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[Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net>]

I've been using my own icons to make sure we don't run into any problems
with copying images from the internet.  I did make some adjustments to
the flag image to make them stand out a little better, but I also added
a different map type to the controls which does not have all the color
(click the blue [+] icon on the far right side of the screen and choose
OpenStreetMaps).  Between the two changes, everyone should be able to
easily see the icons now.

There *was* a close icon on the pop-up boxes previously.  I'm going to
have to look back through my code and try to figure out when the close
button went away...


On 07/15/2012 06:44 AM, sjeap wrote:
> 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
>>>>>> www.dkcorp.ec
>>>>>> Enterprise Networking
>>>>>> GPG Key: 0xBBDC0CDE
>>>>>> Professional IT Consultant &
>>>>>> UNIX Platform | UNIX Legion
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>
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