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billy123 03-09-2014 10:37 PM

Text on forum has changed in chrome problem [SOLVED]
 
Im using chrome and the text size has changed (the zoom settings in chrome are at 100% so its not that) and also threads arent updating properly i see a thread has new posts but when i click on the thread it doesnt show any new posts until i refresh the page.

Anyone else or just me? :conf:

Josy 03-09-2014 10:43 PM

It's fine for me.

Someone else had a problem with the text size the other day though.

For the new posts problem you can try going to the main forum page, scrolling down and mark all forums read, sometimes it helps but sometimes it doesn't.

billy123 03-09-2014 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Josy (Post 7239535)
It's fine for me.

Someone else had a problem with the text size the other day though.

For the new posts problem you can try going to the main forum page, scrolling down and mark all forums read, sometimes it helps but sometimes it doesn't.

Thanks. I have just marked all as read and deleted my cache and tried a reboot and its still the same :bawling:

I think chrome updated earlier tonight and it has been since then i hope it sorts itself out.
Its fine on IE.

Jessica. 03-09-2014 11:08 PM

The text looks weird for me too, like for unread threads the title is extra bold or something.

Ninastar 03-09-2014 11:10 PM

it does the same for me. i never know when a thread is updated that i've been in, because its bold the whole time

billy123 03-09-2014 11:14 PM

Yep everything is bold even the forum titles and the text looks smaller and lower resolution to me the bolded text looks almost blurry its horrible.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psa70fb0a2.jpg

reece(: 03-09-2014 11:15 PM

I'm on chrome and the text has changed for me too, don't know about the other changes.

billy123 03-09-2014 11:17 PM

Im just happy its not just me :cheer2:

Marsh. 03-09-2014 11:17 PM

The thread list on the right "Latest Threads" is always bold for me whether I visit them or not? :suspect:

reece(: 03-09-2014 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jessica. (Post 7239680)
The text looks weird for me too, like for unread threads the title is extra bold or something.

This, also.

Jessica. 03-09-2014 11:19 PM

It's always bold before I visit a thread but it's even bigger today for some reason, when I first opened the forum today I tried to zoom out because I thought I had zoomed in accidentally but it turned out to be at the right scale. :umm2:

Ninastar 03-09-2014 11:20 PM

are you all on chrome too?

Jessica. 03-09-2014 11:22 PM

Yes, I am using chrome atm, my bf only has firefox and chrome on his pc and I always use opera at home. :umm2: Haven't tried any other browsers.

reece(: 03-09-2014 11:23 PM

I'm on Chrome and always view the forum on 90% but the text is bigger now and 75% is too small so I'll deal..

billy123 04-09-2014 06:34 AM

Works fine on Opera and works on Internet explorer but IE goes into compatibility mode to display it but looks a mess in Chrome.

Is it due to it being old version of vbulletin? Its so annoying it hurts my eyes. :(

Sophiee 04-09-2014 10:02 AM

chrome is messing up for me today too, it's a horrible font and the text is slightly bigger I think :fist:.

James 04-09-2014 10:51 AM

When did this start? Have you tried a different forum theme? (menu for changing is at bottom-left of page).

I'll look into it.

arista 04-09-2014 11:04 AM

Just a now on TIBB on Firefox
illegal threat stopped by AVG

Had to start a new page

Evil Tibb bugs

billy123 04-09-2014 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James (Post 7240276)
When did this start? Have you tried a different forum theme? (menu for changing is at bottom-left of page).

I'll look into it.

Hi James.
Yes i tried a different theme and it made no difference it started for me last night at about 7pm.
I am on my PC at work at the moment on Chrome and this one is fine though so i dont know if you have fixed it or if there is a Chrome update that hasnt caught up with this PC yet :shrug:
I wont know if its sorted itself out until tonight.

MTVN 04-09-2014 12:46 PM

The text is slightly different for me too but I was wondering if it was a general Chrome thing cos it seems to have happened on another forum I'm on as well, I actually prefer the new text I think lol

Crimson Dynamo 04-09-2014 12:47 PM

Its ok on SeaMonkey but 2wice today when i changed windows and came back i had some root directory page?

LukeB 04-09-2014 01:05 PM

i have the same problem!

Sophiee 04-09-2014 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 7240426)
The text is slightly different for me too but I was wondering if it was a general Chrome thing cos it seems to have happened on another forum I'm on as well, I actually prefer the new text I think lol

yeah it's happening to me on other websites as well, I guess I'll get used to it but it looks awful in bold D:.

LukeB 04-09-2014 04:16 PM

it looks ugly! has anyone solved it

http://i.imgur.com/XwYv4Kt.png

billy123 04-09-2014 05:03 PM

It hurts my eyes :(
I tell you what doesnt work changing the encoding to unicode (utf-16le) i thought i was stuck with Chinese writing forever :bawling:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ps3bab8c82.png

JoshBB 04-09-2014 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Josy (Post 7239535)
It's fine for me.

Someone else had a problem with the text size the other day though.

For the new posts problem you can try going to the main forum page, scrolling down and mark all forums read, sometimes it helps but sometimes it doesn't.

Yeah, that was me. The issue is still here for me however I've just gotten used to it.

Locke. 04-09-2014 05:04 PM

Font is weird for me now as well

JoshBB 04-09-2014 05:09 PM

At least I know this (hopefully) wasn't my computer's fault I guess.

billy123 04-09-2014 05:20 PM

I found a fix! :cheer2:

copy and paste this into the url:

chrome://flags/ (and load it as if it is a url)

Then find: Disable DirectWrite and click enable just underneath it.
Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the "relaunch browser" tab.

Then after the browser has relaunched close it completely then when you open it and come back to tibb it will be sorted.

LukeB 04-09-2014 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobnot (Post 7240872)
I found a fix! :cheer2:

tell us

billy123 04-09-2014 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LukeB (Post 7240874)
tell us

NO :joker:

I edited my post above.

James 04-09-2014 05:42 PM

It's because of the update to Chrome 37:

Quote:

Chrome 37 with DirectWrite support for Windows now respects Windows DPI scaling. (Previous Chrome versions did not scale itself, so the OS would perform automatic scaling.)

In Chrome 37, you should get one of three things now:
- at 100% DPI scaling, everything should look just the way it used to
- at 125% DPI scaling, icons, buttons, and non-textual stuff will now be slightly larger than it used to be
- at scales above 125%, both the fonts and the graphical elements will be proportionally larger

This is the expected behavior for Chrome 37 on Windows with custom DPI settings.
https://productforums.google.com/for...B1-25-false%5D

Quite a few complaints about it. Not sure if I can / should do anything about it here.

How to Disable DirectWrite in Google Chrome > Version 37: http://www.mydigitallife.info/disabl...me-version-37/

Windows font size: http://www.wintuts.com/How-to-change-font-size

billy123 04-09-2014 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James (Post 7240933)
It's because of the update to Chrome 37:



https://productforums.google.com/for...B1-25-false%5D

Quite a few complaints about it. Not sure if I can / should do anything about it here.

How to Disable DirectWrite in Google Chrome > Version 37: http://www.mydigitallife.info/disabl...me-version-37/

Windows font size: http://www.wintuts.com/How-to-change-font-size

What a pain in the backside that is as well as looking awful it really messes up the forums unread posts feature.
All sorted now though.

Jordan. 04-09-2014 06:52 PM

the font is huge I feel like I'm on a website specialised for the blind

Jessica. 04-09-2014 06:53 PM

Thanks James, that fixed it for me. :love:

hijaxers 04-09-2014 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobnot (Post 7239500)
Im using chrome and the text size has changed (the zoom settings in chrome are at 100% so its not that) and also threads arent updating properly i see a thread has new posts but when i click on the thread it doesnt show any new posts until i refresh the page.

Anyone else or just me? :conf:

I'm having big trouble on Firefox at mo -so pee'd off with it - series has gone down the pan anyway !

lily. 04-09-2014 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James (Post 7240276)
When did this start? Have you tried a different forum theme? (menu for changing is at bottom-left of page).

I'll look into it.

Started today for me. I've tried new themes.. still the same.

I'm using Chrome. :)


edit: Just noticed your fix James... worked a treat.. thanks bae x

Ninastar 04-09-2014 10:05 PM

oh for **** sake

the link works, but there's no 'disable Directwrite'

why me?

Ninastar 04-09-2014 10:05 PM

i have a macbook, will that be the reason why?

Ninastar 04-09-2014 10:33 PM

anyone know what the equivalent is for a mac?

getting so pissed off now


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