Black Background?

CSL · Post by **CSL** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 7:08 pm

When are we getting one? This white is insanely harsh on my eyes.

The Evil Dead · Post by **The Evil Dead** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 8:33 pm

teehee.

Gedd · Post by **Gedd** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 12:24 am

Other things are higher on the priority list at the moment (like CMS selection). Sorry, but I don't have an estimated time until I can put it in.

Bad Demographic · Post by **Bad Demographic** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 10:14 am

CSL wrote:When are we getting one? This white is insanely harsh on my eyes.

Wear sunglasses. That way, people will at least think you're cool.

GargoyleBoy · Post by **GargoyleBoy** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 12:35 pm

Bad Demographic wrote:
CSL wrote:When are we getting one? This white is insanely harsh on my eyes.
Wear sunglasses. That way, people will at least think you're cool.

No, they won't.

Dirt · Post by **Dirt** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 1:17 pm

Why black? Why not magenta?

Peacedog · Post by **Peacedog** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:44 pm

Why black? Why not magenta?

1) Magenta sucks

2) Seriously, it won't necessarily be black. There will be a "dark background" version of whatever we wind up with stylistically, though.

Asharak · Post by **Asharak** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:02 am

Peacedog wrote:1) Magenta sucks

That, sir, had damn well better end up in the CoC.

- Ash

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 2:20 am

How about just a larger font size? This font size is for squinters.

Gedd · Post by **Gedd** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:09 am

Squinters should already be using the font enlarging options in the View menu of their browsers.

I will keep it in mind to have a larger font option available when we settle on additional themes.

knob · Post by **knob** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 4:35 pm

Kasey Chang wrote:How about just a larger font size? This font size is for squinters.

If you use Firefox or Opera, you can make the font so large that one letter takes up your entire screen. Font size isn't too big of a deal to me.

Asharak · Post by **Asharak** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 6:04 pm

Why the free press for Firefox there? All you need to say was "If you use Opera..."

- Ash

Gedd · Post by **Gedd** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 10:31 am

Actually, you can do the same thing in IE as well.

I've done a little thinking on the black background thing, and I may have a very temporary solution in mind. Let me churn on it a little bit and see if I can come up with something that will resolve the issue without adding a second set of template files to the mix.

knob · Post by **knob** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 6:18 pm

Gedd wrote:Actually, you can do the same thing in IE as well.

Yeah, but it's not as obvious. Atleast I never figured out how to do it.

View - > Text Size - > Largest is all I know how to do.

Gedd · Post by **Gedd** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 7:26 pm

That's about as easy as Firefox's implementation as well, but most of the time if I'm playing with font sizes, I use CTRL+wheelmouse in/out. I actually know people who have done that accidentally and they wonder why the fonts are so big or small.

jpinard · Post by **jpinard** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:05 pm

Cool, I just came here t post rhe same request (for a different background)

disarm · Post by **disarm** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:15 pm

Gedd wrote:...but most of the time if I'm playing with font sizes, I use CTRL+wheelmouse in/out. I actually know people who have done that accidentally and they wonder why the fonts are so big or small.

but if you try that with these forums, you'll notice that it does absolutely nothing to change the size of text within a post...

knob · Post by **knob** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:12 pm

Gedd wrote:That's about as easy as Firefox's implementation as well, but most of the time if I'm playing with font sizes, I use CTRL+wheelmouse in/out. I actually know people who have done that accidentally and they wonder why the fonts are so big or small.

Yeah, I know about that. I was asking how they do it in IE.

And Disarm, with Firefox 1.0 and Opera 7.5, it most definitely makes just about everything bigger, including the text. In Opera, it even makes the pictures bigger.

Suitably Ironic Moniker · Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:28 pm

CTRL+mousewheel works in IE too.

Gedd · Post by **Gedd** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:12 am

disarm wrote:but if you try that with these forums, you'll notice that it does absolutely nothing to change the size of text within a post...

Right...that's because phpBB uses absolute font sizes in its stylesheets. So instead of having something like 80%, you have 12px. It would appear that some browsers will enlarge the fonts even if they are specified with absolute size. IE, by default won't. If you want to be able to scale absolute sized fonts in IE, you need to go into Tools->Internet Options->Accessibility and modify the settings there.

In theory, the web designer should only use absolute font sizes when the text *needs* to be a set size. If the page is more fluid, then they use relative sizing.

In the work I've done, I always try to use relative sizes, because a lot of the work I do needs to be easily used by those with visual disabilites, some of who use the larger font sizing.

Valael wrote:Yeah, I know about that. I was asking how they do it in IE.

To my knowledge, it's how you specified, View->Text Size and then set the option you want. You can't blow the font up to the point where 1 letter fills the entire screen, but I'm not really sure how that's useful or necessary.

And, as SIM said, CTRL+mousewheel will move you through the same options in IE.

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