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[pevergreen]

Some things I have noticed:

Scrolling in a thread is incredibly jerky, even though the page has loaded.
Typing in the quick post box is very unresponsive, at the worst requiring a full second between keystrokes to recognise them.

As for using the scroll wheel on a mouse, mine works fine by just scrolling, no clicking it. As above, it is very jerky and skips around though.

[Husar]

What browsers and systems are you using?

I use Firefox in Vista and I have no problems with scrolling at all. there has to be something that's different.

[pevergreen]

Currently IE 7 in Vista.

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

It could, and I'm just guessing here, be attributed to the smooth scrolling feature. This is enabled by default in IE 7, but disabled in Firefox and (I think) Opera. For me smooth scrolling in IE and Firefox always has been extremely choppy regardless of the power of the computer I use it on. IE certainly is the worst of the two, sometimes totally freezing up when I try to scroll when a more intensive page is loading.

In IE 7, the fuction can be found by going to the "Tools" menu, selecting "Options" and then selecting the "Advanced" tab. If you cannot find the menu bar, press the "Alt" key to display it.

Scroll down in the box till you find the "Browsing" area. At the bottom of that, there should be a "Use Smooth Scrolling" checkbox. De-check it and select Ok.

After that, you should notice a massive increase in performance when scrolling overall.



BTW, has the .Org just had a downtime. Firefox was telling me that the document had no data and IE was totally stalling upon loading.

[drone]

BTW, has the .Org just had a downtime. Firefox was telling me that the document had no data and IE was totally stalling upon loading.

It was down for a while (~2 hours), I actually had to do some work when I got in this morning.

[TosaInu]

Hello,

The divider bar between stickies and normal threads is back, as well as the option to collapse them. It should now also work when there are only personal stickies in a forum.

You could experiement in the Watchtower, as there are no stickies here.

[PBI]

Thanks Tosa.

[FactionHeir]

Thanks Tosa!

[FactionHeir]

Userpage
Is it possible to change it back to the old format where the background was the same as for post background rather than a white background (I'm using The Guild)?

[pevergreen]

Thank you Tosa and Omanes!

[Ludens]

[TosaInu]

Userpage
Is it possible to change it back to the old format where the background was the same as for post background rather than a white background (I'm using The Guild)?

A white background for the userpage in the Guild skin?

[pevergreen]

In the quick reply/edit box, in the Guild skin, the inset text boxt is now a white background.

Change to the guild skin, hit quick reply and see

[FactionHeir]

Hi Tosa,
This is what I mean

Oh, and can we get that imageshack upload box in our advanced post options back?
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Oh, and that PM button in each post that opens a new window with the recipient already in it was really helpful too!

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

The page looks fine in Firefox 3 using all skins, but is bugged in IE 7.

A small issue I've just noticed is when a guest tries to acess any page they are locked out of. Rather than getting a helpful message and a log in screen as they are on other vBulletin forums, they are given a rather difficult to understand message about fixing a cookie. This may be deliberate, but it's certainly not going to assist a less knowledgeable guest in realising why they have been locked out and how to access it.

[FactionHeir]

Hmmm so its a thing with VB and IE?

Oh, and as for the error on page several people were mentioning, as you can see I got it on all pages too. But its not just an ORG problem. I get it on every page since I got IE7 (was fine with IE6)

[Martok]

Hmmm so its a thing with VB and IE?

Looks like it, yeah. Your userpage appears perfectly normal when I'm viewing it in Firefox, but I get that white background with IE.

[TosaInu]

Hi Tosa,
This is what I mean

Ah.

This didn't happen before, did it?

[FactionHeir]

Nope, previously the background was the light brown type.

[TosaInu]

Seems fixed now?

[FactionHeir]

Yes, its fixed now, thanks Tosa!

[TosaInu]

In the quick reply/edit box, in the Guild skin, the inset text boxt is now a white background.

Change to the guild skin, hit quick reply and see

Hello peverpink,

It's not white here?

[Martok]

It's a minor thing, but I was curious as to whether/when the "PM member" icon (at the bottom-right of posts) will be restored. That was another handy little feature.

[GeneralHankerchief]

It's a minor thing, but I was curious as to whether/when the "PM member" icon (at the bottom-right of posts) will be restored. That was another handy little feature.

Interesting, I had forgotten all about that. I always used the option where you clicked the user's name and selected "PM this user" from the drop-down menu.

[Spartan198]

It's a minor thing, but I was curious as to whether/when the "PM member" icon (at the bottom-right of posts) will be restored. That was another handy little feature.

Yeah, that is useful.

[TosaInu]

Hello,

The old Radio had to be upgraded too. You can find the link in SiteTools/Radio and TV.

FireFox users may have to download the plugin to fix the TV: https://forums.totalwar.org/tosa/wmpfirefoxplugin.exe

[TosaInu]

Hello,

Some browsers appear to have problems with parts of the new skin, the i-bulletin skins should work in those cases. I don't know yet what is causing the trouble, that's hopefully a matter of little time.

[pevergreen]

Has the Prefix been mentioned. I came in this morning and if you click on a prefix, it will sort them by prefix.

Cool!

[Rilder]

Middle button isn't working well. Stops after a few seconds automatically. Doesn't matter though because if you have a middle "button", its usually a wheel.

Yeah but I don't like using the wheel, its more comfortable to hold the middle mousebutton and scroll by moving my hand.

Also this only happens when viewing threads.

[CountArach]

I've got to say Tosa - I love the new World Clock feature at the bottom.