[Bugs + Suggestions]: "The NEW Board Upgrade"

[QuietOne]

Follow-on to CTR Re-Pimp ....

Re-pimped CTR; No Joy!
Logged Out & Back In to Firetrust; No Joy!
Logged Out of Firetrust, Rebooted Firefox, Logged Back In; No Joy!
Logged Out of Firetrust, Deleted ALL Firetrust & Forum.Firetrust Cookies;
COLD Reboot of Mac, Logged Back In; No Joy!

Still no improvement to the PM Counter. Looks as if there's STILL something wrong but perhaps not on my side. See SC. That said though, why is it ONLY me??????

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[TrustFire]

Here's another option — folks might not like the toned-down Read and Unread Icons at the Board Index (personally, didn't want them to outdo or even match the Headers in prominence.)

All Icons have now been colored with the original body color of the theme and the different circles on the background have been assigned the duty of emphasis:—

Right click (the above screenshot) >>----> (hold down *Ctrl* key) >>----> click *View Image* for the BIGGER picture.

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Right click (the above screenshot) >>----> (hold down *Ctrl* key) >>----> click *View Image* for the BIGGER picture.

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[TrustFire]

Re-pimped CTR; No Joy!

Perhaps the new permissions would take effect only from this point onwards — worth waiting to check the counter after receiving the next PM.

[TrustFire]

Right click (the above screenshot) >>----> (hold down *Ctrl* key) >>----> click *View Image* for the BIGGER picture.

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[TrustFire]

The Unread icon has been allotted to the MailWasher Enterprise Server forum instead of the Read icon at the Board Index.

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[TrustFire]

My wider Posting Area (thanks to tweak # 1 and tweak # 2) now allows the space for many more Buttons to be placed on the Posting ToolBar, despite of which have opted to strip-off some rarely-used buttons and also added a balance of symmetry to the Posting ToolBar.

Right click (the above screenshot) >>----> (hold down *Ctrl* key) >>----> click *View Image* for the BIGGER picture.

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Right click (the above screenshot) >>----> (hold down *Ctrl* key) >>----> click *View Image* for the BIGGER picture.

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[QuietOne]

Here's another option — folks might not like the toned-down Read and Unread Icons at the Board Index (personally, didn't want them to outdo or even match the Headers in prominence.)

All Icons have now been colored with the original body color of the theme and the different circles on the background have been assigned the duty of emphasis:—
Read_Vs_Unread_Icons_Forums__(BEFORE).png
Read_Vs_Unread_Icons_Forums__(AFTER).png

Personally, I prefer the "Before" version.

It's far easier on the eyes and quicker to assess (Status) at a glance because of the difference in colors. The "After" version is too close to the same in color to be easily discernible at a glance.

[QuietOne]

Re-pimped CTR; No Joy!

Perhaps the new permissions would take effect only from this point onwards — worth waiting to check the counter after receiving the next PM.

Hmmm, could be but unless somebody has/gets an itchy scribbler then it could be a while before I/we know.

[TrustFire]

Here's another option — folks might not like the toned-down Read and Unread Icons at the Board Index (personally, didn't want them to outdo or even match the Headers in prominence.)

All Icons have now been colored with the original body color of the theme and the different circles on the background have been assigned the duty of emphasis:—
Read_Vs_Unread_Icons_Forums__(BEFORE).png
Read_Vs_Unread_Icons_Forums__(AFTER).png

Personally, I prefer the "Before" version.

It's far easier on the eyes and quicker to assess (Status) at a glance because of the difference in colors. The "After" version is too close to the same in color to be easily discernible at a glance.

On my own systems the difference between those 2 colors is quite vivid — after 24 hours of trying many other permutation and combinations, have decided to freeze this one for my personal use.

[TrustFire]

In the following example of Read Messages (grabbed from here,) there are 2 different colors being used:—

Right click (the above screenshot) >>----> (hold down *Ctrl* key) >>----> click *View Image* for the BIGGER picture.

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Have fixed the above inconsistency on my side:—

Right click (the above screenshot) >>----> (hold down *Ctrl* key) >>----> click *View Image* for the BIGGER picture.

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[TrustFire]

Say What??????? Now my Sig is the same as yours.

Glad we're (now) on the same page.

For the Time Being anyway but the questions are still out there ...

(#1) WHY, did it change??? and
(#2) Almost instantly at that???

You very likely saw your own signature appear dark when you tried to preview a message containing your signature (maybe at the PM section) — you might want to replicate the issue.

Have reproduced the issue, you encountered — as mentioned above, the fault lies at the Preview Pane (have rectified it at my end):—

Right click (the above screenshot) >>----> (hold down *Ctrl* key) >>----> click *View Image* for the BIGGER picture.

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[QuietOne]

In the following example of Read Messages (grabbed from here,) there are 2 different colors being used:— Incorrect_Color_(READ).png Have fixed the above inconsistency on my side:— Correct_Color_(READ).png

I really really wish you'd get away from the ALL GRAY mantra! Put some COLOR into the display for those of us who have trouble with monochromatic color schemes.

This damn Gray scheme (and all the others to boot) is FLAT, BORING and HARD TO DIFFERENTIATE between one shade (of Gray) and another.

[QuietOne]

Say What??????? Now my Sig is the same as yours.

Glad we're (now) on the same page.

For the Time Being anyway but the questions are still out there ...

(#1) WHY, did it change??? and
(#2) Almost instantly at that???

You very likely saw your own signature appear dark when you tried to preview a message containing your signature (maybe at the PM section) — you might want to replicate the issue.

Have reproduced the issue, you encountered — as mentioned above, the fault lies at the Preview Pane (have rectified it at my end):—

Incorrect_Color.png

Yeah, it looks like you're right about the Preview Pane being the culprit.

[TrustFire]

In the following example of Read Messages (grabbed from here,) there are 2 different colors being used:— Incorrect_Color_(READ).png Have fixed the above inconsistency on my side:— Correct_Color_(READ).png

I really really wish you'd get away from the ALL GRAY mantra! Put some COLOR into the display for those of us who have trouble with monochromatic color schemes.

This damn Gray scheme (and all the others to boot) is FLAT, BORING and HARD TO DIFFERENTIATE between one shade (of Gray) and another.

LoL . . . . . . . I can't (or rather — can but shouldn't, despite the fact that reddish-orange is my fav. color.) Need to stick with the native earth shades that shipped with the original theme — it's nothing short of sacrilegious, introducing conflicting colors to the present Material style.

However, once the skin is declared final for the Board, shall be transforming this same theme completely (for my personal use) with 3-dimensional shapes and icons in flamboyant colors, shades & animations complementing the same. In fact, have already laid the foundation with some unified codes that will allow transparency, texture and gradients.

BTW, was never in any kind of doubt about how folks would react to this Material design:—

FWIW, look forward to the responses from others on the beloved Metro look.

[QuietOne]

In the following example of Read Messages (grabbed from here,) there are 2 different colors being used:— Incorrect_Color_(READ).png Have fixed the above inconsistency on my side:— Correct_Color_(READ).png

I really really wish you'd get away from the ALL GRAY mantra! Put some COLOR into the display for those of us who have trouble with monochromatic color schemes.

This damn Gray scheme (and all the others to boot) is FLAT, BORING and HARD TO DIFFERENTIATE between one shade (of Gray) and another.

LoL . . . . . . . I can't (or rather — can but shouldn't, despite the fact that reddish-orange is my fav. color.) Need to stick with the native earth shades that shipped with the original theme — it's nothing short of sacrilegious, introducing conflicting colors to the present Material style.

However, once the skin is declared final for the Board, shall be transforming this same theme completely (for my personal use) with 3-dimensional shapes and icons in flamboyant colors, shades & animations complementing the same. In fact, have already laid the foundation with some unified codes that will allow transparency, texture and gradients.

BTW, was never in any kind of doubt about how folks would react to this Material design:—

FWIW, look forward to the responses from others on the beloved Metro look.

While I was indeed crabbin' about the "metro" look; I wasn't so much crabbin' @ you personally as I was puttin' it out there for the mgmt. And besides that, "Just because the Jones do it, doesn't mean everybody has to do it." Whatever happened to individualism???? I've seen septic tanks & cesspools that looked better and were more enticing than the "metro" look is.

Like I said earlier, the monochromatic appearance of the board is extremely hard to visually differentiate; especially at a glance!