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Messages - griever

#136
Announcements / Re: Welcome to Arclight!
November 14, 2007, 12:22:09 AM
I just logged in via the work computers here, which are horribly outdated and stupid and I noticed: UserAgent=ID10T.  *LOL*
#137
Announcements / Re: Welcome to Arclight!
November 12, 2007, 11:42:55 AM
Looks nice!  I double-checked my information, changed my password in the config file, and everything's running smoothly for me again.  ^_^  I like the banner system!
#138
Announcements / Re: New Server Coming Soon
November 05, 2007, 09:59:40 AM
Those definitely look much better, IMHO.
#139
Announcements / Re: New Server Coming Soon
November 03, 2007, 09:21:15 AM
I'm on Mac OSX with Firefox 2.something or other.  2.0.0.8, whatever that means. :P

Pixelly...the diagonals seem very jagged.  Like you can tell where each pixel adjusts.  Thickening it up should reduce that, but I'm not an artist, especially a computer artist, so I can't say for sure.
#140
Announcements / Re: New Server Coming Soon
November 03, 2007, 03:55:56 AM
I think I'm on the verge of joining you there, Xepher.  Nothing like a cute little 5 year old kid going, "You're THAT old?" to knock the youth right out of you.

The thing I noticed first was how pixelly the arrows are.  I don't know of the best way to fix that, but in a community of artists, someone's got to know the trick.  Also, I think the white/blue combo really diminishes the presence of arrows, especially over sites that don't have an image.  I think a solid blue with a thicker (3px?) solid white outline would help - it would stand out on light backgrounds and the white outline would help define it on dark backgrounds.

However, on more thought...the design reminds me of the slideshow controls that pop down, like on Google Photos or Flickr.  Rather than having the arrows overlay on the sides, how about in a small toolbar down at the bottom?  Could also throw in links for hosting info and donations.  Kind of like

[ <<  Hosting | Donate >> ]

popping up in the same height style banner as the Xepher.net above.  Would also clearly make the arrows stand out, but the downside is that it would take up more space.  On the other hand, with IE7 becoming more friendly, the background of the overlay banner could be semi-transparent....

EDIT: Unfortunately, this is the only example of an arrow I could find...  the thicker outline helps diminish the pixelly.  You can see it here.

The other thing that might help is make the arrow smaller, but make it look more like a button.  Some smoother, like this.
#141
Announcements / Re: New Server Coming Soon
November 03, 2007, 12:46:32 AM
Very nice!  I think the 200x300 is an excellent size.  I suppose my only critique would be the Xepher.net/arrows that pop down.  The opening image and the demo ad image you have is so nice, but the Xepher.net/arrows look like a throwback to 1996....
#142
General Chat / Re: The Circle of Life...
October 31, 2007, 02:39:22 PM
And in a fatal example?  Smaller fish swallows larger fish
#143
Applications / Re: Floppity
October 13, 2007, 11:13:29 AM
Well, applications (and possibly reapplications...I don't know) are closed for right now and then there's this nice new server thing in the works.  Plus, Xepher's in India.  It might be a while, I'm guessing, so sit around and chew the fat. ^_^

Are you planning on using a CMS or will you be handcoding all your pages?  Or, in the few months between, did you learn PHP?  Just curious because that's where the last application left off at.
#144
General Chat / Re: Car Wreck
October 04, 2007, 04:15:33 AM
Compressed?  That sounds scary and rather painful.  Since your doctor has a good timeframe in line, I hope your pain eases up soon.  And that there aren't further complications from all this. :(
#145
Announcements / Re: Xepher's Trip
October 03, 2007, 08:18:00 AM
You're lucky to have that chance...I'd love to go to India some day, but time and money are not so good right now.  I hope you have fun, or at least a huge educational experience, and don't get infected. :(
#146
General Chat / Re: Boobies!
October 02, 2007, 10:32:41 PM
No, it's okay, Xepher.  You did bring up a valid point - people are quite selfish with their money and often overlook the simple things that should get done for the betterment of humanity.  And then the organizations that do get the money are sometimes irresponsible and mismanage it completely (not to mention embezzlement).
#147
General Chat / Re: Boobies!
October 02, 2007, 12:13:12 PM
Well, I have to admit, it was kind of disheartening.  I thought that out of all the people, you'd find this more interesting.  Oh well.

Colon Cancer Awareness month is in March.  Not a bad idea.  Maybe you should suggest it to the creators of the site and see if they'd hop on board.
#148
General Chat / Boobies!
October 01, 2007, 03:19:22 PM
I have nothing better to do, I suppose, than putter around looking for stuff.  But I saw this site, Pink for October (http://pinkforoctober.org/), and thought you guys might be interested in joining.  I like the idea and, well, the cause is a good one.
#149
Announcements / Re: Temporary Spam Filter Failure
October 01, 2007, 03:16:54 PM
I did a double-take when I saw my Spam box had 40+ messages in it overnight.  I figured something was up when I was having slow lag trying to FTP (or whatever it's called...SCP?) to update today. ^_^
#150
Hosting Q&A / Re: Newsbox Redesign
September 25, 2007, 08:10:11 AM
In addition to the vertical banner, I had also planned on creating a small "Donate to Xepher.net" button (probably 88x31)...I dunno if you would want this, Xepher, but what about having a user pool of buttons that people can add to/pick from?  That way, those that don't want to have the banner, but still want to be somewhat promotional can either use a premade or make their own?