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Is this too dark?

March 8, 2007 9:47:05 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

 


     To solve an ongoing discussion with a friend I would like to ask anyone who cares to give their opinion two questions.


1. Can you read the text over the blue BG?


2. Would these menu's be useable in a a WB?


 



This is an Unskinned menu but the skinned menus are same color combo

A simple yes or no would be preferred please.

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Reply #1 March 8, 2007 9:55:58 PM
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I think it's fine actually.
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Reply #2 March 8, 2007 9:57:32 PM
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Yes.
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Reply #3 March 8, 2007 10:09:05 PM
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Looks good  
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Reply #4 March 8, 2007 10:28:49 PM
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yes
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Reply #5 March 8, 2007 10:42:20 PM
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functionally too dark...insufficient contrast.
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Reply #6 March 8, 2007 10:55:19 PM
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1. No
2. No
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Reply #7 March 8, 2007 10:58:30 PM
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functionally too dark...insufficient contrast.


He just wanted a yes or no.
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Reply #8 March 8, 2007 11:35:38 PM
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He just wanted a yes or no

OK...

No.

No.

[pretend I didn't include 'OK']...

^^^^^^^ or that bit...

^^^ and that....

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Reply #9 March 8, 2007 11:36:52 PM
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1. no
2. not to me
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Reply #10 March 8, 2007 11:37:36 PM
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1. Can you read the text over the blue BG?

2. Would these menu's be useable in a a WB?


yes.
yes.
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Reply #11 March 8, 2007 11:43:34 PM
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Hilarious jafo..

Anyway.. this is really saying a lot but at the same time very little.

Im wondering if its monitor settings or people's eyesight or just preference.

It'll drive a skinner nutty.   
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Reply #12 March 8, 2007 11:50:53 PM
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Well...let's say we get past the 'yes/no' limitations and add....problem lies in what is actually BEYOND the blue/black image, namely a high-contrast 'white', adversely impacting on the legibility of the black text.

or....

No.

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Reply #13 March 8, 2007 11:55:16 PM
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I was answering the title of the thread....not the questions...so

No

No

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Reply #14 March 8, 2007 11:57:31 PM
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No and No (dark text + dark background = not good).
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Reply #15 March 9, 2007 12:33:16 AM
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or people's eyesight


more than anything else
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Reply #16 March 9, 2007 12:38:21 AM
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more than anything else


I have to agree, that actual blue is almost half way up the Brightness scale.. its just dark of midway.. Im just not understanding why people find it unclear.. u cant make black (text) any blacker but you can make the blue darker, both with a different monitor setting or ones eyes seeing differently.

...I'll see how the results continue...  
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Reply #17 March 9, 2007 12:46:07 AM
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I have a new 24" Dell monitor, settings are pretty much perfect, and the text just takes an effort to read. Sure, you can read it if you really stare at it, or sit 10 inches from the monitor, but it's not all that easy to read for general use.
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Reply #18 March 9, 2007 12:49:15 AM
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just lurking v   ...hehehehe
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Reply #19 March 9, 2007 12:59:01 AM
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Why not make the text white or light gray?
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Reply #20 March 9, 2007 1:06:05 AM
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He just wanted a yes or no.

I would like to ask anyone who cares to give their opinion two questions


Hard to express an opinion in a yes or no....

1. I can pretend to read it...
2. For me, absolutely not..... YMMV.



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Reply #21 March 9, 2007 1:07:47 AM
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Why not make the text white or light gray?


XP is tricky.. some areas u cant change text color, you have to balance all colors in all areas with respect to how its going to affect elements elsewhere. SOme areas of windows and of many apps are hardcoded with Black text.. so basically when putting a WB together you have to balance ur use of colors very carefully.

If folks are seeing it as I do..then they should have no problem. I have to skin as I see it not how other folks see it. I guess its boils down to individual preferences, settings and focal perception. I dont think I or my friend are wrong, Its the old addage , U cant please everyone....short of making a light and a dark version.
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Reply #22 March 9, 2007 1:16:13 AM
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You do it to please yourself..but you asked and we answered.
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Reply #23 March 9, 2007 1:18:41 AM
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You do it to please yourself..but you asked and we answered.


and I appreciate it.
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Reply #24 March 9, 2007 1:20:02 AM
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It's only hard to read the black writing on my lcd monitor if i view from a very slight angle but face on it's ok it boils down to what you like the rest of us will have to suk it up...lol... or just change the black writing to that turquoise color you have highlighted by the black strip and use that black strip as you have there
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Reply #25 March 9, 2007 1:24:35 AM
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contrast not good -
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