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White or Black
Poll: What colour scheme do you want? (was ended 0000-00-00 00:00:00)
White |
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14 | 70% |
Black |
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5 | 25% |
something else (please reply) |
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1 | 5% |
Total number of voters: 20 ( gotham_knight, Grayface, algae2k, Skye, marcoasalazarm ) See more
essaychque, Caylane, sg2ww, Revan, Jabbrwock, Markiehoe, SHTL, lfan, shadar, fats, Ravens_ghost, castor, jumperprime, jdrock24, berkshirelad2012
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I'm putting in place a poll to get people's view on a whether or not the site background should be white or black.
I've been playing around with the theme and i now feel confident in changing the theme to a different colour scheme.
Please vote and if there is something that you want to suggest please reply below.
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That said, there are some who argue persuasively that we can and should improve on that ancient technology with computer displays, but I've tried everything over the years, and have never found anything kinder to my eyes than slightly off-white (not as much as sepia) with black letters and larger than average font styles.
The only thing closest were the old monochrome monitors (late 80's) that were black with amber characters. That was really easy on my eyes, but when I try to recreate that today, I don't find it as compelling any more and just go back to black on white background.
Of course, I'm a well-known nut in that I like Comics Sans MS font the best. It's easy on my eyes and it's somehow appropriate for this genre. So what does that tell you?
lfan wrote: As a UI designer told me a long time ago, "it's no coincidence that all books are published with black text on white paper." While it might not be "all", his point always resonated with me. Black on white!
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castor wrote: I will also comment that the poll is a little tricky to follow-does white mean white text, or white background with black text?
The text colour would be changed to match the new theme, so black text on a white background or white text on a black background.
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fats wrote:
castor wrote: I will also comment that the poll is a little tricky to follow-does white mean white text, or white background with black text?
The text colour would be changed to match the new theme, so black text on a white background or white text on a black background.
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Ugh. So many people voting for white text on a black background? When I saw that the comments were mostly in favor of black text on white, I figured it would win.
Dare I hope that the confusion has misled people into voting for the opposite of the option they really wanted? Because I'm really not looking forward to white on black.
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Jabbrwock wrote:
fats wrote:
castor wrote: I will also comment that the poll is a little tricky to follow-does white mean white text, or white background with black text?
The text colour would be changed to match the new theme, so black text on a white background or white text on a black background.
fats
Ugh. So many people voting for white text on a black background? When I saw that the comments were mostly in favor of black text on white, I figured it would win.
Dare I hope that the confusion has misled people into voting for the opposite of the option they really wanted? Because I'm really not looking forward to white on black.
Yeah if thats the case i would like to take back my vote-this is confusing.
Really it should be:
White text on black background
Black text on white Background.
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castor wrote:
Jabbrwock wrote:
fats wrote:
castor wrote: I will also comment that the poll is a little tricky to follow-does white mean white text, or white background with black text?
The text colour would be changed to match the new theme, so black text on a white background or white text on a black background.
fats
Ugh. So many people voting for white text on a black background? When I saw that the comments were mostly in favor of black text on white, I figured it would win.
Dare I hope that the confusion has misled people into voting for the opposite of the option they really wanted? Because I'm really not looking forward to white on black.
Yeah if thats the case i would like to take back my vote-this is confusing.
Really it should be:
White text on black background
Black text on white Background.
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The difference between books and screens is that when you read a book, you are not constantly staring into a light bulb.
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(On most screens in most environments white text on a black background gets painful on the eyes.)
2. Fats, would you consider extra spacing between lines (1.5 spacing), to make long stories more readable?
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TranslucentOne wrote: 1. My vote is dark text on a light back ground. So black on white (or black on very pale gray).
(On most screens in most environments white text on a black background gets painful on the eyes.)
2. Fats, would you consider extra spacing between lines (1.5 spacing), to make long stories more readable?
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any other typographic elements you want me to look at.
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