New forum theme. Love it, hate it.
- brokenman
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New forum theme. Love it, hate it.
Please vote if you prefer the new design or the old one.
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Re: New forum theme. Love it, hate it.
I was really on the fence here... I voted that I prefer the old theme; however, that's mostly because I'm so used to it. If some tweaks could be made to the new theme, I might actually prefer it over the old one
The new theme feels a little too monochromatic and looks a little washed out on my screens, making it a little hard to read. Some of the font doesn't seem to render very well on my blackberry (which I'm trading in for a Windows 8 phone tomorrow --ugh!). Perhaps a little darker on some of the text and some more contrast between the foreground and background. Is this plausible? What do others think?
Thanks for putting this together!
The new theme feels a little too monochromatic and looks a little washed out on my screens, making it a little hard to read. Some of the font doesn't seem to render very well on my blackberry (which I'm trading in for a Windows 8 phone tomorrow --ugh!). Perhaps a little darker on some of the text and some more contrast between the foreground and background. Is this plausible? What do others think?
Thanks for putting this together!
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Re: New forum theme. Love it, hate it.
I thought my system was wrong, I needs a little darker background
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Re: New forum theme. Love it, hate it.
I do like the new theme, but agree a little more contrast would look even better.
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Re: New forum theme. Love it, hate it.
A little change does not hurt anybody. However, where is the item menu to view my posts?
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Re: New forum theme. Love it, hate it.
prefer the old theme as this one is barely readable for me.
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Re: New forum theme. Love it, hate it.
i like it. matches the website style better. the old one looked kind of dated.
I can read it well, but a little darker background for those who can not would not hurt.
is it possible to have a option for switching to a darker theme?
I can read it well, but a little darker background for those who can not would not hurt.
is it possible to have a option for switching to a darker theme?
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Re: New forum theme. Love it, hate it.
After some research into it I see that the current style doesn't conform to the WCAG20 color contrast standards.
http://snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html
The lighter blue (#1E8FC7) text on blue/gray background (#ECECEC) does not have enough contrast. I don't think it would cause epileptic seizures and difficulty passing urine, but I agree we should at least meet the standard. I still think this style rocks though. Hamza can you please switch back to original template?
Sorry.
I take full responsibility for requesting the change, but blame any difficulty passing urine on NA (Hamza)
http://snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html
The lighter blue (#1E8FC7) text on blue/gray background (#ECECEC) does not have enough contrast. I don't think it would cause epileptic seizures and difficulty passing urine, but I agree we should at least meet the standard. I still think this style rocks though. Hamza can you please switch back to original template?

I take full responsibility for requesting the change, but blame any difficulty passing urine on NA (Hamza)

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Re: New forum theme. Love it, hate it.
My opinion is that the forum theme should match the main website, porteus.org. Maybe the most appropriate theme is "Black" from artodia.com