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Now Reading

beer good

beer good

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This may have been mentioned, apologies if that's the case, but what happened to the "Now reading" field that used to be displayed under one's user name?
 
Weird. I can't see it. I mean, sure I can see it if I click into my (or anyone else's) user profile, but up until a week or so ago you didn't have to do that, it just showed up next to your avatar.
 
Interesting. I was logged on elsewhere in the building when I first saw this thread and the currently reading part was definately apparent underneath your name. I have since moved rooms and thus changed computers and it is no longer displayed :confused: (this is in the space of 15 minutes).

I'll go back over later and see if it is still apparent on the other machine. I doubt it has anything to do with your user options as I have not changed anything in between logging off over there and logging on in here.
 
Maybe it has something to do with the forum skin? Having fiddled around a bit, it seems it's only in the "TBF classic" skin that I can't see it. It works with the new brownish (and still garish) "Book and reader style".
 
That is a definate possibility - I always use the 'classic' skin rather than the newer one when logged in. I may just have been viewing 'Today's Posts' earlier as oppose to logging in fully.
 
beer good said:
Maybe it has something to do with the forum skin? Having fiddled around a bit, it seems it's only in the "TBF classic" skin that I can't see it. It works with the new brownish (and still garish) "Book and reader style".
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It looks as though you are right :) I just logged out and viewed this topic as a guest (using the newer skin) and it is definately visible there. I'll drop Darren a PM and ask if he can look into this :cool:
 
I don't mind the brown so much as having so much of the screen stolen by other stuff. It looks cluttered. :(
 
Freya said:
So how long did it take you to get used to it?
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I'd say it took about a month or so for me to get used to the new color scheme. I never objected to the brown; its the funny aqua color that bothered me most. When I realised I could change the scheme to the old traditional tbf colors, I decided I liked the new style just fine.
 
It looks a bit odd having the posts stretched across the entire page (this is TBF classic) - I can't remember if something used to go down the side, or if I'd just started getting used to the brown splodge.
 
Stewart said:
Would you remove the brown strip, or put some more content into it?
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Probably get rid of it completely. The bookshelves options just bounce me back to the front page and if I want to navigate through the forum, I'll navigate through the forum, so it's a little pointless. The contact details are at the bottom of the page anyway, so then just bung the 'about' and 'advertising' links down there too and you get back a big chunk of space.

If the menu options were more useful then they should scroll down the page with me so it's not just dead space. A handy menu at the side of the page isn't very handy if I have to scroll to get to it and by the time I'm at the top of the page where I can see it again then I can use the forum buttons anyway. Seems redundant.
 
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