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arnisador
03-01-2002, 11:17 PM
Wow! Kaith, what did you do to jazz up the QUOTE tag?
Bob Hubbard
03-01-2002, 11:41 PM
Originally posted by arnisador

Wow! Kaith, what did you do to jazz up the QUOTE tag?

Some serious tweaking of the vB coding. :) I'm looking at a few more text formating tweaks in the future (provided I have the time to do em right) :)

Full list of current tags is a sticky-post in the support forum.
arnisador
03-01-2002, 11:53 PM
This is an improvement--the quote really jump out now. Thanks!
Dronak
03-06-2002, 12:17 AM
Yes, the quotes do stand out a lot more, but IMHO I'm not sure how much of an improvement it is. It looks OK for a short quote, but even then the quote's in bold and the new text in regular format -- the quote tends to draw more attention than the new stuff. And if someone quotes a lot of text, the quote almost takes over the message. Congrats on getting the "serious tweaking of the vB coding" to work, but I didn't really see anything wrong with the old quote format. You can do whatever most people seem to prefer, but I thought you might like an alternative perspective on the subject.
Bob Hubbard
03-06-2002, 12:26 AM
I see both points. Depending on the feedback, I may tweak it a bit more, so as to be obviously a quote, but not as "obvious" if yuo know what I mean? :)

Feedbacks the only way I know what folks think, so keep it coming. :)

Perhaps a less "bright" shade of light-blue?
:asian:
arnisador
03-06-2002, 12:38 AM
Originally posted by Dronak

the quote tends to draw more attention than the new stuff. And if someone quotes a lot of text, the quote almost takes over the message.

I have noticed this myself. I think that the background color might benefit from some tweaking--that might help this. Something that is more similar to the grey background so it isn't quite as much a contrast.
Bob Hubbard
03-06-2002, 12:48 AM
I'm gonna go platy with it now, since I'm thinking about it and have actual free time tonite (wow, how'd that happen?) :)
Bob Hubbard
03-06-2002, 12:52 AM
Hows that?
arnisador
03-06-2002, 01:23 AM
Originally posted by Kaith Rustaz

Hows that?

I think that's a better compromise. Speaking for myself, I do like having it set off with a different color, though I agree that it can draw to much attention if the quoted material greatly exceeds the new material in length.
Rob_Broad
03-07-2002, 10:47 AM
I really like the look of the quoted material. it really draws the eye to what was said before, so that you don't just mull over it. The person now takes the time to read it and reply properly.

Well, atleast mos t of the time.
Kyle
03-07-2002, 11:58 AM
I have no problem with the background color, but the font size is way too big.

- Kyle
Bob Hubbard
03-07-2002, 12:03 PM
Font size problem?

What browser are you using? I'll check the code and see if its got any tweaks on font sizes, but I believe its at the defaults.
Bob Hubbard
03-08-2002, 11:56 AM
I'll check it out when I get home. If its what I think it is, I may be able to fix it.

Browser standards? Thats right up there with figuring our succession in martial arts. :)
Dronak
03-08-2002, 12:23 PM
Kyle may be right. I thought there might have been a size difference, but wasn't sure. It could have just been the bold face making it appear bigger. Well, I just did a little measurement, marking the letter height on a piece of paper, and I think quote's font is larger than the regular text's font. I'm using Netscape Communicator 4.75 on a Sun/Solaris system here at school. At home I use IE 6 (pretty sure) on a WinME system, but I don't recall if there was a font size difference there. In any case, the size difference appears to be small enough that it's not a terribly big deal, at least not to my eyes.
Bob Hubbard
03-09-2002, 02:06 AM
Hows it now guys?

I did some more tweaking, and it -seems- to look ok now to me. (I'm posting this from Mozilla, and man was that HUGE!)

sorry about that oversight.

:asian:
arnisador
03-09-2002, 02:09 AM
Now I find the quoted material too small!
Bob Hubbard
03-09-2002, 02:29 AM
Originally posted by arnisador

Wow! Kaith, what did you do to jazz up the QUOTE tag?

Is the better?
Kyle
03-09-2002, 02:42 AM
It looks good to me, thanks.

- Kyle
Kirk
03-09-2002, 03:51 AM
PERFECT! ... IMHO, of course!
arnisador
03-09-2002, 01:52 PM
Originally posted by Kaith Rustaz


Is the better?

In some ways yes but I still find it a bit small. Let's see what others say--I see two others have voted for it already!
Dronak
03-09-2002, 06:44 PM
I can't say what it looks like at school/work, because I won't be there for a few days. But here at home with IE 6 on WinME, the quoted text is noticably smaller than the regular text. At this time on this system, I think I'd agree with arnisador, the quoted text does seem a bit on the small side now. I'm sure I can deal with whatever the end results are though.