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IBJoel Mar 26, 2018 3:51 pm


Originally Posted by beltway (Post 29570078)
RE: Thread Titles and First Unread, No, they have not. I see no change.

On what page are you referring to these? On MyFlyerTalk or the forum index?

FN-GM Mar 26, 2018 3:52 pm


Originally Posted by IBJoel (Post 29569988)
Try to select "FT Desktop NG", under "Forum Skin" here: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prof...do=editoptions
If it persists, let me know.

Hi,

I have switched the settings on that link but it hasn't help. I am still stuck on the Mobile One skin. I can see Mobile One selected on the bottom of each page on the drop down. When I try to change there it never takes the settings just goes back.

Thanks

beltway Mar 26, 2018 3:52 pm


Originally Posted by IBJoel (Post 29570083)
The desktop skin is not supported on mobile devices. It is an option, but the designs are only semi-compatible.

If this is directed at me, it's completely avoiding the point I raised.

beltway Mar 26, 2018 3:55 pm


Originally Posted by IBJoel (Post 29570104)
On what page are you referring to these? On MyFlyerTalk or the forum index?

The former.

The latter uses a larger thread-title font, but I'm seeing no "go to first unread post" icon next to any thread name.

IBJoel Mar 26, 2018 4:01 pm


Originally Posted by beltway (Post 29570116)
The former.

The latter uses a larger thread-title font, but I'm seeing no "go to first unread post" icon next to any thread name.

Yeah, that's still a bit small. I'll have tech increase size and reinstate "first unread"

chgoeditor Mar 26, 2018 4:01 pm


Originally Posted by javabytes (Post 29569773)

To borrow a screen shot from another poster, if you look at the "Post reply" button, you'll see that it appears to be poorly cropped with white space padding the edges.

IBJoel Mar 26, 2018 4:05 pm


Originally Posted by chgoeditor (Post 29570140)
To borrow a screen shot from another poster, if you look at the "Post reply" button, you'll see that it appears to be poorly cropped with white space padding the edges.

Hi there. Since that's the Desktop Skin on a mobile device, that is as-designed. Rotating your phone/tablet to landscape mode should resolve most of those formatting issues. On the right side is supposed to be an ad.
I'll see what we can do about the "Post Reply" button.

david55 Mar 26, 2018 4:21 pm

Any way to get rid of the forum description. I just need the title for my subscribed forums on my flyertalk page. Thanks.

nmenaker Mar 26, 2018 4:30 pm

So, page loads and on screen efficiency are DEFINITELY better.. pages don't require anywhere near as much CPU as before. I would, however, prefer to have the font and page sizes back to where they were before. But I'll take better faster and more efficient page loading any day of the week.

geminidreams Mar 26, 2018 4:47 pm

Put the last post first.

OttawaMark Mar 26, 2018 4:59 pm


Originally Posted by IBJoel (Post 29570083)
The desktop skin is not supported on mobile devices. It is an option, but the designs are only semi-compatible.

And yet using desktop skin is your (or at least IB's) suggestion for those of us having issues with infinite scroll on mobile. Are you purposely driving people away from mobile?

MSPeconomist Mar 26, 2018 5:06 pm

It's worse than the previous style update in that there's even more white space to scroll through within threads.

Just now, this quick reply is displaying in very small font size as I type. Compared to posts completed by others on FT, it's difficult to proofread my own posts, although there is lots of white space between paragraphs.

I also hate the inability to see easily what posts have been read, what threads have unread posts, etc.

Just like the last "update", this one has only estimates of the number of posts in a thread on the forum listing pages. I use the exact number sometimes to decide whether to go to the last page rather than clicking to go to the first unread post, which often seems to take more time. For example, if know roughly where the last post read fell on the page (toward the top/middle/bottom), but the thread now has for instance 1002 replies or 1019 replies (rather than only knowing that it's over 1K), this can enable me to quickly decide to go to the last page (or even first page) versus bothering to click to go to the first unread post (and then on the previous version, scrolling up/down since the first post displayed tended to start in the middle).

milepig Mar 26, 2018 5:07 pm


Originally Posted by IBJoel (Post 29570065)
And this is when you're using the mobile skin? Can you post a screenshot? I want to make sure I'm understanding correctly.

Pick up a phone.
Open Safari.
Go to any thread.
Start a new message or reply (not quote).
The text you type is 3/4 or more off the top of the box. It doesn’t stick if you pull it down.

angra Mar 26, 2018 5:09 pm

Just one poster's opinion, but I drastically preferred the old style - mainly for the density. ctrl-+/- does not fix things for me. If there was an option to keep the old style, I'd be using it.

tmiw Mar 26, 2018 5:11 pm


Originally Posted by IBJoel (Post 29570022)
I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean here. As you referring to when you're typing a post and click "Preview" versus when you click "Submit"?

Yep. Here's an example of what I mean:

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...73d405aee0.png

versus:

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...980122b4ab.png


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