User talk:It's dot com/replacement

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Infobox

Feel free to comment on this page. Or go ahead make it better yourself. Be sure to keep in mind that it has to look at least decent at a screen resolution of 800×600. — It's dot com 20:37, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Like the idea. Though at my 1024×768 resolution, it overlaps Strong Bad's head in the email blockquote. -- Tom 20:45, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Hmm. I use the same resolution, and the two never come anywhere near each other. (Although it could be a browser thing, I suppose.) Anyways, I quite like the idea. It don't look half bad. --DorianGray

I like that box! It looks great in 1280×1240, too. Will we have "Short Toon", "Game" etc. at the top of the box if it's not a sbemail? Loafing 20:51, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Hmm... I need it to {{clear}} if it's going to collide with the transcript because of the resolution, but not do so if the screen is wide enough. Any ideas? — It's dot com 21:01, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Issue is that if you clear, there's a huge gap as the inset is so tall. As the email blockquote is based on an image, it cannot flow around the floated inset. Perhaps the font size in the inset can be reduced, or elements rearranged, to allow it to be less tall. Alternately, or not, the email blockquote can be resized to take up less lateral width. Personally, I think given the constraints we are faced with, unless you can alter the email blockquote you're screwed. - Qermaq - (^T/C)  23:57, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

I was able to fix it. How does it look now? — It's dot com 01:01, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

It is guaranteed to succeed, but kinda ugly. The image is a kludge. Why not clear the "Transcript" element instead? (Edit: Or better yet, the div you added?) - Qermaq - (^T/C)  01:04, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Because, as I said, clearing the transcript doesn't look correct on large resolutions, and not clearing it doesn't look correct on small resolutions. I need something to take up the approximate width of the blockquote so that it will prevent the infobox from overlying it, and the image does the job nicely. Also, that div is a separate issue and didn't have any effect anyway. — It's dot com 01:13, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

The re-organizing and "widthening" of the float seems to have done the trick. - Qermaq - (^T/C)  01:33, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't think that smaller fontsizes are the way to go. Even 'Kipedia says so! Loafing 01:37, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

The font size currently is 90%, which seems easy enough to read to me. If we can keep the infobox the width it is now, then the page will look good really good at a screen resolution of 1024×768, which is probably what the average user uses. — It's dot com 02:09, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Transcript width

See the page with a narrow transcript width. The width of the transcript is something that has always bothered me, but it's a separate issue from the infobox. Basically, I made it much narrower because I think it's a lot easier to read that way. What do you think? — It's dot com 21:14, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Hates it. I much like it wide. I find it easier to read that way. The white space sears my eyeballs. --DorianGray

{edit conflict}I don't like all the blank white space that comes as a result, even though I do kind of like the more compact look that comes with the narrower transcript. Heimstern Läufer 21:32, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Issue

Here's a screenshot of this page as viewed in Opera 9 on a PC at 1024x768. Note the problematic overlap in the lower right corner. - Qermaq - (^T/C)  23:51, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Also, here's a poor quality image of what it looks like using the Wii's Opera browser, which I think runs at a resolution of 640x400 (with the 80 being taken up by the Opera navbar). As you can see, it never overlaps the text, which is a good thing, even if it does overlap the transcript image. --ENUSY 00:06, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Right, any modern user agent will wrap the text properly. But images don't wrap, and that's the source of the problem. If we did not have an image so soon in the transcript this would work fine, but so long as we do it's going to inevitably lead to this type of thing. - Qermaq - (^T/C)  00:30, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

This issue is the one we are talking about in the first section, and it has now been fixed. — It's dot com 00:47, 14 January 2007 (UTC)