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scilosopher

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I think it would be nice to have a wider box to write the posts in. There is all this extra room to the right of this box I'm typing in and I think it's easier to write and edit with more words per line.

Otherwise I think the user interface is quite well laid out.
 
Well said. I've been intending to complain for ages.

However, I write all my text in Word and then paste into the posting box, which on my large screen at high res is just a small unreadable box on the left.

There are times though when I want to make a correction and at those times it is a real pain trying to find or read anything.

Cris
 
Cris ...

For what it's worth, I'm using Win2k and under IE 'View' there is a 'Text size' option.

Would that be of any help?

Take care ;)
 
Chagur,

Thanks, but that doesn't change the size of the text within the posting box.

When I run with a resolution of 1600 x 1200 then the text in the box is very small, but Ok for everyhting else I do.

What does work is if I reduce the screen resolution to say 1024 x 768, but I don't want to have to do that.

There ought to be a way of changing the size of the posting box along with the size of the contents, as part of the application.

Cheers
Cris
 
Fantastic!!!

Did you make it bigger before and I just didn't notice?

Let me take this opportunity to say I think the site is very well designed and I like it very much. Good work!! Though I must admit I haven't taken the time to figure out how to use the bells and whistles ... I'm a bit of a minimalist anyways.
 
No, I just made the change.

It had been dependant on the browser you used. It was set to use a larger box for IE and a smaller one for Netscape (and others) for some reason (probably vestiges of an old rendering bug).
 
Appearently I have blundered into a bug. I made a post in the Astronomical Forum and made a mistake. When I went to edit the title I could not edit the thread's title, only the post's title. As there was only the one post to the thread I decided to delete the thread and start anew. That was denied as lacking permission or authority. I backed out of the forum and tried again with the same results. Is the bug mine?
 
wet1, yes that sounds like a bug. You're moderator privileges should have taken precedence, and allowed the operation.

Try it now.
 
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