Colors

I just came here to check out this board. I've been hanging around on the Star Trek sections mostly. And I abolutly HATE the garish colors around here! They hurt my eyes! Is there any way to change them?

I've turned off the mandatory style-set so this section will use whatever your user style-set is set to.

If anyone wishes to use the LotR style-set as their default, go to the User CP and select it under Options.

Thanks a lot, Don! :)

I'm sticking with the LotR color scheme. It is a bit gaudy, but I find the features a lot easier to identify, and it does have a Tolkienish aura about it. :)

Well, give me some ideas on how to improve it.

My advice is get to the darker colors as the predominant. Dark forest green background, deep browns for the edges and a nice gold and silver for the txt and highlights.

Give it a really Mirkwood feel.

There.s my .02

:)

I actually prefer the LOTR scheme to the Trek scheme, but that's strictly a matter of personal preference. I also prefer the LOTR font choices.

How hard would it be to define a scheme that uses those colors, but still has the Trek graphics?

I've read studies claiming that black text on a yellow background makes for easies "readability".

A green and brown background with soft yellow plates for black message text would be good. No bright colors, pease! Bright colors sting the eyes, and looking at a computer screen too long is bad enough!

I realise that this is very close to the current style-set, but there is something about it that makes it seem too bright to me. This is just my own veiw though. The grey and black of the star trek style-set might be a bit boring, but it's much easier on my eyes.

I like the idea that you can choose style-set yourself. I hadn't noticed that there was such an option. I would prefer being able to customize myself...

Don -

I can't tell shades to save my life, so the contrast between black & pink (sorry if that's the wrong colour, it's the only shade that I can think of how to describe it) and purple and yellow is good for me.

I like Almos' idea as an option, but in all honesty, it's hard for me to figure out the colour scheme that was listed other than reading the words. Not a criticism by any stretch - I think the more options for user customization (that are feasible from a coding aspect) would be great.

All in all, I think the site has a nice feel to it. I've been on the ArsTechnica & Termpro forums for a long time and have gotten used to their colour schemes - customization would be a nice improvement.

Sorry if this is a ramble, but again, all-in-all it's a nice site.