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Bonaparta 
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Joined: 03 Nov 2011
Location: Milky Way
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 Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 00:50 |
I really hate this new colors. Previous color template was much more eye friendly and energy friendly as well.
And practically all my previous posts are now unreadable, since I used yellow for all my texts. Actually many posts are unreadable now...
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GM Luna
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Joined: 22 Oct 2011
Location: Illyriad
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Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 00:52 |
 Bonaparta wrote:
I really hate this new colors. Previous color template was much more eye friendly and energy friendly as well.
And practically all my previous posts are now unreadable, since I used yellow for all my texts. Actually many posts are unreadable now...
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Are you able to edit your previous posts if needed to change the colors?
Luna
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GM Luna | Illyriad Community Manager | community@illyriad.co.uk
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Bonaparta
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Joined: 03 Nov 2011
Location: Milky Way
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Points: 541 |
Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 01:01 |
GM Luna wrote:
Bonaparta wrote:
I really hate this new colors. Previous color template was much more eye friendly and energy friendly as well.
And practically all my previous posts are now unreadable, since I used yellow for all my texts. Actually many posts are unreadable now...
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Are you able to edit your previous posts if needed to change the colors?
Luna
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Yes, I'm able to edit my posts, but there are just too many to manual edit them. And like I said, many old posts are unreadable. If background changes to almost inverse colors, almost every text that didn't used default colors is not readable or it just look very strange. Sunstorms rainbow posts are very weird now...
Perhaps you should remove custom colors from all past posts.
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GM Luna
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Joined: 22 Oct 2011
Location: Illyriad
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Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 01:06 |
Bonaparta wrote:
GM Luna wrote:
Bonaparta wrote:
I really hate this new colors. Previous color template was much more eye friendly and energy friendly as well.
And practically all my previous posts are now unreadable, since I used yellow for all my texts. Actually many posts are unreadable now...
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Are you able to edit your previous posts if needed to change the colors?
Luna
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Yes, I'm able to edit my posts, but there are just too many to manual edit them. And like I said, many old posts are unreadable. If background changes to almost inverse colors, almost every text that didn't used default colors is not readable or it just look very strange. Sunstorms rainbow posts are very weird now...
Perhaps you should remove custom colors from all past posts.
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Unfortunately, there's no easy way to do that. It would have to be done manually. I'm sorry. I know this is inconvenient to people who used a lot of custom colors in the past.
Luna
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GM Luna | Illyriad Community Manager | community@illyriad.co.uk
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SunStorm
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Joined: 01 Apr 2011
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Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 01:08 |
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unfortunately I agree. there are players that have posted white text and other cream colors for their font... looking back on these posts (which I just did go look at my own and they are not pretty) is discouraging. I am not about to go back and edit some 300 odd posts...
If this is the direction taken, for everyone's sake, there needs to be a huge DEV button (like microsoft word) which does a "Clear Formatting" on all past posts...
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Learner
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Joined: 08 Jun 2011
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Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 01:30 |
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Or one could just highlight the text one is reading...right?
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invictusa
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Joined: 16 Dec 2011
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Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 01:42 |
While I agree about it being more eye friendly, I have heard it theorized that a black screen being energy saving is outdated. Tube screen monitors use less energy showing a black screen, but LCD displays, making up the majority of what internet user's have, actually use more energy with a black screen than with a white screen, making www.blackle.com obsolete. Again these are not my theories, just what I have read from a couple sources.
Edited by invictusa - 28 Feb 2012 at 01:48
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...and miles to go before I sleep.
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Rill
Postmaster General
Player Council - Geographer
Joined: 17 Jun 2011
Location: California
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Points: 6903 |
Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 02:38 |
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It's possible that a serif font might be more readable in black on cream. I haven't read the research on that, but I'm just throwing that idea out there.
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Berde
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Joined: 10 Dec 2011
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Points: 380 |
Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 02:46 |
A serif font probably would be easier to follow, yes. The serifs provide a sort of 'guide rule' to keep the eye moving left to right. It also helps distinguish certain characters apart, like i and l.
Personally, I find the lighter brown used for names in the chat window, and the darker cream-colored banding in chat easier on the eyes than this bright cream and black motif.
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Bonaparta
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Joined: 03 Nov 2011
Location: Milky Way
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Posted: 28 Feb 2012 at 03:59 |
Classic LCD monitors use about the same amount of energy no matter how bright the screen is. But new LCD monitors with LED backlit technology use much less energy on dark screens, since most of the LEDs are turned off. More and more users have LED LCD displays, including me. So the debate from 3-4 years how Blackle is useless on LCD displays is outdated. New LED displays make Blackle popular again...
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