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Started by Pentaxian, November 17, 2010, 06:43:26 AM

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Pentaxian

If one can call this a bug, I don't know but in the standard Curve theme the linked text is very hard to discern. Please choose a different color!

IchBin™

Yeah, I'd like something a little more visible to identify links too.
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holodoc

I have to agree on this since links are really hard to spot when there is a lot of text and its usually the first thing I fix after installing default SMF. Here is a proposition on how to solve this issue and still retain the color range used for the new Curve theme. Look at the attached pictures where the default blue was replaced with orange.

IchBin™

I'm not sure I like the color change like that. I think I might just like them a bold or something.

Something like this... Google rules. Although, I'm not even sure about that.
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Masterd

I think that orange colour is OK.

Pentaxian

Orange would be very OK indeed!

Antechinus

For what it's worth I am inclined to agree that the current colour is not the best. Norv was just grumbling to me about the current link colour too.

Quote from: holodoc on November 19, 2010, 06:40:48 PM
I have to agree on this since links are really hard to spot when there is a lot of text and its usually the first thing I fix after installing default SMF. Here is a proposition on how to solve this issue and still retain the color range used for the new Curve theme. Look at the attached pictures where the default blue was replaced with orange.
I suggested something like that. The team voted against it.

Quote from: IchBin™ on November 19, 2010, 09:21:17 PM
I'm not sure I like the color change like that. I think I might just like them a bold or something.

Something like this... Google rules. Although, I'm not even sure about that.
Sugested that too. Hey ho. I'd link you to the original discussion but it's not visible to most people (seekrit team board stuff that is more dangerous than wikileaks).


Norv

* Norv has just missed yet another link in a topic, even though I looked carefully for one, and is quite ... unhappy about it. :D
To-do lists are for deferral. The more things you write down the later they're done... until you have 100s of lists of things you don't do.

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Norv

Quote from: MSN tonight
(04:33:06 AM) Norv: do a vote if you really want such
(04:33:11 AM) Norv: if *you* need it
(04:33:27 AM) Norv: otherwise pick a color and commit it.
(04:33:39 AM) Antechinus: lime green FTW
(04:33:50 AM) Antechinus: in Blackadder at 1.5 em
(04:33:58 AM) Antechinus: you wont miss that
(04:34:08 AM) Norv: no pink?
(04:34:20 AM) Antechinus: ok, alternating
(04:34:24 AM) Norv: LOL
(04:34:26 AM) Antechinus: pink for visited
(04:34:38 AM) Antechinus: and blinking for hover
(04:35:04 AM) ***Norv is tempted to post this in the bug reports topic.
(04:35:16 AM) Antechinus: go for it
(04:35:19 AM) Antechinus: I dare ya
To-do lists are for deferral. The more things you write down the later they're done... until you have 100s of lists of things you don't do.

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Antechinus

For what it's worth, I trawled through the old threads about this and found out which colour had been chosen by team consensus. Then I found out that the change had been reverted by the devs at the time. If anyone is interested the consensus choice was #778899. Examples follow (personally I argued against this one).



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Norv

#10
This is also unreadable, sorry...
What happened to a certain decent contrast, for easy readability? That may sound old fashioned, but hey... I'd be happy to see a good reason not to, and I'm afraid this is not it. :D
To-do lists are for deferral. The more things you write down the later they're done... until you have 100s of lists of things you don't do.

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Antechinus

#11
Yeah I don't like it either. I'd prefer something like this:

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That's the same as usernames to the left. (well, almost :P )

Norv

Much better than the rest, methinks. Still might blend a bit too much with the normal text.

* Norv has annoyed Antechinus tonight with grumbling at every link and PMs I received from him. Guess I spent all my tickets, now I need to walk on glass around 'im.
* ... if  there is such thing with him Antechinus One.
To-do lists are for deferral. The more things you write down the later they're done... until you have 100s of lists of things you don't do.

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Antechinus

Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea oluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur?


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Oi! Wotcha reckon? That's a bit brighter.

ETA: Actually I could live with that one. :)

Antechinus

On the other background:

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QuoteSed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur?

Norv

Testing this type of short link in a sentence.
To-do lists are for deferral. The more things you write down the later they're done... until you have 100s of lists of things you don't do.

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Norv

I could live with that too. :)
To-do lists are for deferral. The more things you write down the later they're done... until you have 100s of lists of things you don't do.

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Norv

Or I can even bold this one.
To-do lists are for deferral. The more things you write down the later they're done... until you have 100s of lists of things you don't do.

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Norv

Or I can very well not do that anymore.
To-do lists are for deferral. The more things you write down the later they're done... until you have 100s of lists of things you don't do.

File a security report | Developers' Blog | Bug Tracker


Also known as Norv on D* | Norv N. on G+ | Norv on Github

Antechinus

Another option is to keep the current colour and get sneaky. Underlined links can make posts look very cluttered and awkward to read, but if you use a css bottom border on the anchor instead of an actual underline you get better possibilities. This example isn't online (it's on my local host) and has border-bottom: 1px solid #B5BECF; with underline on hover (ie: the first link in the second post).

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