Suggestions for this great forum ...

[Cov]

Mr Grim ... having checked all four screenshots of yours, I thought the temperatures of the colors were too cold, especially in the last one.
And still, they make a dimmed down impression while I don't want to lower the intensity, but change the tone alltogether ... completely away from bright white.
Nothing wrong with having bright white around like in the frame (see above), but not dominating the screen.

The more I look at my draft above, the more I love it.
Don't know what it might be, the cremy association to vanilla maybe ?
You must now that I'm addicted to sweets (like chocolate in any shape or form), and a vanilla color scheme would make me lick the screen ! Haha !

 

[Jacee]

I like the last one ... it's a 'soft' color.

 

[Mark]

I like the last one ... it's a 'soft' color.

That was my favorite too.

http://www.sevenforums.com/attachme...suggestions-great-forum-2009-04-07_010848.jpg

 

[Jacee]

Top job!

 

[Cov]

Hi, do you use Google as your prefered search machine ?
If yes, can I suggest something (related) please ?

Please set the following search machine as your default one:

Blackle - Energy Saving Search

... for a week only, and see if you notice a difference for your eyes.

1. If yes, Sevenforums might think of abolishing white as the dominating color of the website.

2. And if no, hmmm ... can we still setup a voting feature onto this thread ?
Just to see what the feedback is like:


a) I like the color scheme as it is and don't want any change.
b) I like the forum to have rather pastel colors over blinding white.
c) I like to have the option to choose the color scheme from a list.
d) It doesn't matter to me what color you're using. Any is fine by me.

 

[Mark]

Hi Cov, if you want a poll on this thread you can do it yourself in thread tools at the top of the page.

 

[Jacee]

Cov, to me, it isn't a bright white ... but if you look at the 'reply window' when typing your reply, does that background look a bit better for your eyes?

I'm using Seven Blue v2 Wide

 

[Cov]

Hi Cov, if you want a poll on this thread ...

OMG, I'm loving this forum so much ... and you too Mr Grim !

Cov, to me, it isn't a bright white ... but if you look at the 'reply window' when typing your reply, does that background look a bit better for your eyes? ...

To be honest Jacee, I just checked it out but I don't seem to see a difference.

 

[YupYup]

How about this?

 

[Azural]

Cov, to me, it isn't a bright white ...

I agree with this. The white on all the skins is fine for me.

How about this?

That looks awesome.

 

[z3r010]

I've added a couple of b skins on the selector that swap that swap the white for the very light blue we use over at vistax64.com

 

[YupYup]

I've added a couple of b skins on the selector that swap that swap the white for the very light blue we use over at vistax64.com

I noticed that, but on a bright monitor it is practically white.

 

[Joan Archer]

Well I was using the Seven Blue v2 wide before but I've just changed to Windows7 b and love it, it even still shows wide for me on my wide screen monitor as well as having the new features.

Think I'll stick with this it certainly doesn't look bright white whether wearing glasses makes any difference I don't know but I like it

 

[garysgold]

I like the lt. blue background a bit better, but not a big deal. What I would like to see is the search engine we had before the server problems cropped up. It worked much better for me.

Gary

 

[jfar]

Or sun glasses?

+1,or turn down the brightness of your monitor a small bit?.

 

[YupYup]

An extreme example of what is very relaxing to the eye is [H]ard|Forum - Powered by vBulletin

Just for kicks

@Cov i voted for the last option by the way. It was not my intention to copy Hard OCP just to point out that with a css plugin for your browser you can change the site to suit your own needs.

 

[Cov]

WOW ! First I thought that really was hardforum, but they don't use avatars at all, haha.

Well, I don't want this forum to "copy" others, but aren't we talking about a very minor change in the selector menu ?

By starting this thread, my intention was to make the admin aware about some poeple having sensible eyes.
Of course, all others who don't "see" the problem, couldn't care less, hence why so many have chosen option 1 in the poll, otherwise they would have chosen option 3.
Meaning, they WANT all users to use the same scheme as they do ... why is that ?

And suggesting to wear sunglasses or set down the contrast / brightness of my monitor ? C'mon now folks, this specialist forum is about a very clever OS (for smart people I thought), but that was more like a slap in my face.

Well, annyway ... if you think that sensibility to brightness is not common enough and / or you don't care about a minority, then sorry sorry guys ... who have chosen option 2 and 3.

I don't have to wonder why this thread has been moved to the CHILL OUT ROOM, right ?

To sum things up, I have attached a few screenshots for comparison ...

 

[Jacee]

I can't stand a black background on one forum then switch to another forum with a light background. Oh ... my eyes, my eyes!

Sorry about the 'slap in the face'. I kind of thought it would help and didn't mean to diss your suggestion.

I know many people who wear glasses with darkened lenses, and it helps them when working all day in the office with the bright applications.

 

[Cov]

... then switch to another forum ...

How old are you ?

 

[Jacee]

Please re-read my post again. I did not tell you to switch to another forum! Goodness sakes ...

I was saying, that if I was looking at posts on a black forum, then when I switch to another forum with a light background, my eyes need a few more minutes to adjust to the background and what I'm reading.