OT – a new Barn?

[Jeremy Garchow]

“Settings” at the top right of the page, then “Extra” tab in your settings page.

I like this new look. There’s a bit of extra white space, but it’s a lot easier to read on mobile and autocorrect works a lot better.

[Steve Connor]

I find it loads quicker as well

[Scott Witthaus]

[Herb Sevush] “Bessie’s just skating to where the puck might be, reading is so over, it’s much better imagining what the content is like so that everyone always agrees with you – it’s genius!
“

But Herb, will this write your script and make you a cup of coffee? If not, no use in using it, right? 😉

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

[Tim Wilson]

I know that we were taking a real risk by going with a theme dominated by black text on a white background. I’m not aware of any other websites doing it this way, so I’m not surprised at your consternation that we would take such a daring break from mainstream design. If black and white was actually readable, you’d think that more people would be doing it, right?

Anyway, we’ve always offered a variety of UI tweaks in your Account settings, which you can find at https://secure.creativecow.net/account/edit. You’ll find the palette options on the Extra tab, labeled COW Wrapper. The previous default is now named Legacy Golden Pasture Blue.

(And yes, naming it Legacy was my idea. I came THIS CLOSE to calling it Legend.)

Enjoy!

Yours in love and color,

Tim Wilson
Editor-in-Chief
Creative COW

[Steve Connor]

[Tim Wilson] “I know that we were taking a real risk by going with a theme dominated by black text on a white background. I’m not aware of any other websites doing it this way, so I’m not surprised at your consternation that we would take such a daring break from mainstream design. If black and white was actually readable, you’d think that more people would be doing it, right?
“

Now I’m used to it I like it! I tried going back to the old settings but it just seemed like….tracks!

[Mark Suszko]

You know how I know things are slow and Tim’s bored? 🙂

[Mathieu Ghekiere]

I like it too! Great job.

https://mathieughekiere.wordpress.com

[John Rofrano]

Tim, Is there any place that explains the logic behind the forums “trimming” that took place?

Lots of forums are now gone. I use to monitor Apple Logic Pro X and Apple GarageBand forums but they are gone. People have contacted me that the Particle Illusion forum is gone. Was it just forums that had no traffic lately? if so, why is Final Cut Pro Server still there. Apple Logic Pro X had more recent traffic than the FCP Server forum???

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasstsoftware.com

[Noah Kadner]

Not sure if this is intentional but now when I click ok a thread in the forum view it only shows the first post. You have to click on the Show Entire Thread link to see the other posts. This is viewing the non mobile version on an iPhone.

Noah

FCPWORKS – FCPX Workflow
FCP Exchange – FCPX Workshops
XinTwo – FCPX Training

[Walter Soyka]

Just one bug report on the new look: hyperlinks look just like body text, so the only way to know if something is in fact a link is by hovering over it. I see how it makes sense to simplify hyperlink formatting on the forum view, but it seems to me that a post view calls for a distinct treatment.

Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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