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[sjeap <sjeap AT lavabit.com>]

Unfortunately, those flags are barely visible and don't suggest to be
clickable immediately. The idea of flags itself is good, maybe one
should try different (free/open source) representations as shown below.

http://corrupteddevelopment.com/waving-flag-psd-and-png-icon
http://corrupteddevelopment.com/6-creative-flag-icons
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1275555

If that doesn't solve it, one could try triangles/rectangles instead of
circles.

Another thought: would it be possible to add a close icon to that white
window for server information? If one tries to compare dots/servers, it
is sometimes not easy enough to find the right dot to close that window
again.

Regards sjeap

Am 15.07.2012 08:16, schrieb Jeff Taylor:
> I made a couple adjustments to this page today...  First, I have
> replaced the T1 server dots with flags to try and minimize the overlap
> between T1 and T2 servers.  Please let me know what is thought of this,
> as I may make the same changes to the other test pages.
> 
> Second, I implemented 5-minute retests on the T1 servers.  Since there
> are not too many of them, this testing does not overwhelm the server,
> and it will give us a more frequent status on the map.

Am 14.07.2012 14:16, schrieb sjeap:
> Hello,
> 
> done very well Jeff! This is great to get an overview of all servers'
> locations and states.
> 
> When beta testing is done, it would be nice to see that somehow
> integrated into the main website. Maybe by a small, clickable preview on
> the left side of the frontpage or the like. Such visual graspable
> representations of information attract people and give them a good
> feeling what to deal with. (OpenNIC, servers, DNS, what? - Map, ahhh!) ;)
> 
> And as Richard described his thoughts before, I would really like to see
> changes for the frontpage logo. The current representation looks more
> like a teaser than a (brand) logo in the header. There are several
> suggestions, one could just take one of them.
> 
> Regards sjeap
> 
> Am 14.07.2012 08:12, schrieb Jeff Taylor:
>> > I put together a new test page today which uses javascript to poll for
>> > server updates.  You will still only see changes every 15 minutes,
>> > however the javascript reloads the T1 and T2 markers without reloading
>> > the entire page.  The advantage to this is that when the information is
>> > refreshed, it does not change your view.  With the previous page, if you
>> > had zoomed in to view a region, when the page reloaded it would reset
>> > your view back to the world map.
>> > 
>> > http://opennic.oss/osm/jsstatmap.php
> Am 11.07.2012 07:34, schrieb Jeff Taylor:
>> > The status page now uses layers to separate the T1 and T2 servers...
>> > 
>> > http://opennic.oss/osm/statmap.php
>> > Click the blue + icon near the top of the right border.  Under
>> > "Overlays" you can select which servers you wish to show or hide.
>> > 
>> > T1 servers are shown with a white border.  T2 servers are shown with a
>> > black border.
> Am 10.07.2012 19:50, schrieb Peter Green:
>> > This is great, it looks and feels great too! :-)
>> > 
>> > Thanks!
>> > 
>> > Peter
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>>> >> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 11:27 PM, Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net> 
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>     I have a new page built today, which follows the current status of 
>>> >> each
>>> >>     IPv4 T2 server...
>>> >>
>>> >>     http://sourpuss.net/opennic.oss/osm/statmap.php
>>> >>
>>> >>     The colors here are the same as the colors for the t2log page...
>>> >>     green=ok, yellow=failed testing, red=offline.  The information is 
>>> >> still
>>> >>     updated once every 15 minutes.  In the case where multiple servers 
>>> >> are
>>> >>     listed under a single point, if you left-click the point, a popup 
>>> >> window
>>> >>     will give you the status of each server.