Posts made by Joker

@SuitAndTieX:

@Joker:

i dont like this colors together with the existing rest.. this would need a complete redesign of all colors.
for that, someone would need to edit the CSS and supply a complete new skin

OK, let's see how it would look:

#FFD700 - "Show Freeleech torrents", "Freeleech!", The search header (Category, Name/Short, Description, Added, Size/Infos, Snatched S/L and Functions) and the Stars of Rating.

Non-downloaded: Okay, keep it up!
Downloaded, but not completed: #99FF99
Completed: #00b300

I will make an icon for Replaces "Wish List", it will be colorless and when clicking, it will be colored and I will make an icon for the Download shortcut too.

im not a fan of this either.. but judge yourself. those colors bite me if they would maybe 0.5 alpha… ?

@urx585:

The new design is inefficient to use and difficult to read.  
This is really poor UI design.  I chose the older interface because it is much more efficient and easier to use.  Please do not automatically revert me.
I appreciate the effort, but UI is not this site's problem.  Poor torrent retention, overly rapid deletion of popular torrents, and overly slow deletion of torrents containing malware are all much, much more serious problems.
Some very popular sites have interfaces that look like they were designed twenty years ago.  The older UI is not a problem.

Thanks for your detailed feedback. You've been heard.
you will get reverted some more times the next days or weeks until there is no way back to the "old" and "more efficient" or "not so poorly made" layout. If you don't like that, i suggest leaving (for at least some weeks) and get used to it, what you gonna find after it.  :blind:
don't get me wrong, but the future gonna happen. And some of it you might not like !

i dont like this colors together with the existing rest.. this would need a complete redesign of all colors.
for that, someone would need to edit the CSS and supply a complete new skin

@newsbite:

Hi, the colors of a non-downloaded and a downloaded but not completed torrent need to be changed. It is very difficult to ascertain what is which with the new color scheme.

For the old layout, it was:
Non-downloaded: Grey
Downloaded, but not completed: Light green
Completed: Dark Green

For the new layout it is
Non-downloaded: Dark Grey
Downloaded, but not completed: Light Grey
Completed: Green

Please can you change the light grey to something easier on the eyes and easy to identify.

i agree
well im color blind and would like to get some help here.. could you please supply 2 color codes you think are the best here?

edit: now we have "light green" for "downloaded"
                          "dark green" for "completed"

hope this is better..
but i still dont like the green tone … so if someone please supply 2 better greens, i would highly appreciate it.

@drewski:

Hey guys, we just got back up and running yesterday and madly working to get functionality back up - including an invitation module and a torrent tracker.

Unfortunately we did lose all our data so you won't just be able to log in as usual.

In the meantime, we'll be manually adding old members back in and any new members from posts here and in the ourgtn invite forum.

If you are a veteran member from before the big crash of 2007, we may still have your details, so PM me with those so I can quickly check. If you joined after 2007 or have not been a member before, PM me with your request including preferred nickname, sign up password (which you should change as soon as you log in) and email address to use for confirmation.

Preference will be given to those who show activity here and on the other forums. As usual, not too worried about ratio but we do want to see that you've been downloading some things, participating in forums, etc. Newbies and lurkers will come last on the list so we can priorities getting our old buddies back

Doing it manually is slow but we'll keep working at it until the invitation module is ready - hopefully very soon!

oh dear, this sounds horrible….How is it possible that you only have an old backup from 2007? Was it a hardware failure ?

@EthanCN:

I switched back to the old design as it's just way nicer to have one bar with all the information instead of all the different tabs with all the information.

you got a point.. i try to put those infos back into the menu. im not sure how - yet. be patient and give it another try

and to the rest of you, what do you think of my recent color tweak in the search results ? now you should be able to read it good. nice constrast

if this was included in one of our torrents, have you reported it already so we can remove this to prevent other users from get infected by PC Corona?

Very good. I hope you can hear my loud purring…  :love:

Even at the risk of being beaten, have you ever restarted your computer?

I've splitted the topic so we can talk about the icons separately.

interesting suggestion. even if i don't know if the blue fits well. but for that you can discuss here…
thanks for your input in advance

@MrMazda:

In your case, I see that you are using Transmission 3.0… This may be where your problem lies. For some reason version 3.0 is very temperamental with our tracker for some reason. If you roll back to the previous version (2.94), you should have no issue with our tracker anymore.

Somebody mentioned earlier, transmission 3.0 is working again. the only reason it doesnt work before was the outdated certificate. 3.0 is just more strict with that than earlier versions.

could you please try this url: https://tracker.gaytorrent.ru/stmdd
if you reach a black page showing backend stats, you can reach our backend and so your client should be able too. But if you cannot reach this page, then Hyperfilter is blocking you for some reasons…

@SuitAndTieX:

I'm very good with photoshop and I can even prepare a file to be used as a base for future categories, so if a new category comes up, it would be easy to create a new icon to match the others.

It would be a little difficult for me to select images to use, but if there was a small group or a specific forum for suggestions of these images, it would be very nice and I would offer to help in editing.

Thank you for the offer. Maybe You put up a new Topic for this to discuss. Maybe those icons should not even use pictures. Instead those icons like metioned earlier in this topic.

@ursur:

I have to agree with flox38 above. I don't know know if it's related to the redesign or just something I noticed coincidentally for the first time today, but in "Browse" some torrents have ridiculously tall vertical-banner type main images that are just way too big. One of them forced me to scroll down nearly two pages to get to the end of it to get more torrents to load and then scroll back up to see them. A maximum image height in browse would be amazing.

Other than that I mostly like the redesign a lot. I'll have to get used to the new menu (specifically the Torrents drop down), but I realize I'm a creature of habit and I appreciate the work that went into this. It's looking good!

i saw this myself..  there will be a maximum height of pics. if they are higher, the system cuts the rest. i dont see any other solution. i dont understand why people upload such strange format pics  :crazy2:

@RectalTemp:

The new layout is absolutely beautiful, and even seems more functional. I immediately noticed the cleaner look the moment I logged in. No complaints / Just praise.

I want to respond to this positive message on behalf of all the other positive comments:THANK YOU  :love: :love: :love: !! I am glad that you like it so much. The new layout is not yet perfect. You can see that from the comments of the others. But I think we all notice that this update will bring fresh wind into our site. Your feedback motivates me to go through code that is more than 10 years old. A very rocky but necessary road. It opens the doors to some completely new features you wouldn't even dream of. You can be curious. But first the layout has to be adjusted to our satisfaction. After that I have to take a look at this forum. Its a mess. No search and destructed design.  I'm afraid of it because it's very complicated (it even needs db downgrades before it can be updated..) and the forum will be offline for several days. Just a warning: Not everything will be the same as before. I ask for your understanding in advance. But after that I can finally unleash my creativity. No doubt: you gonna freak out !

@mvag1992:

I loved the new design update  ;D

are you still in love?
or did you love it until you found out something was wrong?  :cheers:

@winter:

like the color scheme, less garish colors. still can't up or download, that part sucks.

Can you give me some more details? The best thing to do is to contact the helpdesk. Then our moderators can see how they can help you.

@jblo24GTRU:

Overall I like the new look.  I like the recent changes including the larger font size and keeping the ration/bonus/etc. info at the top.  Would love to see "Search" shown on its own rather than being under the Torrent menu as it's something that I click on a lot, but if I now nee to click twice instead of once so be it.  I also love the suggestions made by SuitAndTieX as there seems to be a lot of empty space (when browsing from a laptop).  I can understand interacting with the Forum on a phone or iPad, but I am curious to understand why someone would use a phone or iPad to browse the torrent list. As I download files to my laptop hard drive or attached storage, how do you download when using a phone?

Thanks for all the hard work.  Love the site and appreciate everyone's contribution to it!

I will deal extensively with the menu and depending on the window size I will bring more or less functions into direct access. I'm even thinking about a small configuration option for each individual. e.g. a selectable menu item will always be visible, even in the smallest view. But these are all new ideas that still have to be tried out. Give me a little more time.

Also all suggestions of SuitAndTieX make sense and will be implemented. Also here in search-mod a lot will happen depending on the window size.
There were already suggestions for a new icon design above. What do you think about it? I really need help there. and someone who prepares photoshop files for me. There are always some new categories (like trans) coming up from time to time. And if the designer is gone, someone else has to do it. I'm not so good at it (as you can see).

Understand this new version as a work-in-progress version. Of course I hoped for feedback from you and now I get more and more what I expected: You are all really great ! Thank you for taking the time to think about it.

@longaius:

It does look cleaner.

But the Bright yellow font is still hard on the eyes.

How  about a more soft gold color?

And the ratio red font color is too dark - very hard to read.

How about an update of the category icons. Always look to busy to me and difficult to see when they are the small ones…
I am willing to contribute icon designs as per attached to help.

just got out of the bed…. well we would need a lot of those icons.. what do other people think about that?
colors.. i am color blind and not much of a designer... so any helpful thoughts are welcome..

meanwhile we have the ratio back on top of the menu. the color change from red to white once you are above 1.00.. maybe it should be displayed always in white color now.

i have to read the feedback and see what i can do. stay tuned.

@karashi:

It looks nice and clean.  However, I do like to see the 'age' of the torrents, which is now missing.

Alas, the image preview when mousing over the torrent's Name/Short Description, the image pops up to the left of the mouse at my resolution, and most of it is not visible, no matter where i put my mouse.

On a wider resolution, it appears to the right, but my monitor window is not that wide.  Because the Name is on the left side of the screen, the image would need to appear on the right for me to see most of it.

Many thanks for your hard work!

thank you for your kind words. The popup bug gonna be fixed tomorrow. i tried already a lot but i need some rest first.

@djb32067433:

I like it very much. Definitely a cleaner look. The only change I would suggest, is a slight increase on the font for the torrent search pages, to make it more easily visible for users, without needing to increase the page zoom.

i did.. do you still think it is actually to small? which part exactly?

@sergiors:

Sincerely, I prefer the old design, too. I'm a creature of habit  :afr2:

im sorry, but you won't have this option for long….   :blownose:

@beachbro:

New layout is pretty nice, won't take long to get used to since it's pretty straight forward. Looks cleaner and sharper too.

This is the reaction im looking for  :cheers:

@Myfever:

I actually like the older one, altho this one looks clean and less laggy. BUT, I do think ratio should be highlighted  or in evidence  please

requested by many so far: the stats are "ALWAYS ON" again  :cheers:

@badaley:

This is the message you need to give everyone because it gives them a concrete reason (the old design is going away) why they should provide the feedback.

It's also probably a good idea to tell users why you are changing the site.  Personally, I'm a "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" person.  I respond better to changes if I'm told why the changes are made.

Thanks for your thoughts. I think that after a short time there will be enough feedback. Even if some people still switch back to the old version. I have built this in so that I don't have to work sleeplessly to fix any bugs I didn't find. So everyone can switch again instead of going frustrated.

Why changes at all?
have you ever tried the site from a mobile phone? we have more and more access from mobile devices. especially the forum. . now the design is made to work on mobile devices as well as desktop pc's. there will be more changes in the future. special adapted browse/search for mobile devices, where only the most necessary functions are included. but then they are easier to use. for example you can extend your wishlist on the road and start downloading at home. the new forum also needs a responsive head. That's why I started with the modernization. Knowing that there will be some who will thank me with incomprehension. But that's just the way progress is. No website operator can satisfy all users 100 percent. I give my best ! thank you for your understanding and continue to have fun.

@leeniedo:

I like the new layout but the font is a little too small for me as well. Maybe just my eyesight but finding it difficult to read the forums based on size. Good thing I have an eye doctor appointment this week.

as mentioned earlier, the forum will get another major update very soon… so don't judge it right now, but the rest from the site.

@wedsxc0:

I am fine with the new look including the font size but as another user stated I miss the always on ratio/stats so I went back to the old layout for now.  ;D

hahahah thanks for letting me know… i have to think about, where i can integrate this ALWAYS ON stats feature

@eobox91103:

@MrMazda:

@srblock:

It is clean. I think I Like it, I'll give it a go. One thing is bothersome: in Browse view, when I mouseover "i" to see info, the popup box sometimes is very wide and goes off the left side of the page. This is only happening in Safari (which I prefer to use). It looks fine in Chrome. Also, under my profile I do not see an option to choose the old layout, although like I said I think I'll get used to the new layout. Nice work

This issue should now be fixed.

I still get this phenomenon.  If I mouse over the description ellipsis on the torrent "Answered Prayers: The Actor Starring Tayte Hanson," the expanded description bleeds off the left side of the screen (see screenshot below).  This doesn't happen on all torrent listings, which is odd.  It's not a serious issue.

tooltips driving me crazy !!!  :crazy2:
i will go into this ASAP.. but first, i need a nap. keep reporting anoying stuff here!