This is a 100% crop from a screen shot on my 12" Pro iPad. The icon bar there is 6mm high, whereas on this desktop screen (27") it is 8.5mm and on my 21.5" monitors it is 9" -- better but still niot obvious what it stands for: too clever by half !
As you can see from the photo, at present I get a mixture of the two icons on the site: the DPR one, while not terrific, is more recognisable. A large P and small H (PH) might be even better.
David, you just have got not used to new icon and searching by eye memory. It took me few days to start recognising new icon :) I tried inverted one too (blue letters on white background), this was much less visible.
About iDevices desktop - it is possible that it has same shape (squircle) as some other (Apple apps) icons? Can I have a screenshot (PM)?
Also another problem may be when different site icons look same (color and shape, not content). For me this currently is not a problem (no similar icons in my browsers) - but may be for some users.
Previous icon will not be used - it deviates from our intended site name (The Photo).
Are you still getting that (after a cache clearout)? There should be no DPR logos on the production site.
Alan
David, I set dev2 icon to light one. For me it does not work at all :(
I use Firefox on the desktop and Safari on iPad and iPhone.
When enlarged I can see Pi ^0, but not when small.... But it's probably my eyes: dont worry about me!
David
I'm getting back a little late here. I see the changes are in place, however I just realized that an earlier part of the discussion got dropped. Can we remove "The" from "The Sunday Cats!" Making it just "Sunday Cats!" While I'll admit that I reference it as the Sunday Cat! there has never been "The" in the "official" title. It appears that this change will also change the link to the thread home, so I would like for that to occur early, before any links are made to the existing title. Thanks!
To me „cat!“ always looks like „call“, and many times this caused me to click on it to see what the thread was about. I have no interest on cats...
David
I agreed with Alan on the slight change of title, but when the discussion started I also mentioned that I'd like it to be without "The". That got lost in the subsequent messages.
I’ll sort it out in the morning. No issue with links. The system knows by the number.
Alan
Yes, I know it always worked that way, I had hoped it would be simpler after the new set up. If this is a Misago issue, so be it.
It isn't as serious a problem as it was previously. The new web/landing page will be where we direct newcomers and finding a link from there that gets them immediately into the action of their choice is now straightforward. Newcomers aren't going to be dealing with the Forum Index until they have found their way around and by then the Index page will be less problematic.
Alan, I think we need more member feedback about the web/landing page before we proceed further.
Could you post a message with a heading like "Member's feedback needed please."
I'd like more members to look at that page and tell us what they think of the concept we are now working to; what they think of the Weekly formats; what they think of the web/landing page as a starting point for new members.
All fixed now - "Sunday Cats!" is what they will see.
Alan
Yes,I can do that - but everyone sees this post and replies.
Alan
Thank you!
I understand that they see it but there are specific questions I think we should try to get responses on so I'm suggesting being rather more pointed.
We really have had only a handful of replies. I think we need to have sorted/clarified any issues with current members before we move on. Step one is asking members to reach out to friends, other photo contacts to tell them what we are doing and invite them to have a look. We will produce a message they can use to contact anyone but at that point we don't want to be bogged down in explaining what we are about and we certainly don't want to be doing this online while potential new members are looking at us. I'd like as many of our current members as possible to look at the web/page landing page.
I'm only anticipating a handful of new members, at best, from contacts from our present members but we need to go to them first. Any feedback we get while we try it may be useful before stage 2.
The heading we are working under here is 11 days old. There was the initial announcement and then quite a bit of tech stuff. I don't think the members we need to reach will be following this line of communication which is why we need a new more direct statement to them.
Any former members who left because of the trolling activity should be invited back!
David
Mike, I made a new thread here dprevived.com/t/what-do-members-think-of-the-new-web-site-forum-structure/7058/ - you have responed to it, so you know it's there. What more do I need to do?
Alan
Yes, I know some of them and where they can be contacted and I intend contacting them. It may or may not work. Flat thread view was also an issue for them. But we will be trying to get them to have a look. Abstract/Experimental, macro/nature might tempt them.
Mike, I made a new thread here dprevived.com/t/what-do-members-think-of-the-new-web-site-forum-structure/7058/ - you have responed to it, so you know it's there. What more do I need to do?
Sorry Alan, you are right. I'm juggling a lot of balls in the air right now and I lost track of where the conversations were at.
The problem with the new thread was that it started well with a couple of responses we needed and then got diverted onto other tech issues with the Forum Index page and lost the info required re responses to the web/landing page.
If you get a minute, please remove this thread from the Dumpster:
dprevived.com/t/posts-in-here-will-be-deleted-after-15-days/6543/post/89763/
Posts are still not being deleted after 15 days and I don't see Martin fixing that issue anytime soon ...
OK - sorry. I hope it's fixed in the next version.
ALan
