GTPlanet's New Look, GTP11, is Live

[gearninga]

This is really cool does this mean every year this day we will have a new layout?

 

[Coxis]

Can't say I disagree with the people missing the page links on the thread lists.

 

[Jordan]

I there a specific reason for the rounding on the avatars? I personally preferred them square then people have choice to the make them rounded if they want.

It's just to provide a more consistent aesthetic. The square-edged images looked awkward next to the new rounded post container in my testing. I also find even some of the...uglier avatars look a bit more stylish with the added corner radius.

I can't see the avatars being rounded here on IE7 either by the way, Jordan.

Yeah, the rounding is done with CSS3, which older browsers don't support. In that case, everything will be squared off.

 

[Owen.C93]

Still, it doesn't solve it on say a 4 page thread.

For example I might want to resume the F1 thread from yesterday at page 2 or 3, now I can't and have to load up 1 or the last page through this new icon. Sometimes I remember a page thats three pages from the last and want to go back there the next day by clicking on the number but can't now and have to click the last page icon or load the first page.

I would like an option to have page links at the end of the thread like they were before please.

You couldn't do that anyway most of the time. Previously you had link to Page 1,2,3, and last if I remember correctly.

Edit: I'm not sure if this is something that changed with 11 or maybe my browser is getting better. But page anchors now work much more consistently so clicking the link to the last post takes me to say the 2nd post on the final page and then refreshing returns me to that post which is fine. But then scrolling down the page to near the bottom and refreshing to view any subsequent posts brings me right up the top again so it ignores my previous page position.

 

[Jondot]

The rounded avatars look fine to me - and it saves me the effort of actually making mine look pretty, which is a good thing as far as I'm concerned.

I hit the last page issue too (had no idea how often I clicked that until now...), but pretty quickly worked out what the little icon did. Can't say I've ever needed to go to a specific page, mind.

Also I formally request this flag:

 

[terminator363]

I also find even some of the...uglier avatars look a bit more stylish

Like mine?

 

[Robin]

It's just to provide a more consistent aesthetic. The square-edged images looked awkward next to the new rounded post container in my testing. I also find even some of the...uglier avatars look a bit more stylish with the added corner radius.

Thanks for the explanation Jordan 👍 ..... makes me wonder which avatars are the ugly ones though

Also I formally request this flag:

I don't think 'Gay Pride' can be classed as a country!

 

[Coxis]

There is no rounding whatsoever on IE 8 and no avatar rounding on Opera 11.51. The latter only shows container rounding.

Just reporting, I'm aware this feature may not be available on these browsers.

 

[Jordan]

This is really cool does this mean every year this day we will have a new layout?

I do change the site's look roughly once per year, but the timing is always different. You can see how the design has evolved over the years here.

Like mine?

No, of course not - your avatar is classy, in my opinion. I was just playfully referring to some of the troll face / rage comic avatars.

 

[shirakawaa]

As modern LCD displays are getting wider and wider I'm somewhat puzzled at the choice to limit the site width to 980 pixels for the sake of consistency. Even square 1280x1024 displays are inefficiently used with this layout.

 

[Alex.]

Rounded corners, rounded corners everywhere.

 

[gearninga]

I do change the site's look roughly once per year, but the timing is always different. You can see how the design has evolved over the years here.

Awesome Thanks for the reply

 

[Jordan]

As modern LCD displays are getting wider and wider I'm somewhat puzzled at the choice to limit the site width to 980 pixels for the sake of consistency. Even square 1280x1024 displays are inefficiently used with this layout.

It's for consistency and usability/readability. As I mentioned in the announcement, shorter line measures are generally considered much easier to read - that's why newspapers, magazines, and books often have narrow columns of text, and that's why most websites today employ a fixed-width layout as you see here.

If you prefer it the old way, feel free to revert to the old, full page width in your account settings.

 

[G.T.Ace]

Using the fixed layout right now, liking it so far. Just one thing I dislike a bit: To go to the latest post of a thread, you have to click on the time/date, I kinda miss a special button there.

EDIT: Forget it, already fixed. Great job.

EDIT²: No, wait, only for the subforum links etc. Never mind, works this way too, but it might be confusing for other members.

 

[Müle]

No, of course not - your avatar is classy, in my opinion. I was just playfully referring to some of the troll face / rage comic avatars.

I'd sooner have a Trollface avatar than a My Little Pony avatar.

I still can't figure out how that became the latest fad.

 

[SoopamanLuva]

I think the new look is great, unfortunately the width has caused some of my championship images to get resized, guess I'll be using the full width option

 

[chromatic9]

About the page links again.

I liked how it made threads stand out to others instantly, I miss the visual key when the page and many threads load up. You can look across and look at numbers but the old way also shows an active or week old thread and new thread instantly. In the photomode forums there's many similar thread titles and say I go back a few hours or the next day I will get or already have a visual representation of the threads. Now they blend into one and have to start looking across or longer before the thread I want jumps out. Before I could do this with hardly looking thanks to the visual clues.

 

[UnionStrike]

Argh change, I hate change.

Hopefully it'll grow on me, fixed width is definitely driving me crazy now, with all those wasted empty space.

 

[Prince.M5]

Argh change, I hate change.

Hopefully it'll grow on me, fixed width is definitely driving me crazy now, with all those wasted empty space.

Haha, well better for you to get used to it since we might have changes every year.

If you don't like the fixed width, you can change back to the wider (full width) in your options, in there choose the 'Wide' option and you're done

 

[dhandeh]

Cant beat a little change around!

 

[Jondot]

I don't think 'Gay Pride' can be classed as a country!

Sure it can!

Brighton's a country, right?

 

[Terronium-12]

I love it. I never have any of the adaptability problems some have voiced here, even with the pre-update changes I just adapted instantly.

I do wish there was an alternate, almost mirrored version of GTP where everything was...different, yet almost the same. What say you, Jordan?

 

[sniper338]

I like how holding the cursor over the flag tells what country it is. A must for us geographically illiterate people.

 

[gt4rulez]

Looks nice!

 

[UnionStrike]

Haha, well better for you to get used to it since we might have changes every year.

If you don't like the fixed width, you can change back to the wider (full width) in your options, in there choose the 'Wide' option and you're done

I'm aware of that.

Everything is still oddly placed and rearranged, my inner OCD is going haywire.

Also, where did the search bar go?? There used to be one on the upper right area of any given page.

 

[Jordan]

I love it. I never have any of the adaptability problems some have voiced here, even with the pre-update changes I just adapted instantly.

I do wish there was an alternate, almost mirrored version of GTP where everything was...different, yet almost the same. What say you, Jordan?

That would be nice (I've wanted to create a 'dark' theme for years), but it's ultimately not practical. In addition from the up-front development and testing required, another skin/theme would effectively double my maintenance workload.

 

[HOODFIELD]

What happened to the page count after threads? I understand it cleans things up a bit but now more clicky when I want to go to the 2nd to last page, etc.

I hate to complain, but I could not agree more. Kind of frustrating I have an extra click for every subscribed thread now.

 

[Prince.M5]

Also, where did the search bar go?? There used to be one on the upper right area of any given page.

It's now in the yellow box on the top right which will take you straight to the advanced search...

 

[Phoenix]

Great new look of the website, Jordan...

👍

 

[Sselecta]

Loving it! Well done! 👍