Everywhere I look this morning, I'm seeing the little dude holding a pencil like before. I don't know what is up with the car.
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Hm.
I had to ask how 'thread starter' was depicted, and was advised to seek out the "blue icon" (and thank you, I found it).
Then, today, someone mentioned that it resembled a car, and - again, on inspection (not that I had noticed anything other than a blue blur), I could see that yes, it does, sort of resemble a car, one viewed head on from the front, perhaps like a little tram.
But, a little dude holding a pencil?
No, that is not what I see.
However, one could speculate as to whether this could be considered as a sort of MR Rorschach test.
Ah, I hadn't spotted that particular icon (I am not an "icon native" it must be said); is that unique or @arn, or do others also sport it?
However, from what I can see, the standard "thread starter" blue icon vaguely resembles a car or little tram as seen from the front.
No, actually, I never use mobile for such a purpose.
My eyesight, for one, would find it difficult, as I have an iPhone SE, and I loathe large mobiles, as I prefer the smaller form factor, but don't much use my mobile except for phone calls and texts and WhatsApp.
No, I am on my trusty 11" MBA, which is where I almost always access MR from.
Actually, I just checked on page on of this thread - to confirm what I saw, or, am seeing (or, think I am seeing) - and @arn's little blue icon looks like car.....
Hmm... I'm out of ideas then. I see the pencil guy on Safari with my MBP and the car on Safari on my iPhone.
It is not a problem, to be honest.
In truth, I hadn't noticed anything at all until it was pointed out to me when I asked how (or if) a thread starter was identified under the new system. I was instructed to seek out the "blue icon" beneath the name of the original poster.
Then, today, someone mentioned that the blue icon resembled a car, which I also hadn't noticed - as I wear glasses, as all I had noticed was a blue thing that I knew was referred to as "an icon".
No worries.
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Maybe the car signifies viewing on a mobile device, and the pencil on a regular computer. ?♂️
landscape should work now without notch interference
I'm not getting the dark theme on the main website on my Mac running the Catalina beta, is this a known issue? Works fine on my phone running 13.1.
Now I am really confused. I posted the screenshot of the "car icon"... I switch between a desktop view (Safari) and mobile (Tapatalk). I do NOT use Safari on my phone for viewing this forum or any other... so, with that said, I know the screen shot was captured on my desktop, as Tapatalk does not display the left column with the poster information - it just the OP's name and icon, but no other info.
I have solved the discrepancy with OP icon.
The car icon shows when the theme is set to auto-detect. This is also the default theme when logged out.
When the theme is set to light or dark it shows the person with pencil icon.
Mystery solved! 😃
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Ah, excellent; an explanation that is both logical and supplies an entirely credible answer to this question.
And one that I have now tested empirically, myself.
Thank you. Bravo, well done.
Have to admit, I'm not a huge fan of the new Apple Watch icons. The old one was unmistakably an Apple Watch. The new one is...a $5 Disney watch. Even the iPhone. Looks like an old Samsung now. I'll get used to it though.
The alerts are a little bit of a step back. Mousing over doesn't show the alerts anymore. But clicking the alerts sets them all to read. So you need to remember how many alerts you had before clicking and go through them manually. The old version highlighted the number you had.
I like the new react/like icons. It's more relevant than just a "like".
The alerts are a little bit of a step back. Mousing over doesn't show the alerts anymore. But clicking the alerts sets them all to read. So you need to remember how many alerts you had before clicking and go through them manually. The old version highlighted the number you had.
I like the new react/like icons. It's more relevant than just a "like".
I don’t really understand why the iPhone icon....doesn’t look like an iPhone?
I have to be honest (and I'm sorry if this is harsh), but the redesign feels very much like Googles Material design. It feels like a Google product. The icons are more Google than they are Apple. Even the overly aggressive push notifications.
"Can we send you push notifications?"
"No you cannot not"
*in red* "We STRONGLY suggest you let us send you push notifications!"
No. No you can't. I said no, and I mean it. Aggressively pushing for that sort of stuff is very un-Apple.
The design isn't bad, and I'm sure the upgrade came with many new features and updates and all that good stuff. But it doesn't feel like an Apple thing. Sorry. I don't mean to be harsh because I love this site and the free service they provide, and I know if I don't like it I can leave. I just felt feedback would be appropriate.
"Can we send you push notifications?"
"No you cannot not"
*in red* "We STRONGLY suggest you let us send you push notifications!"
No. No you can't. I said no, and I mean it. Aggressively pushing for that sort of stuff is very un-Apple.
The design isn't bad, and I'm sure the upgrade came with many new features and updates and all that good stuff. But it doesn't feel like an Apple thing. Sorry. I don't mean to be harsh because I love this site and the free service they provide, and I know if I don't like it I can leave. I just felt feedback would be appropriate.
Here's a feature request - can the forum adopt a feature like XDA-developers, where we have a toggle to choose which theme we want to run? I'm really not a fan of dark mode, and would love a way to disable it on the website but not in the system...
The light/dark/auto theme control is at the bottom of the site page and has been since the change (although it did forget my setting once).
the icons do seem like a weird choice. the iphone is such an iconic and recognizable form...
My eyes completely glanced over the "macrumors autodetect" button, and was only prompted to click on it by your post. Maybe a more obvious title
