META: What is going on with the forum landing page?

jrpa

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Re: META: What is going on with the forum landing page? June 29, 2017 at 06:25 PM UTC #

Can we please get back on topic? This is not a thread about me. It's a thread about technical issues affecting me.

sweetcell

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Re: META: What is going on with the forum landing page? June 29, 2017 at 07:01 PM UTC #

vansmack wrote:
Got wrote:
the angled silhouette graphic at the top drives me insane

This.

this this.

i have a 1920 x 1080 monitor, and i can read ONE post on the initial screen load. the other 90% of the initial screen is graphics and nav. i'm here for the posts, not the logos. i imagine that folks on smaller screens won't see any posts at all, they need to scroll down to start reading content. worse-case scenario: a newbie decides to check out the forum, clicks on a thread they think could be interesting, get to a page with no content, and bounce on outta here.

and belated THANK YOU for making the mobile version responsive!!!

grateful

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Re: META: What is going on with the forum landing page? June 29, 2017 at 09:24 PM UTC #

Feh. Put your screen in portrait mode.

vansmack

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Re: META: What is going on with the forum landing page? June 29, 2017 at 09:42 PM UTC #

excontradiction wrote:
Feh. Put your screen in portrait mode.

I agree for mobile, but for desktop and laptop too? That seems like a complete waste…..

sweetcell

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Re: META: What is going on with the forum landing page? June 29, 2017 at 09:44 PM UTC #

excontradiction wrote:
Feh. Put your screen in portrait mode.

gonna be tough to type on my laptop with it sitting on its side…

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Re: META: What is going on with the forum landing page? June 30, 2017 at 12:58 PM UTC #

I have my desktop monitor in portrait mode. I will always work this way.

Sidehatch

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Re: META: What is going on with the forum landing page? June 30, 2017 at 02:27 PM UTC #

excontradiction wrote:
I have my desktop monitor in portrait mode. I will always work this way.

when I managed the service desk, there was always a very long list of open items
I always had one 27inch monitor in portrait mode as I could see like 50 open issues on one page (vs 15 in landscape)

but I am fond of landscape for everything else

hutch

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Re: META: What is going on with the forum landing page? June 30, 2017 at 03:41 PM UTC #

Riveting

jrpa

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Re: META: What is going on with the forum landing page? June 30, 2017 at 03:56 PM UTC #

Side-majeure wrote:
excontradiction wrote:
I have my desktop monitor in portrait mode. I will always work this way.

when I managed the service desk, there was always a very long list of open items
I always had one 27inch monitor in portrait mode as I could see like 50 open issues on one page (vs 15 in landscape)

but I am fond of landscape for everything else

I have always positioned them in landscape but now that I'm reading this, the rightmost of my three I'm considering putting portrait mode because I have something I'm in and out of all day that'd display perfectly in portrait.

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Re: META: What is going on with the forum landing page? July 01, 2017 at 03:30 PM UTC #

You're welcome.