roboticanary Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Hello recently in general site suggestions a very good point was raised about dark theme being poor quality. I have put in a second dark theme currently called dark green testbed, this way we can play about with things without breaking the current theme for those who use it. I would be very happy if people here took a look and gave feedback on what needs to be changed to make it better. current changes: header text is changed to grey rather than dark blue so it is clearer same with dark text in section headings, blue/black text replaced with grey background darkened in both header and forum sections (makes the new grey text show up) pure white text replaced with light grey where found comment count background darkened things i know need fixing but not sure how yet: searchbar being a big white blob text editing options looking weird on the dark background 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm_leopardcat Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 15 hours ago, roboticanary said: Hello recently in general site suggestions a very good point was raised about dark theme being poor quality. I have put in a second dark theme currently called dark green testbed, this way we can play about with things without breaking the current theme for those who use it. I would be very happy if people here took a look and gave feedback on what needs to be changed to make it better. current changes: header text is changed to grey rather than dark blue so it is clearer same with dark text in section headings, blue/black text replaced with grey background darkened in both header and forum sections (makes the new grey text show up) pure white text replaced with light grey where found comment count background darkened things i know need fixing but not sure how yet: searchbar being a big white blob text editing options looking weird on the dark background When there are new/unread notifications, you know how the title is bold in white, so it looks different from the older/read notifications? It's kind of hard to differentiate between them in this new dark mode. It otherwise looks great! Great work, Roboticanary! I love it, and it's a serious improvement over the other drakmode, no offense to the people who created it (that includes you, right?)! I like how a darh shade of green was used in the background! How does this dark mode compare to the one on AVEN, by the way? Not to drag AVEN into this forum, and always make comparisons, but I'm a little curious about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaAro Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Sorry, I promised to improve the header! I'll do it this weekend. Otherwise I 💚 the new dark mode. It's such an improvement. Great work! 23 hours ago, roboticanary said: text editing options looking weird on the dark background That's the biggest issue. Funny, the eye icon looks ok for whatever reason... Is it in principle possible to use custom CSS classes? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticanary Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 2 hours ago, DeltaAro said: Sorry, I promised to improve the header! I'll do it this weekend. Otherwise I 💚 the new dark mode. It's such an improvement. Great work! thank you, and no worries about the header, it gets done when it gets done. 9 hours ago, Storm_leopardcat said: When there are new/unread notifications, you know how the title is bold in white, so it looks different from the older/read notifications? It's kind of hard to differentiate between them in this new dark mode. hmm, this is interesting. in both the difference is the same (a set link colour but unread is made bold) but it does seem easier to notice with the old light blue colour than with the new white. i will have a try with a few different colours and see what i can do with this. current attempt, lets see what green looks like. 2 hours ago, DeltaAro said: Is it in principle possible to use custom CSS classes? yes that is possible. i have tried to avoid doing anything more complicated than colour changing at the moment but it might require something like that 9 hours ago, Storm_leopardcat said: It otherwise looks great! Great work, Roboticanary! I love it, and it's a serious improvement over the other drakmode, no offense to the people who created it (that includes you, right?)! I like how a darh shade of green was used in the background! thank you. there was a previous dark mode but all of the themes had problems in the transition between me and the previous forum owner so most of the fault of dark mode was with me doing a quick and dirty almost copy of the previous version which worked with the version of invision the forum uses. there were a lot of bits i missed (in particular i never copied over some of the custom css work done before and a few bits of header code ec which made old dark mode better. As an example this is why the searchbar was white (old dark mode did have the blacked out search bar). speaking of which, that works now. search bar on dark mode is no longer a big white blob. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticanary Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 this has nothing to do with dark mode but while i was fiddling about i found how to add a font change option to the toolbar i may regret this but lets leave that lying around for a while 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 (edited) I generally like this, but I think the green header and grey background might look better switched. Or have the green be a little less saturated. Also, the "reason for edit" box is barely readable. Edited November 16, 2022 by Neon slight change in idea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apex Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Is the dark theme available for everyone? I've looked all over my profile and settings and can't find it 😅 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticanary Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 3 hours ago, Apex said: Is the dark theme available for everyone? I've looked all over my profile and settings and can't find it 😅 theme change option is at the centre bottom of the page. i've attached a screenshot showing this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apex Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 4 hours ago, roboticanary said: theme change option is at the centre bottom of the page. i've attached a screenshot showing this Thank you! It looks nice 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm_leopardcat Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Ah, titles do not show up properly, for some reason. Like above the author of the post’s name, there is not title of the post visible. And the follow/share button are smaller, and overlapping each other. Just now, Storm_leopardcat said: Ah, titles do not show up properly, for some reason. Like above the author of the post’s name, there is not title of the post visible. And the follow/share button are smaller, and overlapping each other. On 11/17/2022 at 3:42 AM, Neon said: I generally like this, but I think the green header and grey background might look better switched. Or have the green be a little less saturated. Also, the "reason for edit" box is barely readable. I think that’s a great idea! What would a less saturated green look like? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 7 hours ago, Storm_leopardcat said: I think that’s a great idea! What would a less saturated green look like? these are the current colors: and here is how I think it should be: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaAro Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 With transparency, obviously. Since I don't have the original font (used Inter instead) this wasn't going to be 1:1 anyway, so... Sorry if anyone already mentioned it, but the contrast around "Yesterday" is too low. Font should be brighter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaAro Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 ... and if possible the black symbols (speech bubble icon) should be light on dark too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticanary Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 2 hours ago, DeltaAro said: With transparency, obviously. Since I don't have the original font (used Inter instead) this wasn't going to be 1:1 anyway, so... fantastic, just added that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticanary Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 3 hours ago, DeltaAro said: Sorry if anyone already mentioned it, but the contrast around "Yesterday" is too low. Font should be brighter. ok, sorry but can you tell me where on the site this is, i am having an idiot moment and am not sure where this picture was from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticanary Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 On 11/18/2022 at 3:48 PM, Storm_leopardcat said: And the follow/share button are smaller, and overlapping each other. On 11/18/2022 at 3:48 PM, Storm_leopardcat said: that should be fixed now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticanary Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 ok, final chage of today. I am making this theme the new default dark theme. please keep letting me know where there are problems and i will try to improve it, but seeing as this has been regarded as an improvement I think it is good to make this the new standard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaAro Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 14 hours ago, roboticanary said: fantastic, just added that Great! 🚀 13 hours ago, roboticanary said: ok, sorry but can you tell me where on the site this is, i am having an idiot moment and am not sure where this picture was from When you click on "Unread Content", it's on the overview to the left. Do you want a light version of the header, too, so they would geometrically match 1:1? PS: you signature looks odd in dark mode... it should be light on dark. 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticanary Posted November 20, 2022 Author Share Posted November 20, 2022 8 hours ago, DeltaAro said: When you click on "Unread Content", it's on the overview to the left. thank you, i'll have a look at that 8 hours ago, DeltaAro said: Do you want a light version of the header, too, so they would geometrically match 1:1? sure, if you are ok with making it i will happily add it to the site 8 hours ago, DeltaAro said: PS: you signature looks odd in dark mode... it should be light on dark. 😉 yeah, im still not certain what is happening there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaAro Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 On 11/20/2022 at 9:29 PM, roboticanary said: sure, if you are ok with making it i will happily add it to the site Thanks, here is the light version: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticanary Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 3 hours ago, DeltaAro said: Thanks, here is the light version: fantastic! just added this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaAro Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 35 minutes ago, roboticanary said: fantastic! just added this I wonder if it would be better to remove the leftmost black stripe... it wasn't present in the original, and it now looks kind of packed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboticanary Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 6 minutes ago, DeltaAro said: I wonder if it would be better to remove the leftmost black stripe... it wasn't present in the original, and it now looks kind of packed. ok, this is what that looks like. what do you think. I'm not sure which i prefer to be honest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illumi Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 theres a gradient when you scroll down but in the end the site looks cut off. maybe gradient isnt really a good idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm_leopardcat Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 It is difficult to see what is being written in the 'reason for edit' box and in the search bar, because of the specific shade of dark grey that is used for the text. It blends in with the black, or the background colour of the box/bar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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