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Micman Supporting Member of TMP03 Nov 2011 9:52 a.m. PST

They now are active click for the item to the edge of the frame. So now if I grab a "blank" part of the screen to drag up or down in I end up at the news article. While annoying on the computer, it is darn near impossible on my smart phone to scroll.

Bill in you spare time could you please change it back so just the headline and picture itself are clickable?

alien BLOODY HELL surfer03 Nov 2011 9:56 a.m. PST

I thoroughly agree – thought it was me – anytime I happen to click somewhere near the news item, I get it – it's horible.

PygmaelionAgain03 Nov 2011 10:21 a.m. PST

I do find myself reading a lot more news items than I did in the past.

If that was the point, it's a success.

JRacel03 Nov 2011 11:03 a.m. PST

I hate them. I keep finding myself looking at news items that I don't want to read.

Very much a pain on my phone.

Jeff

Angel Barracks03 Nov 2011 11:35 a.m. PST

I do not care for it at all as I grab the screen to move it too.

Black Cavalier03 Nov 2011 11:45 a.m. PST

Oh! Ew! I hadn't noticed that before since I usually scroll using the keyboard or web page scroll bar.

I'm more annoyed with the 3-tiered news item format. Just post each news item at the top of the list & have it move down the list as more items are added. Having to look through the whole list every time is really irritating.

Given up for good03 Nov 2011 11:58 a.m. PST

I dropped my bandwidth down to only get one picture and use a scroll mouse very smug – grin

No problems for me hehe

shelldrake03 Nov 2011 12:34 p.m. PST

Not a fan for the main reason every one else has mentioned.

One second I am scrolling, the next I am on a news topic I didn't particularly want to read.

vexillia03 Nov 2011 1:11 p.m. PST

I don't like this as it's too easy to click in error.

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richarDISNEY03 Nov 2011 1:47 p.m. PST

Funny.
I noticed that last night and thought the same thing.
beer

MikeHobbs03 Nov 2011 3:33 p.m. PST

yeah I agree not a fan of this change

Sergeant Paper03 Nov 2011 3:49 p.m. PST

I hates the wider format.

Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian03 Nov 2011 8:25 p.m. PST

Bill in you spare time could you please change it back so just the headline and picture itself are clickable?

I've been up to my ears in alligators lately, but if someone would look at the HTML and tell me what needs changing, I'd be glad to implement it…

Ron W DuBray03 Nov 2011 8:29 p.m. PST

agreed its a pain on my laptop I have to make sure the pointer is of the page to scroll with my finger pad.

Micman Supporting Member of TMP03 Nov 2011 9:01 p.m. PST

Bill

From what little I remember about HTML and what I saw in the code it looks like the pics are being resized to a width of 550.

onload="img_resize('pic10', 550)" /></p></center></a>

I hope this helps

Dale

Dan 05503 Nov 2011 9:17 p.m. PST

I thought I was the only one. I'm not a fan.

Bill, it looks like you've set the link to the entire cell instead of just the picture in the cell.

Fonzie04 Nov 2011 2:49 a.m. PST

Same here, pain in the *ss on an android tablet and on my phone.

MikeHobbs04 Nov 2011 3:12 a.m. PST

Hi Bill this is the code for a news item at the moment

<h1 class="centered">

<a href="news/?id=1399191188">Finger and Toe Releases 28mm Cardstock Multi-Story Ruins</a>

<a href="news/?id=1399191188">
<p class="center">
<img src="news/pics/2011/nov/1399191188a.jpg" height="412" width="550"
alt="Multi-Story Ruins" title="Multi-Story Ruins" id="pic1" onload="img_resize('pic1', 550)" />
</p>
</center>
</a>

the problem seems to be the 2nd A href is wrapping the <p> tag so the whole paragraph becomes a link

try and change it to this

<h1 class="centered">
<a href="news/?id=1399191188">
Finger and Toe Releases 28mm Cardstock Multi-Story Ruins
</a>

<p class="center">
<a href="news/?id=1399191188">
<img src="news/pics/2011/nov/1399191188a.jpg" height="412" width="550" alt="Multi-Story Ruins" title="Multi-Story Ruins" id="pic1" onload="img_resize('pic1', 550)" />
</a>
</p>
</center>

Poi00009 Nov 2011 4:34 a.m. PST

We hates it lots.

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