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General Gps & Speed Waves Foiling Gear Reviews Lost & Found WA NSW QLD SA VIC TAS

Seabreeze

3536 posts

Seabreeze

SA, 3536 posts

30 Apr 2026 5:29pm

jksmurf said..
Not bad not bad... I can live with it, eventually..

However I echo the comments about it looking a bit bloated... I tried to find a setting for smaller text (yeah I I know I can mouse scroll or ctrl scroll the whole webpage but that makes everything smaller), as In the posts are essentially a strip occupying the middle thrrd and theres white space for Africa each side?

Also really pale. Like sickly; any chance of changing the background colours at will?

Hehe. Cool!

Can I ask what device you're using? i.e. 13" laptop, 29" desktop?

Regards "Pale" .. have you tried "Dark" mode? Tap the Profile at top right.

Seabreeze

3536 posts

Seabreeze

SA, 3536 posts

30 Apr 2026 6:42pm

Just had a look into this, and adjusted various fonts/avatars/colours, and side-by-side comparison with old site, and the new site actually uses less space for the same text now. but with a bigger more readable font. ?

jksmurf

216 posts

jksmurf

216 posts

1 May 2026 10:52am

Seabreeze said..

Hehe. Cool!

Can I ask what device you're using? i.e. 13" laptop, 29" desktop?

Maybe a 22" Desktop Screen

Regards "Pale" .. have you tried "Dark" mode? Tap the Profile at top right.

Yeah.. it's .. very black.

Soooo there's like White .. or Black... I guess I can live with that too, just with somuch screen space, all white, lying in bed at night or early morning it is sort of blinding (...cue 'blinded by the light...' )

JonE

VIC

595 posts

JonE

VIC, 595 posts

1 May 2026 1:16pm

It's better already, thanks.

Are you able to tone down the blue in the main bar somewhat? It feels like it's burning my retinas.

I like the radar image shortcut - was it on the old site? I've never noticed it before. BOM always needed 4 or 5 clicks to get there. Now it's impossible on the BOM.

WindmanV

VIC

819 posts

WindmanV

VIC, 819 posts

1 May 2026 4:49pm

JonE,

BOM 128km radar image, old style (the best!): https//reg.bom.gov.au/products/IDR023.loop.shtml

Seabreeze

3536 posts

Seabreeze

SA, 3536 posts

1 May 2026 4:48pm

JonE said..
It's better already, thanks.

Are you able to tone down the blue in the main bar somewhat? It feels like it's burning my retinas.

I like the radar image shortcut - was it on the old site? I've never noticed it before. BOM always needed 4 or 5 clicks to get there. Now it's impossible on the BOM.

Hehe.. as much as a glaring sun off the water at 3pm? ?

Rain Radar is new! Loving it.

ptsf1111

574 posts

ptsf1111

WA, 574 posts

1 May 2026 4:10pm

Don't tell anyone! Before we know it this site becomes more popular than BOM and it's overloaded.
Great addition!

Seabreeze

3536 posts

Seabreeze

SA, 3536 posts

1 May 2026 6:58pm

Sneaky new button added ?

AI.Dave

TAS

159 posts

AI.Dave

TAS, 159 posts

1 May 2026 9:37pm

The new site is shaping up well! Appreciate the hard work ?
Couple of idea's re the forecast
- option to switch between the normal 10 day BOM forecast (ACCESS) and the more accurate 36 hr forecast (ACCESS-C)
- can you add wind gust speed on the graphs?

Seabreeze

3536 posts

Seabreeze

SA, 3536 posts

4 May 2026 12:20pm

Ok, the blue's have been toned down a bit, and the desktop font size reduced, as was a bit large.

Seabreeze

3536 posts

Seabreeze

SA, 3536 posts

4 May 2026 12:22pm

AI.Dave said..
The new site is shaping up well! Appreciate the hard work ?
Couple of idea's re the forecast
- option to switch between the normal 10 day BOM forecast (ACCESS) and the more accurate 36 hr forecast (ACCESS-C)
- can you add wind gust speed on the graphs?

For sure, and it's a significant investment to subscribe to the ACCESS models from the BoM. A subscription option on Seabreeze will be available soon, which will enable the purchase of more data, and if enough people show their support, we can do add this, and EMCWF. ?

laurie

3887 posts

laurie

SA, 3887 posts

6 May 2026 12:06pm

As far as I can tell, everything is fixed/working, and no more issues?

Speak up now! ?

Obelix

1171 posts

Obelix

WA, 1171 posts

6 May 2026 10:56am

laurie said..
As far as I can tell, everything is fixed/working, and no more issues?

Speak up now! ?

The light mode still doesn't work for me through a browser (Duck-DuckGo), Galaxy A20.
Works in the Chrome.
Not a showstopper ?

laurie

3887 posts

laurie

SA, 3887 posts

6 May 2026 1:08pm

So odd? You're using the new beta, right? And you go to the Profile menu at the top right, and choose the light theme (or via the Unit Preferences dialog), and it persists as dark theme?

It's a simple cookie "Theme=Dark", or "Theme=Light" .. if you're game, you could open the developer tools in your browser, go to the console, and type :

Cookies.set("Theme","Light")

It's that simple?! Got me beat. Anybody else suffing theme switching issues?

Obelix

1171 posts

Obelix

WA, 1171 posts

6 May 2026 1:54pm

All good now. The browser was forcing the night theme.

laurie

3887 posts

laurie

SA, 3887 posts

6 May 2026 6:05pm

Yay! Good news - thanks for the update. ?

ozzimark

66 posts

ozzimark

66 posts

9 May 2026 12:46am

Is this huge blank space at the top of the page intentional?

carbine

1446 posts

carbine

WA, 1446 posts

9 May 2026 11:38am

Man these mid post adverts are beyond annoying, it's like being on a ****ty Newscorp site where you endlessly scroll down but keep getting sent to the top of the page as the adverts load.

stehsegler

3571 posts

stehsegler

WA, 3571 posts

12 May 2026 11:09pm

FYI. The sub-category Links in the Buy & Sell section are broken. They all link to the top level category. This is on Safari, Mac.

laurie

3887 posts

laurie

SA, 3887 posts

14 May 2026 1:43pm

ozzimark said..
Is this huge blank space at the top of the page intentional?

That would be caused by your adblocker. ?

laurie

3887 posts

laurie

SA, 3887 posts

14 May 2026 1:43pm

stehsegler said..
FYI. The sub-category Links in the Buy & Sell section are broken. They all link to the top level category. This is on Safari, Mac.

Sorry for that, was a tempory issue. ?

laurie

3887 posts

laurie

SA, 3887 posts

14 May 2026 1:50pm

carbine said..
Man these mid post adverts are beyond annoying, it's like being on a ****ty Newscorp site where you endlessly scroll down but keep getting sent to the top of the page as the adverts load.

Sorry about that .. necessary evil to keep the lights on - but they should be that intrusive. Is it breaking scrolling, or ... ? let me know, as that's not on .. they should be static, non-layout shifting...

ptsf1111

574 posts

ptsf1111

WA, 574 posts

15 May 2026 7:44pm

Noticed with the new site, when I click the username/time of last post, it doesn't scroll to the last page and post anymore. On the old site, it linked to the last post but now it just links to the first post on the first page. Circled the place below.

stonny

NSW

100 posts

stonny

NSW, 100 posts

17 May 2026 10:50am

Hi Seabreeze........I like the new Website on the whole but I preferred seeing the high and low tide times under the graph like the old site.
Love the flag ?
Keep up the good work

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