New forum discussion here!

Last-12-Exit

still blows

PJ_Soul

I'm not getting email notifications anymore, and i didn't change my settings. Just me?

papa_pearls_jam.pj20

bobasfeet said:

LONG time member checking in. I rarely complain about anything here. I have to say I am not a fan of the new design. As a matter of fact, it has discouraged me from participating around here. I'm hoping these suggestions for change are taken into account. Rock on PJ!

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Gold 26

Kept away for a month, still looks terrible then. For shame.

AmherstJammer

This new forum is making my eyesight go to hell… If only there was a way here to change the background color and the font color and size...

PJ_Soul

AmherstJammer said:

This new forum is making my eyesight go to hell… If only there was a way here to change the background color and the font color and size...

There is! http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/228722/enough-of-this-malarky-forum-fix-for-firefox-chrome/p1

Works great.

demetrios

For a certain many of you that are posting their hate here about the new change I'm very VERY shocked & confused as I see ya's posting on Facebook & Twitter non stop. Those social media pages have white backgrounds too. They have black & blue texts as well. It's the same thing! The text might be a little smaller here, but it's not that hard using your keyboard and simply clicking Ctrl + to make the text bigger or Ctrl - to make the text smaller. On the 19" PC monitor & 42" HDTV, by default settings, I don't see any problems. Maybe cause I use Facebook & Twitter all the time. Only change I would like to the new forum is maybe a bigger default text. But that's pretty much it.

Pingfah

I think the forum would be fine if they just made the font size bigger, and more clearly delineated between each post. Feature wise, it's OK, and having the forum list down the left works really well.

Leezestarr313

Pingfah, have you considered using the user script? It really makes the forum almost look like before. The font is readable, the background isn't as gleaming, the posts are not morphing into each other ... PJ_Soul posted the link above. Give it a try!

dustinpardue

The forum is what it is, don't mind it. I'm rarely here anymore because it is blocked at my workplace now. No fair!

Lost In Ohio

So, apparently "private messages" are called conversations and can be read by Kat and Sea...just saying.

But yeah, the amount of white...the human eye isn't meant to look at a bright light for a long period of time. Try looking straight at the sun or a flashlight...similar effect. It's why I prefer a "dark" or "night" theme on a lot of sites. I believe the guy at maddox.xmission.com said that's why his site is dark with white text.

shetellsherself

I can't post from the mobile format anymore. I have to switch to the full site to be able to post. This used to be hit and miss but now very consistent. Anybody else?

Edit... Actually appears to happen only in AET. I posted this fine from mobile format.

Kat

Lost In Ohio said:

So, apparently "private messages" are called conversations and can be read by Kat and Sea...just saying.

Not sure where you're getting that. I thought I was helping you when I sent you the message that was posted to your PUBLIC Activity Wall. I was sure you'd want to have your Private Message private by using MESSAGE instead of ACTIVITY when you contact someone. Clicking on someone's name will show an open text box but it's the ACTIVITY text box. The MESSAGE option is at the upper right when you open that window.

Admin

elvistheking44

This board is 100 times better than the last one. FYI, Facebook is on a white background. Not sure why people think Facebook is different, these boards are almost identical aside from having fake friends.

JWPearl

This thread still going 8->

demetrios

For anyone using Instagram, it's never been so easy to post an image on the new message board. For example .. http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/230089/eddie-onstage-with-bruce-in-melbourne

aNiMaL

Testing testing....is this thing on? I should check in here more often.

jrnyc

I keep coming back here hoping this forum has changed for the better, but same eyesore still exists. Doesn't seem like anybody at 10c cares about this. Oh well.

ceska

It is the combination of white background, tiny text, lengthy signatures, and minimalist dividers between posts that collectively make the new forum a headache to view and read. On the old forum you had white "blocks" for each post on a black background which made it oh so easy to distinguish one post from another. The white background was where it needed to be - behind the text of each post, and not all over the screen.

elvistheking44 said:

This board is 100 times better than the last one. FYI, Facebook is on a white background. Not sure why people think Facebook is different, these boards are almost identical aside from having fake friends.

chadwick

Kat said:

Lost In Ohio said:

So, apparently "private messages" are called conversations and can be read by Kat and Sea...just saying.

Not sure where you're getting that. I thought I was helping you when I sent you the message that was posted to your PUBLIC Activity Wall. I was sure you'd want to have your Private Message private by using MESSAGE instead of ACTIVITY when you contact someone. Clicking on someone's name will show an open text box but it's the ACTIVITY text box. The MESSAGE option is at the upper right when you open that window.

Admin

i gotta say whatever a activity wall is, it is mindboggling as to why they are used & how easily folks are misguided or not informed or whatever. i would imagine private messaging here have dropped 93% if not more. it is a fact that a lot of people do not trust the private message feature.

it is ok though; in a year or so this will all change again as it always does. this next time couldn't get any worse could it?
next switch will have 17 activity walls each, yes/no? private messages will be in audio & video, yes/no
please do not get them mixed up when sending multiple lovey dovey messages to the ladies

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