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Not a bug, but is there an option to make the background of Dark Mode brighter? This is the only site I've encountered that has a Dark Mode in pure black (#000000). Reading white text on it for a few seconds temporarily damages my eyes to the point of seeing ghost text if I look away from the screen. Mini-LED and OLED screens probably exacerbate the situation. Maybe do something slightly brighter, along the lines of #282828?
 
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I know it’s been covered but it’s brutal that if I click on a thread on page 5 and then back out when I’m done it resets me to page 1.
 
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Not a bug, but is there an option to make the background of Dark Mode brighter? This is the only site I've encountered that has a Dark Mode in pure black (#000000). Reading white text on it for a few seconds temporarily damages my eyes to the point of seeing ghost text if I look away from the screen. Mini-LED and OLED screens probably exacerbate the situation. Maybe do something slightly brighter, along the lines of #282828?
Agreed, though the current dark theme is really more like a "night mode" theme and intended for night browsing on a phone/tablet, where screen brightness is probably lower, etc. Having an intermediate option that eases up on BG darkness and less contrasty text would be nice too.

I know it’s been covered but it’s brutal that if I click on a thread on page 5 and then back out when I’m done it resets me to page 1.
I assume you mean from latest threads?
 
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Agreed, though the current dark theme is really more like a "night mode" theme and intended for night browsing on a phone/tablet, where screen brightness is probably lower, etc. Having an intermediate option that eases up on BG darkness and less contrasty text would be nice too.


I assume you mean from latest threads?
Yes, when I click on latest threads it pulls nine pages on my phone but if I read one thread on page three and back out it sends me back to page 1.
 
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Hi guys - I have suddenly begun to receive (unwanted) emails relating to a few "watched" threads...from 2013!

I did disable emails just now, but very odd that I began to receive the notifications out of the blue.
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Hi guys - I have suddenly begun to receive (unwanted) emails relating to a few "watched" threads...from 2013!

I did disable emails just now, but very odd that I began to receive the notifications out of the blue.
Hey Tony, is it possible they were always coming through but maybe some filtering on your email provider/app was stopping the earlier ones?
It should follow your preferences whether they were set in 2013 or now, but shoot me a message if you find that's not the case.
 
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Hey!

Minor bug I've just spotted; the position of the Ads in the Forum appear as some sort of tag for users of the Ad-free version of the Forum. Here's an example:

"AD after 3rd thread"
 
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Here's an odd one. No scroll bar in Safari 17.6. Works fine in Firefox.
 
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Here's an odd one. No scroll bar in Safari 17.6. Works fine in Firefox.
That one's odd... we haven't changed scrollbar styling for ages. I can see it on Safari 18 too. Pushed a fix for it, but you might need to wait a while or clear cache to see it.
Hey!

Minor bug I've just spotted; the position of the Ads in the Forum appear as some sort of tag for users of the Ad-free version of the Forum. Here's an example:

"AD after 3rd thread"
Thanks for the heads up. Cleared this one a while ago but forgot to update here. Cheers
 
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Not a bug, but is there an option to make the background of Dark Mode brighter? This is the only site I've encountered that has a Dark Mode in pure black (#000000). Reading white text on it for a few seconds temporarily damages my eyes to the point of seeing ghost text if I look away from the screen. Mini-LED and OLED screens probably exacerbate the situation. Maybe do something slightly brighter, along the lines of #282828?
OMG, you guys actually changed it! My eyes say thank you!
 
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Not a bug but a new user has an animated avatar.
Whilst initially thinking this was clever/cool that was quickly replaced with finding it irritating and escalating dislike from there on.
Is there a way for me to turn this off?
Or could it be considered whether this is actually worth removing as an option all together before more people think it's a great idea (initially) and give it a go themselves?
Sorry for being a grumpy old man, but we possibly/probably are the majority here.
 
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Not a bug but a new user has an animated avatar.
Whilst initially thinking this was clever/cool that was quickly replaced with finding it irritating and escalating dislike from there on.
Is there a way for me to turn this off?
Or could it be considered whether this is actually worth removing as an option all together before more people think it's a great idea (initially) and give it a go themselves?
Sorry for being a grumpy old man, but we possibly/probably are the majority here.
It shouldn't be working. I'll take a look and see about (re?)blocking that. Thanks
 
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Thank you Trev.
Resolved; Peace through superior Cat power!
I like your thinking 😉
It shouldn't be working. I'll take a look and see about (re?)blocking that. Thanks
 
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Is anyone having a bug where you can't add photos? When I hit the button my phone takes me to a blank screen. I'm not having the same issue on other sites. I'm using an android Google pixel.

Anyone have any suggestions?
 
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Hi @Trev
Just wondering if there is a reason behind why posts in the Parts and Accessories For Sale subforum don't appear under Latest (next to the search bar)?
Curiosity killed the cat avatar, I know!
 
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Is anyone having a bug where you can't add photos? When I hit the button my phone takes me to a blank screen. I'm not having the same issue on other sites. I'm using an android Google pixel.

Anyone have any suggestions?

I haven't been able to reproduce this one. Maybe try clearing your browser cache and logging in again? Shoot me a PM if you want some troubleshooting help.

Hi @Trev
Just wondering if there is a reason behind why posts in the Parts and Accessories For Sale subforum don't appear under Latest (next to the search bar)?
Curiosity killed the cat avatar, I know!
It seems we have it specifically excluded, but I can't remember why. Maybe @dsio knows.
 
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I haven't been able to reproduce this one. Maybe try clearing your browser cache and logging in again? Shoot me a PM if you want some troubleshooting help.


It seems we have it specifically excluded, but I can't remember why. Maybe @dsio knows.

historically it led to latest threads being full of straps and parts, there isnt a one thread per day rule there for that topic so at times it can overtake latest in a big way.
 
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Just installed iOS 26 on my phone. Had a very hard time with the login after installation.

Phone used the facial recognition feature to retrieve login info, but then your site started sending 2 authentication emails at a time. Of course, one of the codes immediately cancelled out the other one.

I may try to reboot the phone later and try again.
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Just to say I really like the introduction of red headings, likes etc 👍
 
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Just to say I really like the introduction of red headings, likes etc 👍
Yeah, that's for the light theme. Dark mode has some improvements added too.

On our last major upgrade and overhaul, we lost some of the styles that were unique to Omega Forums. We're bring back some of those.