealBlackStuff]

When you open any thread, there is this really "in your face" :unch: big bold lettertype used for showing the thread-title.
It looks horrible. Maybe a size or 2 smaller?

 

[Nodsu]

Hmm.. I am not offended by the thread titles. Perhaps it is something with your browser? A screen shot maybe?

 

[IronDuke]

For me it looks like body text emboldened. No problem for my face either.

 

[Phantasm66]

I never really noticed. Does look a little thick in my Firefox under fedora core, but its really not that bad.

 

[Phantasm66]

Oh wait, I am back in Firefox in Windows now, and yeah its horrible.

 

[Spike]

It just looks too bold for me in my IE6. Doesn't bother me to much, but I must admit that I think it looks strange.

Incidentally, I've been meaning to mention the forum navigation links. I've noticed that when you're reading a post, they don't appear above it anymore and haven't for a while. It's been bugging me a little because whereas I used to beable to get back to the forum I was in with one click after posting, it now means that I have to go back the the forum index and into the forum again, else if I was looking at the third or forth page, I have go back in my browser three pages. It was more of a bugbear for a while, but now that I have to use dial-up for a little while, it's a pain in the back side. techspot can sometimes take a while to load a forum page on dialup (seems to pause after loading the header). It's even worse x3. Any chance of getting those nav links back?

 

[RealBlackStuff]

Hope this is clear enough

 

[Phantasm66]

Yes, that's what I get. And yes, I think its unpleasant to look at.

 

[IronDuke]

I see we're talking at the title header rather than the individual post. I have to concur with this, a little muted would be better. Either smaller or perhaps just changed to a shade of grey.

 

[IronDuke]

Incidentally, I've been meaning to mention the forum navigation links. I've noticed that when you're reading a post, they don't appear above it anymore and haven't for a while. It's been bugging me a little because whereas I used to beable to get back to the forum I was in with one click after posting, it now means that I have to go back the the forum index and into the forum again, else if I was looking at the third or forth page, I have go back in my browser three pages. It was more of a bugbear for a while, but now that I have to use dial-up for a little while, it's a pain in the back side. techspot can sometimes take a while to load a forum page on dialup (seems to pause after loading the header). It's even worse x3. Any chance of getting those nav links back?

They're there for me, although the link to "last read post" is often missing and when there does not always go to where it should.

I see you're using IE - well!

 

[Masque]

I guess I don't find it offensive at all.....must be a personal preference thing but when I click into a thread, I automatically browse the first post and I (aware of it or not) do not even look at the tltle.

 

[Mictlantecuhtli]

I think it depends on the browser's font settings (min, normal, max size).

 

[poertner_1274]

Yes it looks bad here on my work comp IE.

And to Masque, I have seen those links at the top of the page only on a few threads I"ve read, not all. It's strange actually.

 

[Julio Franco]

Over the past few weeks I've been hard at work fixing and optimizing miscellaneous stuff around TS (the gallery and new options found in the downloads section are good examples).

Just recently I updated forum titles, going from size 3 to 4 (HTML) supposedly to enhance readibility but obviously that was not the case since most of you disliked the change. It's now back where it was, perhaps the reason it looked fine to me either way is because I use 1280+ screen resolutions but anyway, I appreciate the feedback, thanks a lot!

As for those links at the top (navigation bar) that are gone... I have tried to fix them many times with little luck, I will try again later this week. I miss them myself.

 

[Phantasm66]

Its infinitely nicer at 1152x864 now, I can assure you.

 

[IronDuke]

Same resolution - same opinion.

 

[RealBlackStuff]

Thanks Julio, looks much better again.

 

[Julio Franco]

Its infinitely nicer at 1152x864 now, I can assure you.

It should be quite obvious that our current design is best viewed at 1024x768 or higher, fortunately most of our users are already using those resolutions. I personally use 1280x1024 which is the native resolution for both of my LCD screens. My laptop is a bit wider which is even nicer to work with.

Update: The navbar is now back, let me know if you find any bugs.