Shoutbox Colour Flip

What do you think of the shoutbox colours after the change?

  • Better! :)

    Votes: 12 54.5%
  • Worse... :(

    Votes: 5 22.7%
  • They changed...?

    Votes: 5 22.7%

  • Total voters
    22
  • Poll closed .

Ronin Storm

Administrator
Staff member
Just flipped the colours in the shoutbox so that the darker bits are now light and the lighter bits are now dark.

Vote in the poll to tell me what you think, please.
 
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elDiablo

Guest
Any chance the text are'a colour can be changed to the same as the background of the shoutbox? Or add a border or something? Please?

Edit - The text area that has all the messages in, rather than where you type the message, if you see what I mean.
 

waterproofbob

Junior Administrator
Better but looks slightly wrong at the mo.

It may be the lack of border at the mo, I think that is what elD is getting at as well :D
 

Traxata

Junior Administrator
Under the shoutbox or the active users buttons, there is a block of background..

It looked better before because of that, but as elD said a border may fix the background colour, is there any chance that the background under the buttons is separate to the rest of the displayed text background..?
 

Zooggy

Junior Administrator
Staff member
Hoy, :)

He's right. The light gray box where you read the shouts needs a bit of a border.

Cheers,
J.
 

Traxata

Junior Administrator
Like this Ronin, (I like the border, that's much better :))


[edit]And have a slightly wider image too.[/edit]

[edit]Or not, that's a horribly small size[/edit]
 

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Zooggy

Junior Administrator
Staff member
Hoy, :)

Is that from a philosophical, pragmatic or particular perspective?

:D

No, it's purely an aesthetics thing. Yes, it's better. Could be a bit darker, but maybe that's just my disgusting resolution that's precluding me from seeing it in its full glory... :rolleyes:

Cheers,
J.
 

SwampFae

Super Moderator
Staff member
Ooooh border. Love it :)
Was going to post a Before&After example. But this works nicely ;)
 

thatbloke

Junior Administrator
even with the new change, I'm not sure I like the part between the shout area and the input area that says "Shoutbox" and "Active Users" - the lighter background given to those text areas just seems a bit off when compared with the rest of it...
 

Traxata

Junior Administrator
I'm going to actually try and re-type what I meant in some form of english :p


Right.

Where the buttons Shoutbox, Active Users and then the PM windows. (Attachment)

There is a block of white that appears to be dynamic as and when a new tab appears. I decided to add loads of PM windows to kind of demonstrate this.

Is there any chance that it can be changed? :)

is there any chance that the background under the buttons is separate to the rest of the displayed text background..?

You have proved by putting the border in that this is indeed separate :)
 

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Traxata

Junior Administrator
Well, that's fixed it Ronin :) It now looks much better!

There :)
 

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Ronin Storm

Administrator
Staff member
No, it's purely an aesthetics thing.

Ah, sorry, that was a question to Panda, which is more obvious in threaded mode but I forgot to quote.

even with the new change, I'm not sure I like the part between the shout area and the input area that says "Shoutbox" and "Active Users" - the lighter background given to those text areas just seems a bit off when compared with the rest of it...

It's possible that you're on slightly older CSS as I made about a dozen changes in the space of 30 minutes.

The tabs should be in the same colour as the box where the shout text appears. Surrounding that all with a light grey border is a bit tricky given the way it's been done.

All around the tabs and shoutbox text should be the darker colour, even between the tabs.

I'm not sure I like the grey border on account of the peculiar tab separation, though I could take the top grey border off and let them adjoin again. I guess I can't really see the benefit of the grey border at all...?
 

Zooggy

Junior Administrator
Staff member
Hoy, :)

Yea. After Ctrl-F5, I must say, it is indeed rather nice-looking. :) Kudos.

I shall now go change my vote...

Cheers,
J.
 
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