Alkmaar
Update part 1/2
Today I'm pushing out an update with lots of optimisations, bugfixes and some UI improvements. This is in preparation of a bigger update coming later this year, but I decided to pull this piece of that update forward a bit because it solves some annoying bugs while I polish the big feature update that's coming soon.
And while most of this update contains bugfixes and server-side optimalisations (i.e. boring stuff), there are a few cool front-end things that I hope you'll dig!
Reading Pinside at night?
One of the most requested features I had in my inbox was a dark mode option for Pinside. Turns out a lot of you browse Pinside in dark rooms. Ugh. Gamerooms. Right, why didn't I think of that sooner? 
Turns out that this was one of these things that seems easy to implement while, in fact, it took many days of work to get done right.
Switch to dark mode and save your eyeballs!
It's still not completely perfect, so please report any odd-colored stuff you find, preferably with a screenshot, to my PM box, or to [email protected].
Dark mode toggling is currently manual; You toggle it using the little sun icon in the top right of any screen. Or press CTRL-B. The setting is remembered per browser. There are plans to eventually have this toggle automatically based on your time of day or OS setting, but that's something for the future.
(btw, the logout icon has moved and now appears when mousing over your user name, or go to your profile page and find the logout button there. I mean, who ever logs out right?).
Slightly bigger fonts
While designing dark mode, I also decided to increase the overall font size for Pinside slightly. This follows design trends and also helps my own old eyes.
New PM design
I'm working on a PM screen design specifically tailored to messaging about Marketplace ads. This will include information to help you determine if someone is legit. This is not entirely finished yet but the PM screen already has a new look. Instead of repeating someones profile information (the "backbox") a gazillion times, I now only display this once and then use only the avatar for a much cleaner and leaner look.
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Improved image tools
I have made some improvements to image tools. The tool buttons will now always be visible. Easy rotating!
Speaking of rotating, that pesky rotation bug should be fixed now!
There is also a cool new "sorting mode", which will help you put your images in order. This only works right after uploading them, when they're not yet auto-inserted in your post text.
Cleaner homepage
Clean up the home page by hiding the sub-forums. Easy peasy and it is remembered accross devices.
Hide the sub-forums side-bar for a cleaner forum home page!
Bugfixes create new bugs
I think this update touched about 90% of all Pinside code. So yes, there will certainly be new bugs. Report them to me via PM or in the Pinside >Bugs sub-forum please!
More cool stuff...
Almost ready, but not quite yet. Soon!
Akron, OH
Kitchener, ON
