Code push has happened!

[mark]

Hi all, I'm preparing to do a code push. You can see the latest code tour here: https://dw-dev.dreamwidth.org/214638.html

Hang on to your hats!

Edit: The code has pushed! As always, please let us know if you see anything wonky or broken and we'll get on it!

Known Issues - Fixed 'em Maybe?

* Font size was way too small. We've tweaked them to be larger, but would welcome more feedback!
* Lack of ability to horizontally resize comment area. This has been fixed, you can drag the box horizontally again like you should be able to!
* A couple of style issues have been found and fixed.
* An issue affecting some Navigation strips has been fixed.
* An issue affecting syndicated accounts, proxied images, and a couple other worker related tasks were broken. They're better now.
* We've made some updates to the design of the comment reply form, we brought back the browse button, made the subject line full-width, and some other tweaks. Please let us know what you think!
* The RTE on the old create entry form is returned to service. A few more months, that's all we ask of you old friend...
* OpenID was broken, it's back.
* Button sizes are reset to default, we are no longer trying to make things line up. Let the ziggurat design pattern live on.
* Polls should show properly sized bars again.
* Lots more Android issues, we had to murder the unused spellcheck button to make it work out. Some weird interactions with differently sized elements and our ancient HTML.

Known Issues - Pending

* Related, some fields seem to have gone emo and are putting on heavy eyeliner (have bold, dark outlines). We're aware.

All known issues are being investigated and will be fixed! Please hang tight while we work on it :)

If you are reporting something visual, please let us know what browser/device you're on!

Comments

[ayebydan]

As ever, thank you so much for the detail and the advanced warning :)

[brooksmoses]

Yay, code pushing! Hat duly hung on to. :)

[camobscura]

Rich text won't come up when I try to post now -- html option only. Running Safari, if that means anything...

[borntolove]

No pop up menu in Chrome to browse icons

[devilarmory]

Thank you so much for all your hard work! Forgive me for asking, but is there a way to revert to the old comment posting form? The new one is very small on my browser and really difficult to read what I'm actually writing.

[failsaw]

The comment box size is kind of a pain to deal with on my screen, any chance at getting it and the font larger?

Additionally (don't know if this is a bug or a feature) on mobile, you have to double tap the icon image to pull up the icon selection box, the first tap just gives you the "this is you; view journal, view profile, send message" popup.

and just my two cents but "click your icon picture next to the box" is a really jarring change, especially when "chose random icon" is still there as a button option

[brokenallthelaws]

If you click on the picture of your default to the side of the text entry field it should pop up. It did for me, anyway.

+1

[momentarily]

I would like the option to revert back. The new comment box is very small and hard for me to see, and without the browsing option I can't see the icons I'm choosing very well either.

[borntolove]

Thanks :3

[drammaturga]

+1

If it were a bit bigger, this would be a lot better. On Chrome, btw.

[brokenallthelaws]

No prob. o7

+1

[brokenallthelaws]

Agreed. The text is a little small on my screen (if not so much so as to be a major problem), but I know a couple of people for whom small text is/can be a migraine trigger and I'm not sure how well this scales.

[misheard]

+1

The text is tiny and hurts my eyes.

[misadventuring]

My friends are reporting a lot of trouble reading text because it’s all so small to the point that it’s an accessibility concern.

Meanwhile, everything looks significantly larger than it used to be to the point that it’s quite distracting on Safari on iOS 12.3.1 on my iPad Pro.

I’m going to guess something went really wrong here.

Edit to add: Here’s a screenshot of what it looks like on my browser. Apologies for the swearing, I was showing my friends since they were complaining of tiny text and I’m in opposite land.

[morganknight]

Yeah, the text is absolutely teeny.

Re: +1

[brokenallthelaws]

On chrome at least, clicking the icon picture to the left of the comment box pulls up the browse option.

Re: +1

[etoilesmortant]

Your browse button is now the icon next to your comment. Not very intuitive tho.

+1

[confiscated]

I have a lot of trouble reading the text (typed in the comment box) as it shows up about 6-8pt in Chrome. I also preferred the other way of arrangement and am not quite sure what warranted this change.

+1

[etoilesmortant]

If I was typing at a normal size, I wouldn't really care about the overall change to the format.

[pauamma]

Indeed, quickreply does look smaller than it used to be for me as well. Chromium Version 73.0.3683.103 (Official Build) (64-bit), Style: Basic for Transmogrified by Yvonne

+1

[fataler]

I am really struggling to read the smaller text as well.

[nilpotent]

This code push fixed a problem I was having where, when using night mode in my mobile browser, the comment text box stayed white but the text I typed inside also turned white. So awesome; thanks for that! I also like the layout of it, aesthetically speaking.

But I have to second (third, fourth, idk) that the text is uncomfortably small. I'll probably whip up a script to fix it on my end, but it's not great from an accessibility standpoint.

(Edit) Also, my browser on my laptop has a little pully-thing in the corner where I can resize textarea boxes (I think this is pretty common these days) but something in the coding of the new quick reply box doesn't allow me to expand it horizontally past its default width. I... don't like that, especially since the box is so narrow as is.

(Second edit) I did the scripty thing. https://userstyles.org/styles/172972/dreamwidth-increase-quickreply-box-text

[axiometric]

+1

Honestly the text is too small. I'm overall fine with some of the changes but I have a bit of trouble seeing thanks to the font size

[jeeps]

I actually like the new comment form in general because I like the larger buttons, but echoing what others have said about the text being too small for my eyes. I'll have to use other means of typing my comments until this is (hopefully) fixed.

eta: I'll also say that it seems odd this particular coding went through when the comment form on other pages (like comment previews, comment editing, etc.) is still the same. It doesn't feel like it was ready and frankly looks messy.

[synchroswim]

seconding what everyone else has been saying; It's a bit of a struggle to see and ctrl + makes everything else a tad too big!