It feels weird upgrading a mostly dead forum, but I did it anyway.

[dUSt]

Call me an optimist!

Those of you who pay really close attention to things will notice some changes. Let's play the "What's different?" game!!!

[elizabeth09]

the number of post in each Board.  It use to be a bigger number, now its closer.  Something I willing to use to over time.

[Anastasia]

Most noticeable for me, the typographical environment. The font and spaces and elements around it. It lacks solidity, everything is floating too much. The avatar's circles instead of squares add instability.

After looking around: the avatar's circles are really annoying. The eye needs something stable.

[cruciatacara]

The typeface and layout seem huge to me. I have reduced the screen size to 80% just to see it better. Very strange. And during log in, I couldn't choose to sign in anonymously but it appears to have done so anyway. But like anything new, we will get used to it in time. I must be getting older though because changes aren't as welcome to me as they used to be. 

 

Edited September 11, 2020 by cruciatacara
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[Anastasia]

5 hours ago, cruciatacara said:

I must be getting older though because changes aren't as welcome to me as they used to be. 

I think it depends on whether a change was an improvement or not. For example, now squares returned, their rounded cornered are matching the whole mood and this is good.
I remember though many years ago Phatmass had a very personal pic (a header I think), a tree or something similar and it gave some sense of a space, journey etc. Then it became nothing, a black brick like many other places on the Internet. 

The font is Segoe UI I think. I do not know why, when I look at it I have an association with designing the advertisement booklets. It has that quality of... how to say, it pulls too much attention to itself and it gives a certain character to the messages, the character which prevents from deeper thinking. Perhaps it is just me but I would use Helvetica instead, something as plain as possible, like the one that was before (do not remember what it was). Here are some ideas https://www.typewolf.com/top-10-body-text-fonts

[Anastasia]

Open Sans now looks much better! I now understood - Segoe has an unpleasant "g". 

[Anomaly]

Ridiculously small font...

[MIKolbe]

There's no Lame Board...

[dUSt]

2 hours ago, Anomaly said:

Ridiculously small font...

Or you're old.

[MIKolbe]

25 minutes ago, dUSt said:

Or you're old.

*your

[dUSt]

1 minute ago, MIKolbe said:

*your

Your fat.

[Anomaly]

55 minutes ago, dUSt said:

Or you're old.

I said too small, not too loud.  

 

And I’m glad to get this old.   

[dominicansoul]

I think it’s an improvement...

 

...but I lost some followers 

Edited September 11, 2020 by dominicansoul
I looked at my profile

[MIKolbe]

5 hours ago, dUSt said:

Your fat.

That's been reported.

[dUSt]

29 minutes ago, MIKolbe said:

That's been reported.

Fake report. "Your" is possessive. I was talking about your fat, as in, the bacon grease you may keep on your stove, or the lard you may keep in your pantry.

Do you mean to imply I was calling YOU fat? The thought hasn't and will never occur to me.

 

[Tony]

Dust! Sup man

[dUSt]

1 minute ago, Tony said:

Dust! Sup man

Nothin much dog sup with you?

[Tony]

Just now, dUSt said:

Nothin much dog sup with you?

Not much. Just riding out the pandemic like everyone else 

[ardillacid]

Is there a Phatmass App?

[dUSt]

3 hours ago, ardillacid said:

Is there a Phatmass App?

No, but the phorum works great on phones.