Re: New site color scheme
The reason for the OPTIONAL change would be to help people that this color scheme causes eye pain for. I am one of those people.
It would be a user selectable option. It would not change the main board unless the user selects it.
black with yellow text is very easy on the eyes.
Steve, I knew it was an optional thing, no worries there at all brother.
I'm thinking that perhaps this thread could have been presented differently -- perhaps it's a matter of salesmanship or presentation. Maybe we might have done well to have had a poll seeking to find out how many among us have diagnosed visual issues that may require a difference in color or contrast. Or a poll regarding color scheme preference, with a few options presented via thumbnail.
I know that there are folks with red/blue and other color-blindness issues. I know that, personally, I won't spend a great deal of time reading a longer article on-line if I can print it out. But that usually has to do with wanting to make notes. For me, on a site such as this, the old standby of black on white is all that I need. And the current option of a little blue or more blue around the edges is sufficient.
Anyhow, I'm not opposed to accommodating folks who've got a clearly defined special need. I just wouldn't get too excited about paying (again, I know it's an optional donation kinda gig) for more simply because it offers "more." More is not always better.
I was gonna suggest that if the forum wants to spend money on code, kick a few bucks over to the guy who mashed up the google site search. That is sweetness that everybody can benefit from and use.
As a software usability guy, I'm always interested in the results of such questions.
Now back to our regularly scheduled programming...
