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to something not so bright as this white background. Some forums let you edit the background and text colors in your user preferences.. I wonder how hard this would be for axiom to implement?
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Better get yourself some cheap sunglasses.....
Ok! seriously, yah it would be nice to be able to change the colour preference to an easier-on-the-eyes colour. It could be worse though, much worse....nothing as bad as a black screen with white lettering! Brutal on the eyes!
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"Your preferred stylesheet" in your preferences allows you to change the color scheme. Not many choices, but one is dark.
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Holy Crap I never new that! Thanks!
Now that I have changed it dark I am not sure if I like it. The axiom logo at the top definitely looks better on a white background. The dark colors are easier on the eyes though.
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There is one option to make the background dark...
Under the My Preferences drop down menu, go to My Preferences > Your preferred stylesheet > select ubbthreads-dark > and click on Submit at the bottom of the page
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I never new you could change it either, maybe I'll give the "darkside" a try.
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Oops looks like you guys figured it out already...
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Gaaahhh! had to change it back to default....Cam's fire twirling avatar was nearly giving me seizures with a black background
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Hehehe
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The only reasonable argument for owning a gun is to protect yourself from the police.
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Two of them is worse.....
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nothing as bad as a black screen with white lettering! Brutal on the eyes! Was that a joke, perhaps? You don't like Maddox's site? From his FAQ: I've chosen a black background for most of my text because it's easier on the eyes than staring at a white screen. Think about it: your monitor is not a piece of paper, no matter how hard you try to make it one. Staring at a white background while you read is like staring at a light bulb (don't believe me? Try turning off the lights next time you use a word processor). Would you stare at a light bulb for hours at a time? Not if you want to keep your vision.
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If the print weren't enlarged on that site, Charles, I would get a headache reading on a black background or at the least it would get blurry to me. If white print on black was indeed easier or better, then 99.9% of the internet has it wrong, I guess.
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If the print weren't enlarged on that site, Charles, I would get a headache reading on a black background or at the least it would get blurry to me. If white print on black was indeed easier or better, then 99.9% of the internet has it wrong, I guess. I’ve been using “dark” for years. I also changed the font’s to large and no headaches here. Quite the opposite I find the dark background and light lettering much easier on the eyes.
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Dean, by "dark", do you mean white lettering on true black or just a somewhat darker colour. It's when I try to read normal type on black background that I have problems. I do prefer some colour(light blue, green ect) in the background but prefer black type.
Ah well, that's why we have "preferences".
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If the print weren't enlarged on that site, Charles, I would get a headache reading on a black background or at the least it would get blurry to me. If white print on black was indeed easier or better, then 99.9% of the internet has it wrong, I guess. I agree about a black background being a poor choice for designing a website. If the room the computer is in has lot of sunlight pouring in, it really strains my eyes reading the text giving me a headhache. Usually it is white or red text in this case and it sucks.
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The "Axiom" dark isn't too bad, at least it's a medium grey(on my computer).
Now, if we could get light grey background with a nice fuschia coloured print, that would be just Maaahhvelous!
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If the room the computer is in has lot of sunlight pouring in, it really strains my eyes reading the text giving me a headache. I've never gotten a headache from either light or dark color schemes, so I can't really say that I have a preference. And who does their computing in a sun-drenched room? To the cave!
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Dean, by "dark", do you mean white lettering on true black or just a somewhat darker colour. It's when I try to read normal type on black background that I have problems. I do prefer some colour(light blue, green ect) in the background but prefer black type.
Ah well, that's why we have "preferences". Here I use the ubbthreads-dark style sheet so most of the screen is dark grey, dark blue and some black with a sort of subdued white lettering. At AVS I use the blue background w/yellow lettering. I think I remember them changing that from the default a while back so I switched back over. For most other sites I just use larger fonts and stopped messing with the colours using custom style sheets. My room is very dark so when the whole screen is white it’s overpowering. It’s been a while since I’ve played with it but even Windows allows you to change the background and text colours of some programs though it’s not a flexible as something like Linux.
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Now, if we could get light grey background with a nice fuschia coloured print, that would be just Maaahhvelous!
You should find yourself of makes yourself some custom style sheets and have it your way.
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And who does their computing in a sun-drenched room? To the cave!
Thank goodness for blinds.
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black on white is quite pleasing on my Viewsonic Professional Series CRT. Maybe you guys should take your LCDs off torch mode.
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Marina's blog is also white text on a black background.
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Been running the forum in dark mode and I kind a like it, Not sure I will stick with it.....
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Nothing.
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black on white is quite pleasing on my Viewsonic Professional Series CRT. Maybe you guys should take your LCDs off torch mode.
Mine’s a flamethrower.
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Running in dark mode the entire site has a very different look, the little speaker notifiers for new posts in forums are gone....
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