No Wide Version??
 

I usually keep my screen resolution at my LCD's native (1280x1024) and use the "wide" version of DVinfo.com forums... but the choice has disappeared today and now I'm stuck with a version that only fills half the screen. What happened??

Hi Kevin, pardon our dust... try this link:

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/index.php?styleid=10

Thanks Chris, however its a no go on that link.

But if you're just restructuring and promise the wide version will be back, I can be patient....

Ack, stand by and I'll see what I can do...

See the Style Chooser drop down menu on the bottom left of the page. It should allow you to choose formats.

-EDIT-

Oh, I see... it doesn't seem to switch to narrow even though it lists it as an option. I'm sure Chris will get this all sorted out soon :-)

Yeah, it's a tad wonky at the moment... but I'm workin' on it!

I personally prefer to read (and design) forum or content widths at no greater than 600-650 pixels about, otherwise your eyes have to scan too far from left-to-right, and it's more work which can get bothersome.

That's why it's great to have choices. I personally prefer to have more content visable on the screen at one time, especially in forums where I do a lot of reading.

The "Blue-White" style has been taken down temporarily but will be fully restored very soon.

Hey, that temp style is pretty nice. Easy to read the forum categories.

Here's another thumbs up for this temp style. I can see links better and just generally like the look.

i like the temp style much better, much easier to read and navigate...

my eyes!
 

What are you guys talking about? Doesn't it just blast your retinas? And some of the fonts are so big now I feel like I'm reading the "large print" version. :) Maybe it's just my computer.

I really like the original style. Not that I'd gripe if everyone wanted to keep the new look, but honestly, this one (for now) is driving my eyes bonkers.

I'll second the favourable comments for the new style. To my geezered eyes on my monitor this is far more readable. The two-word description of the effect that comes to mind is "crisp & clean."

Fortunately it isn't a matter of all of us having to live "in the same skin." The software allows a choice of "skins" -- the only downside being that Chris and his tech guy have to spend time to create them.

Some of us like this one and since it was intended as a temporary placeholder during upgrades, we're asking that it be kept. Definitely let Chris know what you like in a DVi skin so, with luck and Chris' good graces, your preferences are included as a choice on the drop-down list of skins.

Both of these skins have been available since the big reorganization a few months back (in a convenient drop down list--in fact there was a wide and a narrow version of the DVi blue and white version)... I however, prefer the one Chris et al. made (the blue and white DVi skin). This stock vBulletin skin I've never liked... it reeks of what I call the "dumbed down" look... big gaingly icons, overly large text... I much prefer the minimalist style that the forum re-launched with... but that's me.

I prefer "minimalist" as well... and would rather have the "blue-white" version back. We're still going to offer the "old skool" classic DV Info look shortly as well. The Skinz drop-down menu shall return very soon.

Mmmmm... this current incarnation had me wondering whether I was at DV Info: and not at the HD forum instead!!

There's quite a few video forums that have this look - so any likelihood that DV Info can again be visually distinguishable from the rest would be welcomed by me at the very least...

Thanks for your continuing efforts Chris!!

Yup, this is yer "default" skin -- and strictly temporary -- although we'll keep it as a user selection.

Agreed. The white bits are tooo bright. How about 18% gray?

Update?
 

Any idea when the nice, pretty version of DVinfo will be back?

We're working on it... when it's all said and done, there will be several pretty versions to choose from.

Versions. I said versions. Get your mind out of the gutter.