Corrupted Forum-style Files?

Forum style is back to original oversize text (ouch, my eyes), and big, vertical buttons (ouch, my push-button finger) . .

Corrupted style files?

Everything looks exactly the same to me.

I was afraid of that possibility. Although, other websites look the same. I’ll look into my main browser settings and other tests browsers installed to see what’s up. Thanks.

Okay, it looks like a forum bug … of using a different style for smaller browsers. I discovered this when I resized the laptop browse slightly smaller for more open screen area. The problem is the forum code thinks my new size is cell phone sized, and hence the different, larger-everything format. A fix would be to ID the device. Or, rather than use browser size, use the desktop size (might still be a problem if a phone has native high resolution).

And, of course, there doesn’t seem to be a “default style” for “generic browsers”, so one would not get almost unreadable formatting like this on, for example, Opera v.12.17:

Interesting to note this, too. Testing with Opera, I max’ed the browser to full screen and suddenly the proportions of Original Trilogy went to normal!

So, even the “browser” problem is really improper or bugged reading of the device it’s on.

Another bug captured in the act!

Thank you! Thank you, my adoring fans!

For example:

That full-screen capture is from a laptop with a 15" dialog screen. Resizing any window on the same hardware should never affect the style (font size, layout proportions, etc.). It doesn’t on every other website I’ve seen, save some flash-movie pages. Websites that are “aware” of screen sizes, grab that information for formatting (if formatting is to be different on different devices). Browser-size information is useless because it gives no indication of the device it’s on.

But this does happen here, meaning the wrong information is being requested, for ID, for style/format. Also, there must be a default (a “standard” webpage) to fall back on if such information is not available or not accounted for. So that might be wrong, too.

These are real bugs. They must be squashed. Do Your Part !

Weekly Update – Opposing Viewpoints: CORRUPTED FORUM-STYLE FILES?

Jay said:
The layout will change based on the size of the browser window, independent of the device on which it’s viewed.

	"Oh. That’s very different . . ."

	"Never mind."

RE: Responsive Web Design

Some approaches are just broken-by-design. That is, they don’t deliver their promised utopias.

Programmers - Stack Exchange: Responsive Web Design vs. User-Agent Sniffing
“… in practice, I’m starting to get the sense that the CSS3 media query feature, and the whole “Responsive Web Design” movement, may not live up to its promise. … at this point, the resolution of mainstream smart phones is getting pretty close to Desktop-level resolutions. The ability to detect whether a user is viewing your website via a smartphone, tablet, or desktop, seems to be increasingly difficult if all you’re going by is screen resolution.”

After poking around a little bit, I discovered that this older Firefox v.37+ actually has a Responsive Design View mode in it’s Web Developer section. I activated it (only in the present tab) and must say that the website does not look broken in that mode:

So this whole thing is indeed a downward-compatibility problem. Perhaps, like with the reply default-post stating “This editor uses Markdown syntax” instructions, a note could be added about such a Responsive Design View mode in some browsers that don’t automatically switch to it. Just a thought.