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Title: forum colors
Post by: Goober5000 on April 09, 2003, 01:27:09 am
:shaking: Egad, someone change the forum colors in here.  The contrast is so bad, it's impossible to read any thread titles.
Title: forum colors
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on April 09, 2003, 06:25:59 am
This would be more appropriate in the TVWP forum, you know.
Title: forum colors
Post by: elorran on April 09, 2003, 06:36:05 am
He has a point though, the darkish blue on some of the links could perhaps do with being made a bit lighter for easier viewing.

But for the moment it's not a big concern, but I'll ask about it.
Title: forum colors
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on April 09, 2003, 06:41:04 am
Hmm, 'spose. Let's have a bit lighter blue.
Title: forum colors
Post by: Grug on April 10, 2003, 06:21:23 am
or could go hw classic, black for background, dark blue for text boxes, orange for borders and yellow text...
Title: forum colors
Post by: elorran on April 10, 2003, 06:22:54 am
HW's style of menus and backgrounds would be difficult to do on these forums.  You'd need a dedicated style and some skilled coding to get it done right.  The Relic News HW forum style took them 4 months to code properly and get all of the graphics right.
Title: forum colors
Post by: Grug on April 10, 2003, 06:52:07 am
ouch, is that part time people though or lazy people like us? ;)
Title: forum colors
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on April 10, 2003, 02:51:55 pm
It's run by an infinite nnumber of monkeys, you know.
Title: forum colors
Post by: Grug on April 15, 2003, 06:19:43 am
wow, monkeys eh?

that i did not know....
Title: forum colors
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on April 16, 2003, 01:27:12 pm
I have thought it was obvious.
Title: forum colors
Post by: Thorn on April 16, 2003, 01:28:40 pm
No it isnt... its powered by Soul.. they keep him in a cage on the roof of the Relic offices.. he runs on this little wheel...
Title: forum colors
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on April 16, 2003, 02:07:37 pm
Well maybe he's run by an infinite number of monkeys.
Title: forum colors
Post by: Thorn on April 16, 2003, 02:17:28 pm
I dunno... he's pretty evil... so probably...
Title: forum colors
Post by: Knight Templar on April 16, 2003, 08:52:24 pm
I kinda like the colours... :nervous:
Title: forum colors
Post by: Grug on April 17, 2003, 12:21:34 am
Hmm and I thought I had lost my mind... ;)
Title: forum colors
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on April 17, 2003, 01:47:48 pm
maybe you have. Maybe none of the above posts were actually posted.
Title: forum colors
Post by: elorran on April 17, 2003, 06:46:06 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Thorn
No it isnt... its powered by Soul.. they keep him in a cage on the roof of the Relic offices.. he runs on this little wheel...


:lol:
Title: Re: forum colors
Post by: Shrike on April 17, 2003, 06:49:33 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Goober5000
:shaking: Egad, someone change the forum colors in here.  The contrast is so bad, it's impossible to read any thread titles.
Reasonably bright blue on back....

Are you colorblind?
Title: forum colors
Post by: Goober5000 on April 17, 2003, 07:11:50 pm
No, but this is far from light blue - it's dark blue.  Go here (http://www.geocities.com/ipw47/) for a better blue-on-black scheme.  The threads themselves aren't bad - just the thread titles in the main TAP forum.
Title: forum colors
Post by: Shrike on April 17, 2003, 07:15:14 pm
Do you have your contrast set down or something?  Because they are very visible for me.
Title: forum colors
Post by: Goober5000 on April 17, 2003, 07:22:05 pm
No, brightness and contrast are both as high as they go.

Meh, whatever, I'll just highlight the thread titles to see them; that's what I did before.  To completely change the subject, do you have our Damocles textures handy? ;)
Title: forum colors
Post by: Grug on April 18, 2003, 09:04:43 am
"This page best viewed with your eyes configured for 20/20 vision." - I like :lol:

btw how did you get those engine trails in fs1? and is it possible to duplicate to fs2?
Title: forum colors
Post by: Goober5000 on April 18, 2003, 09:53:02 am
The engine trails are only there with the DVD version of FS1.  Somebody on the SCP was able to code them in FS2, though.  Post a thread.
Title: forum colors
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on April 18, 2003, 01:09:33 pm
Actually, Goob, I find that your blue on black harder to read than this forum. Very odd.

Do you have a bright light shining at your monitor (like the sun)? I find it hard to see this board on the school machines, but only because the classroom lights are ineffably bright.
Title: forum colors
Post by: Goober5000 on April 18, 2003, 01:18:32 pm
Are you serious?  Wow.

The lights in my room are bright, but not terribly bright.  My rationale for selecting the colors was to provide a good contrast.  White on black is very readable, because it's a very light color on a very dark color - high contrast.  So I made a light blue on a black background.  Making a dark blue on a dark background ought not to be very readable, because you have dark on dark - not much contrast.

EDIT: Now that you mention it, I tried turning the light off.  It's a little easier to read, but not much.
Title: forum colors
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on April 18, 2003, 01:32:23 pm
It's not that dark.

If you want hard to read, check the bar at the top of each thread, where the Reply and New Thread buttons are. Blue text on a blue-grey background. That's hard to read.
Title: forum colors
Post by: Grug on April 20, 2003, 03:39:38 am
i agree, the blue on gray are difficult to read but other than that the colour scheme is fine to me, maybe u r slightly colour blind. have u ever been checked?
Title: forum colors
Post by: Goober5000 on April 20, 2003, 08:47:56 am
Yes, and I'm not color blind.

I dunno, maybe it's the monitor.
Title: forum colors
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on April 20, 2003, 09:09:46 am
Most likely the monitor, they are ****e monitors at school, and that's another reasone why I can't see this board very well while there.
Title: forum colors
Post by: Grug on April 21, 2003, 04:19:00 am
maybe we should make a "school computers compatable" version so u guys can read the forums while ur there :D
Title: forum colors
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on April 23, 2003, 02:09:29 pm
Yes!
Title: forum colors
Post by: Grug on April 23, 2003, 10:46:42 pm
lol. or u could try and con ur it HOD (head of department - incase you dont have em over there) into upgrading the comps with better monitors or changing the lighting. the latter would prob be the most cheaper of the two so thats prob ur best bet...