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FullOppositeRudder 25th Apr 2018 02:51

New look PPRuNe
 
Thanks to all those who been involved in the "new" PPRuNe upgrade. A whole new look, but still quite familiar - useful indeed for the old codgers like Iself.

Looking forward to the other features as time goes on....

Thanks again,

FOR :ok:

Capn Bloggs 25th Apr 2018 03:39

Finally got my cursor back "due to long-running script". :cool:

When I'm reading a thread and get to the bottom, on the old Prune, I could just click the "Go" button and be taken back to the sub-forum, say Tech Log. This no longer happens. "Thread Jump" doesn't do anything. I assume the "Go" is now for going to a page number. The only way I can get back to the table of contents of sub-forum I'm in is to scroll all the way back to the top then click the page site link. Jumping to another sub-forum, say "Rumours and News", is no problem, open the dropdown then click the sub-forum. :=

CPU is being hammered by all the new scripts and ads; gotta make money somehow, eh?! :cool:

pithblot 25th Apr 2018 04:35


I guess so Bloggs. Shame, I liked it the way it woz.

Fark'n'ell 25th Apr 2018 05:12


I guess so Bloggs. Shame, I liked it the way it woz
Likewise.The adds in the middle of a page annoy me.

NRU74 25th Apr 2018 05:23

I’m using an ipad.
What’s the best way of getting rid of the ads?

ExSp33db1rd 25th Apr 2018 05:48


I’m using an ipad.
What’s the best way of getting rid of the ads?
Sell the iPad.

Bull at a Gate 25th Apr 2018 06:37

And the ads are often videos which take up my precious internet allowance here out in the Australian bush.

i hate it!

ea200 25th Apr 2018 08:10

Keeping an open mind, but how do I get it to use the whole screen instead just the 1st 2/3? Not mobile.

jimjim1 25th Apr 2018 08:34


Originally Posted by Capn Bloggs (Post 10129411)
I could just click the "Go" button and be taken back to the sub-forum, say Tech Log. This no longer happens.

Sounds like that was an accident.

I navigate using the Forum structure list at the top of the page.

https://www.pprune.org/images/misc/navbits_start.gif PPRuNe Forums > Misc. Forums > Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
https://www.pprune.org/images/misc/n...allink_ltr.gif > New look PPRuNe
OOOH - I was expecting the above to be pasted as pure txt and to have to explain that. I simply copied and pasted it. :-)

Click on the one you want to go to.

BEagle 25th Apr 2018 10:24

Can someone please tell me how to get the pages looking as close to their former style as possible?

Adverts in the middle of the pages are infuriating - is there a way to kill them?

paulc 25th Apr 2018 11:04

much preferred the old look as well

WHBM 25th Apr 2018 11:47


Originally Posted by ea200 (Post 10129548)
Keeping an open mind, but how do I get it to use the whole screen instead just the 1st 2/3? Not mobile.

This appears to be because a right hand margin has been allowed for vertical format advertsiments, which have not been sold yet.

ea200 25th Apr 2018 12:22

WHBM. Yes, that's what I thought it might be for. Doesn't make things easier to read.

spekesoftly 25th Apr 2018 13:00


Originally Posted by BEagle (Post 10129666)
Can someone please tell me how to get the pages looking as close to their former style as possible?

Adverts in the middle of the pages are infuriating - is there a way to kill them?

The nearest I can get to the former style (on a desktop PC using Firefox) is by selecting PPRuNe NG on the 'Quick Style Chooser'.

I could be mistaken, but to me the overall visual appearance (darker blue bands etc?) is vaguely reminiscent of its appearance many years ago when Danny was in charge, although subsequently tweaked before he moved on.

Regarding the ads, the only solution I'm aware of is one that I believe you are unwilling to use. It does get rid of ads in the middle of the pages, and leaves a blank border on the RHS.

NutLoose 25th Apr 2018 13:20

What a retrograde step, I realised advertising is required to fund the site, but when that advertising overwhelms the site it is funding as it does on my iPad, it feels like I am on a shopping channel with a bit of aviation stuff squeezed between to fill the gaps.

LTNman 25th Apr 2018 13:36

Now getting narrow threads and one third adverts. Horrible!

Highway1 25th Apr 2018 13:37

Perhaps I'm doing something wrong but I quite like the new layout and I dont notice any more ads on the new site than I had on the old. Using Ubuntu Budgie and Chromium

VP959 25th Apr 2018 13:48

There is definitely a problem with scripts hanging on some pages. I've just sat for thirty seconds of so watching the page try to load then gave up. A quick look showed that it was a script hanging. There seem to be major issues with embedding things in posts too, with big blank spaces where people have supposedly posted things like links to photos or YouTube videos.

The text sizes seem to be all over the place too. Some devices are showing the pages with overlapping text, making things unreadable, others are either defaulting to a very tiny font size (can be manually fixed by zooming the browser, but a PITA) or an overly large font size, again which can be fixed by zooming the browser out.

It looks like there are some bugs in the display side of the new upgrade that need some fine tuning to get a consistent look across all devices/browsers, I think, plus a fix is needed for the stuff that no longer shows up in posts, although does if the post is quoted. Probably teething troubles from the upgrade that will hopefully get sorted as soon as the causes are found and the settings tweaked accordingly.

FWIW the forum does seem to look a LOT better on a Linux box than it does on either a Windows PC or an iPad. On the latter it's pretty close to being unusable, doesn't bother me as I don't use one, but I did a quick check with my wife's iPad last night and there are definitely serious issues with overlapping text etc. I've yet to check it with my tablet, which runs LineageOS, but expect it'll be OK on that, as it's essentially Linux underneath it all.

WHBM 25th Apr 2018 13:52


Originally Posted by NutLoose (Post 10129823)
What a retrograde step, I realised advertising is required to fund the site,


The unfortunate thing is that Bulletin Boards are increasingly a 20th Century concept, and social media has moved on, initially to Facebook and Twitter of course, but now even leaving those behind for SnapChat, Instagram, etc - and the advertising revenues have followed. Advertising rates per 1,000 views of Bulletin Boards have declined, as have the number of views. You don't get a lot of new members any more to replace the old codgers. All the recommendations of flying schools etc for new Wannabees are increasingly on these other media, which the Wannabees themselves have been familiar with since schooldays.



Highway1 25th Apr 2018 13:56


Originally Posted by VP959 (Post 10129841)
The text sizes seem to be all over the place too. Some devices are showing the pages with overlapping text, making things unreadable, others are either defaulting to a very tiny font size (can be manually fixed by zooming the browser, but a PITA) or an overly large font size, again which can be fixed by zooming the browser out.

Interesting. I haven't seen any glitches at all - is it an OS issue or a Browser issue?. Is it any different if you view using Firefox on Linux or Firefox on Windows?


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