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| Yes please |     | 26 | 44.07% |
| No, leave it as it is. |    | 33 | 55.93% |
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15-01-2008, 05:39 PM
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 Grapevine Forum Width? Hi Everyone, What are your thoughts about the width of the forum? Nowadays peoples monitors can handle higher resolutions, (normally 1024px to 1280px in width). This forum was originally designed 2 years back, when most people where using standard 800 x 600 monitors. Would you be happier in increasing the width? You would see more text on a line and also cater for larger images. Whats your thoughts? Please vote. All the best Ben 
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15-01-2008, 05:45 PM
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| I am okay with up to 1024px wide. |
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15-01-2008, 05:47 PM
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15-01-2008, 05:48 PM
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| I'm happy with the way it is- I belong to a few other forums and they use wider widths and they don't have quite the same 'user friendly' look about them- almost too much to be reading on one line if you get what I mean? I'm easy either way, but would prefer it to stay the same. |
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15-01-2008, 05:56 PM
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| Dagnamit! I clicked the wrong button. Looking at my screen here I have a green area either side of the main "body" of the forum, so I guess that'd suggest wider is possible for me. That said, I don't find the screen as is a problem, so if it would cause others problems, I'm equally happy to stay thin.
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15-01-2008, 06:01 PM
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| I've never had cause for complaint with existing screen so will go with whatever the majority will vote for . We're so spoilt rotten these days...
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15-01-2008, 06:21 PM
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| I vote stay the same. Out of interest isn't there supposed to be an 'optimum' width of sentence/line for easier reading? But anyway it seems fine as is on a laptop screen of 1024x768 @ 32bit colour. Another question, I view using FF on a laptop with a 'history menu' displayed down the lefthandside, will the whole width of the forum still be displayed without having to use scrolling? Having used other forums where someone posts a particularly wide message it is really tedious have to scroll back and forwards to read the messages.
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15-01-2008, 06:37 PM
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| Doesn't bother me one way or the other and there's no option for that on the vote!
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15-01-2008, 07:37 PM
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| I tend to agree with Nicos, I think I know the forum she is referring to and it doesn't seem to have the same friendly feel to it. Might be something to do with the colour too which I feel is very good for this forum as well as pleasing to the eye. Having said that, I don't really mind either way.
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16-01-2008, 03:45 PM
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| I like it as it is & am a bit worried that I might have to scroll sideways if it was increased a great deal but will be happy with whatever is decided by the majority.
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16-01-2008, 03:53 PM
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| I'd not really thought about SBP's comment on optimum words/width per line. But now that I have I realise that the width I am typing in now is much the same as if I were reading a book- maybe that's why it feels 'right'??? Just because other forums are wider doesn't mean we have to 'keep up with them' .....as if a narrower format is out of date......  |
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16-01-2008, 04:41 PM
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| Well, I like it as it is, but wont cause a fuss if it changes - I'll just get used to it I guess.
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16-01-2008, 06:51 PM
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| Nice and compact, easy to read and navigate around. If it ain't broke,don't fix it. |
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16-01-2008, 11:52 PM
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| Most 'No' posters have given their reasons, all these who have voted yes, why?
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17-01-2008, 12:03 AM
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| Some of us Ben are working with archaic machines and weak broadband strengths! Would I notice a change?
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17-01-2008, 01:25 AM
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17-01-2008, 03:38 AM
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| No, I like it as it is. It's easy to read and I only have a small monitor. Although there is a green gap down each side and so I suppose I could cope with it a little bigger, I think it actually looks quite attractive |
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17-01-2008, 09:55 AM
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| It is easy to read on my machine. I think if you have to move your eyes further to get to the end of rows it would make them ache (poor old things!). I'm all for exercise but I don't want headaches.
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17-01-2008, 07:32 PM
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 Sorry Ben, you lost me after "hi everyone ..."Whatever it is, I'm happy with how it is
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