Forum template updates

[Jason Dunn]

Our keen webmaster, Chris Edwards, has done a bit of template tweaking and I can confirm that the forums will look nice at 800 x 600, no horizontal scrolling, and they appear to scale down decently at 640 x 480 (although I can't confirm that - I have nothing that goes that low). So, Jeff Kirvin, get off my back. <img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif" />

[adamz]

You know, that browser window of yours is resizable. You can move the boundaries so that they're closer to a 640x480 dimension... thus simulating a full screen browser window on a 640x480 screen resolution.

Frankly I keep my browser windows at 640x480 dimensions even though my screen resolution is much higher. That way I can browse more than one website at the same time. Much more efficient than a wasted full-screen browser window. Also great for people that use search engines and want to see resulting links without abandoning the results list.

[Jason Dunn]

You know, that browser window of yours is resizable. You can move the boundaries so that they're closer to a 640x480 dimension... thus simulating a full screen browser window on a 640x480 screen resolution.

Did you mean for that to sound to as condescending as it does? :?

I know that it's resizable, which is why I said it "appears" to work at 640 x 480. I resized the window to what I figured was close to 640 x 480 and it worked nicely on the message windows. I have an app that resizes the window to exact resolutions, but it doesn't appear to be compatible with XP, so I can only estimate. :D

[ppcsurfr]

Well, finally it shows up nicely on my PC. I really hated having to scroll to the right just to get to the Go button.

Anyway, is there a way to make this more Pocket Internet Explorer friendly? It has a tendency to jump around the screen too much.

[Jason Dunn]

Anyway, is there a way to make this more Pocket Internet Explorer friendly? It has a tendency to jump around the screen too much.

Look at the discussion thread started on Friday... :-)

[TinMan]

Try this:

Resize window to 640 x 480 in IE (javascript:resizeTo(640,480))

[Jason Dunn]

Try this:

Resize window to 640 x 480 in IE (javascript:resizeTo(640,480))

Slick! I knew there was a way to do it with code, but I didn't have time to look it up. Thanks!

[TinMan]

And in case anyone is mad that their window shrunk :) :
Resize window to 640 x 480 in IE (javascript:resizeTo(640,460))
Resize window to 800 x 600 in IE (javascript:resizeTo(800,600))
Resize window to 1024 x 764 in IE (javascript:resizeTo(1024,764))
Resize window to 1280 x 1024 in IE (javascript:resizeTo(1280,1024))


-Mike

[dcharles18]

Thanks guys! That horizontal scrolling was getting to be a pain, I just had not gotten around to asking about it yet. Thanks again. :D

[Jeff Kirvin]

Our keen webmaster, Chris Edwards, has done a bit of template tweaking and I can confirm that the forums will look nice at 800 x 600, no horizontal scrolling, and they appear to scale down decently at 640 x 480 (although I can't confirm that - I have nothing that goes that low). So, Jeff Kirvin, get off my back. http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif

Eureka! I can see again!

[spg]

Nice job guys! :D On my main computer I wasn't having any trouble (my resolution is 1280x1024), but on my older computer it sure was a pain to use those scroll bars all the time. Thanks!