05-21-2010, 10:40 AM
Hi biL,
Couple of things you might not know about red type here at Big Blue:
1) There are in fact four "schemes" available to members; some have a white background. Red on white is not so hard to read. Individual members are free to change this preference under the User Control Panel.
2) Some, if not all, of the red text is automatically formatted. For example, links generally appear in red through no particular action of the poster. E.g. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.hotrak.ca">http://www.hotrak.ca</a><!-- m --> <-- this link now appears red and has been automatically parsed (added http:, etc) through no direct action by me.
Note that if you use Gauge Lite for example (black text on a light grey background), the red is not used for links rather it is underlined and your yellow text becomes unreadable for the same reason as red on blue.
In fact, this very issue was discussed by the staff at length, and lead to the additional schemes being introduced. If you feel we should pursue this further, we can do so, but please don't SHOUT.
Andrew
Couple of things you might not know about red type here at Big Blue:
1) There are in fact four "schemes" available to members; some have a white background. Red on white is not so hard to read. Individual members are free to change this preference under the User Control Panel.
2) Some, if not all, of the red text is automatically formatted. For example, links generally appear in red through no particular action of the poster. E.g. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.hotrak.ca">http://www.hotrak.ca</a><!-- m --> <-- this link now appears red and has been automatically parsed (added http:, etc) through no direct action by me.
Note that if you use Gauge Lite for example (black text on a light grey background), the red is not used for links rather it is underlined and your yellow text becomes unreadable for the same reason as red on blue.
In fact, this very issue was discussed by the staff at length, and lead to the additional schemes being introduced. If you feel we should pursue this further, we can do so, but please don't SHOUT.
Andrew