I feel it's a bit distracting to have these things sticking out of the left side of the screen, especially when I'm trying to read.

 

How about you guys?

I've tried to get feedback on this type of thing many many times and usually get ignored.

 

since this has been brought up, I feel it is necessary to explain the reasoning behind putting them there.

when the editor got changed by the forum software people, it ruined a lot of things. I had placed the super emoticon gallery in  convenient location in the editor so people could use those wonderful monkeys and onions.

But the editor is now inaccessible to me so I needed to find another way to put the emoticons in a convenient location where the editor would be. if I put them at the top in the main menu bar, nobody would notice them and it would end up being a pointless exercise.

at the same time, lots of people keep asking questions such as "where do I find the guyver manga viewer?" and many people have been completely unaware of the wiki that durendal has done a LOT of work on.

 

The purpose of these links being in this place where they cannot be missed, is to ensure that people know they can read the manga here, so people know that they can find out lots of useful information on our wiki site and to make sure people know the super emoticons exist and convenient to use them while posting.

 

by all means, if anyone has a suggestion on how to more effectively achieve those goals, I am all ears. (eyes)

additional: I need to emphasise these are for the benefit if new members. many regular members are already aware of these things, but new members will not be.

Kenji, if they really bother you that much, why not change your skin? I have only put them in the default skin.

 

 

edit:

an extra poll option was necessary for those who don't care.

I for one don't mind where they are right now, they are easy to reach and user friendly.

Edited July 18, 201312 yr by odin

I think I don't care. But I understand they can be disturbing, especially for people who have 1280x1024 and smaller screen resolution, because they are covering "forum's borders" a little:

~1024:

 

1280:

 

 

I agree that now new people will be aware of those buttons. Mainly because they now have red borders, because when they was just buttons I missed them several times when I was in need to find something in manga and even went to the main page in order to find a manga viewer

I guess you have pretty strong reasoning behind it Ryuki. I can appreciate your frustration with how hard it is to get these things out there and if you feel this is the best way then you probably know best.

At the end of the day, it is simply an aesthetic distraction, it doesn't really hinder my reading of the board. But I will suggest one thing: moving the "Search Wiki" button to the top so that there is no unsightly gap between the bottom two buttons

thanks for the suggestion dude. that makes sense.

I'll consider playing around with that when I get a chance.

I got some time and I moved the wiki search box to the top and scooched them round a bit. I also set the font size to be a bit smaller and reduced the margins. now my worry is that new users may not notice them and I'm back at square one.

but perhaps the bright red border is enough?

Nice one. I think the bright red border and the fact that they are constantly static when you scroll up and down makes them hard to not notice. But I guess time will tell

I think they look better this way; they're at least unobtrusive while I'd trying to read, now. Thanks, Ryuki.