So what you do think?

[GMT 389]

uhm, is it just me or does the st the scroll down thingy at extreme slow laggyness? I am really wondering as this only happens to me on this site, regardless of the amount of pictures/text. I talking of scrolling speeds of barely 1/2 hand full of fps, while loading times for the content are about as normal as can be...

[JakeMD 107]

uhm, is it just me or does the st the scroll down thingy at extreme slow laggyness? I am really wondering as this only happens to me on this site, regardless of the amount of pictures/text. I talking of scrolling speeds of barely 1/2 hand full of fps, while loading times for the content are about as normal as can be...

I've heard of people having this problem on slower/older GPUs/CPUs and on netbooks. Is your system a little dated?

There's a lot being displayed the page, regardless of the amount actually shown, so a browser would lag trying to render all of it as you scroll. This is an issue that should be fixed in time as dirk tweaks the code.

[GMT 389]

core2quad q8300, 8gigs ddr2, gtx260... not exactly state of the art but neither dated in common sense if you'd ask me. recent games in 1080p on max details and smooth fps speak for themselves.

no difference in scrolling performance on my more on the dated site of life situated laptop (core2duo t5750,1gb ddr2, mobility 965).

thing is, this only happens on the simtropolis, every other site I can possibly think of, be it text only or blasted with pictures, does work fine. and like I said, it's not a matter of loading times as the content runs in at more than reasonable speeds

further, the simtropolis 7.0 ran fine until a few days ago when it was offline for work and since this date, I have this wierd issue which really makes it a pain in the behind to browse the site.

[hittwice99 618]

I have noticed this also in the last few days. The loading times are greatly improved, but scrolling down pages is much slower than before. Could this be due to the new background image (the black grid)? I have noticed some custom profile backgrounds that also have impacted the scrolling speed, similar to this (on profile pages). I'm not sure if the background image is the cause, but this seems a possibility since it was only recently added.

I have tested this on another browser and the scrolling performance is greatly improved. This means that some browsers may be more compatible with the background image or other aspect(s) of the site. The current background fits in well with the Simtropolis theme, so it would be a shame if it had to be removed to improve scrolling performance.

[JakeMD 107]

The background position seems to be fixed, and there's also a background on the container, which can usually create problems scrolling... This could definitely be a reason for the scrolling issue we're seeing here.

[Dirktator 2,320]

I'm curious though as to what the difference is between active post count and normal post count. Were some posts not copied over from ST6 and so they don't count as active posts anymore? That's my only theory

Regards,

Richard

There is a distinction between normal and active posts. I think it might have to do with posts that you make in non-public forums, or possibly forums that do not count toward your official post count might be defined differently... Not 100% on this one yet.

The background position seems to be fixed, and there's also a background on the container, which can usually create problems scrolling... This could definitely be a reason for the scrolling issue we're seeing here.

I think you might be right. I'm going to change background to not be fixed -- let me know if it still has those issues. If it does, I will have to remove it altogether, sadly!

[Dirktator 2,320]

I have noticed this also in the last few days. The loading times are greatly improved, but scrolling down pages is much slower than before. Could this be due to the new background image (the black grid)? I have noticed some custom profile backgrounds that also have impacted the scrolling speed, similar to this (on profile pages). I'm not sure if the background image is the cause, but this seems a possibility since it was only recently added.

I have tested this on another browser and the scrolling performance is greatly improved. This means that some browsers may be more compatible with the background image or other aspect(s) of the site. The current background fits in well with the Simtropolis theme, so it would be a shame if it had to be removed to improve scrolling performance.

Can you tell me what browser you used that had the laggy scrolling?

[GMT 389]

well I am on the recent firefox on both mentioned systems.

anyways, now the scrolling speeds are WAY better than a few hrs ago. whatever changes youve done, they seem to have fixed the issue.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Just a note, that I am on FF4 on this build partition (UBUNTU 11.04 Beta1) today for the first time, and everything seems to be OK.

Well done!

[madhatter106 3,903]

On the scrolling, I thought it was just my computer; glad it's fixed, as it seemed really laggy when I used the scroll wheel.

Question - is there a rhyme or reason when viewing posts in the My Content section? Earlier it seemed that they were listed chronologically by last post, much like the forums themselves; nowadays, they are in some random haphazard order, which makes keeping up and current with threads I've posted in that much more tedious, especially if the post is in response to something I've said. Like I said, earlier it seemed like they were sorting and populating the list by date/time of last post - now, I can't figure out how they're arranged....is this a new bug?

[Dirktator 2,320]

On the scrolling, I thought it was just my computer; glad it's fixed, as it seemed really laggy when I used the scroll wheel.

Question - is there a rhyme or reason when viewing posts in the My Content section? Earlier it seemed that they were listed chronologically by last post, much like the forums themselves; nowadays, they are in some random haphazard order, which makes keeping up and current with threads I've posted in that much more tedious, especially if the post is in response to something I've said. Like I said, earlier it seemed like they were sorting and populating the list by date/time of last post - now, I can't figure out how they're arranged....is this a new bug?

They should be sorted by last post date. Mine is, and it looks correct... screenshot of what you're seeing?

[paeng 2,510]

On the scrolling, I thought it was just my computer; glad it's fixed, as it seemed really laggy when I used the scroll wheel.

Yeah, not yet as smooth as I'm used to, but a bit better now... Same issue on current FF and Opera.

I wouldn't miss the BG image - hardly see any of it, anyways... though a 2-color GIF would do the job as well ;-) It's all these little things that just sum up...

[madhatter106 3,903]

They should be sorted by last post date. Mine is, and it looks correct... screenshot of what you're seeing?

Here they are - as you can see, there's a bit of jumping around in the dates in the rightmost column...

[hittwice99 618]

It is good to see the scrolling performance is much improved now.

I have also noticed the default font size has been increased, is there a reason behind this? It may sound strange, but I think it was easier to read before (the same size as this).

EDIT: Font size is back to normal.

  Edited April 8, 2011 by hittwice99  

[Cleaner475 150]

Yeah whats up with that? I'm not sure whether I like it or not , sometimes I like it, other times it annoys me

Regards,

Richard

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Font size is irrelevant.

I set my browser to use my chosen fonts on all sites, and it does. If you like the default, fine, but I have a visual acuity problem so I override it to Century School Book Light 14 point for serif and Arial Black for sans. One of the nice features of computers is that they will do as you say.

[Meg 368]

I just zoom in.

[Mikeaut1 261]

I really liked the larger font on the boards, but it looks like it's been reversed!! Oh well, good thing I can change it myself.

[Dirktator 2,320]

They should be sorted by last post date. Mine is, and it looks correct... screenshot of what you're seeing?

Here they are - as you can see, there's a bit of jumping around in the dates in the rightmost column...

This is explained directly from the IPB Developers:

Ok.. There is logic to it, it's just confusing.

When you go to Find My Content, what you see is newest to oldest topics where that user has posted.

HOWEVER.. The confusing part is that the "Last Post" info shows the last post time in the TOPIC.. Not the last post time for the user.

So.. An example..

I post on January 1st in a topic.. someone replies yesterday.

I post in Topic 2 In February.. No replies since then.

That's going to show topic 2 - topic 1..

Which is right, Newest to oldest, based on my replies.

However.. Last post info will show February for topic 2, and yesterday for topic 1.

It's confusing.. Not going to disagree with that..

So there you have it!

[mntoes 270]

I think something is wrong with my profile (view my content...St Exchange). When I list my Stex files I have 14 items and some files are "missing". If I do a search for my name these files show but I have other bats not made by me also showing.?? I think I had about 20/21 files. Strange Edit:- I know it's fine tuning but I thought I would bring this to your attention. Good work so far.

Thanks for sorting that dirk. Just a pointer to a typo in this text.

It reads "if you meet meet the requirements"

Regards

Mntoes

  Edited April 9, 2011 by mntoes  

[Cleaner475 150]

I like the fact that the number of STEX files a user's uploaded is now displayed next to their posts. Will this number be also be added to the profile pages, down the left hand column or will there be a seperate STEX page within a profile? I know you've said your working on this Dirk and that its not a priority but I'm curious now as this has popped up

EDIT: Must just say I absolutely love the Stats page on the profiles. Never noticed that before so I'm not sure how long its been there but it's really cool and interesting

Regards,

Richard

  Edited April 9, 2011 by Cleaner475  

[StreetxROBLOX 22]

the only one update that i do not like is having to wait for a download to finish to start another one, this really annoys me. I used to be able to download 10 files in under 3 minutes but now it takes about 15 minutes because i'm having to wait to download files.

just my opinion though.

maybe concider getting ride of this "feature" or make it less time consuming.

Thanks,

SR

[Cleaner475 150]

I'm not having any problems like this. I can download multiple files at once and at amazing speeds 2.2mb bixel file and 1.7mb bixel file at the same time took 3-4 seconds. Fastest the STEX has ever been since I've been at this site.

Regards,

Richard

  Edited April 9, 2011 by Cleaner475  

[Wiecher 192]

That has nothing to do with the STEX, it's your browser.

[hittwice99 618]

I agree, this is a nice addition to our forum profiles. Keep up the good work!

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

I just zoom in.

Well, I used to do that, but the site font was causing me to miss spelling mistakes when I had a screen width editor, so I changed to a clearer font.

[Duke87 1,070]

Oh my, the cover is blown on the existence of an STEX file I uploaded!

[astronelson 339]

Oh my, the cover is blown on the existence of an STEX file I uploaded!

You've mentioned that upload before.

And now we know the answer to the title of that thread: points (or Simoleons, their ST7 equivalent) are for investing, donating, and spending on shop items that don't yet exist.

[AlexE95 0]

it looks very nice even tho i just joined xD

[Finkle 14]

quick view of "my profile seems to be down", I seen you were doing up dates through out the weekend also noticed twitter great source for info, not a member of the twit-er but I know I can look there