Forum Update

thatguy1

how I love thee stretchy skin! too much space otherwise on a 15.6" laptop

maddiemay

I am so pleased I just found this thread. Today I visited opticians today to have my brand new varifocal specs adjusted slightly. I have been looking up loads of stuff on MSE since, but everything is foggy, wiped eyes, cleaned specs twice, and found I could read MSE without them, was all ready to go back to optician tomorrow to complain. Well I will try it for a while, but I cannot keep taking specs off to read here and popping them back on to look across the room, so thank you at least for giving us the stretchy option. BTW, I have been using vari lenses for 15 years plus.

mummyplus3

It looks great with the streched skin, the fixed width looks terrible. I am liking the changes and glad to have stretched it out! Maybe you should do a member poll to find out what the masses would prefer?

[Deleted User]

Fixed width...? Whos idea was that?

All well and good if you have a massive 22" srceen but it just makes it difficult on a 10" Netbook.

I thought fixed width websites went out with "Internet Explorer only" websites!!!

chris_m

Guess I'm in a minority. I prefer the fixed width on my 1280x1024 19" display, there's more gap between links on the RHS and the scroll bar so I'm less likely to clip a link when heading for the scroll bar with my graphics pen. I've lost count of the times I've called up the forum team page when I really wanted to scroll down ;-)

I'll have to see what it's like on my netbook though, that ain't so wide.

MonkeySaving?

Dear Martin, please let us have the Big Stretchy Forum back, PLEASE!

This is how it looks on my screen....

sbirks23

I've just changed to stretchy masthead, complete waste of 40% of width of laptop screen otherwise and thread titles doubling up onto 2 lines rather than a single line on the stretchy option - now back to being much easier to read. Glad the option was there, thanks.

Oo just seen the post above this -my screen was exactly the same until i changed it back - lots of blank white space....

fermi

MonkeySaving? wrote: »

Dear Martin, please let us have the Big Stretchy Forum back, PLEASE!

This is how it looks on my screen....

It's "stretched" now you posted that. :rotfl:

MonkeySaving?

I think I've broken your forum with that post

pastizzi

hi have managed to get it to go stretchy as i absolutley hate the fixed width and wouldnt want to even bother trying to get used to it hope it stays how ive put for the next time i visit as it took me ages of mucking about cos im useless on a computer and it will just put me off comeing here.
I understand that we all have to move with the times but what a palava!