Feedback on FT new style, March 2018
Mar 27, 2018, 12:18 pm
#271
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We've spend enormous amounts of time to construct the dashboard at
The Finnair Forum Dashboard
The key to make a dashboard is to find a way to make vBB render the graphic in an orderly fashion wile at the same time being clickable links. Now it seems this has broken. Hovering the icons does indeed display the target link, but clicking on the icons only shows the icon image in a "pop-up".
Can this behaviour either be fixed or can someone at IB instruct on how to construct clickable images?
The Finnair Forum Dashboard
The key to make a dashboard is to find a way to make vBB render the graphic in an orderly fashion wile at the same time being clickable links. Now it seems this has broken. Hovering the icons does indeed display the target link, but clicking on the icons only shows the icon image in a "pop-up".
Can this behaviour either be fixed or can someone at IB instruct on how to construct clickable images?
Mar 27, 2018, 12:20 pm
#272
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Its almost like outside input should have been sought before major site-modifying changes were instantly forced upon everyone with very very little advanced notice.
Mar 27, 2018, 12:21 pm
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The difference in font sizes through out is annoying. For instance, on this thread the Multi-Quote font is bigger than the Quote font. Further buttons are a different size. Also why is the "Like" not a button. Should be consistent.
Also when resizing a forum the column size is dictated by ??? so the columns from one row to another do align as they are all independent.
Also when resizing a forum the column size is dictated by ??? so the columns from one row to another do align as they are all independent.
Mar 27, 2018, 12:28 pm
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Mar 27, 2018, 12:33 pm
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Although I may be in the minority, I like the larger, clearer format. It’s easier on the eyes.
The new format has not corrected the ongoing problem I have with writing replies. When I am entering a reply on my iPad the text box slides up under the formatting band so that I cannot see what I am writing or can see only the bottom edge of the line I’m typing. I can pull the text down to read it, but as soon as I begin typing it slides back up. This is extremely annoying. I think I’ve seen a couple of other complaints about this, so I don’t think it is an anomaly peculiar to my device.
The new format has not corrected the ongoing problem I have with writing replies. When I am entering a reply on my iPad the text box slides up under the formatting band so that I cannot see what I am writing or can see only the bottom edge of the line I’m typing. I can pull the text down to read it, but as soon as I begin typing it slides back up. This is extremely annoying. I think I’ve seen a couple of other complaints about this, so I don’t think it is an anomaly peculiar to my device.
Mar 27, 2018, 12:57 pm
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I know it'd be a major undertaking, but has thought been given to transitioning to a more modern platform, like Discourse? Some of the complaints about the new style are artifacts of the clunky bulletin-style forum framework, and new visual elements will at best mask it.
Mar 27, 2018, 1:01 pm
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Mar 27, 2018, 1:03 pm
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flyertalk is always playing sound
IE Edge shows a graphic for a speaker on the tab name for the site when it’s up. This means the site is playing media. Why is that happening? The odd thing is although it says the flyer talk site is playing sound I cannot hear it and it doesn't stop by music.
I hope this is not some sort of audio fingerprinting system to invade my privacy...
https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/19/au...s-study-finds/
Additionally the new site trys to load non-authenticated scripts according to chrome.
I hope this is not some sort of audio fingerprinting system to invade my privacy...
https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/19/au...s-study-finds/
Additionally the new site trys to load non-authenticated scripts according to chrome.
Last edited by iolairemcfadden; Mar 27, 2018 at 1:04 pm Reason: media not sound
Mar 27, 2018, 1:17 pm
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I'm now reporting a bug with the "Hyperlink" button. I'm on Windows 7, Mozilla Firefox 52.6.
When I highlight text and hit the hyperlink button, it used to assign the hyperlink to that text. Today it is not working at all. I can't even add a full link from scratch. And the e-mail field is appearing when URL is selected and that may be confusing to users.
When I highlight text and hit the hyperlink button, it used to assign the hyperlink to that text. Today it is not working at all. I can't even add a full link from scratch. And the e-mail field is appearing when URL is selected and that may be confusing to users.
Mar 27, 2018, 1:19 pm
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On my screen anyway, quoted text and a response in a post is the same colour, making it very hard to distinguish between them.
Why the changes so often? I follow other forums hosted by IB and they have not changed fonts/formats in years and work well. Why is FT changing all the time when other IB forums don't???
Why the changes so often? I follow other forums hosted by IB and they have not changed fonts/formats in years and work well. Why is FT changing all the time when other IB forums don't???
Mar 27, 2018, 1:22 pm
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We've spend enormous amounts of time to construct the dashboard at
The Finnair Forum Dashboard
The key to make a dashboard is to find a way to make vBB render the graphic in an orderly fashion wile at the same time being clickable links. Now it seems this has broken. Hovering the icons does indeed display the target link, but clicking on the icons only shows the icon image in a "pop-up".
Can this behaviour either be fixed or can someone at IB instruct on how to construct clickable images?
The Finnair Forum Dashboard
The key to make a dashboard is to find a way to make vBB render the graphic in an orderly fashion wile at the same time being clickable links. Now it seems this has broken. Hovering the icons does indeed display the target link, but clicking on the icons only shows the icon image in a "pop-up".
Can this behaviour either be fixed or can someone at IB instruct on how to construct clickable images?