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arbon

Aug 29, 2006, 2:47 PM

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David this icon is getting old, and seems to be getting smaller by the day.

Where as my eye sight is just getting old, and I am getting bigger, (can't get so close to the monitor any more)
http://www.mexconnected.com/...with_new_replies.gif

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(This post was edited by arbon on Aug 29, 2006, 2:50 PM)

DavidMcL

Aug 29, 2006, 5:35 PM

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Good comment.
I shall pass it on to the techies in Vancouver.
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DavidMcL

Aug 30, 2006, 8:04 AM

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New , larger image in the works.

Thanks for the suggestion. I was struggling as well.

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arbon

Aug 30, 2006, 9:21 AM

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David, I think this one might fit in same area as original?

PS, it maybe because I have gone from a 17" tube monitor @ 800x600, to a 19" LCD @ 1024x768.
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johanson

Aug 30, 2006, 10:21 AM

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Yes Arbon, that is the problem. I too have upgraded this time to a 17 inch laptop with a 1920 by 1200 pixels screen resolution. Not only is that icon too small but I have a hard time reading some emails if the font size is too small. I know I could change my screen resolution to let me see these small icons, etc better, but after spending all that money on one of Dells better video cards, I don't want to do so.

I presume you have increased the "Text Size" settings to "Largest". I also just ordered a new pair of glasses.

This is going to be a problem for more and more folks because the industry is upgrading the resolution of their basic screens as well.

arbon

Aug 30, 2006, 10:53 AM

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The text size is no problem on medium, but the icon size does not change with the text, and there is not enough of the yellow showing to contrast with the white.
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DavidMcL

Aug 31, 2006, 1:18 PM

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New icon has been added.

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sfmacaws

Aug 31, 2006, 2:36 PM

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and a joy it is to old eyes! Thanks David and thanks Arbon for bringing it up.

Jonna - Mérida, Yucatán

arbon

Aug 31, 2006, 3:24 PM

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You guys are joking right?

Oops, Wendy has said she has seen it.

and so have I ..........on her computer and now mine.

thanks David.
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sfmacaws

Sep 2, 2006, 12:59 AM

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I've noticed that the new icons only appear on threads that have a response, more than one post. Until someone responds to a post, the icon is the old tiny one.

Jonna - Mérida, Yucatán

DavidMcL

Sep 2, 2006, 10:40 AM

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Exactly!
The fact that it is all white means that you have already opened or fully read that thread.

The problem was in the difficulty in discerning between those icons (a single, thin, white one for one posting only and a wider, overlapped, white one for a posting with response(s)), and the one indicating that a posting had a new response.

This last one has been enlarged.

A single new posting is indicated by a solid yellow icon, which while small, is clearly visible.

Put simply:
a big one = new responses.
An all yellow one = a brand new posting.
Anything else = you have already looked at it.

David
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