New Thread and Forum Icons in Default style

[Michael Morris]

I have no problem with the globes, just wanted to note that they are in PHB style too. Don't know if that was intentional.

It wasn't. I though I had PHB set to use something else.

Well, tomorrow I'll be taking them out of PHB. The don't look quite right with all that leather and parchment.

 

[Piratecat]

We may end up tweaking the colors a bit, but give yourself some time to get used to them. Any change seems strange at first.

Michael, is it worth noting here which colors signify which conditions? That might help ease the transition.

 

[Michael Morris]

We may end up tweaking the colors a bit, but give yourself some time to get used to them. Any change seems strange at first.

Michael, is it worth noting here which colors signify which conditions? That might help ease the transition.

Yes, the colors are significant.
Grey - No new posts since your last visit
Blue - New posts since your last visit
Purple - Hot thread with no new posts since your last visit
Red - Hot thread with new posts since the last visit
(Hot threads are those with at least 10 different posters)
A red X on any simply means the thread has been closed.
A white square on the lower left side means you have posted to that thread.

The icon key to each thread is found on the bottom of any thread displaying page.

As for the forum icons, blue globes are forums with new posts and grey globes have had no new posts.

This system was coined due to complaints that the old system didn't clearly designate which threads where which. For instance, with the old icons it was very hard to tell a hot thread from a normal one since everything was grey.

The globes are a reflection of the ENWorld logo after all, and give the site a little personal touch as I mentioned above.

Give it a chance. After awhile the globes will cease to be noticable and their color will become the important part of them.

 

[Piratecat]

Thanks, mon. That helps a lot; the Hot Threads icons had me really puzzled.

 

[BobROE]

I don't really mind the icons themselves but could you maybe make them slightly less garish colours?

Also the little globes for go to newest post, and go to last post don't really make sense from a use standpoint where the little arrows did.

And for the closed thread one, maybe offset the x because right now you can't really tell what's behind it, just looks like the x with a coloured outline. See the message board pruning thread for example.

 

[doghead]

I can live with the colors.

*gotta find out how to switch the screen to greytone *

But the missing icons from Stealth makes it more difficult to get to the newest post or the last post.

 

[Umbran]

Some globes, some not...

Okay, I'm using the forum default style. I refreshed, and I can see some globes. But I also see some envelopes.

It looks like it is still using the envelopes for "Hot thread that you've posted to, with new posts" and "Thread that you've posted to, no new posts" cases.

Edit - also using envelopes for the "locked, non-hot thread that you didn't post to" case.

 

[Michael Morris]

Okay, I'm using the forum default style. I refreshed, and I can see some globes. But I also see some envelopes.

It looks like it is still using the envelopes for "Hot thread that you've posted to, with new posts" and "Thread that you've posted to, no new posts" cases.

Edit - also using envelopes for the "locked, non-hot thread that you didn't post to" case.

I noticed that too. Unless you dump your cache outright you might have to use refresh on several occasions since the all the icons are rarely used on all threads, especially real rare ones like new, locked post.

 

[Michael Morris]

Ok, a new set of more subdued colors are in, which match the scheme much better than the greens, reds and purples I had going on. Note that forum icons with new posts remain blue - on those larger globes it works cause water is blue, and remember that the ENWorld logo does have blue in it that isn't echoed elsewhere on the page.

 

[RangerWickett]

Michael, no offense intended, but I have liked almost none of the new changes. I prefer an austere beauty, be it in architecture or webpages. I don't like little pictures that are just tossed in to make things look pretty. On an art site, yes, art is key, but here, we have mostly text, and things that look cutesy or that require me to download more image files when I try to browse the forums just get on my nerves.

I don't like that you keep adding new features when apparently we're still in need of a new server. Now, I haven't been experiencing many connection problems myself (EDIT: except for right now), but I don't like seeing more things added that will just cause server strain. Like when the person last visited, or all these nifty new art pieces, or newfangled hightech dropdown menus. Can you please just stop trying to fix it? The original set up was elegant, uncluttered.

I know people have a natural tendency to reject change. So how about we follow our tendencies for once, and stop spending so much time finagling with something that ain't broke?