usability

[pb7]

Hello everybody,
having now visited several times the new-look p2p site, I must admit that, although it is very useful and a great information resource, it is sometimes annoying to use, as I constantly have to scroll right to read messages. is it the size of my screen that's inadequate?
Would it be possible, either to reduce the size of the message window, or else shift the navigation bar so message windows are centred on the screen?
Cheers,:)

Philippe

[bluckcuck]

The forums work fine at 1024x768 with no horizontal scrolling.

However, I have seen some forums where members have posted topics or replies containing code sections with very long lines. The nature of the code tags is to not impose any formatting on the content inside of them and let the poster format the text anyway they want. Therefore, any long lines inside of code tags will not be wrapped and could cause horizontal scrolling in the browser.

If this is a problem, then I would suggest asking the posters to be aware of how wide their posting is - and possibly reformatting it so it's more readable for everyone.

Bruce Luckcuck
Director, Applications & Support Services
Wiley Publishing, Inc.

[pb7]

re: bluckcuck's reply to my original message:

not everybody has a larger screen and while it might be justified to have a left navbar (endless debate!), you also loses space with the left-hand column with people's names and their status. Couldn't that be incorporated into the horizontal strip above eac message?

Philippe

[pb7]

I would be grateful if I could be told one way or another whether my suggestion of moving the data in the "author"
column is feasible or realistic. Alternatively, could reply windows be made smaller or a word wrap of 60 characters be
set?
Thanks in advance,

Philippe

[Hal Levy]

I believe you were answered by Bruce..

Anything placed in a ["code"] tag is considered "preformatted" and is displayed in a monospace font without wordwrap. This is appropriate functionality for code blocks.

As for your suggestion that the functionality of the Left-Nav be moved- I don't like web sites that try to cram everything in the top-nav of the site.

If you wish to change the size of your reply window, that is done easily by changing the pulldown for "screensize" in the reply window.


Hal Levy
Daddyshome, LLC
NOT a Wiley/Wrox Employee