#1

Geezer
New Brunswick, Canada
Did something change in the last 24 hours?

When I first go to DFS, things look okay, and there is a little blue & white "Home" icon in the upper left.
As soon as I go to any forum or "recent posts", etc, it turns into a blue square with four white lines (a drop-down menu). This blue square replaces the horizontal menu (SHAVING & GROOMING / SHOW & TELL / SHOPPING / REVIEWS ) which is now suddenly gone, and the menu with a black background expands to take up 2/3 of the width of the window. That at least can be dismissed by clicking at the "X".

When I scroll down even a tiny bit, a 1/2" wide black stripe appears down the left side of the browser window, obscuring whatever was there.
The only way to restore it to the "normal" appearance is to open DFS in a new tab, but it only clears up until you click at something, then the black stripe reappears immediately when you scroll down in the new page.

*new info*
I see now that when you make the browser (Safari v14.0.1) window go full-screen, it looks okay, but I never had to do that before (and it is inconvenient).
Opera (v69.0.3686.77) does not appear to be similarly affected. 
I don't have Firefox installed on this one.

Does DFS think I'm using a mobile device or something?
We could be Heroes, just for one day.
- David Bowie -
#2

Just Here for the Shaves
Williamsburg, KY
(This post was last modified: 12-04-2020, 12:00 PM by Dave in KY.)
(12-04-2020, 10:35 AM)John Rose Wrote: Did something change in the last 24 hours?

When I first go to DFS, things look okay, and there is a little blue & white "Home" icon in the upper left.
As soon as I go to any forum or "recent posts", etc, it turns into a blue square with four white lines (a drop-down menu). This blue square replaces the horizontal menu (SHAVING & GROOMING / SHOW & TELL / SHOPPING / REVIEWS ) which is now suddenly gone, and the menu with a black background expands to take up 2/3 of the width of the window. That at least can be dismissed by clicking at the "X".

When I scroll down even a tiny bit, a 1/2" wide black stripe appears down the left side of the browser window, obscuring whatever was there.
The only way to restore it to the "normal" appearance is to open DFS in a new tab, but it only clears up until you click at something, then the black stripe reappears immediately when you scroll down in the new page.

*new info*
I see now that when you make the browser (Safari v14.0.1) window go full-screen, it looks okay, but I never had to do that before (and it is inconvenient).
Opera (v69.0.3686.77) does not appear to be similarly affected. 
I don't have Firefox installed on this one.

Does DFS think I'm using a mobile device or something?

Stay calm. Be brave. Wait for the signs.


I used the "Comic" font so you'd know this was just a little ribbing. Hope it gets sorted out for you.
This post by Dave in KY mentions views and opinions expressed and makes it known that they are "those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of DFS or any other member, agency, organization, employer or company."  Big Grin
#3

Administrator
Philadelphia, PA
(This post was last modified: 12-04-2020, 07:05 PM by andrewjs18.)
(12-04-2020, 10:35 AM)John Rose Wrote: Did something change in the last 24 hours?

When I first go to DFS, things look okay, and there is a little blue & white "Home" icon in the upper left.
As soon as I go to any forum or "recent posts", etc, it turns into a blue square with four white lines (a drop-down menu). This blue square replaces the horizontal menu (SHAVING & GROOMING / SHOW & TELL / SHOPPING / REVIEWS ) which is now suddenly gone, and the menu with a black background expands to take up 2/3 of the width of the window. That at least can be dismissed by clicking at the "X".

When I scroll down even a tiny bit, a 1/2" wide black stripe appears down the left side of the browser window, obscuring whatever was there.
The only way to restore it to the "normal" appearance is to open DFS in a new tab, but it only clears up until you click at something, then the black stripe reappears immediately when you scroll down in the new page.

*new info*
I see now that when you make the browser (Safari v14.0.1) window go full-screen, it looks okay, but I never had to do that before (and it is inconvenient).
Opera (v69.0.3686.77) does not appear to be similarly affected. 
I don't have Firefox installed on this one.

Does DFS think I'm using a mobile device or something?

at certain screen size resolutions, the site will automatically adjust to make it easier to use based on your device & screen size/orientation.
Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito.
#4

Geezer
New Brunswick, Canada
(12-04-2020, 07:05 PM)andrewjs18 Wrote: at certain screen size resolutions, the site will automatically adjust to make it easier to use based on your device & screen size/orientation.
But ... this just started yesterday and I had not changed any browser or system-wide settings.
It also doesn't account for the black stripe obscuring the content underneath it.
We could be Heroes, just for one day.
- David Bowie -
#5

Geezer
New Brunswick, Canada
We have screen shots. I didn't think to use the time delay until the last one, so that the Dock icon is not expanded.
No idea why they look so huge.

Initial appearance:

[Image: JVp2nMM.png]

After clicking to somewhere, still at top of browser window:

[Image: WLRz4qo.png]

Scrolling down:
(Note content obscured by black line at left.)
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Browser window in Full Screen view, looking normal-ish. Blue square automagically reverts back to Home icon:

[Image: evbjhu5.png]

It's not affected by scrolling down anymore.

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#6

Administrator
Philadelphia, PA
is this on a desktop/laptop and which version of safari?
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#7

Geezer
New Brunswick, Canada
(This post was last modified: 12-05-2020, 03:42 AM by John Rose.)
(12-04-2020, 11:18 PM)andrewjs18 Wrote: is this on a desktop/laptop and which version of safari?
MacBook Pro with macOS Catalina v 10.15.7
Safari Version 14.0.1 (15610.2.11.51.10, 15610) - released Nov. 12, 2020
Neither has had any updates or changes to settings in more than a week (Nov.12), so that's why I'm pointing the finger at the DFS forum software.
Then again, the latest version of MyBB (v 1.8.24) appears to have been released August 9, 2020.

*ticktockticktock[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]ticktock[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]ticktock[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]ticktock[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]ticktock[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]ticktock*[/font][/font][/font][/font][/font]

[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]Well, here's something:[/font][/font][/font][/font][/font]
[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][Image: vklhZeL.png][/font][/font][/font][/font][/font]

[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]If you use the "A | A" buttons to increase the font size, at some point it changes to the broken version, and reverts when you reduce it. I'm still not sure how that interoperates with the minimum font size in the Safari Preferences, because the A|A buttons enlarge or reduce everything (text + images), the minimum font size preference just affects the text. [/font][/font][/font][/font][/font]
[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]You have to juggle both to get a forum font size that is comfortably big enough to read without messing up the margin.[/font][/font][/font][/font][/font]

Okay everybody, go back to your homes.
We could be Heroes, just for one day.
- David Bowie -
#8

Geezer
New Brunswick, Canada
(12-04-2020, 11:54 AM)Dave in KY Wrote: Stay calm. Be brave. Wait for the signs.
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#9

Administrator
Philadelphia, PA
nothing in the theme has changed in a little while - that's what would cause an issue, if it's a theme related issue. perhaps something introduced in the new version of safari is causing the site theme to sometimes break, I'm not sure.

I'll try to get on my mac mini tomorrow and test in safari, if time allows.
Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito.
#10

Geezer
New Brunswick, Canada
(12-05-2020, 07:03 AM)andrewjs18 Wrote: ...  perhaps something introduced in the new version of safari is causing the site theme to sometimes break, I'm not sure.
That may be, but see the bottom half of this post.
I suspect it was just a coincidence that a very particular combination of conditions had not existed before, so I had never seen it happen until recently.
We could be Heroes, just for one day.
- David Bowie -


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