Hi everyone-
Yes, I have been working on making the forum match the new design of RomanArmy.com
Up until late yesterday, the design was still very much under construction, so a lot of your comments are now irrelevant-- I may have changed or fixed your problem since then.
Yes, the solider went away-- I'm afraid he's just too tall to look good on the forum, and yes I tried shrinking him a lot, but he doesn't look good at all at a very small size, especially since he needs to match up with the background hills. I decided for compatibility reasons, it's better just to get rid of him altogether.
Now then, if anyone STILL has problems, I would like to hear about them --
but please only those related to the new design! If you're having trouble with other issues, you can pm Jasper about those.
When you make a report, please let me know not only the operating system you're using, but also your screen resolution and the version of your browser. Be as specific as possible. For example, IE 6 is a lot different under windows XP service pack 2 than under the original OS. Knowing these things make a difference.
Bear in mind I'm going for the best AVERAGE user experience here-- that is that everyone can view the forum without serious problems and can get around and do what they need to do -- I cannot promise a PERFECT looking site in every browser. It's just almost impossible to make a site look exactly the same everywhere. This is especially true on a site as complex as RAT is and with such a limited development team (me). My main goals are to make the site look good in the most recent edition of IE 6 and in the most recent version of Firefox. If you have a VERY old browser, I'm sorry I can't be held responsible for that. I can only test and code for so much backwards compatibility.
I wish browsers did everything all the same, but more often than not some **coughcoughIE6coughcough** don't want to play by everybody's rules. Making websites is all about achieving the balance that causes a site to look DECENT in the most possible browsers.
Anyway, sorry about the grumbling-- it's my job to do this of course, and it's nobody's fault, but sometimes get cross-browser compatibility can drive me up the wall.