ianw1974 11 Report post Posted June 7, 2008 This is in relation to: http://www.linuxsolutions.org please let me know what you think. I've been running this template for a while now, but an email I received prompted me to ask all my friends here on what they think. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg2 5 Report post Posted June 7, 2008 It's too dark for my old eyes. I could read it, but it would not be enjoyable. I think it would give me a headache from eye strain. Sorry, but that's the truth. :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ianw1974 11 Report post Posted June 7, 2008 Hi Greg, no that's perfectly fine. Glad to hear the truth :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AussieJohn 2 Report post Posted June 7, 2008 Yes it is much too stark. The white font is too thin against the opaque black. But even if it was bold it would still be very tiring on the eyes I would put it another way.... it is too geekish and lacks the warmth of "stay and read me". Cheers. John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ianw1974 11 Report post Posted June 7, 2008 Thanks John, I'll probably change it back to the blue template that I was using a while back before I switched to this one. As the only other template I've got is also dark but not sure if it's hard to read either :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ianw1974 11 Report post Posted June 7, 2008 OK, now it's back on the previous template - so readable again! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg2 5 Report post Posted June 7, 2008 OK, now it's back on the previous template - so readable again! Now everyone will vote 'Perfectly fine', and screw up the poll. :P It looks good! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AussieJohn 2 Report post Posted June 7, 2008 NNNNNNIIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEE. :thumbs: :thumbs: Good one Ian. Cheers. John. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daniewicz 0 Report post Posted June 8, 2008 Looks good Ian. B) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grendal 0 Report post Posted June 8, 2008 Perfect Ian, good job and good luck. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ianw1974 11 Report post Posted June 8, 2008 Aye, I shouldn't have been too hasty changing the theme :P So, now it looks perfectly fine ;) Thanks a bunch for checking it out and letting me know. At least I know now it was a little on the dark side. I did temporarily check the other dark theme I had and it had light blue text, but even with that if I was objective it wasn't too easy on the eye also. However, it looked fantastic otherwise. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Scrimpshire 0 Report post Posted June 9, 2008 Yeah, I voted perfectly fine, but IIRC, I did try to visit there once before and it was way too dark for me to hang around. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ianw1974 11 Report post Posted June 9, 2008 Thanks Steve. Hopefully it's all OK now, else I'll have to search for another template and ones I like aren't easy to come by. :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mystified 0 Report post Posted June 9, 2008 It looks good to me ian. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tyme 0 Report post Posted June 9, 2008 (edited) tell the person who sent the email to adjust their monitor brightness/contrast. it may also just be a problem with their monitor. the blue may appear darker on their screen than you would expect. this is something you have to be careful of in web design, and why light colours are more common as backgrounds for text. Edited June 9, 2008 by tyme Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
