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nice modern look, yet pays homage to the retro nature of "tron"
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Hmmm, I have very strong objections to light on dark, actually. For many of us whose vision isn't what it once was, light text on a dark background is nearly impossible to read. It can also cause seizures in rare individuals, heh. It makes me dizzy, anyway.
In the field of web accessibility, black text on a light background is the consensus.
So, if we end up with a theme that's light text on a dark background, can we have an option in our own profiles to change the theme that's used?
In the field of web accessibility, black text on a light background is the consensus.
So, if we end up with a theme that's light text on a dark background, can we have an option in our own profiles to change the theme that's used?
I have to agree with lucifers point about difficulty reading the light text on dark background but thats not a problem if you make two css files, one dark and one light and a little icon to switch between them
I didnt look at the source code but I am going to now, I want to see that mess of tables and divs XD
I didnt look at the source code but I am going to now, I want to see that mess of tables and divs XD
Writing code is easy. Finishing is hard.
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Well like I said some people seem to have problems the other way around, I don't have any hard proof that this is actually true, but there's at least two comments on this page (here comment 2 & 5) by people who say that their opticians say they should stop reading dark text on a white background.
Anyway having two versions seems like a good idea.
Anyway having two versions seems like a good idea.
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@lack: nice work! I hope you do not grudge my criticism. I'm surprised by all the work done (in a day?) .
hehe, I really like the simplicity of the post layout (easy to understand) - absolutely no clutter.
As for colours, why not use a dark gray or light gray background ? This should make it easier for people senitive to extremes.
Perhaps these color combinations provide some inspiration:
http://www.presentationload.com/oxid.ph ... -Exchange/
@tank: do/can we maintain the templates for the wiki, forums and main page on launchpad or sf ?
hehe, I really like the simplicity of the post layout (easy to understand) - absolutely no clutter.
As for colours, why not use a dark gray or light gray background ? This should make it easier for people senitive to extremes.
Perhaps these color combinations provide some inspiration:
http://www.presentationload.com/oxid.ph ... -Exchange/
@tank: do/can we maintain the templates for the wiki, forums and main page on launchpad or sf ?
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If so, best they get a minor seizure from the static webpage, rather than a major one from fast motion light-on-dark from the game itself..Lucifer wrote:Hmmm, I have very strong objections to light on dark, actually. For many of us whose vision isn't what it once was, light text on a dark background is nearly impossible to read. It can also cause seizures in rare individuals, heh. It makes me dizzy, anyway.
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I should probably point out that I also really dislike white backgrounds. If you look at every site I've developed around here, you may have noticed that I always use a darker white. I don't like #ffffff, I usually use at most #fefefe. Also, #fefefe with a black border is really simple, but looks surprisingly nice. Make the border inset and it really looks nice.
Of course, I've recently gone to using a white png with about 80% opaqueness, and putting a darker background behind it. You can get that to work in older versions of ie by changing the bitrate of the png, but I don't remember right off hand how to do that. It's supposed to work in IE7.
Unlike the guy on that site you linked, lack, I do prefer a darker border, but that's just me. I've had really dark borders on my site that I hated, but I've got a pretty dark border right now that I love. (Rain is awesome)
Of course, I've recently gone to using a white png with about 80% opaqueness, and putting a darker background behind it. You can get that to work in older versions of ie by changing the bitrate of the png, but I don't remember right off hand how to do that. It's supposed to work in IE7.
Unlike the guy on that site you linked, lack, I do prefer a darker border, but that's just me. I've had really dark borders on my site that I hated, but I've got a pretty dark border right now that I love. (Rain is awesome)