Problem for AB Editors & Techie Team

[gen2]

Have you noticed how the page formatting is being disrupted by overlong usernames?

Because the width of the avatar/name column has not been fixed, the names are not truncated or forced to wordwrap when they ate longer than normal. At first they encroach on the small 'answer' A logo which is reduced to a slim ghost. Next, the entire page of question summaries is forced right until the end of every line disappears behind the adverts on the right rendering many of them unreadable.

May I suggest the Techies have a look at this with a view to adding it to their 'To-Do' list for next Christmas.

PS I am ising IE 7 and Vista

[spacedcase]

Can we have an example please.

[gen2]

Minor correction to the above

It is the 'Question' Q Logo - not the A Logo that is being squashed out.


Spacedcase - just look at the first page of 20 questions here in Suggestions (formerly known as AB Suggestions). Compare it with page 2.

[gen2]

In the Good/Bad Old Days when usernames were limited to 12 characters, that would not have been a problem.

[teacher1]

This name you mean ? bigbrain_biggerego99 lol

[long_names_cause_problems]

<<<<<<< Long names like this

[gen2]

. . . and now the lines of answers in this thread are truncated.

Testing Testing qwertyuiop asdfghjkl zxcvbnm 1234567890 one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog

[spacedcase]

Sounds kinky dr!

[gen2]

I can now confirm that the format disruption is identical in FireFox.

Presumably the same in all browsers.