We performed some updates to the tablet version of the site earlier today

[EarlG]

Various tweaks were made to hopefully make some improvements to DU on tablet.

The homepage layout was adjusted when holding a tablet horizontally, it now has an additional column to make it more like the laptop/desktop version. This brings the Latest Breaking News section higher up the page.

We also made tweaks to the home page for people who hold tablets vertically. We also included some tweaks to other pages for those people. For example, you can now see all of the Filter bar options when on the Latest, Greatest, or Latest Videos pages.

We are aware there may still be an issue with certain tablets which makes the edit and reply buttons disappear from OPs if the tablet is held horizonally. We're still looking into this, but in the meantime if you need those buttons you can flip your tablet horizonally and they should appear.

We're going to continue to make fixes and tweaks as we go forward.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. All of that sounds great, and thank you, my dear EarlG and Elad! ♥ nt

[Think. Again.]

2. I switch between...

...a phone and tablet for DU, and I really like the new format.

[littlemissmartypants]

3. Suddenly, dark mode in mail has white font with a yellow background.

Making it nearly impossible to read. I tried resetting my preferences and nothing changed. Just wanted to let you know in case it might be related to the tweaks.

[EarlG]

6. That could be related to something I did earlier

I will take a look and should be able to get it fixed this evening.

[littlemissmartypants]

7. No rush. Have your dinner and relax.

I do love the dark mode but it wouldn't kill me to go without it a while.

Did you see the reply I sent to you about the menu? I hope so. It took me a long time to compose since I couldn't just take a screen shot.

Everything in good time. Thanks for your help.

❤️

[EarlG]

9. Ah, I think I figured this out

Are you still using du4.democraticunderground.com? The test server is offline for everyone now -- except Admins and members of MIRT (we have testing reasons for including MIRT that are unrelated to MIRT duties).

If you are using du4.democraticunderground.com then you're looking at our test server and not the main servers. You're likely to see page errors and weird stuff going on while we're working, plus changes on the test server are not always going to be synced exactly with the main servers.

Now that the DU4 software has been copied over, the new design is running on www.democraticunderground.com which you should use instead of du4.democraticunderground.com -- it will hopefully fix any issues you're having.

[littlemissmartypants]

10. No sir. I am not.

[EarlG]

12. Hmm

The reason I asked was because the Sent Mail page is currently showing white text with yellow background on the test server (du4) but not on the main servers (www). Since you're currently on MIRT I thought maybe you were looking at the wrong page.

To be clear, do you see a difference between these two pages, or do they look the same?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=inbox&folder=sent

https://du4.democraticunderground.com/?com=inbox&folder=sent

The first link should look normal, whereas the second should show the problem you're having. If they both look the same, then your browser is probably caching an older version of a particular file which needs to be updated. You could try:

1) Go to the Sent Mail page where you see the problem -- hold down the Shift key, and click your browser's reload button.

2) If that doesn't work, click the following link (it will look like a wall of code), then hold down the Shift key, and click your browser's reload button:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/du4css/du4.css

Then go back here and see if anything changed:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=inbox&folder=sent

3) If neither of those worked, the next step would be to try clearing your browser cache. Please let me know if you need instructions on how to do this.

[littlemissmartypants]

13. Okay, I'll try your suggestions and let you know what happens.

Sorry for being such a PITA. You do so much for us! I want you to know I'm grateful.

[Merlot]

4. The tablet version looks great! I've had some issues with ads covering

content on left side of laptop version.

[EarlG]

5. Unfortunately this is an ongoing issue

Our ad provider is working on it and I really hope they’re able to figure it out soon.

[highplainsdem]

8. Thank you! Haven't tried it yet, but I will later.

[highplainsdem]

11. First reaction to seeing those tweaks on my tablet - I LOVE the "Jump to news" option at

the top of the home page, beside the new "Expand featured" option over the new Featured Stories name for The Left Column (which is much more self-explanatory, which is especially important for newcomers).

So far I've checked with both Default and Skinner mode, but without resetting my tablet's browser to desktop view for DU.