[EverythingIBM]

I was wondering if the forum could sport a more versatile and minimalistic interface.

I find things a little cluttered, and, probably even more-so since I'm running at 640x480:

 

[ocman]

Is setting screen to run 1024 X 768 possible for your system?

Most web sites (as least I'm certain many in the past) are designed to run optimally at 1024 X 768 screen resolution, and quite some of them are/were designed for correct display in I.E...

I'm using Firefox on all the computers these days.

P.S. Welcome to OCN EverythingIBM!!!

 

[EverythingIBM]

Yep I indeed can run this computer in 1024x768 (all the way up to 2048x1024 -- but then it would have to be 256 colours haha: I'll need to upgrade the gfx card later).

Thankyou for the welcome.

Resolution isn't necessarily a concern -- it's just a good way to test clutter: I often test my websites on older computers in low resolutions to see how they would look.

I think some of the icons and tables are rather bigger than needed: a lot of other forums I browse tend to use "smaller" and cleaner interfaces. But hey, some people would probably argue the opposite.

I'm using opera 10 because it's the only thing compatible with windows 9x these days (not to mention incredibly fast on this old beater). IE is just absolutely terrible: yes a lot of websites are made comforming to IE's standards -- but only because so many people use it... hopefully future releases of IE are better.

 

[Crazy9000]

What exactly do you think is too large/cluttered? I've found the interface works fine on my cell phone's small screen, except that the images take too long to load.

 

[ENTERPRISE]

May sound blunt.

The Normal PC version of the forum IMO is not cluttered and to be honest its kind of the fault of the user trying to view ..well anything at 640X480. That resolution is heavily outdated really and websites cannot realistically be expected to conform to such resolutions.

A mobile version of the site would be more suitable for your needs.

 

[wierdo124]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ENTERPRISE May sound blunt. The Normal PC version of the forum IMO is not cluttered and to be honest its kind of the fault of the user trying to view ..well anything at 640X480. That resolution is heavily outdated really and websites cannot realistically be expected to conform to such resolutions. A mobile version of the site would be more suitable for your needs.

Bingo.

 

[SpookedJunglist]

You can minimize things like the members online list, and each forum that you may not use. To do so just click on the icon that looks like this

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Also make sure you are not running in wide format as well. To do this click this and scroll down and select fixed view for forum skin under miscellaneous options.

 

[Aaroman]

are you serious?

 

[Chipp]

Its not pretty at all, but, perhaps this will work for you until we have our mobile site up and running:

http://www.overclock.net/archive/index.php

From the archive, you can't post but at least finding threads of interest might be a little easier.

 

[gonX]

If you enable wide mode in your User CP it should become a bit more readable. This can also be changed on a per-computer basis by using the drop-down box in the left part of the black box in the bottom of the site.