Problems with the forum

[jsdva]

Why are some of the posts in the message center not showing subject? Can't click to find out what it is about. You can click the authors name, but that doesn't give you anything on the message. This has been going on for a while, but just got some time to complain about it. :)



Jamie

[Leanne]

Very cool, thank you!

[Kent Multer]

P.S. I forgot to mention: you do the Bates-type exercises for one eye at a time; cover the other eye with your hand, so you don't have to hold it closed with muscle tension. For my home-made exercise, I do both eyes together.

[Kent Multer]

do you have any pointers for tracking down these exercises? My eyesight is atrocious and even marginal improvement would be a bonus.

The most famous source is a doctor named Bates, who wrote a book about it; do a Web search for "Bates method" and you should find info about him. A search for "eye exercises" should find you some more info. The basic idea is just to practice focusing on things at various distances, from tiny print a few inches from your face, to larger text 20 or 30 feet away. The eye, like any part of the body, can improve its performance with practice.

Here's an exercise I made up myself, that seems to help. I close my eyes tightly, using some extra pressure, and hold them for maybe 10 seconds. Then I relax them for maybe 5 seconds. Then I open them wide, wider than normal; and again hold this for 10 seconds, then relax. My theory is that this is sort of like massaging the eyeball, putting pressure on it in different places to reduce the stiffness that makes it unable to focus. Don't overdo it with the pressure; there are some tiny muscles in there, and you wouldn't want to injure one. Disclaimer: I am not a doctor; I don't even play one on TV. Don't sue me if this doesn't work for you.

Excuse me for going off-topic ...

[Leanne]

Yay! The little green button for going to the first unread post is back!

Kent Multer do you have any pointers for tracking down these exercises? My eyesight is atrocious and even marginal improvement would be a bonus.

[Kent Multer]

FWIW, there are some exercises you can do to improve your eyesight. Some people consider it pseudo-science, but I got some results from them. They're pretty easy, and don't require special equipment; might be worth a try.

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

Agreed. I can read posts now without reading glasses even in the early morning

[Kent Multer]

The forum fonts all seem larger now, right? The "display" text font might actually be larger than necessary. But more importantly, the "typing" font is larger, and noticeably easier to read.

Thanks!

[lesliekirk]

Font used while typing in form is different and smaller. (Windows 10/Firefox).

And annoying...but I see Bruce got his bigger font request

[Leanne]

The little green circle that you used to be able to click to go to the first unread post in a thread is missing. FF on Windows 10 and Mac.

[lesliekirk]

The background is the field is now white again but it looks like the default font that is displayed while typing looks to be Times...

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

Same here...be better if it was selectable. Same with the admin. Yea, i get that most folks in web dev are under 30...but we don't have to want to sic the ADA on web application developers :)

[Kent Multer]

Hmmm, I also noticed that the font in the input text area was pretty small. But hey, as I'm typing this, it's quite a bit larger. Either someone at Miva adjusted it, or it's remembering the larger font size that I selected before.

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

I noticed there was a Preference setting for display font, but changing it had no effect (as far as I tried) on the display. Therefore, have to report that they default font is WAY too small for people over 50...and yea, we still work :)

[William Davis]

Font used while typing in form is different and smaller. (Windows 10/Firefox).