Boris Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 It looks nice on my Macbook with Firefox browser, so I will stick with it. Thanks. Until today, I had never scrolled that far down the page, so had not realised there was a choice of themes. I always check to makes sure there are no moderators online before starting mischief. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted February 12, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 12, 2016 Test. Mac desktop using OSX 10.11.3 and browsing with Safari 9.0.3 via a cable broadband connection. Loading is slightly slower. The shaded reply box is a benefit which I like. It's slightly easier on the eyes and the contrast between pale peach background and icon colour is an improvement. Not so much a fan of the border colour but that's personal preference. It is bolder and the post separators also stand out better. No apparent changes to editing or quoting which haven't really given me much gip anyway. But as the nice pastel reply-pane border also appears on the previous theme I might revert to that just for now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted February 12, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 12, 2016 Andy I have previously posted about being unable to use the quote function. I have just updated to the 2016 skin and unfortunately I still cannot use the quote function. System detail: Windows 10 using Edge sorry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 No change. No change possible - but I guess you expected that (the Change Theme menu option requires javascript) No, don't force the change for me, I preferred the previous one anyway. What exactly - if anything - does the new theme actually offer? (couldn't care less about fancy colours) Sorry but am I missing the point? A lot of effort - for what exactly. Shouldn't it all be about content and functionality rather than a fashionable pretty dress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Anyone else think the heavy dark blue border boxes in the 2016 theme are a bit, well, heavy? I find them quite distracting. Arrowed in this attachment: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted February 12, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 12, 2016 I like the new skin. Classy in a subdued kind of way - not that it'll rub off on our behaviour, if that's what you were hoping Andy A couple of minor details to consider when you get to that stage: I agree with eastwestdivide about the borders being a little heavy Also, would it be possible to lighten the side menu blocks in the blogs? They seem a little dark an un-inviting. Maybe even make them all white, as elsewhere on the site? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DIW Posted February 12, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 12, 2016 I like the heavy line around the areas of interest; it lifts the subject areas above the clutter around the rest of the page. I'm probably biased though because I tend to set up my screen windows in a similar fashion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted February 12, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 12, 2016 It behaves on Android Chrome similarly to skin 2013. The heavy border isn't to my taste at all but I am usually wrong on such matters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 I have just finally had a chance to try it on my Android tablet. It does seem to be better behaved than before. The 'post' button is not disappearing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted February 15, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 15, 2016 Is the new skin responsible for the change in the way ignored threads work? Instead of hiding the thread like it used to, the thread is still shown, but now with a bright red and yellow icon that actually highlights the thread rather than making it disappear into the ether. Bizarre thought process going on with that concept. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted February 15, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 15, 2016 Andy Y, on 08 Feb 2016 - 18:12, said:Andy Y, on 08 Feb 2016 - 18:12, said:Andy Y, on 08 Feb 2016 - 18:12, said: I'm testing a new skin (colour scheme) at present and wanted to ask if anyone who has had problems with the forum software in editing/quoting or other posting issues that had to change their theme to RMweb_2013 could test the new theme. Andy - I've been testing this theme for a couple of days with no new problems. However, one problem I have is that whenever I quote another post, the name of that poster, date etc. is repeated in the body of the quote. And if I edit the post again it adds yet another line. It happens on all themes and only when I use IE 11, but not when I use Edge. My OS is Windows 10. The strange thing is I haven't managed to find any other posters that appear to suffer the same issue. It happens on all the PCs I use so perhaps it's a profile issue? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted February 15, 2016 Author Share Posted February 15, 2016 Is the new skin responsible for the change in the way ignored threads work? Instead of hiding the thread like it used to, the thread is still shown, but now with a bright red and yellow icon that actually highlights the thread rather than making it disappear into the ether. Bizarre thought process going on with that concept. It will ignore them from your View New Content and searches but they always have showed up still in the forum listing. I can look at changing the colours though. Andy - I've been testing this theme for a couple of days with no new problems. However, one problem I have is that whenever I quote another post, the name of that poster, date etc. is repeated in the body of the quote. And if I edit the post again it adds yet another line. It happens on all themes and only when I use IE 11, but not when I use Edge. My OS is Windows 10. The strange thing is I haven't managed to find any other posters that appear to suffer the same issue. These are the nightmares to try and track, is it a case that it breaks the quote into two parts if you delete something out of the middle of it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted February 17, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 17, 2016 It will ignore them from your View New Content and searches but they always have showed up still in the forum listing. I can look at changing the colours though. These are the nightmares to try and track, is it a case that it breaks the quote into two parts if you delete something out of the middle of it? Just a simple quote causes the problem, as I've done here - and it happens with all skins. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted February 17, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 17, 2016 Just a simple quote causes the problem, as I've done here - and it happens with all skins. Andy - just edited the above post on the wife's PC which had a clean install of Windows 10 last week. It now doesn't have the extra-quoting problem as you can see. My PC is supposedly at the same level so perhaps a re-install will fix it for me. Don't know what is different however ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium mezzoman253 Posted February 18, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 18, 2016 t5.jpg We are a four skin board I'll get the banhammer...... I only have Mobile, 2013 & 2016, as options. I prefer the 2013, so have switched back, as it came up with 2016 this morning. Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted February 18, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 18, 2016 Andy - just edited the above post on the wife's PC which had a clean install of Windows 10 last week. It now doesn't have the extra-quoting problem as you can see. My PC is supposedly at the same level so perhaps a re-install will fix it for me. Don't know what is different however ... The other 3 Pcs in our household all had the same problem. All are Windows 10 and supposedly at the latest level with the November update (version 1511). I tried a full reset of IE (tools -> internet options -> advanced -> reset) and it resolved the issue on all of them. I assume some setting in the first release in W10 has been corrected in the 1511 version, so now all is well. I don't really understand why some IE11 option could cause this issue, and also why I've not seen any other posts from other members showing the problem! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 Meanwhile, there are problems with posts made before the update which contain a £ symbol (and some other special characters) being truncated at the point where the £ symbol should appear. This is a result of character set changes made during the software update by Invision. I have raised a ticket with them and await a response on resolution. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted February 18, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 18, 2016 Andy, The new skin hasn't improved your avatar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 £££ £ £££ £Just testing£ Please ignore.. P Edit: Pound signs work OK for me. Win 7 & chrome. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Meanwhile, there are problems with posts made before the update which contain a £ symbol (and some other special characters) being truncated at the point where the £ symbol should appear. This is a result of character set changes made during the software update by Invision. I have raised a ticket with them and await a response on resolution. That bug includes blogs - mine at http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1380/entry-12070-3-down-the-valley-and-up-the-hill-rigi/ currently truncates at the first umlaut (should have been Goschenen with an umlaut over the O). Unicode consortium founded in 1991, and still so-called "special" characters causing problems in 2016! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted February 18, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 18, 2016 That bug includes blogs - mine at http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1380/entry-12070-3-down-the-valley-and-up-the-hill-rigi/ currently truncates at the first umlaut (should have been Goschenen with an umlaut over the O). Unicode consortium founded in 1991, and still so-called "special" characters causing problems in 2016! And apostrophes, eg: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/75/entry-17254-the-honourable-slipper-boy-part-3/ (could be I'm using the continental apostrophe?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 And apostrophes, eg: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/75/entry-17254-the-honourable-slipper-boy-part-3/ (could be I'm using the continental apostrophe?) Or just a curly one rather than a straight one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted February 18, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 18, 2016 Or just a curly one rather than a straight one. The problem will be significant where posts have been written and pasted from Microsoft Word, or copied from other web pages. See: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/108352-truncated-blogs/&do=findComment&comment=2207112 It applies only to posts made before the software upgrade, you can happily put £ symbols in new posts. £££ and other special characters © £ • . Martin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 There are only 3 skins now, where's the fourthskin? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 You're here now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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