New colors petition

[ProStockJunkie]

I'm still shooting for black on white. The black background is too much contrast from the white I look at all day.

 

[john]

Being colorblind makes most of the text colors impossible to read against that background. I'll vote for a change.




(68cuda)

 

[ProStockJunkie]

Here's another thread on the same subject.

http://www.nitromater.com/forum/showthread.php?t=435

 

[DragFan2]

I also vote for a change in color for the default text. I think this green looks the best.

Green works for me too, although I'm not partial to it like Kelly!

Add me to the list of protesters of the grey default text!

 

[ProStockJunkie]

I guess no one is reading our petition. Or, going to do anything about it if they are.

One thing is for sure. I need my eyes in order to do my job. If I have to choose between the two, I'm going to have to go with the job unfortunately. This is getting harder on my eyes everyday.

Good luck everyone.

 

[DixonFan]

I will look at the new colors when I get my computer back up and running.

Thanks,
Webmaster

 

[ProStockJunkie]

I will look at the new colors when I get my computer back up and running.

Thanks,
Webmaster

Oh No! We can't have the Webmaster without a computer up and running!

Thanks for the update. Good old Black on White background sounds good to me. The old mater may have attracted some problems ( ), but it was much easier on the eyes.

Thanks!

 

[Rollout96]

I guess no one is reading our petition. Or, going to do anything about it if they are.

One thing is for sure. I need my eyes in order to do my job. If I have to choose between the two, I'm going to have to go with the job unfortunately. This is getting harder on my eyes everyday.

Good luck everyone.

I am on record as wanting new colors too Jackee. Just in case you missed it, someone mentioned "<ctrl> - A" as a way to highlight the text. I have been using that whenver someone does not change their text color. Just a FYI....

 

[Sully]

Hey, that's slick. Light blue on white isn't great, but it's easier to read than gray on black.

 

[Kelly]

Hmmmm....I've done that on accident before. Now I know how to mean it.

 

[Shan]

Dude, did you just say "lemon chiffon"?

LMAO! I asked the same question when I read that. Did he just say lemon chiffon?

 

[ProStockJunkie]

Guess the ol' computer is still down

 

[Sully]

I add my name to the list requesting a color change. Hitting CTRL-A does change everything on the page to aqua on white, so I can read things a lot easier that way, but that should not be necessary in order to make the text clearly visible. Gray on black is okay for West Point uniforms, sucks as a message board color scheme.

 

[JRX]

I love it the way it is.......just my opinion

 

[Sully]

You obviously are not reading it on a laptop screen - it's damned near invisible under the best lighting conditions on my laptop screen. Looks fine on the 19-inch screen on my desktop computer.

- Larry

 

[JRX]

You obviously are not reading it on a laptop screen - it's damned near invisible under the best lighting conditions on my laptop screen.

ok ya got me there....I usually pull the shades during the day and turn off the lights at night when I'm at the computer.... (insert joke here)

 

[.]

Have any of you that are having problems actually tried calibrating your monitors so they display correctly? I'd bet that the ones having problems reading the text have monitors that are adjusted out of whack.

You should be able to see the difference (at least) between X,Y and Z and ideally also A, B and C.

 

[DixonFan]

Guess the ol' computer is still down

Yes I don't have my computer back up and running. Sorry. I hope to find a place to live here soon. Living arrangements have been in limbo here lately.

Thanks for understanding

 

[Sully]

Ain't no such adjustment on laptop screens, sorry.

The big problem is twofold - first of all, light colored text on a black background is hard to read under a wide variety of lighting conditions. Second, grey and black are, by nature, dim colors and tend to blend together into a dim, unreadable image on low-contrast monitors such as laptop screens.

Desktop LCD monitors have higher contrast and more adjustments than laptop screens, which are optimized for battery operation.

In other words, if you are not trying to read this stuff on a laptop screen, you have no idea how illegible it is using the default colors.

This paragraph is default - and very hard to see on a laptop screen.

This paragraph is a contrasting color, though there is nothing wrong with good old black on white for message text - that's why it's the default on the message editing screens - I am just asking for the text display colors to be as readable as the text colors on the message composition and edit screens.

 

[ProStockJunkie]

Yes I don't have my computer back up and running. Sorry. I hope to find a place to live here soon. Living arrangements have been in limbo here lately.

Thanks for understanding

Sorry things are in a jumble for you Shannon. Hope they all work out soon.