Reality Check

yes, the forum index.

more evidenced and visible avatar thumbnail...

  On 5/1/2013 at 7:17 AM, usagi said:

btw Joyrex, is it possible to implement some kind of super-lightweight theme that minimises the number of page elements/images? something similar to the mobile theme but for desktop use. I'd like to continue browsing watmm at work but the internet access costs here are pretty high.

Sounds like an XLT skin. That would be fun! Bringing XLT back from the dead at watmm...

;d

  On 4/30/2013 at 9:01 PM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

yes, the forum index.

 

 

more evidenced and visible avatar thumbnail...

Could you post a screenshot? Still not sure what you're on about.

  On 5/1/2013 at 6:02 AM, usagi said:

WATMM Classic fluid-width skin is borked again. this happens like every week now.

Ah, I'll check it and fix it if that's the case. these updates are always breaking the cache system.

  On 5/1/2013 at 8:31 AM, goDel said:

 

  On 5/1/2013 at 7:17 AM, usagi said:

btw Joyrex, is it possible to implement some kind of super-lightweight theme that minimises the number of page elements/images? something similar to the mobile theme but for desktop use. I'd like to continue browsing watmm at work but the internet access costs here are pretty high.

Sounds like an XLT skin. That would be fun! Bringing XLT back from the dead at watmm...

;d

 

Well, the main place you get a lot of page loads is the avatars themselves... most of the skins are pure CSS (the default skin and the WATMM Classic skin are not though). I'm testing out a skin right now, and I know there is a similar one that is iPad friendly, so that might be the compromise you're seeking...

these forums are really great. the format is the most impressive of any forum i've seen. i can see you're going for an awesome thing. its rather expensive. i will be contributing more.

  On 5/2/2013 at 4:27 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 4/30/2013 at 9:01 PM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

yes, the forum index.

 

 

more evidenced and visible avatar thumbnail...

Could you post a screenshot? Still not sure what you're on about.

i'm just suggesting, you want me to post a screenshot of something you haven't done already? far out dude.

  On 5/3/2013 at 5:27 PM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

 

  On 5/2/2013 at 4:27 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 4/30/2013 at 9:01 PM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

yes, the forum index.

 

 

more evidenced and visible avatar thumbnail...

Could you post a screenshot? Still not sure what you're on about.

i'm just suggesting, you want me to post a screenshot of something you haven't done already? far out dude.

 

No, I mean what you're referring to - I still don't understand exactly what part of the UI you're referring to that needs more emphasis...

make the name of the thread starter bold in the thread list, for example

  On 5/3/2013 at 5:29 PM, Joyrex said:

No, I mean what you're referring to - I still don't understand exactly what part of the UI you're referring to that needs more emphasis...

something like this, just like the old forum:

  On 5/3/2013 at 5:40 PM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

 

  On 5/3/2013 at 5:29 PM, Joyrex said:

No, I mean what you're referring to - I still don't understand exactly what part of the UI you're referring to that needs more emphasis...

something like this, just like the old forum:

 

Ah, OK - I see what you're saying now - I guess they got rid of that column as it was redundant. I can see how it's useful for an at-a-glance view though.

you could implement that bar at the very left, where the stars are (well, stars or circles)

images in posts show as dots or full stops until they load properly. what's the dealio?

  On 5/8/2013 at 12:51 PM, keltoi said:

images in posts show as dots or full stops until they load properly. what's the dealio?

That's a new experiment with "lazy loading" where images load after the HTML has fully rendered, hopefully speeding up page load times and reducing overall strain on the server with requests.

I was just about to post something about that -- I can totally deal, but the result in an image-heavy thread is that when you go to newest post, then the pics all load and the post you meant to start on is way back down the page because once the images load it shifts all the texts back upward, which is kind of irritating (but again, something I can live with).

aye it's pretty f***ing annoying and i don't think i can live with it.

*kills self*

It's super annoying. But it's only the picture heavy threads where it's problem.

(which is most threads)

I honestly haven't noticed any difference myself (either way) - I'll see as far as page load times are concerned, and if there's no appreciable difference, I'll disable it.

Why the fuck is my browser farting when i view this forum????

Just some fun... switch to any theme other than "WATMM Classic" if it bothers you. It will probably go away tomorrow at the latest.

fixed width themes fucked again, no logo, no new content dots...

  On 5/21/2013 at 8:55 PM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

fixed width themes fucked again, no logo, no new content dots...

Ran the skin caches again... see if that fixes things.

Can't embed youtube videos or images using the new skin. Changed to the old one.

Also, whenever there is an event like BOC stream, or Autechre broadcast, CHATMM always gets full. Is there anyway that we could either up the limit, or have another chatroom be created when there is an expectation for high traffic such as featured artists events?

Just from what I've seen I think 30 might be sufficient, but it will also be very chaotic.

  On 6/4/2013 at 7:05 AM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

Also, whenever there is an event like BOC stream, or Autechre broadcast, CHATMM always gets full. Is there anyway that we could either up the limit, or have another chatroom be created when there is an expectation for high traffic such as featured artists events?

i second this.

  On 6/4/2013 at 7:17 AM, usagi said:

 

  On 6/4/2013 at 7:06 AM, Hoodie said:

 

  On 6/4/2013 at 7:05 AM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

Also, whenever there is an event like BOC stream, or Autechre broadcast, CHATMM always gets full. Is there anyway that we could either up the limit, or have another chatroom be created when there is an expectation for high traffic such as featured artists events?

 

i second this.

 

 

thirded, although I can guarantee that it'll get messy anyway. CHATMM can be noisy/hard to keep up with, with even just 10 active people. also it seems to lag a lot with just that amount of users, it'd probably cost to allocate more bandwidth. but I'm just specualtin' there.

 

i've heard this argument a lot and it just doesn't click for me. i've been in irc rooms full of people and i've rarely had a problem with keeping up.

the bandwidth could be a problem though.