Struggling With The Colour

[jmoore]

I don't dare try to download whatever's on that link! I LIKE having a job. We get "updates and revisions" all the time w/ dire warnings about monkeying w/ the equipment. That's one big reason I was a "lurker" for so long!

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[Badger]

Hi ..

We're going to post a more detailed status report for everyone in the next few days, covering the changeover and some other ongoing development issues we're looking at.

However, I wanted to intercede in this post to validate a few things, including what Ramboueille pointed out. Most problems people will have, other than not liking the dark colour scheme (which is why we have a lighter WHITE version already mentioned), is with their Internet Browsers.

IE6 by Microsoft (released August 27, 2001) for Windows operating system machines is not just outdated, after 9 years of use it's obsolete and many web sites no longer support it, with some actually blocking it when their software does a "browser type" check and discover a user is attempting to login with it.

Anyway, I'd recommend people perform a simple upgrade on their Windows based machines as it's going to be absolutely critical as HTML5 and other changes to software technology start coming on-line in the next six to twelve months. It's one of the primary reasons we had to change to vBulletin v4.0.4pl1 and move away from v3.67pl1 for running this site, which was almost 3 years old and declared unsupported and obsolete by the authors of vBulletin.

Spefifically, we've tested this v4 software running on Apple MacBook Pro with OSX Leopard 10.6.4 using FireFox 3.6.6 and Safari 5.0. We also tested it on an standard PC running Windows XP with the current IE8 (Microsoft Internet Explorer V8). It's also been tested extendively on Apple iPads, Apple iPods, Aple iPhones, RIM Blackberries and several other graphics PDA's and phones.

It runs fine without any line clipping or other anomalies, as shown in the attached pics.

FireFox 3.6.6 and Safari 5.0 (light and dark color schemes)

Attachment 13813 - Attachment 13814


Microsoft Internet Explorer V8 (light and dark color schemes)

Attachment 13815 - Attachment 13816

More to follow in the next few days ....

Regards,
Badger

[Ramboueille]

Hi ..

We're going to post a more detailed status report for everyone in the next few days, covering the changeover and some other ongoing development issues we're looking at.

However, I wanted to intercede in this post to validate a few things, including what Ramboueille pointed out. Most problems people will have, other than not liking the dark colour scheme (which is why we have a lighter WHITE version already mentioned), is with their Internet Browsers.

IE6 by Microsoft (released August 27, 2001) for Windows operating system machines is not just outdated, after 9 years of use it's obsolete and many web sites no longer support it, with some actually blocking it when their software does a "browser type" check and discover a user is attempting to login with it.

Anyway, I'd recommend people perform a simple upgrade on their Windows based machines as it's going to be absolutely critical as HTML5 and other changes to software technology start coming on-line in the next six to twelve months. It's one of the primary reasons we had to change to vBulletin v4.0.4pl1 and move away from v3.67pl1 for running this site, which was almost 3 years old and declared unsupported and obsolete by the authors of vBulletin.

Spefifically, we've tested this v4 software running on Apple MacBook Pro with OSX Leopard 10.6.4 using FireFox 3.6.6 and Safari 5.0. We also tested it on an standard PC running Windows XP with the current IE8 (Microsoft Internet Explorer V8). It's also been tested extendively on Apple iPads, Apple iPods, Aple iPhones, RIM Blackberries and several other graphics PDA's and phones.

It runs fine without any line clipping or other anomalies, as shown in the attached pics.

FireFox 3.6.6 and Safari 5.0 (light and dark color schemes)

Attachment 13813 - Attachment 13814


Microsoft Internet Explorer V8 (light and dark color schemes)

Attachment 13815 - Attachment 13816

More to follow in the next few days ....

Regards,
Badger

Doug,

Perhaps you can reassure on this:

I believe IE7 is the minimum requirement for function and security purposes. I have a few machines I use and one is XP Pro & IE7 with all updates. There have not been any issues here so far. For those that are using IE7 fully updated and XP/XP Pro SP3, you may be able to "skate" without any updates.

R.