New graphic for first Cantr page

lulkoek · Postby **lulkoek** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:22 am

Why do you go to any web page then, Dudel? Every page contains elements you need to download to see it,

Even just the text itself,

As for the font tag I mentioned, it would happen in the back, just like you have with images now. Much less intrusive than all that Java and Flash crap you can find these days, yuck

theguy · Postby **theguy** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:49 pm

logging in from the homepage, seeing new threads on the forum from the homepage are ideas I like. Although the more images of "cantr" the more other people's imaginations of cantr are forced on you. On the other hand it's if mass appeal or cantr purism is more important.

Postby **Piscator** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:58 pm

I really don't see the problem with a few landscape pictures. We have a few of them in game so why shouldn't we have one on the start page. All in all, I pretty much like the new design.

Dudel · Postby **Dudel** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 6:08 pm

Piscator wrote:I really don't see the problem with a few landscape pictures. We have a few of them in game so why shouldn't we have one on the start page. All in all, I pretty much like the new design.

Same it was just the awkward English that "threw me".

lulkoek, I'm talking about pages that say, "In order to view this page please click OK to download or X to leave." Then you click the X and the window pops up again etc. I'm not talking java loading and flashing etc. X|

Elros · Postby **Elros** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:20 pm

Dudel wrote:lulkoek, I'm talking about pages that say, "In order to view this page please click OK to download or X to leave." Then you click the X and the window pops up again etc. I'm not talking java loading and flashing etc. X|

Um... We weren't talking about porn sites...

lol jk

joo · Postby **joo** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:45 am

The idea of an improved front page incorporating a login form isn't bad, however the Bing/Papyrus frankenstein's monster you've posted here is too cramped, too graphical, and has no sense of an actual web page which has to work on different browsers, at different screen sizes.

The forum logo you've posted is admittedly better than the current one, although that's not saying much at all. It is too large and still uses Papyrus, which is a font that in my opinion has nothing to do with Cantr.

Also, WebFonts are an existing solution to deliver text using custom fonts on web pages, however AFAIK they are only supported in Safari at the moment, and it will take a few more years until the support is mainstream enough for them to be a valid consideration. (Even then, a backup websafe font would have to be selected so that the page degrades gracefully on old browsers).

SekoETC · Postby **SekoETC** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:14 am

It has been said before that the login form would not go to the main page because then people would run into less ads on the way. Although I doubt very many people go to the main page to enter the login page, at least I have the login page bookmarked now. In the beginning I didn't but I just write c in the address bar and it's the first link that pops up so of course I click it.

snm2001 · Postby **snm2001** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:27 am

I do the same.. c <down> <enter> <enter> characters

joo · Postby **joo** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 1:55 pm

Has anyone here heard of bookmarks?

I mainly use CantrSpy to log in...

Miri · Postby **Miri** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:02 pm

I have the main page bookmarked at home, but at work I use the history (c-down-enter-enter

)
I don't mind seeing more ads, and having another page to login is not a problem for me as well.

Dudel · Postby **Dudel** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:45 pm

joo wrote:Has anyone here heard of bookmarks?

I mainly use CantrSpy to log in...

I've the main page bookmarked cause Cantr asked me nicely not to bookmark the log in page but I generally skip all the "to do" by using CantrSpy.

Postby **Surly** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:56 pm

As controversial as it sounds... how possible would it be to have an alternative Cantr front page without the green? The green is really conspicuous at work...

FiziKx · Postby **FiziKx** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:36 am

c <enter> <click> <enter> lol

SekoETC · Postby **SekoETC** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 6:09 am

Surly, in Firefox you can turn off page styles and then it will appear white. The only problem is you can't see which characters are lit up so you have to hover over the icon to see if it says new events.

Dudel · Postby **Dudel** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:09 am

SekoETC wrote:Surly, in Firefox you can turn off page styles and then it will appear white. The only problem is you can't see which characters are lit up so you have to hover over the icon to see if it says new events.

I've tried it a few times, it gets ugry. X|

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