Can the colors and fonts be changed to match what there is now?
The stark white background with the greyish table background and the text color immediately cause me severe eye strain. the Beta side is completely unusable for me.
Is there any way the CSS from the current incarnation of the site can be made an option on the new one? Especially the green CSS. If not there's no way I could be a member of these forums if they moved to that appearance.
The current look and feel of the sight is very soft and visually comfortable. The new site has a harsh look to it and glaring color contrasts next to light contrasts, a known cause of eye strain (it's the reason I abandoned the WoTC forums and came over here)
New features I am cool with, but MTGS as it is today is the single most visually comfortable forum I have ever read. The Beta site looks like every other terribly designed forum site out there. Harsh colors, poor font choices, to much emphasis on black and white and strongly contrasting colors next to each other.
Also, are all of the threads supposed to be up to date on the beta version?
Lots of mana tags are showing up as Chaos symbols.
Ditto in the card database, for example Abandon Hope's mana cost is :chaos::1mana::symb:
I believe the threads should be a few days old from when they updated the info from MTGS. It really shouldnt be a functional mirror of the main scite as I think they just imported info to have stuff to test the beta with.
I don't know about the mana tags. You might bring that up in the feedback thread if it seems to be an issue.
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Can the colors and fonts be changed to match what there is now?
The stark white background with the greyish table background and the text color immediately cause me severe eye strain. the Beta side is completely unusable for me.
Is there any way the CSS from the current incarnation of the site can be made an option on the new one? Especially the green CSS. If not there's no way I could be a member of these forums if they moved to that appearance.
The current look and feel of the sight is very soft and visually comfortable. The new site has a harsh look to it and glaring color contrasts next to light contrasts, a known cause of eye strain (it's the reason I abandoned the WoTC forums and came over here)
Mm, that's why skins would work wonders. Don't have them yet, will bug the Curse techs for them.
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Mm, that's why skins would work wonders. Don't have them yet, will bug the Curse techs for them.
Thanks. If they could match the current look and feel that would be awesome. Especially the green forum CSS. It's incredibly soft visually and causes zero eye strain. Verdana font is also been shown to cause less eye strain than Arial (Arial is actually one of the worse fonts for eye strain due to all the variety in character widths)
Also, are all of the threads supposed to be up to date on the beta version?
Lots of mana tags are showing up as Chaos symbols.
Ditto in the card database, for example Abandon Hope's mana cost is :chaos::1mana::symb:
Please post this in the feedback sub. We've got techs (in addition to the admins and staff ;)) following it religiously for broken stuff and suggestions, and I don't want to have anything missed because it was in the wrong place.
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I'd quite like to get some serious bug-testing started for the beta. The more people we have trying stuff out and searching for things that don't work, the more bugs we'll find, and the better we'll be able to characterise them (so the Curse techs can fix them more quickly). If you fancy doing some bug hunting and testing yourself, PM me.
Other than the not having a dark skin I can use (the white skin is already hurting my eyes) I've noticed some annoying issues with avatars:
1. All of the corners are rounded, not allowing for 100x100 true square avatars.
2. The avatars seem to be raised or have some sort of shading around it which is very annoying especially when looking at certain avatars (see The Warden's avatar for example).
3. The little green dot in the corner of avatars when you are online is also annoying. Especially if a person has text at the bottom of an avatar.
4. I don't like having a blank picture for people without avatars. It would be nice if it just showed nothing like the current site does.
Basically make it so that the avatars are 100% like people uploaded it as and don't try to mess around or put stuff over.
EDIT: Also I seem to be unable to change the number of posts per page (I don't see an option to change it), which is extremely annoying for something like Mafia which prefers my current of 60 ppp.
Why is Curse making you switch over to this forum structure? It looks horrible. I don't understand the bonus to it except that there are more little Curse flames around.
Why is Curse making you switch over to this forum structure? It looks horrible. I don't understand the bonus to it except that there are more little Curse flames around.
Honestly, I agree with this. Why not just super-impose the Curse border over this site? Done and done, imo.
Maybe after the bugs get sorted out I will appreciate it more. I don't mind the "new" layout so much, as MTGS is ancient and I've always lambasted it that, but currently I'd call the beta barely usable as a forum fanatic.
Maybe after the bugs get sorted out I will appreciate it more. I don't mind the "new" layout so much, as MTGS is ancient and I've always lambasted it that, but currently I'd call the beta barely usable as a forum fanatic.
I agree on the barely usable. There is so much missing, while some of the new stuff is just annoying. Here is a quick list of things I've noticed already:
More things to note:
Why is the post box automatically double return? If anything it should be automatically single return. Also I am not able to find the place to change this return.
Is there a place to have preset fonts and colors. Right now I don't even see a place to change the font in the post box.
Also why is there no post page? It seems like I can only quick reply right now. I miss having an entire page dedicated for post writing and not having it clogged with other posts. Also there are a lot of post functionality missing such as the preset smiles that you can easily get to (or most of the smiles for that matter).
The quick reply box is really, really wide. While I like having posts be widescreened, writing posts in the quick reply box on wide is actually really annoying and a little hard to follow as not everything is in my field of vision.
Also we are missing things like locations, join date, blog posts, and the flag under the avatar.
It is sort of hard to tell who is a mod and such. It took me a while to see the five color next to a name. It would be nice if staff still had different name colors or formatting or something so it is easier to tell.
A lot of longer names are being cut off with a "..." such as ExpiredRascals which to me appears to be "ExpiredRas..." This is just plain annoying.
Speaking of annoying the most annoying thing is the avatars next to names of who posted on a thread. They are too small to tell what they are or who they are, but so colorful that they are distracting. Either get rid of them or at the very least give an option to turn them off.
EDIT: Also I personally don't like this function, but in the interest of being thorough, what happened to the thank you function?
Just got to say, you've definitely earned distinction as an MTGS hero
Quote from Stardust »
Because he's the hero MTGS deserves, and the one it needs right now. So we'll global him. Because he can take it. Because he's not just our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. An expired rascal.
Quote from LuckNorris »
ExpiredRascals you sir are a god-like hero.
Quote from Lanxal »
ER is a masterful god who cannot be beaten in any endeavour.
I do think some discussion is warranted on why Curse decided it was time to pull the trigger on a new forum. Admins feigned enthusiasm ITT is surely appreciated by the people telling them to tell us about it but I don't think anyone here is fooled.
First, it takes forever to load and i have amazing internet speeds. Second, IT says my Curse ID is already Taken, and i'm the ONLY person who uses this name. I use it for everything, and apparently when i inputted my recover password, it still says someone like me exists, which is bull****.
So, I implore someone to fix this travesty, before i stop using MTGS compeltely.. and another waste of however many years i've put into this game and forum. I'm tired of losing **** because of ****ups from companies that can care less about their customers.
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I posted in the thread I saw a conversation in. I wasn't listing bugs.
Well, complaining here isn't going to be nearly a productive as listing problems in the appropriate place. They have been incredibly responsive to the reports so far and if you don't like something we can work with that. That's why we have a beta site, right?
Well, complaining here isn't going to be nearly a productive as listing problems in the appropriate place. They have been incredibly responsive to the reports so far and if you don't like something we can work with that. That's why we have a beta site, right?
So what's the appropriate place to report problems which prevent me from posting in the appropriate place for reporting problems?
As this is a 3 day old import, all posts that are 3 days or older are supposed to be there.
The stark white background with the greyish table background and the text color immediately cause me severe eye strain. the Beta side is completely unusable for me.
Is there any way the CSS from the current incarnation of the site can be made an option on the new one? Especially the green CSS. If not there's no way I could be a member of these forums if they moved to that appearance.
The current look and feel of the sight is very soft and visually comfortable. The new site has a harsh look to it and glaring color contrasts next to light contrasts, a known cause of eye strain (it's the reason I abandoned the WoTC forums and came over here)
New features I am cool with, but MTGS as it is today is the single most visually comfortable forum I have ever read. The Beta site looks like every other terribly designed forum site out there. Harsh colors, poor font choices, to much emphasis on black and white and strongly contrasting colors next to each other.
I believe the threads should be a few days old from when they updated the info from MTGS. It really shouldnt be a functional mirror of the main scite as I think they just imported info to have stuff to test the beta with.
I don't know about the mana tags. You might bring that up in the feedback thread if it seems to be an issue.
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Mm, that's why skins would work wonders. Don't have them yet, will bug the Curse techs for them.
@MirrorEntity: I have no idea what "comments" mean.
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Thanks. If they could match the current look and feel that would be awesome. Especially the green forum CSS. It's incredibly soft visually and causes zero eye strain. Verdana font is also been shown to cause less eye strain than Arial (Arial is actually one of the worse fonts for eye strain due to all the variety in character widths)
Please post this in the feedback sub. We've got techs (in addition to the admins and staff ;)) following it religiously for broken stuff and suggestions, and I don't want to have anything missed because it was in the wrong place.
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1. All of the corners are rounded, not allowing for 100x100 true square avatars.
2. The avatars seem to be raised or have some sort of shading around it which is very annoying especially when looking at certain avatars (see The Warden's avatar for example).
3. The little green dot in the corner of avatars when you are online is also annoying. Especially if a person has text at the bottom of an avatar.
4. I don't like having a blank picture for people without avatars. It would be nice if it just showed nothing like the current site does.
Basically make it so that the avatars are 100% like people uploaded it as and don't try to mess around or put stuff over.
EDIT: Also I seem to be unable to change the number of posts per page (I don't see an option to change it), which is extremely annoying for something like Mafia which prefers my current of 60 ppp.
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Honestly, I agree with this. Why not just super-impose the Curse border over this site? Done and done, imo.
I agree on the barely usable. There is so much missing, while some of the new stuff is just annoying. Here is a quick list of things I've noticed already:
More things to note:
Why is the post box automatically double return? If anything it should be automatically single return. Also I am not able to find the place to change this return.
Is there a place to have preset fonts and colors. Right now I don't even see a place to change the font in the post box.
Also why is there no post page? It seems like I can only quick reply right now. I miss having an entire page dedicated for post writing and not having it clogged with other posts. Also there are a lot of post functionality missing such as the preset smiles that you can easily get to (or most of the smiles for that matter).
The quick reply box is really, really wide. While I like having posts be widescreened, writing posts in the quick reply box on wide is actually really annoying and a little hard to follow as not everything is in my field of vision.
Also we are missing things like locations, join date, blog posts, and the flag under the avatar.
It is sort of hard to tell who is a mod and such. It took me a while to see the five color next to a name. It would be nice if staff still had different name colors or formatting or something so it is easier to tell.
A lot of longer names are being cut off with a "..." such as ExpiredRascals which to me appears to be "ExpiredRas..." This is just plain annoying.
Speaking of annoying the most annoying thing is the avatars next to names of who posted on a thread. They are too small to tell what they are or who they are, but so colorful that they are distracting. Either get rid of them or at the very least give an option to turn them off.
EDIT: Also I personally don't like this function, but in the interest of being thorough, what happened to the thank you function?
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I am posting in both places as the discussion seems to be split between the two.
It's much more useful over there.
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I posted in the thread I saw a conversation in. I wasn't listing bugs.
Though most of the posters seem to be here hence the both places. Plus the less time I have to spend looking at the blinding white the better for me.
So, I implore someone to fix this travesty, before i stop using MTGS compeltely.. and another waste of however many years i've put into this game and forum. I'm tired of losing **** because of ****ups from companies that can care less about their customers.
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Well, complaining here isn't going to be nearly a productive as listing problems in the appropriate place. They have been incredibly responsive to the reports so far and if you don't like something we can work with that. That's why we have a beta site, right?
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So what's the appropriate place to report problems which prevent me from posting in the appropriate place for reporting problems?
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