[Starman01]

Just my two cents :

I do not mind that much, if people want to stick out of the croud with a special colour, as long as they are readable, which isn't currently the case in BW's Case. When the black theme is back, I wont mind even less.

But if that would cause a disabling in using colour tags overall, i would get really pissed. I intend to use the colour tags a lot in my project stickies, to seperate different stages of developments in the todo lists. So in that case, rather prohibit the standard abusing in post colours

[TopAce]

But if that would cause a disabling in using colour tags overall, i would get really pissed. I intend to use the colour tags a lot in my project stickies, to seperate different stages of developments in the todo lists. So in that case, rather prohibit the standard abusing in post colours

Now that I think of it... this post hits the nail on the head. Well, fortunately, this is a temporary measure.

[Jeff Vader]

Like Fury said earlier:

Like I said earlier, color tags will be enabled when we're back to HLP theme. Until that happens this ensures that all posts are readable in current forum theme without highlighting.

I don't mind the colours that much. If someone wants to use colours in his/her posts, fine, as long as
- the colour stands out of the background (if I can't see it, it doesn't exist for me, unless someone reports it)
- there is one colour per post (seriously, rainbow things are annoying).

And that goes for colours. Bolding and italics and underlining should be reserved for actual emphasis usage. No posting entirely in italics (or the other ones).

[karajorma]

If no one reads his posts then maybe he'll change his colors. If he doesn't then everyone will continue ignoring his replies. Sounds like a self-correcting system to me.

Not really, it's ****ing annoying waiting for evolution to occur. Not to mention highly disruptive to the forums.

[el_magnifico]

So, no image sigs, no avatars, no colors... why don't we go back to a mailing list system and be done with it?

I have visual impairments and have to fully zoom the page to read, with a lot of effort, and I believe small avatars (even as small as 50x50) would improve accessibility A LOT. I usually don't even bother reading who posted what until I find a post interesting, which is not really a good procedure, but it saves me from a daily headache. Seriously, at least small avatars or small image sigs would improve accessibility for some of us.

Just my two cents.

[General Battuta]

Given that the poster's name is bigger than the content of the post I don't think you'll have trouble identify people. Most browsers support a text size feature (try ctrl - + ).

[The E]

Also, the "No Avatars except for admins" rule has been in place for a very long time, and I just loooove the fact that this site is usually one of the fastest I'm visiting (due to the lack of graphics overhead).

In addition, instead of avatars, we have badges, (which got temporarily disabled, but will be back once the theme gets reinstated), which are just as useful in terms of identifying users (At least I ID people more by their badge collection than anything else).

[Unknown Target]

If no one reads his posts then maybe he'll change his colors. If he doesn't then everyone will continue ignoring his replies. Sounds like a self-correcting system to me.

Not really, it's ****ing annoying waiting for evolution to occur. Not to mention highly disruptive to the forums.

People have had the option of changing their post colors for the last 10 years. I have yet to see a demonstration of how the forums have been so "disrupted".

[el_magnifico]

The problem is, usually the name column doesn't even fits in the screen after zooming or using the text size feature, so I have to scroll, read, scroll, read, scroll... with an image, it would be easier and quicker to identify who's who.

While I'm at it, the ability to select between two different high contrast themes would also benefit a lot of people. The old theme was actually quite useful for me, as white text over dark background is easier for me to read. Some people need exactly the opposite, though.

In addition, instead of avatars, we have badges, (which got temporarily disabled, but will be back once the theme gets reinstated), which are just as useful in terms of identifying users (At least I ID people more by their badge collection than anything else).

Yes, badges are also very helpful.

[Qent]

Guys, you don't have to prevent any arbitrary poster from abusing colors. There are two people who do it in the entire community. This is a private board, so admins have the right to ban someone for any reason whatsoever. "Not keeping in the spirit of the color feature" seems to be a more reasonable one than some.

That said, I have personally found Mobius' colored text extremely useful, because it so blatantly marks posts as his. Yes, the only reason it works is that he just happens to be a special case and "abusing" colors, but this is just my personal perspective.

[Black Wolf]

I love that all of a sudden it's "abusing colours". Nobody's cared for ****ing years, but suddenly it's "abuse".

[Snail]

It was only abuse when Mobius started doing it.

[Angelus]

maybe, because of the dark theme we had, it wasn't that appearent to most of the users, and the upgrade with it's snow-white theme made things unreadable without marking the text.
I doubt this would have been an issue, if the interim colour of the board had a darker theme.

Personally, i never cared that much about the color of the post, seeing that only 4 users used colored posts.
I do care about other things though like, no avatars for for the masses, no image sigs, no huge sigs, no glow tags...

As long those are disabled, i iz happy member.

[Droid803]

Well dammit, I hope I get to keep the rainbow in my sig, that's how I recognize myself...

EDIT: FUUUUUU.

[Satellight]

Also, the "No Avatars except for admins" rule has been in place for a very long time, and I just loooove the fact that this site is usually one of the fastest I'm visiting (due to the lack of graphics overhead).

Exactly the same for me, as I have a not-so-good connection. 

[Fury]

I love that all of a sudden it's "abusing colours". Nobody's cared for ****ing years, but suddenly it's "abuse".

I did and I tried many times to get other admins to do something about it, nothing ever happened though. Now though I got a good excuse doing something about it, as temporary as it may be.

You seem to hold some sort of exception in their mind because of your veterancy on the forums. I don't personally believe in such exceptions, rules should be the same for all. Which means that if you get to post with colors, so does everyone else. Once the HLP theme is back, I think I'll encourage everyone to pick their own favorite color to post with. Then we'll get very interesting looking topics.

[Jeff Vader]

Dibs on pink!

[General Battuta]

I love that all of a sudden it's "abusing colours". Nobody's cared for ****ing years, but suddenly it's "abuse".

There has been a constant stream of complaints for ****ing years. The main issue with colors is that while you can argue they help identify a poster, this argument holds true for everyone, and so everyone should logically select a color. Then the forum turns into a circus.

I think I'll settle on something obnoxious once color tags come back.

[Black Wolf]

You seem to hold some sort of exception in their mind because of your veterancy on the forums. I don't personally believe in such exceptions, rules should be the same for all. Which means that if you get to post with colors, so does everyone else.

Of course they do - there are no exceptions. I've never tried to stop anyone posting in colours. If everyone wants to post in different colours, I say go for it. It'll be awesome.

[EDIT]Of course, everyone who's having a whinge all of a sudden will no doubt choose not to, lest they be revealed as hypocrits. But I'd never try to stop them.

[EDIT2]Just to clarify - and I should have said this straight up - there is not now, nor has there ever been, a rule against posting in coloured text. That is a fact. So the whole idea of "exceptions for veterency" is ridiculous, as there is no rule to be excepted from.

[Angelus]

Over the past years, i saw only 4 members posting with colours.
Everyone else didn't, despite being able to do so.
Of these 4 only 2 post on a regular basis, one didn't post in ages and the third posts rarely.
This is not a big issue, at least it wont be one, once a dark theme is used on the boards. So please, don't make one out of it.

This isn't like avatars, or sigs.
Ever since the upgrade new members used image sigs, and so do old members, even knowing that it's a no-no.