Announcing a new site in BETA - AndroidQuestions.org
 

I'd like to let everyone know that a new site that we have been working on is now in BETA. Please welcome http://www.androidquestions.org/ to The Questions Network family of sites. Note that if you have an account here at LQ, you already have an AQ account. The AQ site is running the next generation platform that will power LQ at some point in the future, so we're very interested in feedback and comments. If you have a suggestion or feedback, visit http://www.androidquestions.org/thre...dQuestions.org and let us know. If the feedback relates to LQ in any way, feel free to post in this thread. Keep in mind that the site is still in BETA and as such registration for AQ itself is currently disabled, meaning only LQ members can participate at this time. After we're sure everything is stable and working to our satisfaction, we'll open up registration over there. I'd like to thank david_ross for his help and dedication in getting this project going.

--jeremy

Welcome, Android Questions!

Looks good Jeremy. :)

Well designed and nice color scheme. And round curves here and there make the site more appealing. I though that LQ could not be made better with nice colors and well placed menus and easy to navigate. But it seems AQ would make me think again and LQ with those colors would look nice too.

Personally I like the look and feel of LQ better than AQ.

Just one more piece of evidence that Android is barely Linux any more :P

~Jeff

AQ down
 

Sorry to say, but AQ is not working:

Database Error Database error
The database has encountered a problem.

H.

Hi,

It's working over here without problems. From time to time I got the database errors too here on LQ. As indicated by Jeremy most of the time it coincided with me trying to access LQ when a DB backup was running and thus resulting in that error. Try again after a minute or so and you'll most likely find it working.

Kind regards,

Eric

Eric is indeed correct. We're working to make backups a little more transparent, but you may notice 30 second or so issues between 2-4am LQST in the meantime.

--jeremy

Works for me! No database errors, and it looks good too.

Good move to go for a new look on a new site - may help prevent me from posting Android items in the wrong forum! ;)

And a timely move too; this comes to you from 'My First Android' - a cheap Tosh NC100 with 2.2 upgrade.

I've just been on this on my G1 - That is what all this is about, isn't it?

Suggestions:
1. Trim the top page drastically. Here's what I see at any acceptable zoom
Androidquestions.org banner - 1 screenful (long).
Login box & Google ads/links 1/3 screenful
"Welcome to aq" notice - over 1 screenful
Please note (about registration) 1/3 screenful
Remaining header stuff - over 1/2 screenful
That's over 3 screenfuls of crap to scroll past.

2. I would try to get user & stats on the same line as the subject, and use a wider text width underneath for the post.

3. Remove the 'quote' option in a reply. With those headers, and a long quoted question or reply, I'd run out of memory on my G1 :-(.

4. A more normal interface for pc users would be helpful, if you can discriminate.

5. The basic color scheme is OK, despite the fact that the green is sad. It must have taken a lot of effort to get such an unfortunate green, but I wouldn't have tried that hard to mess the page up. Go darker on the green. The beige/mustard brown comes over very well indeed.

6. I've posted on a memory problem to give it something to work on while everyone's still looking in.

A couple comments:

* The style and layout issues should be covered by the fact that in the very near future the site will have a mobile interface and a native mobile app.

* The two colors are actually the official android colors. While most people seem to like the color scheme, a small minority seems to strongly dislike it.

Thanks for the feedback.

--jeremy

AQ looks fine to me.

i think the color scheme looks fine, though i think LQ could use the rounded corners and the sleek look but the LQ color scheme is fine as it is, nice job on the new site, makes me wish i had an android based system ;).

comparing stackoverflow and sister sites with LQ, i find it easier to separate signal from noise on SO.

Using windows fonts like calibri and verdana is not good idea imho. Looks ugly here on kde, I had to deactivate them as I couldn't imagine anyone would use them on a webpage ...

If you prefer the layout and flow of SO-like sites, you may be interested in http://linuxexchange.org/ (which is also an LQ sister site).

--jeremy

I'll keep an eye on your nw project Jeremy. If only those colours in the site's palette did not hurt my eyes so much ;-)
Anyways, there may be life packaging software for Android at some point in future. Slackware would make an ideal development platform for Android.

Eric

Keep in mind that AQ is not quite as Linux-focused as LQ is. Verdana is actually the default here at LQ too, but I'll add Arial and Helvetica to AQ for consistency.

--jeremy

I've been having fun modding my Viewsonic G Tablet. I'm glad to hear that there will be another source for Android discussion. I hope AndroidQuestions becomes as popular with Andorid users as LinuxQuestions has with Linux users. Good Luck Jeremy.

right. i remember seeing it before. thank you.

sorry, I didn't mean verdana. Actually I wanted to suggest making verdana default and skip the first two. Already forgot the default one on AQ because I don't have it.
Calibri shouldn't be used imho as it's part of MS Office I think and even windows users don't have it. And of course because it looks ugly in linux ...

Verdana actually already was the default at AQ. The font setting is now: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif

--jeremy

strange, I have this: Tahoma,Calibri,Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;
and it's showing Calibri (when it's activated).

see pic

What content are you referring to? The list I gave is for the font of all post content, which comprises the majority of text you'll regularly read on the site.

--jeremy

I'm almost certain that almatic is referring to the post's body.

the forum is verdana now, rest still calibri.

I'm not sure why you're seeing that, but verdana is and always was the first font in every bit of CSS (except for two popup bits, where it's tahoma, verdana).

--jeremy

I have not been a member of LQ long, But have grown to be pretty fond of the blue and white it sports. Not that I don't like the green of AQ ... But I gotta admit, LQ looks shnazzy.

I like the round edges on the board categories, they kinda make it pop.

It took me a second to find the 'User CP' in it's little box in the left hand corner, and I much prefer the MY LQ that is used here to that.

The layout of the quick reply/reply editor is very nice, and I dig the new buttons.

I notice there is no rep system, Would that be done away with or has it just not yet been added?

I like being able to 'shade' the subjects such as: Site navigation, Sponsers, Search,etc ... So that only what you want/need to see is available.

Overall, I'd say it's a decent forum. the way it is presented is easily understood, and it looks good. Great job ... Can't wait to see how it looks on LQ. :)

Ah, Nice UI for androidquestions.org . with colors , fonts and functionality ! great work . keep it up!

We're happy to announce that AndroidQuestions.org is now out of BETA. Continued feedback is welcome, especially concerning the search at AQ (or other areas you think LQ needs to be improved - remember that AQ runs the next generation platform that will eventually power LQ).

http://www.androidquestions.org/thre...ly-out-of-BETA

--jeremy

Here's a little additional information on The Questions Network (and AQ):

http://jeremy.linuxquestions.org/201...tions-network/

As always, feedback is welcome.

--jeremy

AQ looks cool. Looking forward some healthy Android discussions :)

There are 60 (yes, sixty) deleted posts, spam & comments on spam, between this & the last one w/ useful content. The way my system is set up, that's 7 screensfull -- a lot of <PageUp> & <PageDown> to move between them.

Please consider removing the visual clutter by either hard deleting them or moving them to their own thread where they don't harm this one. Thanks.

Keep in mind that only mods see soft deleted posts. We typically never hard delete content here at LQ, but it's possible we'll look into making an exception for this recent spam mass attack.

--jeremy

I didn't know that.

Indeed, if I delete all LQ cookies in Firefox, I don't see the deleted spam. Of course I do see the ads. :)

It's good to know that I am not seeing what a regular user sees. So my concern shifts user convenience to mod team convenience. If it's not too much trouble, I think that removing the huge amount of residual clutter from the recent attack might improve our ability to moderate the affected threads.

AQ looks very vibrant and interesting , thank you lq team .