Update: It's now set to the white theme for default, if you want the dark theme then you need to login and change it - so it's not such a shock to regular visitors who don't login.
Welcome to the new and improved GamingOnLinux.com!
What the hell happened? I hear you cry! Fear not the old white design is still available! If you wish to use the old white design simply login, go to your UserCP and change the design dropdown and save.
New Stuff
The designer switcher of course.
Avatars can be uploaded in png and gif form now, no more hard-coded jpg's when it saves the upload. Hope that helps, this was as a result of white-bg avatars looking terrible on the new design heh.
You can now "like" comments. Of course only logged in users can Like a comment.
You can not "dislike" a comment or downvote it and that will never, ever be implemented as I hate downvote systems with a passion since they serve to annoy and cause friction. Any site that uses a downvote system for comments just invites arguments and trolls.
Why? When the newer white design came out there was a lot of people asking for a dark colour scheme, so I am happy to provide! I didn't want to force people into it though, so that's why I did a best of both worlds approach and made a design switcher for logged in users!
If there are other features you would like to see on GOL then let us know in the comments.
Big thank you to Half-Shot for sorting the javascript out for the Like system.
I will also be rolling out some more fun changes in the future, like a simple RPG system based around comments and article submissions. Where you can earn "gold" to buy funny things...and maybe even battle it out with other users (not real-time battles though, silly browser text battles).
Also if you didn't know already I run a G+ Linux Gaming community, in that community anyone can post their own links and it is open to all, be sure to join it and get sharing. It already has a couple hundred members!
As always if you like what we do you can grab yourself GOL Premium or Donate and help us keep going! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Welcome to the new and improved GamingOnLinux.com!
What the hell happened? I hear you cry! Fear not the old white design is still available! If you wish to use the old white design simply login, go to your UserCP and change the design dropdown and save.
New Stuff
The designer switcher of course.
Avatars can be uploaded in png and gif form now, no more hard-coded jpg's when it saves the upload. Hope that helps, this was as a result of white-bg avatars looking terrible on the new design heh.
You can now "like" comments. Of course only logged in users can Like a comment.
You can not "dislike" a comment or downvote it and that will never, ever be implemented as I hate downvote systems with a passion since they serve to annoy and cause friction. Any site that uses a downvote system for comments just invites arguments and trolls.
Why? When the newer white design came out there was a lot of people asking for a dark colour scheme, so I am happy to provide! I didn't want to force people into it though, so that's why I did a best of both worlds approach and made a design switcher for logged in users!
If there are other features you would like to see on GOL then let us know in the comments.
Big thank you to Half-Shot for sorting the javascript out for the Like system.
I will also be rolling out some more fun changes in the future, like a simple RPG system based around comments and article submissions. Where you can earn "gold" to buy funny things...and maybe even battle it out with other users (not real-time battles though, silly browser text battles).
Also if you didn't know already I run a G+ Linux Gaming community, in that community anyone can post their own links and it is open to all, be sure to join it and get sharing. It already has a couple hundred members!
As always if you like what we do you can grab yourself GOL Premium or Donate and help us keep going! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Switched back to the light theme myself, as I feel it has better contrast. Thank you very much for keeping it as an option and good luck with the new design.
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Congratulations, it looks really nice. Very clean, it's good to read and I like the top bar, too. Good work.
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Can't say I'm keen on the likes system. Also, the text fields clash with the new theme.
Edit: I see you have the "can't like your own comment" thing covered; which is a shame, I fucking love everything I type
Edit: I see you have the "can't like your own comment" thing covered; which is a shame, I fucking love everything I type
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Can't say I'm keen on the likes system. Also, the text fields clash with the new theme.
You mean the text-area for where you type comments? It's being worked on :)
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Can't say I'm keen on the likes system. Also, the text fields clash with the new theme.You mean the text-area for where you type comments? It's being worked on :)
Yeah -- also, the log in fields don't have any borders which looks strange.
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Yeah -- also, the log in fields don't have any borders which looks strange.Can't say I'm keen on the likes system. Also, the text fields clash with the new theme.You mean the text-area for where you type comments? It's being worked on :)
Added a border to them now for the dark theme.
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Edit: I see you have the "can't like your own comment" thing covered; which is a shame, I fucking love everything I type
hahahaha :D that comment has made my day...LIKE
Although that was a bug, the like system didn't work, it now does so you can like your own comment hah
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I always prefer dark themes.
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I didn't ask for a dark theme but I'm happy you added it !
I would make the background of the articles a little lighter though, the contrast with the text is a bit too much with my perfectly calibrated screen and it hurts my tired eyes.
I would make the background of the articles a little lighter though, the contrast with the text is a bit too much with my perfectly calibrated screen
and it hurts my tired eyes.
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I like this better.
Can you fix the Sales page? If I click the name of a game, it should just take me to the page to buy it, not pop up another box with the exact same info I'm already looking at on the page. For external links in, such as from the RSS feed, I get it - you want it to pop up that box, and that's fine. But if I'm on the sales page already... Why?
Can you fix the Sales page? If I click the name of a game, it should just take me to the page to buy it, not pop up another box with the exact same info I'm already looking at on the page. For external links in, such as from the RSS feed, I get it - you want it to pop up that box, and that's fine. But if I'm on the sales page already... Why?
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I like this better.
Can you fix the Sales page? If I click the name of a game, it should just take me to the page to buy it, not pop up another box with the exact same info I'm already looking at on the page. For external links in, such as from the RSS feed, I get it - you want it to pop up that box, and that's fine. But if I'm on the sales page already... Why?
We need advert revenue and having the sales pop-up with one inside with all the information for that sale is a way to get it, if you don't see the advert then...you are using ad-block I imagine ;)
That's not the sole reason though, it will soon have things like a trailer included inside, or screen-shots. It's still a W.I.P.
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Metallinatus Apr 14, 2014
I freaking loved EVERYTHING about the new design. REALLY.
Nice work, Liam and the others involved :D
Nice work, Liam and the others involved :D
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Before I wrote you post, first thing what came to my mind: f*ck what happen to my browser... reload didnt't help at all :) well I totally don't like the new theme. I think the colored stuff don't match to the dark theme. I vote for the white one ...much much better.
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That's not the sole reason though, it will soon have things like a trailer included inside, or screen-shots. It's still a W.I.P.
That would be nice. Would get rid of some of the space.
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Links are not contrasted enough from the other text in articles. On my desktop they are underlined during moouseover but on most of my touchscreen devices leaving guessing where the links are in articles. The dark theme is going to save on battery use a bit though and not blind me first thing in the morning.
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Love dark theme, but the comment box, is not well with this new look
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Digging the new design. Even better is that I like being able to switch (I'll stick with the darker, but I just like that the option is there).
I will always try to make sure that with new features where it makes sense there will be an option for the one before.
Little adjustments to come of course like the comment box style to match.
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I am too lazy to log in. :D The new design is much better for reading in dark. Maybe if it auto changed depending on system time.
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i think its the first time i like changes :)
darker backround is much more pleasing for my eyes than white, since i use black themes on my desktop as well.. and when something completly white suddenly starting to shine it just kills the eyes.
top bar needs some size adjustments though..a little too big and takes precious screen space.
great work Liam!
darker backround is much more pleasing for my eyes than white, since i use black themes on my desktop as well.. and when something completly white suddenly starting to shine it just kills the eyes.
top bar needs some size adjustments though..a little too big and takes precious screen space.
great work Liam!
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I like it, though I hate that whole 'excessive whitespace' thing. I'm sure there are people out there that do like that, but I don't. It reminds me of a mobile app. Maybe that's your intention, to make it easier for mobile users to browse the site. I'll probably crop it down with greasemonkey anyways.
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