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Font color and size
Posted by: cinderonbroadway 04:12 pm EST 12/21/15
Is it just me, but the font color of threads is a royal blue, with read threads in purple. Also, the font is very small. Is it possible to change these colors/size. I am finding them hard to read (and strangely nauseating). Thx.
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re: Font color and size/ much harder to read
Posted by: Kerick 09:57 am EST 12/22/15
In reply to: Font color and size - cinderonbroadway 04:12 pm EST 12/21/15
I agree. The font and color makes the all that chat much more difficult to read. I can't wait to get away from it.
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re: Font color and size
Posted by: KingTheatre 06:08 pm EST 12/21/15
In reply to: Font color and size - cinderonbroadway 04:12 pm EST 12/21/15
Glad someone said it. The BLUE is irritating my eyes; and I don't like that it goes to BLACK when read. Would prefer BLACK to start and RED when... read.
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Posted by: twocents 11:21 am EST 12/22/15
In reply to: re: Font color and size - KingTheatre 06:08 pm EST 12/21/15
BLUE is irritating my eyes; and I don't like that it goes to BLACK when read. Would prefer BLACK to start and RED when... read.
Agree! What a change for the worse. Font size is paltry to boot.
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re: Font color and size
Posted by: MikeR 06:29 pm EST 12/21/15
In reply to: re: Font color and size - KingTheatre 06:08 pm EST 12/21/15
Set by your browser, as indicated below. Check your preferences. (It's blue and purple on mine, but probably going to change soon.)
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re: Font color and size
Posted by: cinderonbroadway 07:18 pm EST 12/21/15
In reply to: re: Font color and size - MikeR 06:29 pm EST 12/21/15
I get the same colors. I have a safari browser and can't figure out how to change it.
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re: Font color and size
Posted by: cdcooper 11:34 am EST 12/22/15
In reply to: re: Font color and size - cinderonbroadway 07:18 pm EST 12/21/15
The font is also too much bold and not a good choice generally as it is very condensed--the x height is quite low and makes legibility on the web a challenge. Sorry to be negative as I'm sure time and effort were put into this but the apart from the new shell, it's not an improvement. Makes the eyes hurt!!!
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Posted by: Circlevet 04:46 pm EST 12/21/15
In reply to: Font color and size - cinderonbroadway 04:12 pm EST 12/21/15
I too find it hard to read and it's a bit hard on the eyes.
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re: Font color and size
Posted by: clb1016 04:14 pm EST 12/21/15
In reply to: Font color and size - cinderonbroadway 04:12 pm EST 12/21/15
Not just you. Much harder on the eyes than the former version.
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The colors are set by your browser
Posted by: Ann 04:44 pm EST 12/21/15
In reply to: re: Font color and size - clb1016 04:14 pm EST 12/21/15
You can make those changes in your browser, if you want, or if we end up tweaking the font style/weight it might make a difference.

The red-unread/blue-read colors we had before were actually the opposite of the norm (because in 1996, that's what they were).
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re: The colors are set by your browser
Posted by: twocents 10:42 am EST 12/23/15
In reply to: The colors are set by your browser - Ann 04:44 pm EST 12/21/15
The red-unread/blue-read colors we had were actually the opposite of the norm (because in 1996, that's what they were).
Then it was just serendipity. Because they sure worked great for the end user!
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Or, in some browsers - does anyone know how to adjust in Safari? nmi
Posted by: Ann 05:45 pm EST 12/21/15
In reply to: The colors are set by your browser - Ann 04:44 pm EST 12/21/15
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re: Or, in some browsers - does anyone know how to adjust in Safari? nmi
Posted by: Vectorbabe 02:03 pm EST 12/23/15
In reply to: Or, in some browsers - does anyone know how to adjust in Safari? nmi - Ann 05:45 pm EST 12/21/15
Some browsers let you adjust the colors.

HOWEVER, some of those require an external extension (plug-in) to change the colors. A PITA.

Other web sites have instructions that can override those colors.

Face it. The colors, fonts, and font widths for the site have been set to ugly.
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re: Or, in some browsers - does anyone know how to adjust in Safari? nmi
Posted by: tealady 05:23 pm EST 12/22/15
In reply to: Or, in some browsers - does anyone know how to adjust in Safari? nmi - Ann 05:45 pm EST 12/21/15
ann, i have tried.

i am giving up reading this now... it really hurts my eyes the blue, and the small font is just tooooo small.

please help the old girl out, go back to the way it was.... please
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re: Or, in some browsers - does anyone know how to adjust in Safari? nmi
Posted by: ashleylm 06:05 pm EST 12/21/15
In reply to: Or, in some browsers - does anyone know how to adjust in Safari? nmi - Ann 05:45 pm EST 12/21/15
First, in a text editor paste the code:
A:visited { color: LightSalmon ! important }
A:link { color: SteelBlue ! important }
A:hover { color: black ! important }
A:active { color: green ! important }

(or whatever names you like, so long as they match the css list) and then save as some_name_you_choose.css

Then, in Safari, go to Preferences > Advanced > Style Sheet and then Other and browse to your style sheet which you so lovingly crafted in advance.
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re: Or, in some browsers - does anyone know how to adjust in Safari? nmi
Posted by: Vint 11:57 pm EST 12/25/15
In reply to: re: Or, in some browsers - does anyone know how to adjust in Safari? nmi - ashleylm 06:05 pm EST 12/21/15
I love the LightSalmon! Thanks for the instructions.
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re: Or, in some browsers - does anyone know how to adjust in Safari? nmi
Posted by: twocents 01:37 pm EST 12/22/15
In reply to: re: Or, in some browsers - does anyone know how to adjust in Safari? nmi - ashleylm 06:05 pm EST 12/21/15
No idea what you're talking about, unfortunately.
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How about for an iPad?
Posted by: jeffef 07:54 pm EST 12/21/15
In reply to: re: Or, in some browsers - does anyone know how to adjust in Safari? nmi - ashleylm 06:05 pm EST 12/21/15
Please
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re: Or, in some browsers - does anyone know how to adjust in Safari? nmi
Posted by: cinderonbroadway 07:20 pm EST 12/21/15
In reply to: re: Or, in some browsers - does anyone know how to adjust in Safari? nmi - ashleylm 06:05 pm EST 12/21/15
I posted above before I saw this - but there's little chance I could ever do this :)
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re: The colors are set by your browser
Posted by: ashleylm 05:08 pm EST 12/21/15
In reply to: The colors are set by your browser - Ann 04:44 pm EST 12/21/15
You can make those changes in your browser, if you want

Thanks for the reminder--I added the "Stylist" extension to Chrome, picked colours I love, and now every site looks 1,000 times better! For the CSS novice, type in (or paste) something like this, choosing colors you love:

A:visited { color: LightSalmon ! important }
A:link { color: SteelBlue ! important }
A:hover { color: black ! important }
A:active { color: green ! important }
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re: The colors are set by your browser
Posted by: whereismikeyfl 09:36 pm EST 12/22/15
In reply to: re: The colors are set by your browser - ashleylm 05:08 pm EST 12/21/15
Where do you paste this stuff? I cannot figure this out in chrome at all.

I looked up CSS, since you used the term, and the indication is that this involves HTML programming.

If you have to learn to do programming to change the colors.....


Truthfully, I probably spend too much time reading ATC. So I will stop visiting ATC if the blue/dark purple stays the same...and that may be a good thing.
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re: Font color and size
Posted by: MikeR 04:17 pm EST 12/21/15
In reply to: re: Font color and size - clb1016 04:14 pm EST 12/21/15
Quoting Ann's post below:

The font type/size/weight is something we may revisited once the kinks are worked out. If it's problematic, please email your opinion to me and I'll keep track of what people say.

(webmaster@talkinbroadway.com)
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re: Font color and size
Posted by: cinderonbroadway 04:21 pm EST 12/21/15
In reply to: re: Font color and size - MikeR 04:17 pm EST 12/21/15
Thx. Will do.
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