Hello EarlG. Thank You for the new option to choose Large Fonts. My old eyes sure do appreciate it!
George McGovern

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Now none of the youtube videos on the RHS open in DU via FF or Chrome--they work fine in Edge and usually in Brave.

My refresh icon has gone missing.

It was working; you broke it. Really, Bro, you should not do this.

Nothing to do with this beta test.

What is your “refresh icon”?

TY for nothing. Had to change my default browser from FF to edge (ugh) just to open DU.
Why did you do this?

How can I restore my refresh page icon? In 30 yrs it never disappeared before DU's machinations.

Really, did you spend nites thinking about how to screw up with users? You suceeded!

Oh, user error. Blame the victim. I await the non-apology and blaming me.

And how much MONEY $$ did DU spend to achieve this fiasco? Donations from loyal followers supported this? Please explain.

FWIW, I have no trouble logging into DU and/or viewing fora on Firefox, Epic, Opera, Aviator, or Edge.

However, when I click on a post in the "Video & Multimedia" forum in Firefox, I had to manually disable various NoScript blocks, and then reload the page 2x to get the video to show and run. Also, in Firefox the embed window is very small compared to the other browsers, and the "My Notes" button very large.

I hope this is helpful information.

Thank you AGAIN for the excellent large fonts!

appreciatively,
Bright

I can't reproduce what you're seeing in Firefox. Video embeds and the My Notes button look normal.

If you're using content blockers then there's always a chance they could mess up the layout in a way that isn't intended. However, that would potentially only affect layout issues (like getting a small embed window instead of the correctly sized version).

When it comes to the NoScript blocks and having to reload the page to see the video, that doesn't sound like a layout issue. When you open a thread with an embedded video, the video is loaded into your browser directly from the source (YouTube) in an iframe. Inside that iframe is YouTube content, not DU content, so if you're getting errors at that point it's most likely to do with the way your browser configuration is handling the direct connection between your browser and YouTube.

But like I said, unfortunately this kind of thing is difficult to pinpoint, because we can't account for all the different browser extensions and custom configurations that people use when they're browsing the Internet.

Firefox has a lot of available plugins, etc. and updates every 3-4 days. Keeping its configuration optimized for one thing leaves security vulnerabilities for other things, and so forth. One reason why I only use it for a couple of things, and have Epic as my primary browser.

It's just a guess, but the other people having difficulties with Firefox are experiencing some of the same problems.

I don't know if there's a way designers can accommodate all of Firefox's myriad options... but I imagine you guys have done your best to optimize it.

helpfully,
Bright

your link to DU4 Questions & Answers forum goes to the features page

Fixed, thanks.

I’ll keep looking, in any case, until the goes on in my brain.

Looks good on my iPhone and MacBook, but the font is tiny on my iPad. Tried turning on large fonts just for goofs, even though it says it doesn’t work in Skinner mode. The posting window looks normal to me, at least while I’m typing this, but everything else on the page, including the preview window, has tiny fonts. Is there some reason for this?

BTW, thank you.

First, I just made a small tweak to our code so please let me know if it's still happening.

Second, if it is still happening:

The DU4 font size in Skinner Mode is coded to be the exact same font size as DU3. So there are a couple of things we can check here.

1) If you look at DU3 on your iPad (the regular, current version of DU -- not the new test version), do the fonts also look too small?

2) On your iPad, do the fonts look too small on other websites, or just on DU?

Thank you!

I’ll answer the questions anyway.

1) DU3 looks fine. I frequently have a tab open for each version for comparison.

2) The fonts look fine everywhere else.

Not sure if this matters, but I’m using Safari browser.

Thanks for the tweak!

The only problem is that I now broke something else by fixing that

No worries though, the change needed to be made, so we'll be sure to keep it.

At least you get to feel like a rock star for a few minutes.

Thank you for being so responsive.

I hope that the UI/styling for the new site is still under development. The comments are more difficult to scan due to excessive white space around the post text. The options at the bottom of each post are also quite bulky compared to the simple text links on the original forum. There's more scrolling required to get from one comment to another, and their relationship to each other is more difficult to follow.

Any chance we'll have an option for adding our own personal style sheet? I'd love to create my own skin so I can get fussy with details that make my reading experience easier, according to my own fussy standards for good UI (designing UI was my job before I retired).

and when I click preview and go back to post my post is gone.

I use firefox as my browser.

Thanks,

What happens when you try to recommend an OP? What kind of device are you using? Did you switch to Dark Mode/Skinner Mode in Account Settings, or are you using default DU4?

As for previewing, you don’t need to go back to post. After you’ve previewed, just scroll down and use the post button at the bottom.

Like it is everywhere else, in the grey bar at the top? Is that a big deal?

at the top of the home page will take you to Latest Discussions, as will clicking Navigate > Latest Discussions on any page.

It’s just more clicks.

you see these as improvements, and since that is a matter of taste I feel justified in saying I find it "ugly". 20 years here and I guess I like what we had. Sorry. Not meaning to disparage your efforts, but your vision isn't one I see.

What's wrong with the way it is? Daily Kos has a new layout, but you can still use the old one.

thank you!