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Willeke Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Give me some string and I know what to do. Posts: 2072 Netherlands Gender:	Two changes today! Jul 21^st, 2008 at 2:38pm Two changes today! A new colour to the page, I am not sure whether I like it or not, but I will get used to it, I assume. And a happy one, new Moderators. Welcome Guys. And thanks to the guys that retired today, you have done a good job! Willeke
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Re: Two changes today!
Reply #1 - Jul 21^st, 2008 at 5:57pm

the page has changed colour ?
lol I never notice stuff like that

I think chris sneaked me and aussie through on the quiet 'cos he's ashamed of us as mods - must have been drinking when he decided on it Wink

I know aussie's gone power mad already

I'll stay my usual humble self (rotfl) Grin

Anyway - welcome to the asylum, they do say the view is always best 'from the inside' Cool

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Re: Two changes today!
Reply #2 - Jul 21^st, 2008 at 6:36pm

Curious Aardvark wrote on Jul 21^st, 2008 at 5:57pm:

the page has changed colour ?
lol I never notice stuff like that

I think chris sneaked me and aussie through on the quiet 'cos he's ashamed of us as mods - must have been drinking when he decided on it Wink

I know aussie's gone power mad already

I'll stay my usual humble self (rotfl) Grin

Anyway - welcome to the asylum, they do say the view is always best 'from the inside' Cool

Half the page has changed colour. I actually wanted green and black but ......... perhaps after the revolution.

Thanks Willeke for your well wishes. The age of the Immoderators has begun. Please somebody write something naughty so I can delete it and give you a ticking off.

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Dale Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1581 California, USA Gender:	Re: Two changes today! Reply #3 - Jul 21^st, 2008 at 10:47pm Something naughty. Now Dale, as a former moderator yourself you should know better! I reckon mod added comments ought to be in colour - just so it doesn't look like we're all talking to ourselves: CA [color=#ff0000][/color]Red is especially good for a ticking off.
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Dale Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1581 California, USA Gender:	Re: Two changes today! Reply #4 - Jul 22^nd, 2008 at 9:56am Couldn't resist playing with the old "Good night, Gracie!" bit... Thanks for playing along, C_A! The red text is OK, the yellow is hard for me to read.
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Reply #5 - Jul 22^nd, 2008 at 12:46pm

Willeke, I've tweaked the colors a bit more since you first posted. What do you think now? I didn't like the old color - a bit too yellow teethy in my opinion. Wanted to go for a more natural "sandy" color.

CA: "I think chris sneaked me and aussie through on the quiet 'cos he's ashamed of us as mods"

Sarcasm I hope. I'll be putting together an email for you guys tonight with updated information. Hopefully the Moderator designation has been properly updated on all pages now. Let me know if you guys encounter any odd behaviors.

Chris

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Willeke Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Give me some string and I know what to do. Posts: 2072 Netherlands Gender:	Re: Two changes today! Reply #6 - Jul 22^nd, 2008 at 4:57pm Chris, I think the colour is better now you tweaked it a little more. I did like the old colour, (must be because I am a woman ) But I think the new colour now is good too. Most people will not even notice the difference. It was the main page which was kind of blue that did not fit in right. Now it does. Willeke
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Re: Two changes today!
Reply #7 - Jul 22^nd, 2008 at 4:57pm

lol no sweat - I've worked it out now anyway

Yeah that yellow is pretty hard to see.

I still have no idea what part of the forum is supposed to have changed colour though lol

But then I had a friend who put an entirely new false ceiling on the stairway in his house, complete with dinky little spotlights and had to point it out to me - even after he'd waited till I walked up the stairs and he said 'well what do you think ?' I of course answered 'about what ?'

I just don't register the (to me) inconsequential things like interior decorating and subtle colour changes

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Aussie Past Moderator Offline Joined Nov. 1, 2006 Luke 14:14 Posts: 3265 Melbourne, Australia Gender:	Re: Two changes today! Reply #8 - Jul 22^nd, 2008 at 5:55pm Also inconsequential things like what the replacement cord on your Captain Paul looks like. The blue looks nice. The brown/sepia combinatin always looked a little drab to my eye.
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Chris Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1284 USA Gender:	Re: Two changes today! Reply #9 - Jul 22^nd, 2008 at 6:17pm Blue? People are seeing blue? Humm... It should be a kind of creamy-grey. More sand like. It's interesting, because the colors appear very differently on my two machines (one was very green). Perhaps we've entered a very volatile area of the color spectrum for computer monitors. Chris
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Steven Interfector Viris Spurii Offline RaptorIsAsRaptorDoes Posts: 2101 Austin, Tx. Gender:	Re: Two changes today! Reply #10 - Jul 22^nd, 2008 at 8:18pm Sandbumoen wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2008 at 6:17pm: Blue? People are seeing blue? Humm... .... Chris are you using one of the 216 safe colors ? http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colors.asp Steven P.S. on the perimeter colored frame I see a slight blueish cast to the gray selected
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Chris Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1284 USA Gender:	Re: Two changes today! Reply #11 - Jul 22^nd, 2008 at 8:22pm Steven - I am not, since they are so limited in range. And I don't think that standard pallet is supported (i.e. guaranteed color rendition) on current monitors anyway. But I appreciate the link - I'll see if one is close. Can't hurt. Chris
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Re: Two changes today!
Reply #12 - Jul 22^nd, 2008 at 8:33pm

Sandbumoen wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2008 at 6:17pm:

Blue? People are seeing blue? Humm... It should be a kind of creamy-grey. More sand like. It's interesting, because the colors appear very differently on my two machines (one was very green). Perhaps we've entered a very volatile area of the color spectrum for computer monitors.

Chris

The border areas are the same brown they used to be but the light brown "sepia" colour is now a light bluey grey colour on my machine.

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Steven Interfector Viris Spurii Offline RaptorIsAsRaptorDoes Posts: 2101 Austin, Tx. Gender:	Re: Two changes today! Reply #13 - Jul 22^nd, 2008 at 9:54pm Sandbumoen wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2008 at 6:17pm: Blue? People are seeing blue? ... Chris Perhaps it is a perception issue as here http://www.chessbase.com/puzzle/christmas2006/chr06-7a.htm the visual illusions ...find the white knight .... (Here is the spoiler) the knights and the squares they sit on are the same color
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Re: Two changes today!
Reply #14 - Jul 22^nd, 2008 at 10:21pm

I had a look at the page colors using a nifty free tool I just found:

Instant Eyedropper

. According to that, the new color is now #F6F3DE (red=246, green=243, blue=222), which is a very light tint of reddish-orange. If I fill the screen with that color, it does look pinkish-grayish. Yet on my monitor, next to the gray window background (#444444) and the beige display pane background (#FFFEE9), it does seem to be a bit blueish. Very odd. However, it looks OK, so I'm not going to analyze further or complain.

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