Dark theme (working)

giffgaff Dark Theme I've finished making a dark theme for the forums (as far as I know). Follow the instructions here to download it: https://github.com/da...

mrjeeves · 2019-09-08T17:49:26+00:00

giffgaff Dark Theme I've finished making a dark theme for the forums (as far as I know). Follow the instructions here to download it: https://github.com/da...

Dark theme (working)

davidevans0000

That's great new cheers.

majorincident

davidevans0000, I'm still waiting for the ignore feature, but that's another thing that is apparently in the works.

Those of you telling me to upgrade refuse to see that the problem is specific and not the whole of the internet, which works fine with my set up. Still if any of you care to stump up for the cost of a new computer, I'll upgrade. Otherwise keep your unhelpful comments to yourself.

i_am_sy

majorincident You want me to buy a new computer to solve the problem of ONE site? I don't need to be here and will just stop posting if the crap doesn't get sorted.

It's entirety down to you, want you do, it is somthing though that is not going to change, so being vocal about it doesn't make any difference in this case because nothing can or should be done to change it, you will probably just find you hear the same over and over from us reminding you of why you should upgrade, I'm afraid.

extreme_one

majorincident refuse to see that the problem is specific and not the whole of the internet

Unfortunately, the problem is very specific, to you and anyone else that's chosen to continue using outdated hardware or software.

You are in a very small minority and you can't really expect any developer to spend resources trying to fix a problem inherently caused by using an old non-compliant browser. The time and effort required to make things work for you, and the other tiny minority, would be better spent improving things for the majority.

This isn't personal, and I'm sorry if you end up taking it that way, it's certainly not my intention to upset or annoy you further, I'm simply explaining how this kind of project management must work.

You have only 2 choices with regards the giffgaff forum, either learn to use it as is, with your aging hardware and software, learning how to overcome or ignore the incompatibilities, or gain access to a device which will work fully.

Any mobile device, such as a cheap Android phone or tablet of less than 3 or so years old ought to render this site fine, alternatively Chromebooks are relatively inexpensive, or even a cheap 2nd hand laptop running Windows 7 or later ...

If you decide not to upgrade, you must expect more and more websites to become unusable, or unstable, over time as web technology moves forward.

I hope you find a solution that works for you.

davidevans0000

majorincident treat yourself take your pick. https://www.argos.co.uk/search/chromebook/category:36478534/opt/sort:price/

peterhall0012

majorincident you've had plenty to say in other threads can't see how you have a problem.

pw6049

@majorincident what's up you are posting plenty.

majorincident

Yeah, there's a lot you don't see.

gizzblue

Personally I've been using the dark theme since the test site ...its way to bright any other way .

ianmorland

mrjeeves

How about a little teaser of something I'm cooking up, based on your excellent work here?

I've just sent you a PD, with some more details 😉

z201205

ianmorland how about a better use of screen real estate mode? IE one with less whitespace so more threads appear on the various boards and more posts within each thread. It'd mean less scrolling. Instead of 2 or 3 thread titles, I'd see 4, 5 or even more on my mobile.

z201205

z201205 scrolling through this thread gives 17 full screens. With better use of screen real estate that reduces to 10 or less.

alex_w

majorincident would help us a lot to know what system you are using, if you are happy to share that.

i_am_sy

alex_w

@majorincident is running a 2012 or 2013 version of Firefox on Mac OS X 10.5.8

Quite a few of us have explained the drawbacks of that both in security and compatibility, and recommend newer hardware and software.

majorincident

i_am_sy, there are 600 posts in feedback about all the problems people using newer equipment than mine are having, so your suggestion doesn't fly.

alex_w

I've had a couple of discussions with the team.

@majorincident - first thing I need to say here is that the browser you are using is literally the oldest version of Firefox that giffgaff can officially support. If you are experiencing any problems with the community without any modifications (such as the one mentioned in this thread), then please do let us know and we'll look to see if we can fix those.

Looking specifically at your issue with not being able to use the browser extension discussed in this thread: unfortunately that is not something we will be putting any time or effort into. Compatibility of third party tools is not something that we are responsible for and we have far more important work to be progressing with.

Having said that, we are already looking at the feasibility of having a "dark mode" officially supported in the future. It isn't something likely to be made available for a while, however, as we do have other more important work to carry on with.

tradertall

mrjeeves i love the dark theme

mrjeeves

tradertall Thanks!