The New Color Theme

Edit: Xianti fixed the part that made me complain. All is well again in Spoonyville.

SUCKS!

(plz mods at least give us the option of reverting to the old one if we want)


(pretty please?)

It'll be alright. It will make more sense when all changes are done, but I'm doing it progressively so it doesn't freak everyone out.

Thanks for the vote of confidence, spoon.

Had to post this from IRC:

[18:48] <d0zer> woah wtf...FTR theme change?
[18:48] <d0zer> orange as my poo today
[18:49] <oskar> I thought there was something wrong with my browser... have they really changed it to that?
[18:49] <oskar> *eyecancer*
[18:49] <d0zer> i also feel myself coming down with a serious bout of eyecancer.
[18:50] <Jinxx> ya, the orange is so gross

I won't say it sucks, b/c I know the FTR admins must work hard etc., but I liked the blue.

Change is always so controversial.

Originally Posted by Xianti

Change is always so controversial.

Haha, I was actually gonna post "change is always tough", but changed my mind.

Originally Posted by Xianti

It'll be alright. It will make more sense when all changes are done, but I'm doing it progressively so it doesn't freak everyone out.

Thanks for the vote of confidence, spoon.

It hurts my face to read FTR atm. It used to only hurt my soul.

It is physically painful.


Please change it back!

Originally Posted by spoonitnow

Sucks.

this

There are 2 colors that alternate as the background of the posts. The darker of the two is fine, but the lighter of the two is seriously hard to look at.

The orange and stuff I don't mind.

The lighter background is indeed blinding. The orange is also hideous.

I LIKE IT

Yeah i like this too much smoother and nicer to look at but still keeps the distinctive FTR feel, VERY NICE IMO

btw, I rated this thread as if I was rating the new color scheme... ONE SPADE

Give the ADMINS some credit and some time. When they switched to the last 5 themes everyone has bitched. Turns out they always argue for the last one and every time the new one is better.

ok... the "orange" is now paler and hopefully less offensive, while still consistent with the new left nav colors to come to the forum later.

As for the alternating bg colors, let's give this a few days and see if we can't get used to it.

Thanks for rating, zook!

This is much better.

orange? They look almost white or off white to me. I do have my monitors dulled down quite a bit since having over 55" of monitor across can be blinding in itself. Maybe I need an adjustment to the palette.

Originally Posted by jyms

orange? They look almost white or off white to me.

We're referring to the color of the post header bars that separate one post from the next, not the bg color behind the body text.

What do you guys think of this for the post header bar (it's gradated)?

Or should I go back to the flat color?

Originally Posted by Xianti

What do you guys think of this for the post header bar (it's gradated)?

Or should I go back to the flat color?

I like the gradated better.

Originally Posted by zook

Originally Posted by Xianti

What do you guys think of this for the post header bar (it's gradated)?

Or should I go back to the flat color?

I like the gradated better.

Same.

I like the background color behind this type...

...but this background color is too bright

hey, there is a new color scheme!

Though, to the people saying that "blah blah meow pa-chow the admins changed the colors before and ppl bithced but eventually liked it." I would contend that people eventually got used to it! I still don't like the text change of several years ago and I never really got into the last color scheme! So whatevs!

btw, damn you all for making me spell 'color' your dumbed-down American way

Colours are crazy! My emotional armour to insults is weakening!

Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla

I still don't like the text change of several years ago...

We'll be soon going back to a more browser-friendly font (sans-serif, for you graphics people), similar to what it was years ago, if not the same font.

So, I'm sure there will be another wave of protests when that happens.

I think it's fine

Originally Posted by Warpe

I like the background color behind this type...

...but this background color is too bright

Had to wait on another post to get back to this color but I agree.

Originally Posted by Xianti

We'll be soon going back to a more browser-friendly font (sans-serif, for you graphics people)

Helvetica FTW!

Anything sans-serif is better for readability imo.

ok.. I toned down the brightness on the bg colors.

this is a test

this is a test

Originally Posted by Xianti

ok.. I toned down the brightness on the bg colors.

Thank you.

he still has hotdogs in his mouth and no mustard

hurts my eyes but i like it

Its much better now, not so bright.
But, my right scroll nav button is blending in to the page and I can barely see it?

You should go google and have a bajillion themes which change depending on the seasons, holidays and current events

Originally Posted by mrhappy333

But, my right scroll nav button is blending in to the page and I can barely see it?

Better now?

Originally Posted by Xianti

Originally Posted by mrhappy333

But, my right scroll nav button is blending in to the page and I can barely see it?

Better now?

Yes! Great job with the new colors. Keep up the good work

Not sure about the two tones together as backgrounds X. One is very cold greyish green and the other is a warmer pale beige. I didn't mind the single colour, but my scroll is also black from my Mozilla skin. The second colour is a little off.

every other post is an opposite color,amirite? or just my drunk eyes?

I dunno it still hurts my eyes...

not to know all your hard work

New text a plus, new color scheme a plus, best format in ftr yet - close, but no

Originally Posted by jyms

Not sure about the two tones together as backgrounds X. One is very cold greyish green and the other is a warmer pale beige. I didn't mind the single colour, but my scroll is also black from my Mozilla skin. The second colour is a little off.

How about now?

Don't just take my word for it. My gamma could be a little off compared to others and those pale colours can flip a ton. If I alter my viewing angle lower it gets quite a bit yellower/stronger but it's still good and seems great from my regular angle. It is definitely redder now and really falls in line with the buttons at the bottom of the posts as well as the opposite colour too. They both seem to fade well into the button colour.

Those .ccs settings are a bitch eh? So many colours and so many php boxes and highlights. Move one and lose another. Just remember A-F 0-9 don't make "that" many combos, or do they?

This is a test...

Originally Posted by Test

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This is a test...

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This is a test...

This is a test of white text. Can you read this?

This is a test...

Originally Posted by Test

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This is a test...

This is a test of white text. Can you read this?

See how I didn't post so you could do that back to back and compare?

These are about as dark as I can make the post bg colors while keeping white text more-or-less invisible.

I think the darkness is fine. Nothing is popping from brightness now and any lighter and a 22" has a beam of light coming from it. I like.

What text are you gonna use? can we play with that now?

Originally Posted by jyms

What text are you gonna use? can we play with that now?

We've been testing one likely font on our homepage this month (as well as our other pages outside of forums).

Yea I don't visit there, I can't stand to see that F'n Hellmuth, but I forgot about the font there.

I am sure your busy but I just noticed that outside of the forum your left Nav boxes change colours

Originally Posted by jyms

I am sure your busy but I just noticed that outside of the forum your left Nav boxes change colours

Yeah. Just haven't changed it in the forum yet. May not change it until we switch to the new font... has to do with the CSS being different.

Xianti, I personally like the new scheme. When it kicked in I immediately said to myself, "wow, that looks better." The additional improvements over the last few days work well too.

Question -- Is there a mod for the type of forum we have that will eventually let each member pick their own theme/font? I've been on a message board that let you choose both before, or at least gave 4-5 different options to choose from...

The current one is fine, and those that don't think so will get used to it in time.....I was just curious.

Originally Posted by UG

Question -- Is there a mod for the type of forum we have that will eventually let each member pick their own theme/font?

Maybe, but it generally means each version of the forum style needs their own set of modifications when we change anything, which is why we don't have that option.

It may be possible once we make the move to phpBB3, but no guarantees.

Nice job with the colors, it looks great. I like the changes you made to the quote box colors especially.

The quoted text colour could do with being a little darker, my first reaction when I saw it was "ugh this is annoyingly hard to read" and I'm guessing that's not what you are going for!

Overall I think the new colour scheme looks great though!

I rike it

It's like 100x better than when I started this thread. Thanks.

Originally Posted by badgers

The quoted text colour could do with being a little darker

Okay. Done.

much better tyvm

serif fonts are easier to read....just sayin'

is this font permanent?

the bolded areas look fine
but the normal is to thin

Originally Posted by flomo

is this font permanent?

This is Verdana. We might test another sans-serif font next month, Arial, but that's TBD. Either way, we will be keeping a sans-serif font.

I do like the old font (Georgia, a serif font), but it is a fact that most people find sans-serif to be easier to read on a computer screen, while serif fonts are more legible in print medium.

Function has won over form.

Though, now that I've been seeing it for a while (we've been using this font outside of forums for a month), I really do like the crisp, clean look of the sans-serif.

There's been a change in the matrix.

Originally Posted by Xianti

Originally Posted by flomo

is this font permanent?

This is Verdana. We might test another sans-serif font next month, Arial, but that's TBD. Either way, we will be keeping a sans-serif font.

I do like the old font (Georgia, a serif font), but it is a fact that most people find sans-serif to be easier to read on a computer screen, while serif fonts are more legible in print medium.

Function has won over form.

Though, now that I've been seeing it for a while (we've been using this font outside of forums for a month), I really do like the crisp, clean look of the sans-serif.

Erm...guess we're going to agree to disagree. Anyway, you might want to bump up the point size of type appearing in quotes a tad.

Ha! Only the first quote gets smaller?

Arial rules, Verdana drools

Originally Posted by Warpe

Ha! Only the first quote gets smaller?

I could never fix that. I made the quotes the same size now to address that bug -- in a different color box (diff from either alternating post bg color) to set it apart.

Verdana