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Yanks_RSJ		2012-07-13 04:19:35 PM

utsagrad123: Fark.com... Now with extra embiggedness.

It's a perfectly cromulent font size.

SN1987a goes boom		2012-07-13 04:19:40 PM

Drew made the text bigger because of the "special needs" posters.

Pants full of macaroni!!		2012-07-13 04:20:05 PM

SFSailor: The big font is ugly, though.

Could be worse. He could have made Comic Sans the default.

Clockwork Kumquat		2012-07-13 04:20:31 PM

Do I still have to get over the last change in order to get over this one?

zerkalo		2012-07-13 04:20:32 PM

Shut up, Meg

j/k

sure haven't		2012-07-13 04:20:40 PM

Oh, and great, "share" buttons. Really bringing this site into 2008. I'm sure there'll be tons of people who link their Facebook to Fark. Judging from the Facebook threads here, that's exactly the right thing to do.

Salem Witch		2012-07-13 04:20:43 PM

eraser8: eraser8: eraser8: meg: 2) We bumped up the font size a bit on headlines. Drew's eyes ain't what they used to be.

The headlines look the same size to me...but, the comments look ginormous.

Now the comments look the regular size again.

Have I adjusted that quickly or was there a slight change?

And, now the comments look giant again.

I feel like I'm on acid.

I think your acid is contagious.

Uncle Bester		2012-07-13 04:21:06 PM

Big font sucks.
Wide page sucks.
I'll get over it.

digitalrain		2012-07-13 04:21:08 PM

PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWER!

Chinchillazilla		2012-07-13 04:21:21 PM

Yaaaay, bigger pictures! :D

Blues_X		2012-07-13 04:21:24 PM

fickle floridian: The "Add Comment" button doesn't seem to work in Chrome, at least for me.

Or in firefox for me.

VivianVivisect		2012-07-13 04:21:57 PM

I come to see the carnage.

Popcorn.jpg

FriarReb98		2012-07-13 04:21:59 PM

A) Meh.

2) Sorry, but Drew? You're blind, man. :P

iii)Oooo, bigger pics for the NFL threads! :P

δ) You just made that symbol up, didn't you?

blue) Again, meh. Just means it'll be harder to ask a submitter a question or compliment them.

\I go to the market, and this is what I came back to....

fickle floridian		2012-07-13 04:22:04 PM

Anyone else having trouble in Chrome or Firefox? I had to load IE. (shudder)

Arkanaut		2012-07-13 04:22:08 PM

Tell Drew to get glasses already.

Cyno01		2012-07-13 04:22:16 PM

Why just Twitter and Facebook? Google+? Reddit? Digg? Fark?

Yo dawg, we heard you like fark headlines, so well let you submit fark headlines to fark...

YodaBlues		2012-07-13 04:22:17 PM

markie_farkie: DOES THE LARGER FONT SIZE MEAN MY SHOUTING WILL FINALLY BE ACKNOWLEDGED??

WHAT?

Trivia Jockey		2012-07-13 04:22:17 PM

utsagrad123		2012-07-13 04:22:25 PM

I approve...

cgraves67		2012-07-13 04:22:35 PM

I do not care for the larger font. I'm already paranoid about people reading over my shoulder. I don't need to make it easy for them.

JerseyTim		2012-07-13 04:22:40 PM

I'm on FireFox and I'm OK.

Impasse		2012-07-13 04:22:47 PM

SN1987a goes boom: Drew made the text bigger because of the "special needs" posters.

The modmins?

TheNyquilKid		2012-07-13 04:22:51 PM

*Ctrl -*

Looks great guys.

thetubameister		2012-07-13 04:22:59 PM

Crap... now the damn thing doesn't fit on my screen... and esp. not on the smaller window I use to hide Fark from my boss. Way to go... the needs of the few stomped on...

The smaller screen fit on everyone's screen. You can keep the font, but christ make it fit the available window... is it that farking hard?!?

Boooooo... no more farking from work :(

LeadFootSpiderMonkey		2012-07-13 04:23:29 PM

this is how i feel about all this-----> popsies

Pfighting Polish		2012-07-13 04:23:34 PM

... and Fark is getting laaaaarger...

fickle floridian		2012-07-13 04:23:37 PM

JerseyTim: I'm on FireFox and I'm OK.

Did you have to re-enter your password, or did it remember from the previous time?

Just looking for common threads here, since Blues_X had the same issue.

Blues_X		2012-07-13 04:23:38 PM

fickle floridian: Anyone else having trouble in Chrome or Firefox? I had to load IE. (shudder)

Yes. Can't add comments in FF (ver. 13.0.1).

LowbrowDeluxe		2012-07-13 04:23:40 PM

OUTRAGEOUS!

Onyx Serpent		2012-07-13 04:23:45 PM

meg:
δ) We're also increasing the minimum width of our page to support the new image sizes, and because over 95% of you have screens that wide anyway.

Why not have automatic image scaling to downsize the larger images when the browser is smaller with the old minimum size instead?

I don't mind the other changes but even on my widescreen monitor the current minimum size is significantly larger than my preferred web browser size, which seems to get me to about "Headlines of" on the right sidebar. Easily fixed via Stylish, but still mildly annoying to be expected to browse the web at or near full screen by default.

Crazy Joe Davola		2012-07-13 04:23:46 PM

The consequences will never be the same!!!

JerseyTim		2012-07-13 04:23:50 PM

I feel like the new fonts are a pander to the nerd community. I have 20/15 vision. Where is my pandering?

YodaBlues		2012-07-13 04:23:54 PM

FriarReb98:

iii)Oooo, bigger pics for the ~~NFL~~ redhead threads! :P

fark football, think about the big picture!

PowerSlacker		2012-07-13 04:23:57 PM

zerkalo: Shut up, Meg

j/k

Came to say this. Also, am I automatically a member of AARP for being a part of Fark now?

shortymac		2012-07-13 04:24:06 PM

test

WarszawaScream		2012-07-13 04:24:16 PM

thetubameister: Crap... now the damn thing doesn't fit on my screen... and esp. not on the smaller window I use to hide Fark from my boss. Way to go... the needs of the few stomped on...

The smaller screen fit on everyone's screen. You can keep the font, but christ make it fit the available window... is it that farking hard?!?

Boooooo... no more farking from work :(

TheNyquilKid: *Ctrl -*

Looks great guys.

Problem solved.

Curious		2012-07-13 04:24:39 PM

on the plus side the image sizes will be a big improvement for Farktography and an improvement for PS contests.

on the negative side -- the top of the thread missing O is disconcerting*. i'll get over it.

and when Drew/Fark did this they deliberately blew off the all important dial-up user.

*yes i know how to see it. i suspect there will be a learning curve for the semi regular user.

WhyteRaven74		2012-07-13 04:24:39 PM

hmmm Add Comment button isn't working in Firefox for me

KarmicDisaster		2012-07-13 04:25:08 PM

Why wasn't I informed!

Unfreakable		2012-07-13 04:25:16 PM

Cyno01: WHAR FOOD TAB, WHAR!!!?!?!?!

I asked TFD about a weekly greenlit food thread, but nobody could agree on who would be in charge of it or what day/time would work the best. Linky

Mr_Ectomy		2012-07-13 04:25:27 PM

test

technicolor-misfit		2012-07-13 04:25:27 PM

The changes broke commenting for me on Chrome. And on IE, it's officially The Slowest Website in the World^TM.

fickle floridian		2012-07-13 04:25:39 PM

WhyteRaven74: hmmm Add Comment button isn't working in Firefox for me

Does it just grey out and sit there indefinitely? That's what mine's been doing.

Sapper_Topo		2012-07-13 04:25:43 PM

AlwaysRightBoy		2012-07-13 04:25:53 PM

We bumped up the font size a bit on headlines. Drew's eyes ain't what they used to be.

This helps!!

Will these changes also be for mobile?

troymccluresf		2012-07-13 04:25:55 PM

utsagrad123: So we can share TotalFark/redlit links too?

Looks like it: http://www.fark.com/linkvote/
(I'm a liter, so that's all I can see.)

ArmednHammered		2012-07-13 04:26:03 PM

I'll never get over Macho Grande!

RoyBatty		2012-07-13 04:26:38 PM

meg: A) On all our headline pages (Main, Geek, etc.) you can now hover over the headline and share to Facebook or Twitter. It also shows an easy link directly to the article. If you don't like it, you can turn it off in your Preferences page in myFark (check the preference for, "Don't show Facebook and Twitter share buttons.")

That's terrific, but I'd like to be able to time delay share to FARK.

(Just kidding! And I like the new changes, my eyes appreciate the font size increase too.)

LeadFootSpiderMonkey		2012-07-13 04:26:41 PM

im having to use I.E. to post, that's the only thing thats bugging me

Blues_X		2012-07-13 04:26:41 PM

fickle floridian: WhyteRaven74: hmmm Add Comment button isn't working in Firefox for me

Does it just grey out and sit there indefinitely? That's what mine's been doing.

Yes, that's what it does for me.

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