Welcome!

[antonsvideo]

I am not sure it is a good idea for all users to have similar avitars

in such a case, I would prefer to see none

[JimJulian]

Hate the black backround

White letters on Black backround is a bad idea. Very hard to read. What percentage of sights do you surf on the internet or even print use black on white? I'm guessing less than 10%. There is a reason. This defines "form over function". Somebody probably thought it "looked cool". Please change. We're not trying to win awards here or impress our teenagers. This sight is suppose to be a resource for professionals. Jeez...And change that Ninja Turtle green while your at it. Next you'll be selling Grass Valley Action Figures.

[T-Bone]

the white text does not bother me, but this is another of stormdave's good ideas:

You know, this forum software supports "templates"...why not have another one that is the exact opposite (negative) of this same text? IE. Black on a brighter background? Just another "Grass Valley" template would be nice and it would please everyone.

You can pick between 2.

and the black text on white background template is already here, you just have to do it thread by thread: thread tools\show printable version, so if y'all could just put in a setting (probably easier said than done) to do this on a global basis, we're set

[drgagx]

Thanks for pointing that out. It would work better, for reading only, if the white was toned down to reduce the glare.

[Mike Truly]

I would love to see a copy of the navigation link that's at the top of the screen, down at the bottom right below the last post.

I have too many mouse clicks and drags in my day as it is and it would reduce a few to simply duplicate this nav link at the bottom where I always end up when reading posts.

Thanks!

[pjsssss]

Or you can simply have the order reversed and have the latest posts at the top of the lost. I think there is less movement that way.

[Mike Truly]

pjsssss,

Thanks for the ideas. I will try that setting but I still think it would be handy to have the nav link at the below the bottom post as well.

Thanks again.

[RonnieMartin]

I like the format and the "tone" of the forum... It is much more "Professional" in the look and the content.

Keep up the good work guys

Ronnie Martin

[Mike Truly]

I'm with you Hans!

And while we're at it, it would be nice to have the nav links below the bottom posts too in order to sooth the aching mouse trigger finger from so much scrolling!

Thanks!

[peterC]

And while we're at it, it would be nice to have the nav links below the bottom posts too in order to sooth the aching mouse trigger finger from so much scrolling!

Hey Mike.
At the end of posts/threads I hit the home button. That might help you.
I use a few other hot tricks too, but reckon there are more. A new thread maybe?

[Mike Truly]

peterC,

Thanks for that! I discovered that 'Backspace' works even better than that for taking me back to the topic list (like the back arrow). Only problem with this method is that although it takes you back to the topic list efficiently, the topic is not updated to show that you've read that particular topic.

So I still would like a nav link at the bottom and to have that 'topic read' problem fixed.

Thanks again.

[antonsvideo]

the backspace works but it does not work

the backspace takes me back to where I want

the backspace fails to turn off the new posts icon to mark as read

so at this stage, I click the Go button at the bottom right

[peterC]

peterC,

Thanks for that! I discovered that 'Backspace' works even better than that for taking me back to the topic list (like the back arrow). Only problem with this method is that although it takes you back to the topic list efficiently, the topic is not updated to show that you've read that particular topic.

So I still would like a nav link at the bottom and to have that 'topic read' problem fixed.

Thanks again.

You're welcome Mike. I don't use backspace for that reason ie read posts are not marked off as read. Home to top, then hit the tree forum level you want. Anybody got others? (new thread maybe?)

I use this method as opposed to Anton's out of habit and because it can be quicker.

Anton's is 1 step less unless you need to show printable thread, hence my habit, since I save off a lot of threads. What I don't have is a setup for customising and searching my 'database'. If I had, I could avoid any manual referencing as I do now. Which is very hit and miss and invariably has related info in posts that is applicable 'elsewhere'. Staying on topic is not always providing the best results/info dissemination, but that's another story.

So of course your own cross reference/search database is another beast on it's own and time time time to create. But necessary if you want best outcome on the huge amount of info you can (and usually do) gather.

[pjsssss]

I think you will find that if you frequent this forum daily, your best bet is to sort the posts by new ones on top. I did this and it is much easier. I rarely have to scroll to get to a new post at all. It took a couple of days to get used to it since I normally have the new posts at the end, but now I would not go back.

[antonsvideo]

can't find reply button

does anyone know where the reply button is in private messaging of this forum? I can only find forward and quote