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Seabreeze
Seabreeze
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3540 posts
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30 Apr 2026 5:59pm
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
Seabreeze
QLD
3540 posts
QLD, 3540 posts
30 Apr 2026 7:12pm
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
jksmurf
218 posts
218 posts
1 May 2026 10:52am
Seabreeze said..

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?

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
JonE
VIC
622 posts
VIC, 622 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
WindmanV
VIC
826 posts
VIC, 826 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
Seabreeze
QLD
3540 posts
QLD, 3540 posts
1 May 2026 5:18pm
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
ptsf1111
WA
596 posts
WA, 596 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
Seabreeze
QLD
3540 posts
QLD, 3540 posts
1 May 2026 7:28pm
Sneaky new button added 😀

AI.Dave
AI.Dave
TAS
170 posts
TAS, 170 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
Seabreeze
QLD
3540 posts
QLD, 3540 posts
4 May 2026 12:50pm
Ok, the blue's have been toned down a bit, and the desktop font size reduced, as was a bit large.
Seabreeze
Seabreeze
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3540 posts
QLD, 3540 posts
4 May 2026 12:52pm
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
laurie
QLD
3902 posts
QLD, 3902 posts
6 May 2026 12:36pm
As far as I can tell, everything is fixed/working, and no more issues?

Speak up now! 😅
Obelix
Obelix
WA
1173 posts
WA, 1173 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
laurie
QLD
3902 posts
QLD, 3902 posts
6 May 2026 1:38pm
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
Obelix
WA
1173 posts
WA, 1173 posts
6 May 2026 1:54pm
All good now. The browser was forcing the night theme.
laurie
laurie
QLD
3902 posts
QLD, 3902 posts
6 May 2026 6:35pm
Yay! Good news - thanks for the update. 👍

ozzimark
ozzimark
67 posts
67 posts
9 May 2026 12:46am
Is this huge blank space at the top of the page intentional?


carbine
carbine
WA
1450 posts
WA, 1450 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
stehsegler
WA
3580 posts
WA, 3580 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
laurie
QLD
3902 posts
QLD, 3902 posts
14 May 2026 2:13pm
ozzimark said..
Is this huge blank space at the top of the page intentional?


That would be caused by your adblocker. 😎
laurie
laurie
QLD
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QLD, 3902 posts
14 May 2026 2:13pm
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
laurie
QLD
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QLD, 3902 posts
14 May 2026 2:20pm
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...

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.




ptsf1111
ptsf1111
WA
596 posts
WA, 596 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
stonny
NSW
100 posts
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

RonanL
RonanL
7 posts
7 posts
18 May 2026 2:59am
Hi Laurie, possible to have the date of last message in the summary, if older than one week? I enjoy to search in the past years in the GPS / Speed😎 Thanks 😀
laurie
laurie
QLD
3902 posts
QLD, 3902 posts
18 May 2026 6:32pm
stonny said..
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



Absolutely .. missed that little guy on the rebuild. He's coming...
laurie
laurie
QLD
3902 posts
QLD, 3902 posts
18 May 2026 6:32pm
RonanL said..
Hi Laurie, possible to have the date of last message in the summary, if older than one week? I enjoy to search in the past years in the GPS / Speed😎 Thanks 😀



Sure. 👍 All done.
ozzimark
ozzimark
67 posts
67 posts
19 May 2026 11:16pm
laurie said..

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



That would be caused by your adblocker. 😎


It seemed like it would be the right spot for an ad, but I have the adblocker disabled for Seabreeze - I ran a website long ago and recognize the importance of those ad views... checking with a clean browser install shows the ad, so there must be something else on my end. I'll dig into it, thanks.
RonanL
RonanL
7 posts
7 posts
20 May 2026 2:31am
laurie said..

RonanL said..
Hi Laurie, possible to have the date of last message in the summary, if older than one week? I enjoy to search in the past years in the GPS / Speed😎 Thanks 😀




Sure. 👍 All done.


😎Perfect!👍
ptsf1111
ptsf1111
WA
596 posts
WA, 596 posts
22 May 2026 12:31pm
ptsf1111 said..
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.









Would love to see a fix for this in case that didn't make it onto your list yet 😊
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