Comments on: A few redesign notes

By: Guav

Guav — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:28:05 +0000

I like it. Looks good on the iPhone too.

By: HerrBGone

HerrBGone — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:49:58 +0000

Looks like 6 SP2. It’s an old PC.

By: Robb Allen

Robb Allen — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:36:45 +0000

Herr, it looks like you’re using a very old IE. Is that 5?

By: HerrBGone

HerrBGone — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:40:37 +0000

Houston, we have a problem�

When the new layout loads I get this:

http://pics.livejournal.com/herrbgone/pic/0005th76

After a moment it turns into this:

http://pics.livejournal.com/herrbgone/pic/0005wabx

until I roll the mouse over it. Then it goes back to the first layout. In either case there is text missing and only about half of the ads show up. Split right down the mid
dle.

As you can see I�m stuck using Internet Exploder so it might look better with other brousers.

By: KCSteve

KCSteve — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:16:03 +0000

Except that now I added a comment and everything pushed right until I got far enough into this comment.

odd.

By: KCSteve

KCSteve — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:15:24 +0000

wizardpc

Setting to the ‘One Column’ view fixes the problem.

Out of curiosity I tried the ‘desktop’ view as well – that let me see the content but in a very narrow column (about 6 characters or so).

Figured this might give you some clues Robb

Looks great on a ‘real’ screen.

By: jed

jed — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:05:31 +0000

Looks good and works well in Lynx.

By: DirtCrashr

DirtCrashr — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:36:31 +0000

Works fine in Firefox with no header jumping stuff.
I work for arms, ammo, and ACOGs too – but there was no UI work for me this year…

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:19:40 +0000

Sorry, TGirsch, but I can’t disagree with that at all. Bring back the old masthead, or at least the T&P pic.

By: Chris Byrne

Chris Byrne — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:02:41 +0000

I’d still like a little more contrast in the link color, but it’s better.

By: Steve Johnson

Steve Johnson — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:59:18 +0000

After the fixes it looks a lot better on Webkit (Safari/Google Chrome)

By: Shard

Shard — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:49:34 +0000

You can put lipstick on a monkey….

Heh, looks great!

By: LissaKay

LissaKay — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:18:48 +0000

It looks good on WinMo 6.1. Here's a screenie

By: Gunstar1

Gunstar1 — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:32:00 +0000

Also, why can�t I copy and paste text anymore?

Dunno that one. I can copy text, as illustrated above.

Old version of IE. I updated it and as you can see it works now.

By: tgirsch

tgirsch — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:22:27 +0000

Count me in on the “bring the old masthead graphic back” list.

By: wizardpc

wizardpc — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:17:14 +0000

KCSteve: Menu->View->”One Column”

See if that helps.

By: Robb Allen

Robb Allen — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:01:58 +0000

I’ll try to download a mobile emulator later and see what I can do to fix display issues there. CSS is supposed to downgrade nicely. In fact, all the content is now on top so technically, if CSS breaks, the first thing you see should be the post(s).

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:55:38 +0000

the jumpy header is fixed now.

By: Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner

Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:54:55 +0000

Yeah, put the minkee back in.

By: illspirit

illspirit — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:50:43 +0000

Looks great.

My only complaint is that the header makes the rest of the page jumps down when you mouseover it. Should probably toss the graphic in the background; then make the home link straight text, and use a span to hide it. Or something.

By: KCSteve

KCSteve — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:24:02 +0000

On my Windows mobile phone I get no content. If I scroll way down I can get the blogroll and categories but that’s it. Mine has Windows Mobile 6 Professional with whatever version of IE comes with that.

By: countertop

countertop — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:18:18 +0000

I like the layout – but still think you ought to replace the mast head with the monkey. its cool he’s on the side, but the old one just struck me as humorous and lighthearted and all that.

By: wizardpc

wizardpc — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:13:58 +0000

I usually read via my Windows Mobile 6 phone, and the new layout is “messy” in a mobile browser.

It’s not unreadable, like some sites, but I prefer the old layout.

But I’m the guy who liked WindowsME better than XP when it came out.

By: Ry Jones

Ry Jones — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:59:10 +0000

I only read via RSS reader, so it doesn’t matter to me.

By: DJK

DJK — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:57:41 +0000

This is way better.

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:54:57 +0000

Also, why can�t I copy and paste text anymore?

Dunno that one. I can copy text, as illustrated above.

By: Gunstar1

Gunstar1 — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:50:03 +0000

Also, why can’t I copy and paste text anymore?

By: Gunstar1

Gunstar1 — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:49:28 +0000

Spoke too soon, the image with an alt of “we say more dumb shit before noon than most people say all day is not displaying.

By: Breda

Breda — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:48:23 +0000

I think the links should be a different color, at least slightly, than just the regular bolded text

By: Gunstar1

Gunstar1 — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:48:16 +0000

The layout is all to the right until I mouseover a link and it jumps back to normal. This is the main home page. The subpages all load normally.

By: Robb Allen

Robb Allen — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:20:55 +0000

I work for firearms, ammunition, and Trijicon ACOGs.

By: DirtCrashr

DirtCrashr — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:15:10 +0000

Very fresh look, I should talk to Robb – but then I’d want a new title, handle and all that social crap too.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:11:30 +0000

Much easier on the eyes, this template is. It gets a thumbs up from me.