New Thread and Forum Icons in Default style

[Michael Morris]

Ok, the system predetermines the name of each icon. They are, in file name's order

Thread

Thread You've posted to

Hot thread You've Posted to

Locked Hot thread You've Posted to

New locked hot thread you've posted to.

New hot thread you've posted to.

Locked thread you've posted to.

New Locked thread you've posted to.

New thread you've posted to.

Hot thread.

New Hot Locked Thread

Hot New Thread

Locked Thread

New Locked Thread

Moved thread

New Moved Thread

New Thread

Ok, now that I'm reviewing them I see that I have accidently left the box in all of them. Sorry 'bout that. I do 'err from time to time.

(BTW, refreshing this page will immediately switch you to the most current set of icons. Should have worked the bugs out of this before migrating it to main argh).

 

[Michael Morris]

I've increased the contrast between new and old threads, especially hot ones, and Ive removed the boxes from the icons that shouldn't have them.

 

[pensiv]

An improvement. In spite of my earlier criticism I am very grateful that you are here and are constantly interested in updating/improving the site and willing to do the work necessary.

Thanks Spoony Bard.

 

[DaveMage]

MUCH better now - thanks!

 

[Morrus]

I think the hot thread icon is fairly useless - I might increase the "requirement" for hot threads to something like 100 posts, so that it doesn't come up as often. It doesn't really have a functional use, at least for me.

What I really need to see (for my own posting habits):

1) New threads. This is the most important to me. I want to very, very clearly see which threads are new.

2) Threads I've posted to.

3) Locked threads.

Anything else is redundant to me. I would be a happy camper with just those three icons.

I think that having different icons for "locked threads", "new locked threads", "hot locked threads", "new hot locked threads" is silly. If it's locked, I don;t care if it's new, old, hot or not.

 

[Psionicist]

What I really need to see (for my own posting habits):

1) New threads. This is the most important to me. I want to very, very clearly see which threads are new.

2) Threads I've posted to.

3) Locked threads.

Anything else is redundant to me. I would be a happy camper with just those three icons.

I couldn't have said it any better myself.

Spoiler

We shall remember this day as the day Psionicist agreed, 100%, with Morrus.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Much better, Michael. Thanks!

 

[William Ronald]

Everything looks great and is working well. Michael, thanks for all your efforts!!

 

[Hypersmurf]

I think the hot thread icon is fairly useless - I might increase the "requirement" for hot threads to something like 100 posts, so that it doesn't come up as often. It doesn't really have a functional use, at least for me.

What I really need to see (for my own posting habits):

1) New threads. This is the most important to me. I want to very, very clearly see which threads are new.

Yeah. This seems to be the prevailing feeling.

Especially now that the little white box problem is fixed (yay!) :

I think if the "New Thread" (white) and "Hot Thread" (orange) colours were swapped, it would fix the problem. That way the coloured icons (orange and yellow) represent new posts, and the colourless icons (grey and white) represent no new posts... which is intuitive, and also matches the way the envelopes worked.

-Hyp.

 

[haiiro]

1) New threads. This is the most important to me. I want to very, very clearly see which threads are new.

2) Threads I've posted to.

3) Locked threads.

I agree completely. I don't mind having other things indicated by the icons, but I don't need them.

Thanks for fixing the white box issue, Spoony -- that's a big help.