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Re: New Forum Changes

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 10:01 am
by dolphin_oracle
richb wrote:
Adrian wrote:I am a bit bothered by the multitude of blue shades in the forum theme... the most troubling are the blue links of blueish background: the unfollowed links in the post are blue, quick reply is a different shade of blue, the background has alternative shades of blue, post title is dark blue (which is the only shade of blue that doesn't bother me), headers are different shade of blue...

I wonder, if nothing else, can we do the background just a shade lighter and the post title a bit darker for contrast? Not sure what the theme allows.
It would require hard coded changes. On my screen the contrast is perfect. It is difficult to accommodate all screens, and if the changes you suggest could be made it would cause problems with my display. There will always be individual preferences and we cannot accommodate all of them.
If a themes module becomes available, you might do well to consider it.

I have trouble reading posts since the forum change due to the contrast. Very washed out for me on my pcs. perfect on my phone though.

Re: New Forum Changes

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 10:04 am
by richb
Always a possibility. May I suggest brightness/contrast settings of your monitor? It causes big differences in appearance, as I am sure you know.

Re: New Forum Changes

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 10:13 am
by dolphin_oracle
You can suggest...

what would be OK is having all the posts look like the "last" post. on my screens, the "last" posts all have black text which is perfectly easy to read, but the other text does not look black (grayish, I don't know). (including the text in the reply boxes So replies are gray on white.)

Re: New Forum Changes

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 10:26 am
by richb
Well there are dozens of themes, from dark to light to garish colors. We can look at others as time permits.

Re: New Forum Changes

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 10:28 am
by dolphin_oracle
The phone display improvements alone are worth the upgrade. Very nice!

Re: New Forum Changes

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 10:31 am
by Jerry3904
richb wrote:Well there are dozens of themes, from dark to light to garish colors. We can look at others as time permits.
That seems like a reasonable position, Rich, given some of the responses. Won't happen in a hurry, though...

Re: New Forum Changes

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 10:35 am
by Eadwine Rose
It would be nice if some could be implemented and then users could pick their preferred one using a drop down menu or something? Don't know what the standard is these days for phpbb.

Re: New Forum Changes

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 8:53 pm
by lucky9
My age is probably the reason I cannot see a user control panel. Can someone direct me?

Re: New Forum Changes

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 8:59 pm
by dolphin_oracle
lucky9 wrote:My age is probably the reason I cannot see a user control panel. Can someone direct me?
click on your user name in the upper left, where the notifications are.

Re: New Forum Changes

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 9:03 pm
by lucky9
I did manage to find it. Thanks for the straight-man response.