On Monday, 18 January 2016 at 15:06:24 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> That's pretty weird. This is what it was set to before:
>
> https://github.com/CyberShadow/DFeed/blob/5774b110df30b2abc599387d7e0ff87fa8331650/web/static/css/dfeed.css#L523
>
> We could add Bitstream Vera Sans Mono to the font list. Does that font look better for you?

I think it is more of a size problem I don't understand ( sorry, I am very ignorant of client-side web :( ). The same font with 1em == 11px (like it is configured in my browser for monospace fonts) would look very good. But for some reason it uses monospace font and 1em == 16px serif size.

> I'm really confused. In the other post you were clearly referring to the monospace
> fonts used for post contents. Here you mention Roboto Slab, but it isn't a monospace
> font, and now I'm not sure what you're referring to. Could you please elaborate
> in greater detail?

I have meant that dlang.org uses (non-monospace) Roboto Slab and it looks ok, responding to original question in your first post :) It is unrelated to (monospace) forum.dlang.org font issue.

On Monday, 18 January 2016 at 15:26:48 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
> On Monday, 18 January 2016 at 15:06:24 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
>> That's pretty weird. This is what it was set to before:
>>
>> https://github.com/CyberShadow/DFeed/blob/5774b110df30b2abc599387d7e0ff87fa8331650/web/static/css/dfeed.css#L523
>>
>> We could add Bitstream Vera Sans Mono to the font list. Does that font look better for you?
>
> I think it is more of a size problem I don't understand ( sorry, I am very ignorant of client-side web :( ). The same font with 1em == 11px (like it is configured in my browser for monospace fonts) would look very good. But for some reason it uses monospace font and 1em == 16px serif size.

Though if I am only one having such issue probably it is better to just override CSS locally and let it go :)

On Monday, 18 January 2016 at 15:11:49 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> I'm not sure what you're suggesting...

Well, why it doesn't works like any other forum, where you post a message and after that sent back to the topic.

Currently after posting a message the page refreshs 3 times, with 3 messages like (Posting message, contacting NNTP, Message Posted) and after the last message then the user is send back to the topic.

In other words, why the user needs to see the validation process, why not just validates everything behind the curtains and just come back with a warning if there is any.

When posting in any other forum elsewhere the same process occurs instantly, while in here it takes like 3 ~ 5 seconds.

JohnCK.

On Monday, 18 January 2016 at 15:47:08 UTC, JohnCK wrote:
> On Monday, 18 January 2016 at 15:11:49 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
>> I'm not sure what you're suggesting...
>
> Well, why it doesn't works like any other forum, where you post a message and after that sent back to the topic.
>
> Currently after posting a message the page refreshs 3 times, with 3 messages like (Posting message, contacting NNTP, Message Posted) and after the last message then the user is send back to the topic.
>
> In other words, why the user needs to see the validation process, why not just validates everything behind the curtains and just come back with a warning if there is any.
>
> When posting in any other forum elsewhere the same process occurs instantly, while in here it takes like 3 ~ 5 seconds.

That's because this website is not really a forum, in reality it is a web newsreader (NNTP gateway).

http://forum.dlang.org/help#about

Regarding the font discussion:
The screenshots are made with sub-pixel anti aliasing on.
Which are display specific ;)

On Monday, 18 January 2016 at 15:55:01 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> That's because this website is not really a forum, in reality it is a web newsreader (NNTP gateway).
>
> http://forum.dlang.org/help#about

I know that, I just thought that those messages/refreshs could be handled in the server-side without being seen on the client-side.

But if there's no way, I think you should cache the css/fonts or something like that because on every refresh the layout waits for style, because the text/menu bar are unfilled at the beginning of the refresh, then it's filled seconds later.

The older version didn't had the problem above.

JohnCK.

On Monday, 18 January 2016 at 15:03:18 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> ...
>
> OK, I figured this one out. We weren't loading Roboto Slab Bold, so the browsers were making up what they thought bold could look like from the regular weight.
>
> https://github.com/CyberShadow/d-programming-language.org/commit/14dba780f5562bfe2affeb8c01a6655d0a705467
>
> How does it look now?

A lot better

On Monday, 18 January 2016 at 16:05:08 UTC, JohnCK wrote:
> On Monday, 18 January 2016 at 15:55:01 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
>> That's because this website is not really a forum, in reality it is a web newsreader (NNTP gateway).
>>
>> http://forum.dlang.org/help#about
>
> I know that, I just thought that those messages/refreshs could be handled in the server-side without being seen on the client-side.
>
> But if there's no way, I think you should cache the css/fonts or something like that because on every refresh the layout waits for style, because the text/menu bar are unfilled at the beginning of the refresh, then it's filled seconds later.
>
> The older version didn't had the problem above.
>
> JohnCK.

Nothing changed in this regard since the last iteration.

On Monday, 18 January 2016 at 16:11:37 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> Nothing changed in this regard since the last iteration.

Alright and finally (Before you get tired) I was looking the new DLANG.org and it's very nice. The only small thing I saw is the: "Latest announcements" and "Active Discussions"  **HEADER**  should have the same layout as the menu bar, here is a example:

http://i.imgur.com/jChPMZe.png

Bye,

JohnCK.

On Monday, 18 January 2016 at 16:21:09 UTC, JohnCK wrote:
> On Monday, 18 January 2016 at 16:11:37 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
>> Nothing changed in this regard since the last iteration.
>
> Alright and finally (Before you get tired) I was looking the new DLANG.org and it's very nice. The only small thing I saw is the: "Latest announcements" and "Active Discussions"  **HEADER**  should have the same layout as the menu bar, here is a example:
>
> http://i.imgur.com/jChPMZe.png
>
> Bye,
>
> JohnCK.

Those boxes imitate the Twitter box design, over which we have limited control.