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noventa98 | # 21 | 2009-04-28, 03:29 | Report

The new web site is certainly faster than the old version. Kudos for those who have contributed.

However it doesn't match some of the forum themes in terms of space usage, rendering speed and accessibility (I refer to the black background, but also to the ability to zoom and FTV).

I think it would be awful to loose performance on the forum. Please keep some light and speedy theme (I like the minimalistic too).

One feature request for the forum (and maybe the web site): a user pre-determined font size. I don't know if this is possible, but it would be cool. That would avoid the use of FTV function.

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Antonio

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qole | # 22 | 2009-04-28, 06:36 | Report

Originally Posted by qgil View Post

Cool!

Hum, the Search engine should crawl the future talk.maemo.org as well...

Great minds think alike.

jeremiah | # 23 | 2009-04-28, 16:06 | Report

I like it.

ekul | # 24 | 2009-04-28, 16:49 | Report

Originally Posted by noventa98 View Post

However it doesn't match some of the forum themes in terms of space usage, rendering speed and accessibility (I refer to the black background, but also to the ability to zoom and FTV).

I think it would be awful to loose performance on the forum. Please keep some light and speedy theme (I like the minimalistic too).

I agree 100%. The forums are much more enjoyable when they render quickly and without horizontal scrolling and the minimal theme works wonders for that. If the new talk.maemo theme manages to do those things great. Otherwise please include the minimal theme for those of us who use it extensively.

Caira | # 25 | 2009-04-28, 16:59 | Report

I can't tell for sure based on the posted screenshots, but the second one makes it look like the menu on the right means that the forum posts will remain narrow all the way down, and I think this a really big usability problem, especially on the tablets, which only have 800 pixels width to deal with in the first place.

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fpp | # 26 | 2009-04-28, 18:44 | Report

Originally Posted by Reggie View Post

Most probably not but then, it will all depend on the feedback we get from the members.

Well here goes : I've used "minimalistic" exclusively on my tablets ever since it became available, and I'd hate having to go back... :-)

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fpp | # 27 | 2009-04-28, 18:51 | Report

Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post

I wouldn't speak too soon. The maemo.org layout is designed to work well on tablet-sized constraints. I'd at least give it a chance rather than dismissing it out-of-hand.

Of course it will be given a chance, but to "work well" is not always the same as being quick and efficient, especially for interactive use like on a forum. I see a great deal of lateral space being wasted on the menus and boilerplate in the template, which is OK for news content on a big screen, less so for forum posts on a small one...

Originally Posted by

AFB wants to update Minimalistic for the new site and even has some feature improvements waiting to be released.

Good news that, thanks !

fpp | # 28 | 2009-04-28, 18:53 | Report

Originally Posted by daperl View Post

Yes, please have a full-featured dark theme for the following 4 reasons:

Battery and eyeball conservation
To match the Maemo 5 SDK Alpha
Me
Bundyo

Thanks

Make that five :-)

Reggie | # 29 | 2009-04-29, 05:49 | Report

The new theme is now up. Please comment, suggest improvements, and report any bugs and errors you find.

The Minimalist theme has been retained, pending improvements.

Thanks!

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qwerty12 | # 30 | 2009-04-29, 05:52 | Report

Congrats! I like it. Only thing I find (a bug?) is that the maemo.org logo in the top left corner doesn't do anything. I'm kinda used to it taking me back to http://www.internettablettalk.com

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