The Computer Audiophile Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Hi Guys - This thread is here to log any issues that you find with the site and to provide any feedback you wish. As usual, all feedback, good, bad, indifferent, is welcome. It has been a long weekend and I'm sure I missed a few things in my final run-through of the site. Please let me know what you find. In addition, I still have a lot of housekeeping to do and will get to it as soon as possible. A few issues I am working through: Front page articles need some of the code that didn't transfer over from the previous site removed (it's still visible in some articles). Article, not forum, attachments need to be re-attached (this will keep e busy for a while). Blog attachments need to be re-attached (this will also keep me busy for a while). I am creating URL redirect so some of the old URLs / web addresses will still work. Please let me know if you want your favorite thread to still work with the old URL (test to make sure I haven't created it already). Notes: Support for the iOS and Android apps has been discontinued. P.S. I still have access to the old site incase someone thinks they lost something. DuckToller 1 Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
kirkmc Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 It looks good, and I checked out the responsive version, and it scales well to mobile devices. I write about Macs, music, and more at Kirkville. Author of Take Control of macOS Media Apps. Co-host of The Next Track podcast. Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Just now, kirkmc said: It looks good, and I checked out the responsive version, and it scales well to mobile devices. Wonderful. Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
Theobetley Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I have to admit I missed CA over the weekend. Glad you are back. Looks good but do we no longer have new posts? eternaloptimist 1 Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 1 minute ago, Theobetley said: I have to admit I missed CA over the weekend. Glad you are back. Looks good but do we no longer have new posts? Check out the top menu under Activity. Is this what you want? Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
Booster MPS Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 1 minute ago, Theobetley said: I have to admit I missed CA over the weekend. Glad you are back. Looks good but do we no longer have new posts? Top Right of the page above the CA logo there is an "unread content" link. One question Chris, the formatting seems to be rather narrow on my Chrome browser with lots of white space in the margin. Given the length of some of our posts scrolling down might not be convenient. Any thoughts on that? jhwalker 1 Link to comment
Popular Post semente Posted March 19, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 19, 2017 This layout is similar to the "new" HifiWigwam layout... I wish I could praise it but it's slow to load and wastes lots of screen space. I hate it. R hornytoad, modmix and mourip 3 "Science draws the wave, poetry fills it with water" Teixeira de Pascoaes HQPlayer Desktop / Mac mini → Intona 7054 → RME ADI-2 DAC FS (DSD256) Link to comment
Theobetley Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 3 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said: Check out the top menu under Activity. Is this what you want? yes Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 1 minute ago, Booster MPS said: Top Right of the page above the CA logo there is an "unread content" link. One question Chris, the formatting seems to be rather narrow on my Chrome browser with lots of white space in the margin. Given the length of some of our posts scrolling down might not be convenient. Any thoughts on that? I'm glad you asked. I did a lot of research on the appropriate width of text / paragraphs etc... and most of it said about 70 characters / 10 words wide was the sweet spot. Thanks for the feedback. I can always make tweaks to improve the experience. orgel 1 Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
semente Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Actually CA is loading adequately but who wants all this scrolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllling? "Science draws the wave, poetry fills it with water" Teixeira de Pascoaes HQPlayer Desktop / Mac mini → Intona 7054 → RME ADI-2 DAC FS (DSD256) Link to comment
bogi Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 New posts: try the icon on the top, third from right side.https://www.computeraudiophile.com/discover/unread/ i7 11850H + RTX A2000 Win11 HQPlayer ► Topping HS02 ► 2x iFi iSilencer ► SMSL D300 ► DIY headamp DHA1 ► HiFiMan HE-500 Link to comment
bogi Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I observed added lines between paragraphs in articles as well as forum posts. I am on Windows, I checked that on Firefox, Chrome and IE - the same. i7 11850H + RTX A2000 Win11 HQPlayer ► Topping HS02 ► 2x iFi iSilencer ► SMSL D300 ► DIY headamp DHA1 ► HiFiMan HE-500 Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 4 minutes ago, semente said: This layout is similar to the "new" HifiWigwam layout... I wish I could praise it but it's slow to load and wastes lots of screen space. I hate it. R Thanks for the feedback. The slowness you see concerns me. I can't reproduce it yet, but I'll continue to try. Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
Popular Post jhwalker Posted March 19, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 19, 2017 1 minute ago, The Computer Audiophile said: I'm glad you asked. I did a lot of research on the appropriate width of text / paragraphs etc... and most of it said about 70 characters / 10 words wide was the sweet spot. Thanks for the feedback. I can always make tweaks to improve the experience. I agree - I would like to see it about 2x as wide. I'm using Safari (scaling at 125%) and the new format only covers <50% of the page Looking forward to using the new site, though Missed you, and appreciated the updates posted to the main page during the migration. pl_svn and Booster MPS 2 John Walker - IT Executive Headphone - SonicTransporter i9 running Roon Server > Netgear Orbi > Blue Jeans Cable Ethernet > mRendu Roon endpoint > Topping D90 > Topping A90d > Dan Clark Expanse / HiFiMan H6SE v2 / HiFiman Arya Stealth Home Theater / Music -SonicTransporter i9 running Roon Server > Netgear Orbi > Blue Jeans Cable HDMI > Denon X3700h > Anthem Amp for front channels > Revel F208-based 5.2.4 Atmos speaker system Link to comment
audiventory Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Preview of post content in "unread" is good feature. AuI ConverteR 48x44 - HD audio converter/optimizer for DAC of high resolution files ISO, DSF, DFF (1-bit/D64/128/256/512/1024), wav, flac, aiff, alac, safe CD ripper to PCM/DSF, Seamless Album Conversion, AIFF, WAV, FLAC, DSF metadata editor, Mac & WindowsOffline conversion save energy and nature Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, bogi said: I observed are added lines between paragraphs in articles as well as forum posts. I am on Windows, I checked that on Firefox, Chrome and IE - the same. Hi Bogi - Yes, I believe this is a formatting issue from the conversion. New stuff going forward should have that issue and the stuff I go back and edit shouldn't have the issue. Thanks for the report. Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
semente Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 4 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said: Thanks for the feedback. The slowness you see concerns me. I can't reproduce it yet, but I'll continue to try. Chris, Can you reduce the space between lines in text and widen the thread boxes? That would probably solve it. R "Science draws the wave, poetry fills it with water" Teixeira de Pascoaes HQPlayer Desktop / Mac mini → Intona 7054 → RME ADI-2 DAC FS (DSD256) Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, semente said: Chris, Can you reduce the space between lines in text and widen the thread boxes? That would probably solve it. R Thanks for the suggestions. Here is one article, of thousands, about the best width of paragraphs for readability and user experience etc... https://baymard.com/blog/line-length-readability Are you saying the space between continuous lines of text is too much or between paragraphs or both? Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
arglebargle Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 My hopefully constructive feedback is that I really miss the name of the most recent poster to a thread from the index. The avatar indicator gives a hint, but only if the user has an avatar and you recognize it. Link to comment
Popular Post semente Posted March 19, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said: Thanks for the suggestions. Here is one article, of thousands, about the best width of paragraphs for readability and user experience etc... https://baymard.com/blog/line-length-readability Are you saying the space between continuous lines of text is too much or between paragraphs or both? I'd say both but the paragraphs definitely, as can be seen in the attached screenshot. A single message with signature will occupy the whole of my 21.5'' iMac display... I think that this layout looks very good but wastes a lot of space. sphinxsix, RunHomeSlow, pl_svn and 2 others 5 "Science draws the wave, poetry fills it with water" Teixeira de Pascoaes HQPlayer Desktop / Mac mini → Intona 7054 → RME ADI-2 DAC FS (DSD256) Link to comment
Booster MPS Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 @The Computer Audiophile (just trying the tagging there....) Thanks for the reply. Will be interesting to get other's experience on column width. The font and layout is VERY readable and pops on the page. Additional question - within a thread as you read, there was previously a link where you could "jump to first unread" post within the thread. Does that link still live on the new forum. jhwalker 1 Link to comment
matthias Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Chris, it looks very nice, but so far it is not possible to search posts of a certain member. Matt "I want to know why the musicians are on stage, not where". (John Farlowe) Link to comment
PeterSt Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Chris, The scaling of the avatars is poor up to devistating. Not talking about my own (also not the best what happened to it) but i.e. Jud has grown a lot over the weekend. Lush^3-e Lush^2 Blaxius^2.5 Ethernet^3 HDMI^2 XLR^2 XXHighEnd (developer) Phasure NOS1 24/768 Async USB DAC (manufacturer) Phasure Mach III Audio PC with Linear PSU (manufacturer) Orelino & Orelo MKII Speakers (designer/supplier) Link to comment
Jud Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Couple of things (using Vivaldi browser on Lubuntu): - I'm seeing lots of ads. Do paid members see ads now, is there a setting to change this, or is it a glitch of the new site? - The formatting selections at the top of the text entry box are (at least for me) a not very well visible white-on-gray. My browser or is this the same for everyone? 1 minute ago, PeterSt said: Chris, The scaling of the avatars is poor up to devistating. Not talking about my own (also not the best what happened to it) but i.e. Jud has grown a lot over the weekend. Yes, at least you could have thinned me out, but it seems I've become a Fathead! One never knows, do one? - Fats Waller The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. - Einstein Computer, Audirvana -> optical Ethernet to Fitlet3 -> Fibbr Alpha Optical USB -> iFi NEO iDSD DAC -> Apollon Audio 1ET400A Mini (Purifi based) -> Vandersteen 3A Signature. Link to comment
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