Bug Reports

[Neon Ignition]

Maybe its my phone but the XPV thread is showing up as having lost half its posts, its only that thread thats lost info though

[charlesr]

It has been split into screenshots thread. Hope that's ok?

[Neon Ignition]

Sure thing Didn't even notice the seperate thread, doh!

[charlesr]

Me neither for a while (it was a mod taking initiative) - I thought the forum was broken lol....

[charlesr]

To anyone that was trying to browse just now.... Sorry about that....

[Sketcz]

Forum text all distorted in Firefox

Strange thing I noticed, for a couple of weeks (I think since I updated Firefox), the text on this forum looks WEIRD. It doesn't happen on other sites, only here.

The letters appear thicker and then thinner. As if there's a vertical wave pattern, due to misaligned resolution. You know, like when you crank a SNES emulator to something ridiculous which isn't divisible by 2. Like 677 x 483.

Looking at the text I typed, the letter I appears thin, but the letter l (small L) appears super thick.

Anyone else having thing this?

My options for fonts is to let the website choose its own font and size.

PS: I'm too lazy to post a screenshot.

[EvilBoris]

too lazy to post it in the right thread either.

[EvilBoris]

You probably need to tell us a bit more than that

Operating system.
Browser version.
Screen Resolution.

would all be a good start.

Also, a screenshot would be useful.

[charlesr]

Does it help if you press ctrl-0 (zero)?

[EvilBoris]

Or Alt-F4?

[QualityChimp]

Press F13.

[Sketcz]

I knew there was a bugs topic, but I was searching in Off Topic, whereas it's in this sub-forum. My apologies.

CTRL+0 resizes the text to default, which doesn't change anything.

Specs:
Windows XP / Windows 7
Firefox 26.0
Res: 1024 x 768

Pic (click it to see native resolution version, the forum shrinks it slightly)


Notice how some letters have a strange thickness to them.

As mentioned, I am not forcing the use of a font, I ticked the box to allow the website to choose its own.

Press F13.

But my function keys can only be turned up to 11!

[charlesr]

Which forum theme are you using? V3?

And if you hit auto-adjust on the monitor does it change?

Bit weird that it only happens on this site.

Does it change if you alter the following setting:
Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available" (change whatever the tick status is)

[Sketcz]

I had my monitor auto-correct - no change.

I disabled and enabled hardware acceleration - no change for either case.

I even changed my computers resolution - no change.

No other website does this... It's very strange.

[EvilBoris]

1024 x 768.... you certainly love your retro.
Increasing the resolution would solve that.
Goodness knows how you can exist online in that resolution, my phone is double that!

Make sure windows font smoothing is turned on.

Control Panel > Personalization > Window Color and Appearance > Fonts > "Adjust ClearType text"