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Site Announcements and Feedback => Announcements/Feedback/Suggestions => Topic started by: rknize on Wed, 26 June 2013, 00:00:08
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One year ago today, after several weeks of battling the forces of pointless Internet mischief, the GeekHack of old succumbed. The ever-empathetic administrators of Deskthority, in an effort to contain the rampaging hordes of displaced keyboard enthusiasts, were kind enough to take us in and give us a home within their forum. To commemorate that fateful day and the weeks that followed in the Geekhacker refugee camp (http://deskthority.net/geekhacker-refugee-camp-f30/), we are releasing a new, eye-bleeding theme for Geekhack: Austre. For the next few weeks it will be the forum default, as a tip of our hat to the authority that inspired it.
Thank you deskthority.net, for taking us in during those tumultuous times!
If your Gunnars aren't even enough to tame the new theme, you can change it back to whatever you like from your profile (http://geekhack.org/index.php?action=profile;area=theme). The old default was "Thoriated".
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This looks fantastic!
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I like this eye-bleeding theme.
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Very cool way to show DT that we are appreciative for putting up with GH shenanigans during that time
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I agree, it's perfect for me! I'll be keeping it.
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I was wondering what happened - index page Nostalgia, topic page what I initially called Whitestalgia.
Might give it a go for a while, although I generally prefer darker themes.
Or yellow.
And congratulations on how quickly and strongly GH has been reborn since those bad old days.
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I actually searched to find this thread page just to say I like this almost clean look. It's almost sterile looking. Will be keeping it. Thanks, rknize! Doing awesome stuff for GH like always :)
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It's a neat and very clean look, but I'm a darkie myself. I wish DT had a dark theme option.
One year....****, that was a gnarly time on many levels.
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My first reaction was that the CSS didn't load properly, and had dropped the color settings to default, since it switched between composing a post and actually posting it. It isn't terrible (though it is a bit more eye blazing than I prefer), but it appears to have one glaring issue for me: sticky posts are barely shaded and don't stick out well at all.
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This theme is easier on the eyes, although it still feels a bit awkward right now because I'm so use to the dark theme.
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One small suggestion - to make it easier to differentiate the quick reply textarea at the bottom of the page :)
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This theme is easier on the eyes, although it still feels a bit awkward right now because I'm so use to the dark theme.
I'm stock on Nostalgia, everything else just feels too foreign...
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This theme is easier on the eyes, although it still feels a bit awkward right now because I'm so use to the dark theme.
I'm stock on Nostalgia, everything else just feels too foreign...
I'm feeling this way, but I use Nocturne on Mac in the morning so I don't strain my eyes, and Nostalgia comes out bright white :(
So I want to try this tomorrow morning to see if it comes out dark, which it probably will, with the added bonus that I will be able to see the pictures properly.
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i've actually been using it for weeks and love it. hah! sometimes i just need that hit of extra contrast
that said, our normal default and nostalgia are both much easier on the eyes.
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sorry i change back to old theme. the new one gives me headache. :(
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If you want an even more DT-like theme, fixed width, plus a lot simpler info-layout... you can give my userstyle a try: http://userstyles.org/styles/87758/aggiejy-s-geekhack-light-theme-1 I've been using it for a while, and it works great on top of this new theme. Not for everyone, but choices are good!
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I like it. But it's kinda bright compared to the old theme.
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"AAAAAGH WTF!?" Was my first response. I just took a long hot shower and washed my hair and scrubbed everything i could reach, twice.
I come back and geekhack is BLINDING WHITE!
There was a moment of uncertainty, before i realized my eyes told the truth.
But now that i'm not freaking out in crisis mode, wondering wtf happened to my eyes, i have to agree with most of the previous comments: it's not terrible, but i prefer darker themes. Too much light is accelerating the catalytic process that breaks down the fluid in my eyes, which will eventually, inevitably result in loss of useful vision. Or i'm just really light sensitive from all the years of staring at computer screens and too much cannabis. In case you're wondering, no, i don't like sunlight, or even daytime very much. In case you weren't wondering: HA! i've claimed a few of your brain cells.
Meanwhile, since we're on the topic of themes and colorways, i'll just mention Solarized. I'm not a huge fan of the greener shades of blue, nor the bluer shades of green, but i find the overall presentation of Solarized very relaxing to view. Maybe something could happen with that. Or i'm just rambling because the OMG SO WHITE gave me an adrenaline dose, and i needed to type it out.
As for function suggestions (might as well...), i've found it slightly annoying to target those tiny page numbers @1080p with medium-high sensitivity mouse. Are there keyboard controls for site navigation that i don't know about? It would certainly make sense for such controls to exist, particularly for a keyboard enthusiast site.
Man, i just realized... i can still see this with my eyes closed. lol.
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Interesting that all members were switched to the new theme regardless ;)
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I love this theme, it's fresh.
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I love this theme, it's fresh.
Congratulations on 200 posts, morpheus! :)
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New theme is cool too but i like the old one better so i will be switching to it for now :)
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I love this theme, it's fresh.
Congratulations on 200 posts, morpheus! :)
Thanks rowdy! I feel the love :-*
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Nevermind I had to clear my cache....it works now....!
I should not changing it back to nostalgia works...my eyes bled for a few minutes in the process. :p
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i changed it back to nostalgia. too bright on my eyes :eek:
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It looks great but why is there so much wasted space at the top? Nearly 40% of my screen is taken up with the logo, avatar etc.
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Clicking the arrow in the upper right hand corner of the screen hides the header.
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Clicking the arrow in the upper right hand corner of the screen hides the header.
Thanks! I didn't even see it!
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The new theme looks nice, but a darker theme is just easier on my eyes :P
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The new theme looks nice, but a darker theme is just easier on my eyes :P
Same here. The slightly darker brown tones of the previous default setting make things a bit easier to read.
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Wow. I just realized how long I've been here.
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You're an old man Tipo33 :P
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I really like this theme. I also think it works brilliantly with my avatar :))
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AND YEA, SO IT WAS, THAT CHAOS REIGNED ACROSS THE LANDS OF GEEKHACK
a single ship floated, crossing the great sea, oars straining against the waves and hull of hunger and despair. "NO MORE ATTACHMENTS?!", they cried, tears streaming. "NO MORE WIKIS?!", they cried, their homelands lost, naught but fields, streams, ravines, gulches in their own memories and in the stories they told each other for comfort.
when they sighted land, half were crazed with hunger, the other half fixated on the bodies of the dead. hence the watchman, with a shout "LAND, YEA LAND!", all turned and crowded against the bow, pushing on each other and the rail, little ones half crushed by the pressure of the desperate but whose lungs suddenly filled with hope. all on board now would live. the land of deskthority awaited. a temporary home to be sure, but a home nonetheless...
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Folks have been asking for a clean, light theme. We did not have anything like that until now. It's not going to be to everyone's tastes. I prefer Nostalgia, myself. :)
The old default theme was "Thoriated", in case you are wondering. The theme picker has thumbnails to help you choose:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?action=theme;sa=pick
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Need some time to get used to the new theme (used to press "TAB" 5 times to login, now 8 times)... But like the modern look :)
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AND YEA, SO IT WAS, THAT CHAOS REIGNED ACROSS THE LANDS OF GEEKHACK
a single ship floated, crossing the great sea, oars straining against the waves and hull of hunger and despair. "NO MORE ATTACHMENTS?!", they cried, tears streaming. "NO MORE WIKIS?!", they cried, their homelands lost, naught but fields, streams, ravines, gulches in their own memories and in the stories they told each other for comfort.
when they sighted land, half were crazed with hunger, the other half fixated on the bodies of the dead. hence the watchman, with a shout "LAND, YEA LAND!", all turned and crowded against the bow, pushing on each other and the rail, little ones half crushed by the pressure of the desperate but whose lungs suddenly filled with hope. all on board now would live. the land of deskthority awaited. a temporary home to be sure, but a home nonetheless...
Is this why you love WhaleBro? Did he lead you to the temporary home of Deskthority?
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Looks nice, but it did make me double check that I wasn't blocking GH's css :))
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Looks good!
I've posted a link to this thread on DT - http://deskthority.net/off-topic-f10/geekhack-pays-tribute-t6049.html
Rknize - I've quoted you (almost in full), hope that's okay.
That year went by real quick - must be my age.
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whalebro has parted many seas, but girldc had not formed Him in his image yet at that time. the story of whalebro is one for another day, youngun...
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It looks great but why is there so much wasted space at the top? Nearly 40% of my screen is taken up with the logo, avatar etc.
^THIS :-(
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It looks great but why is there so much wasted space at the top? Nearly 40% of my screen is taken up with the logo, avatar etc.
^THIS :-(
Click here (top right)
(http://i.imgur.com/arc2fqx.jpg)
to get this
(http://i.imgur.com/qDRWe5F.jpg)
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ow. i'm used to DT being bright. dont change peoples' themes if they're on nostalgia... we're a bunch of grumps.
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Clicking the arrow in the upper right hand corner of the screen hides the header.
^THAT :-)
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If you want an even more DT-like theme, fixed width, plus a lot simpler info-layout... you can give my userstyle a try: http://userstyles.org/styles/87758/aggiejy-s-geekhack-light-theme-1 I've been using it for a while, and it works great on top of this new theme. Not for everyone, but choices are good!
THANK YOU
I love it! ;D
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AND YEA SO IT WENT FOR TWENTY ONE DAYS
the attackers gloated, razing settlements and sending smoke signals across the ocean so dense that the refugees hacked and coughed in their miasma. five years, FIVE YEARS of progress lost by a single rm -rf. backups, gone as well, all planned by the attackers, who danced on every grave they could find, smashed every piece of irreplaceable artwork they stumbled across, and probed every BIND entry they could get to before the the refugees managed to pull appropriate plugs.
they, the r00tw0rm, had wanted our domain name. they did not get it, but they got our history, and that was much more valuable to us.
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keyboard drama. awesome.
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I want my dark theme back. = (
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I want my dark theme back. = (
You know you can change in profile, right?
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Folks have been asking for a clean, light theme. We did not have anything like that until now. It's not going to be to everyone's tastes. I prefer Nostalgia, myself. :)
:thumbs:
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I love the new theme. Simple and effective!
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Poll for what the default theme should be after July 18th:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=45223.0
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Folks have been asking for a clean, light theme. We did not have anything like that until now. It's not going to be to everyone's tastes. I prefer Nostalgia, myself. :)
:thumbs:
Woo iMav!!!
Thank you for starting GH!! :)
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It was at this point that GeekHack of old had been restored from backups, only to be taken down again. The attack vector and the exploit were discovered as iMav struggled to keep the site up by repairing the damage to the DB as it happened. That's when the mod team got directly involved to help him out. Then they got in again, whacked everything including the backups that happened to be attached at that moment, and the server was lost.
The conversation shifted to rebuilding the site from scratch. The very next day we had a test machine up and running (laying on my desk :)) and we started figuring out what to build on top of it. It was going to be a while before iMav could get to the DC get the hardware back under control, so development happened in parallel.
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Someone must have really hated GH to put in such effort into hacking it to the ground! Geez.
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This isn't keyboard science, it's keyboard religion.
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SCIENCE? YOU WANT TO TELL ME ABOUT SCIENCE?
Our peoples were half-crazed from starvation and dehydration when they landed. Wonts twere not wanton, but pleas for survival. Food was distributed, some level of calm returned. I found a conch shell and began shouting, trying desperately to keep the panic from setting in.
WE ARE ON FOREIGN LANDS, I said. OUR HISTORY IS GONE, I said. You must trust that we are rebuilding, and that we have a plan, I said. Some did, and some did not. Many were recruited from those who recovered from the journey most quickly.
It began as a murmur, then spread like flame through fibers as hunger for food was replaced by hunger for home. A sense of unity. "We are geekhack", it said. "And we WILL survive this as a community."
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The nasties kept me away for a long time...that, and I had already acquired a nice little collection of boards. ;D
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Someone must have really hated GH to put in such effort into hacking it to the ground! Geez.
I just think it is an unfortunate name of the forum which encourages people to try and hack it and whatnot.
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Why you make my eyes bleed bro?! Don't **** with those who have Nostalgia as their default, we get quite perturbed...
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Food? I didn't get any food!
Are we talking about eating keycaps again?
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My first reaction was that the CSS didn't load properly...
Haha, same here...
Also, Nostalgia FTW!
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I've tried the new theme, but back to Nostalgia for me.
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if it isn't already fairly obvious, this has been put on hold due to the tragic passing of one of our own. we will regroup and figure out what when where why how in time.
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We should call the "new" theme SMALLFRY.
But old farts like iMav's original and perfect choice: Nostalgia--and our history. RIP ster wikis.
BTW, it's Geek Hack as in nerds who stab with cutting motions to produce dull, unoriginal work, and who, despite being hacked, manage and cope. It's a multi-entendre... best viewed in orange on black. ;-)
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I prefer thoriated. I'm not really sure why it's called thoriated, but I like it. The oranje and black is OG-cool for sure, but thoriated is easier to read, at least for me.
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We should call the "new" theme SMALLFRY.
i don't agree. i think we should call the OLD theme smallfry
But old farts like iMav's original and perfect choice: Nostalgia--and our history. RIP ster wikis.
BTW, it's Geek Hack as in nerds who stab with cutting motions to produce dull, unoriginal work, and who, despite being hacked, manage and cope. It's a multi-entendre... best viewed in orange on black. ;-)
smallfry.