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jo_tas Custom Title Time!

1,547 posts · joined Aug 2004 ·

#383779
Hi all
Since the new "Ultima" board came along, i've had a lot of trouble reading the forums...

I have cataracts in my eyes and i find bright colours with dark text very hard to read, and after 5-10 mins my eyes start to water leading onto a headache..

The old board had a nice dark colour scheme which relieved this considerably..

Can we have a theme like that again? ie dark colours with white text? It would save me alot of agony when reading my favourite BB!!

Thanks in advance,
Josie

bugeyedbabe Wheres her VW heart on her sleeve

3,945 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#383781
im opposite...

i like really lite colors (read...WHITE) with dark writing...

i know its a pain mods....the pink is really nice...just hard on my eyes when reading the post...so please...are there nemore choices...like white with light grey?
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vwombat Hey Ho - Lets GO!

1,218 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#383788
I want mine to make me coffee. And massage my aching shoulders. Please don't forget, a little gentle toe sucking occasionally!

That just about does it!

What about poison green on primrose pink?!?

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1,999 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#383789
yeah it sucks. it hurts my eyes after six hours or so. The old one used to take ten.:o
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1,218 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#383792
Sorry, BTW "HATE" is a very strong word.

Perhaps Andy or Brad have slaved for days with colour swatches and glossy magazines to come up with these schemes? You've now gone and dashed their boyish dreams of becoming interior designers. Shame on you!

Maybe they're just so far ahead of fashion, that we'll all just have to wait and catch up? Then we can say - "Yeah, I've been using THOSE colours for years now" to our friends and smile knowingly.

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#383796
I'll find a dark color scheme for you folks who don't like a lot of contrast.

I find lighter color schemes work better for me as I work for long periods with LCDs during the day and then some more at night. I find low contrast color schemes (like various shades of gray with a darkish background) illegible and very difficult on the eyes.

Is this theme acceptable?
http://zerogfx.net/themes/xmbxproblack/

urrggghh
http://www.xmbxtreme.com/viewthread.php?tid=2708

Urgh
http://www.xmbxtreme.com/viewthread.php?tid=2636

Please read this if you use your computer for as long and often as I do:
http://www.poynton.com/notes/reducing_eyestrain/

thanks,
Andrew

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#383797
And on HCI factors relating to physiological reception of colors and reduction of eyestrain:

http://edgarmatias.com/faq/S/S-9.html

Given this, you should probably try a yellow text on blue background theme. I don't know of any right now.

Andrew

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3,383 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#383846
Is that a vwombat or Princess Fergie????????

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winerot Custom Title Time!

1,340 posts · joined Aug 2004 ·

#383926
humm theres another post by one of the mods
saying how the last couple of weeks the forum has been a delight to visit no aggro (i agree)
wonder if the colour scheme has something to do
with this, its not a far fetched scenario you know
colour does affect ppl in certain ways
blue=calming
pink =upbeat
green=mellow

i wont black writing on black background
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Purple Martin Fahrvergnugen

913 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·

#383952
I find black text on a white background best. I know it's "boring" but it's the best possible contrast and therefore the easiest to read. (white text on black background has the same contrast but is not as easy to read because the text seems "thinner").

This current theme (the blue one) has alternating rows of light blue and dark blue background. The dark blue is too dark for my liking, the contrast between the text and the dark blue is not very good.

vanderaj, here is a very useful tool for calculating the contrast between two colours. It also tells you if the contrast conforms to W3C guidelines (although remember that smaller text sizes such as on this site require more contrast to be readable).
http://juicystudio.com/services/colourcontrast.php
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jo_tas Custom Title Time!

1,547 posts · joined Aug 2004 ·

#383972
Vanderaj, that first one you showed is perfect!
PLease can we have that one?? Please! Please! Please!!:thumb

bugeyedbabe Wheres her VW heart on her sleeve

3,945 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#384507
im still begging for black words on white/palish grays...

please andrew...i can beg way better than jo can....

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dodge Fahrvergnugen

958 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#384545
why don't we just have a few colour schemes in the profile options part so that people can have whatever colour scheme they wish????
that way BEB can have her black words on grey background and Josie can have her dark background and white words? and i can have my LSD colours with neon red words? (joking) :P
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Purple Martin Fahrvergnugen

913 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·

#384546
bugeyedbabe wrote:im still begging for black words on white/palish grays...

please andrew...i can beg way better than jo can....
Me too! Black words on white/palish grays!

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2,649 posts · joined May 2004 ·

#384579
The way it is works for me but then I'm not on as often as I used to be
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jenz58 Postal Menace

9,121 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#384622
I actually like it the default colours:thumb

Flicked through the other choices and nothing turned me on...

I've found that highlighty txt in different colours on the dark background looks very perdy :sandrine

....white on black would be terrible to read

Yes things have been very peaceful around here lately...if not near dead at time though...we seem to have quietened down in general

Even in BA people are not being anywhere near as naughty anymore...it's all out of our systems I think ... 😊
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4,980 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·

#384715
black writing on whitish grey will do me too,as the darker shades of the two colours is too dark for me
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7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·

#384799
vanderaj wrote:Is this theme acceptable?
http://zerogfx.net/themes/xmbxproblack/

thanks,
Andrew
hey andrew yes i like the one at this link..

n yeah i agree HATE is a horrible word..
try 'dislike immensely' same diff but morer polite.. :thumb
i think anyway.. love not hate :kiss
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7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·

#384807
jenz58 wrote:I actually like it the default colours:thumb

Flicked through the other choices and nothing turned me on...

I've found that highlighty txt in different colours on the dark background looks very perdy :sandrine

....white on black would be terrible to read

Yes things have been very peaceful around here lately...if not near dead at time though...we seem to have quietened down in general

Even in BA people are not being anywhere near as naughty anymore...it's all out of our systems I think ... 😊
well we'll see what we can think of to liven up the place then hey..
lets get to it! :bounce :bounce :bounce :bounce :bounce
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2,649 posts · joined May 2004 ·

#385060
I've changed mine to green and it works better I feel😂
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