Breaks the whole friggin' front page.

November 25, 2005 8:54 PM

Breaks the guidelines whole friggin' front page.
posted by loquacious to Bugs at 8:54 PM (61 comments total)

Sorry, it didn't occur to me that it would do that. I have a small font so it doesn't affect me.
posted by ab'd al'Hazred at 8:56 PM on November 25, 2005

How does it break the guidelines or the front page?




I don't see anything wrong?
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 9:03 PM on November 25, 2005

Browsers treat the URL as one long word, and they have to fit it on one line. For some people with low resolution and/or big font, it can't be displayed on the same level as the side bar, so everything gets pushed down.
posted by ab'd al'Hazred at 9:04 PM on November 25, 2005

and here i thought it was just me.
posted by tsarfan at 9:05 PM on November 25, 2005

oh. It doesn't break the page for me in Safari.
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 9:05 PM on November 25, 2005

If you are under 1024x768 and/or use large fonts, you have no business on the internets.
posted by Krrrlson at 9:07 PM on November 25, 2005

The front page looks fine on Opera.
posted by gyc at 9:17 PM on November 25, 2005

works fine in firefox (mac os x)
posted by amberglow at 9:19 PM on November 25, 2005

As stated, it breaks the page if you have low resolution. It doesn't matter much what browser/operating system you use (unless you use Opera cause Opera is smart and all). That said, I love it. The URL is about as descriptive as anything anyone could have written. I'm willing to accept a broken page for this.
posted by panoptican at 9:24 PM on November 25, 2005

Try harder next time, newb grandpa.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:24 PM on November 25, 2005

Um, you do realise it wasn't me that called you a n00b, right?
posted by ab'd al'Hazred at 9:25 PM on November 25, 2005

About whether it works on someone or other's SuperPimpComputer™—whatever. It's still a URL as post content. Needs fixin’.
posted by Firas at 9:26 PM on November 25, 2005

I know, it was a joke, and so was the comment directed at me.

But seriously, try harder.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 9:27 PM on November 25, 2005

woot
posted by moift at 9:32 PM on November 25, 2005

Ok. I don't know about all this computer stuff you dips are always on about. But...the entire front page is blank when I look at it. It's a vast sea of blue.

Is this my fault, or something the poster did?

If it's my fault, how do I fix it?
posted by PareidoliaticBoy at 9:34 PM on November 25, 2005

My screen is 1680 pixels wide. I see no problem here.
posted by SirOmega at 9:36 PM on November 25, 2005

If it's my fault, how do I fix it?

Computer stuff. The easiest way is to click preferences and make your font size smaller.
posted by ab'd al'Hazred at 9:39 PM on November 25, 2005

The easiest way is to click preferences and make your font size smaller.

My fonts are fine, it's your link that sucks.
posted by justgary at 9:45 PM on November 25, 2005

I have the test size set to medium in my browser. If I make my text size smaller, I can't read the text.
posted by PareidoliaticBoy at 9:46 PM on November 25, 2005

Ahem. That'd be TEXT size.

But you already knew that.
posted by PareidoliaticBoy at 9:47 PM on November 25, 2005

That's a paddlin'.
posted by tristeza at 9:51 PM on November 25, 2005

This is simply a call for the rapid production of a dozen or so finely researched, beautifully formatted FPPs to fill in the gap, and the problem will become moot, at least on the front page. Hmm, 11:50 pm CT, Friday night. Get crackin'.
posted by nanojath at 9:51 PM on November 25, 2005

For the last fucking time Mr. Hands is not one and the same as the guy from the recent news story and I'm tired of reverting the wiki you shits. The video predates the story by months. Stop abuse.
posted by moift at 9:34 PM PST on November 25 [!]

Sorry for the crosspost, but I'm honestly at the end of my rope with you jerks.
posted by moift at 9:52 PM on November 25, 2005

Ok. This is annoying.

I went back to the blue, and set my text size to the smallest. Then, I refreshed the screen and there was STILL this giant, blank, blue screen; but when I scrolled down, the text was now indecipherable.

So.

I'm gonna go the liquor store and pick a case of beer, and a bottle of rum. When I get back, I expect that frikken front page to be readable.

Capiche?
posted by PareidoliaticBoy at 9:58 PM on November 25, 2005

My fonts are fine, it's your link that sucks.

No, I'm pretty sure it is your font.
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 10:00 PM on November 25, 2005

No, I'm pretty sure it is your font.

My fonts rock.
posted by justgary at 10:07 PM on November 25, 2005

My font will kick your font's ass.
posted by loquacious at 10:26 PM on November 25, 2005

Oh, hey. It's fixed. See, I told you my font kicks ass.
posted by loquacious at 10:27 PM on November 25, 2005

My font is an honor student at Waterford Union High School.
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 10:27 PM on November 25, 2005

This is simply a call for the rapid production of a dozen or so finely researched, beautifully formatted FPPs to fill in the gap, and the problem will become moot, at least on the front page.

Although it's short, I've done my bit.
posted by sjvilla79 at 10:30 PM on November 25, 2005

Although it's short, I've done my bit.

Um, I just noticed it was fixed. Oops.
posted by sjvilla79 at 10:31 PM on November 25, 2005

Cripes.

You guys are good.

*raises glass*
posted by PareidoliaticBoy at 10:36 PM on November 25, 2005

My other font's a Ferrari.
posted by brundlefly at 10:39 PM on November 25, 2005

"Who's BAD?!?"
posted by loquacious at 10:41 PM on November 25, 2005

I went back to the blue, and set my text size to normal. Then, I refreshed the screen and there was STILL this giant, blue screen; but when I scrolled down, the text was fully legible and yet somehow incomprehensible. oh wait this is metafilter.

btw my screen is 1920px wide. I bad.
posted by dorian at 10:46 PM on November 25, 2005

So the title is fixed, but now there's a big-ass photo of a pony vagina in the thread. That just doesn't seem right.
posted by maryh at 10:47 PM on November 25, 2005

oh great, now instead of asking for ponies, ever'one is going to be asking for pony vaginas.
posted by dorian at 10:52 PM on November 25, 2005

Oh. I get it.

It was the admins. Instead of having a life, one of 'em took that really long URL that dip posted to the front page, and made it into a link. Before, a really long text- line was what my browser saw. Now, it only sees the link, and all that wasted space disappeared?

Sorry to be a dork, but I really am fairly new to all this computer stuff. It's pretty confusing for someone my age.
I mentioned before that the fear of doing something really stupid is one of the things that makes some of us newbies hesitant to post links, or join in these discussions.
posted by PareidoliaticBoy at 10:52 PM on November 25, 2005

So the title is fixed, but now there's a big-ass photo of a pony vagina in the thread.

If it makes you feel any better, it's actually a snuffaluff-anus.
posted by dgaicun at 10:57 PM on November 25, 2005

he is grining like a lemur!!!
posted by moift at 11:04 PM on November 25, 2005

(big ups to jokefrog.com for the picture of the whimsical horse)
posted by moift at 11:05 PM on November 25, 2005

But a snuffaluff-anus vagina should be invisible!
posted by maryh at 11:05 PM on November 25, 2005

GODDAMMIT MOIFT
posted by cmonkey at 11:07 PM on November 25, 2005

hahaha cmonkey from whence your eternal dismay at that picure of the whimsical horse? Please re: or get on aim so we can work this out.
posted by moift at 11:08 PM on November 25, 2005

fake edit: ONCE AND FOR ALL!
posted by moift at 11:11 PM on November 25, 2005

please tell me that horse is a hermaphrodite...
posted by dorian at 11:11 PM on November 25, 2005

btw my screen is 1920px wide. I bad.

My "screen" is 5920px wide. Now, if you can tell me how many screens I have and at what resolutions, you win a cookie.
posted by loquacious at 11:38 PM on November 25, 2005

Err, no. I'm not rich. I just collect old hardware for free/cheap and make it all work together. Just to be clear.
posted by loquacious at 11:57 PM on November 25, 2005

Err, no. I'm not rich. I just collect old hardware for free/cheap and make it all work together. Just to be clear.

posted by moift at 12:03 AM on November 26, 2005

That's not a cookie.
posted by loquacious at 12:17 AM on November 26, 2005

Fuckin' chuckleheads.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 1:04 AM on November 26, 2005

posted by greasy_skillet at 1:16 AM on November 26, 2005

posted by LimePi at 2:23 AM on November 26, 2005

posted by loquacious at 4:06 AM on November 26, 2005

posted by loquacious at 4:07 AM on November 26, 2005

You don't stop posting idiotic inline images, I am going to fucking kill you.

WITH MY MIND!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:20 AM on November 26, 2005

Great post, great callout. May I have some more please?

What was better: the original post, the fact that the problem was local and not global, the comments, the uproar, this thread, the pictures? The only things lacking are a flameout or an outing-match.

Ah, best of the bew. Good times, good times.

Hillbillies.
posted by warbaby at 6:06 AM on November 26, 2005

posted by dodgygeezer at 6:10 AM on November 26, 2005

Damn fine cup of coffee.
posted by Dreamghost at 6:44 AM on November 26, 2005

Horse cocks are soooooo 2003.
posted by WolfDaddy at 6:53 AM on November 26, 2005

it's all fixed now, right?
posted by jessamyn at 6:55 AM on November 26, 2005