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#264208 - 03/03/07 09:48 PM
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Virtual_Star
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Hello!
I'm new so I have a newbie question. I'm trying to link an avatar that is 32 x 29 in size. The problem I'm having is when I link this image, it blows up to 90 x 90 on this site. I take a look around and see other members with avatars less than 90 x 90 in size and it isn't blown up like mine is turning out. Can someone please help? Thanks in advance! ^_^
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#264221 - 03/03/07 11:16 PM
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In the older versions of the board avatar dimensions less than 90 pixels weren't expanded, but perhaps this version is different. You could use an image editing program to paste the 32 x 29 avatar onto a 90 x 90 background, save it and use that (hosted on a suitable site).
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#264232 - 03/04/07 01:37 AM
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That's exactly what I was thinking. I know that a while ago this site had server problems and other difficulties, so some things were changed. I also did what you suggested but I finally decided just to make a 90 x 90 avatar just to make my life easier, lol.
Thank you for your replies Ineligible and CBW. ^_^
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#264373 - 03/05/07 12:41 AM
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I can read it without squinting, but my accomodation is getting worse. It happened immediately after I got my new glasses and said I didn't need bifocals because I was having no trouble at all - it happened remarkably quickly.
Squinting works because it reduces the eye aperture, therefore suggesting you have a focusing problem, Steve.
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#264403 - 03/05/07 12:12 PM
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I agree that the font is a bit small but the contrast is so-so to me.. However, I didn't bother reading a couple of Katie_Lou's posts... where she has the same/similar font but it's PINK and light blue.. Tiny pink letters on a white background? SKIP.
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#264410 - 03/05/07 02:21 PM
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Hey guys, thanks for your input about my typing. I totally forgot that I'm not the only one who can read this without going blind. I'll make my font bigger and the color darker.
Does this help? Sorry about that.
Edited by Virtual_Star (03/05/07 02:43 PM)
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#264413 - 03/05/07 02:39 PM
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MUCH better.
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#264417 - 03/05/07 02:58 PM
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> quinting works because it reduces the eye aperture
Yes, pinhole cameras and such.
> you have a focusing problem
What's amazing is how quickly I'm turning into my father, though with more hair and less weight. Just recently I started having to hold things further away from my eyes in order to focus on them.
I am now migrating to the Apple Safari browser, which uses different fonts. I also had the Firefox browser on the PC that I was using set to display things bigger. Also, when people use weird text colors, on the PC I could highlight the text and usually make it readable, if it was worth the trouble. The Apple highlights things more elegantly, leaving the text color the same, but changing the text background subtly, which makes it even less readable.
Colored text is fine for titles and such, but it's very annoying to read a block of colored text on a white background.
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#264588 - 03/06/07 01:43 AM
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That's something I just discovered myself today. At school, they have Macs and when I came on this site (using Safari), the colors look more soft and the background is a bit more brighter. At home, I use a PC and Internet Explorer and now I see the text is much more sharper. And for the background of this site, what I see is an off-white color. For me, since it's not a bright white, I don't have a problem reading dark-colored text.
I changed my light color to the darkest shade, hoping it would help in some way. But I also played with my screen's brightness and contrast and it make a difference in reading the text.
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I'm sticking to Times New Roman at 8pt size though. I pray that's okay because I realized that the previous post I made looks way different that how I saw it on the other computer at school. I'm going to use a common font that should be on every computer (I hope). I throw in the towel on this small issue. I also learned that Macs and PCs varies the size of the text, which is why I guess the "Make text larger" and "Make text smaller" options exists. 
Edited by Virtual_Star (03/06/07 02:09 AM)
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#264847 - 03/06/07 10:33 PM
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You have a pretty avatar and a pretty font.
I'm so bland and plain. 
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#264978 - 03/07/07 12:41 PM
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Solaris? I used BSD-based Solaris 1 in the old days; by the time System V-based Solaris 2 was in wider use, we'd switched to a PC platform, mainly driven by the platform TI supported for their development tools. Pretty much everyone targeted Windows for their tools.
Other than support utilities and such, I have never written anything targeted to PCs or workstations (Windows, Mac, Sparc, VAX, etc.)....only for embedded systems. PCs do not really interest me, except as a platform on which to run editors, spread sheets, Web browsers, development tools, and multimedia stuff. The easier they are to use, the better. Linux is fine by me, but it is rather lacking in support for the mundane, everyday stuff. It can make a good platform for an embedded system. though.
Once you're below the UI level, avatars and icons are not a worry.
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#265073 - 03/07/07 04:24 PM
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Have you tried changing your stylesheet for this site, Steve? (In "My Preferences".) I'm not clear why you have a dark background.
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#265108 - 03/07/07 05:33 PM
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Heeeeeey, I can read it again! Odd colors don't show up well on a medium-grey background
lol, well thats good then. i miss not putting my font in purple *sigh*
Edited by ashley69 (03/07/07 05:34 PM)
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