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Well, you whined asked for it
And to think that it only took us a year to implement code that’s been available for 3 years.
Given that there’s no consensus as to which is best (dark or light background,) we’ve followed The Editors‘ lead and added the possibility for you, the user, to switch back and forth between our regular style and Georgia Blue Plain Jane. (See “How should I look” on the right.)
For reasons we are too drunk to explore the result isn’t entirely satisfactory in IE6, with the links on the right being displayed on some weird blue background. If you know why, tell us. If you don’t and want to complain, leave us alone, we’re drunk!
automophant said,
August 19, 2004 at 23:24
(sound of monitors exploding)
agh! jeez!
well seb, there goes that readership. nobody will ever trust you again.
Pete M. said,
August 19, 2004 at 23:30
nobody will ever trust you again.
Who trusted him before?
automophant said,
August 19, 2004 at 23:40
Shh! He’s drunk and doesn’t know we’re here.
It’s all peaceful and black in here still. Not like the eye-stabbing photon blast a page back.
I’m trapped here, actually. I can’t hit the ‘back’ button without the pain taking over.
Sadly, No! said,
August 19, 2004 at 23:46
sound of monitors exploding
That was just me dropping my wine glass. Sorry.
z said,
August 19, 2004 at 23:53
Check your background: property in the css for those divs. Looks like you’re setting the text color correctly, but the backgrounds are being fed a different value…
automophant said,
August 19, 2004 at 23:57
I can hear your voice, Seb, but I can’t see you. Why is it so dark in here?
…Oh no. A distant, swirly glow — a tunnel. I can’t feel my body.
Not yet, Seb! It’s too soon! I want to go back!
SullyWatch said,
August 20, 2004 at 0:22
The gray’s OK. But go back to that zestier orange or whatever for linked text.
George said,
August 20, 2004 at 1:35
Hey, where’s my stuff???
Steve said,
August 20, 2004 at 3:16
Never mind the colour scheme: under Opera the text of hyperlinks is about 20 point. In the right-hand column it all overlaps. That is fugly.
Katie said,
August 20, 2004 at 3:28
That’s a great idea and should please everybody. IE really sucks and is hard to code for. 8(
Katie said,
August 20, 2004 at 3:47
It looks fine to me in IE 6.0.28, but the dotted line around the content moves ever so slightly when you mouse-over the links. It’s strange.
Pam said,
August 20, 2004 at 3:48
So, may this be considered a Sadly, No flip-flop?
Scorpio said,
August 20, 2004 at 3:54
The brain processes black-on-white a good 30% faster than white-on-black. I’m in favor of fast.
Scorpio
Eccentricity
automophant said,
August 20, 2004 at 4:03
Steve:
I ADMIRED that layout in Opera. It looked designy, and like nothing else on the Web.
Most people never saw the site that way, but it’s worth looking at, if you have Opera and grab up an old page from the Google-cache.
Whether it’s replicable for other browsers, I don’t know.
Katie said,
August 20, 2004 at 4:27
Scorpio you totally made that up.
Sadly, No! said,
August 20, 2004 at 11:21
Z: We’re using the styles straight from MT without changes. The fact that they work in Firefox and not in IE makes us too mad to get it figured out.
SW: We’ve gone to a new and different zesty color for links.
Re: Opera — yes, the one time we saw S,N! in Opera we weren’t impressed.
Cowboy Cody said,
August 20, 2004 at 16:24
Black background. Screw the naysayers.
nolo said,
August 20, 2004 at 22:54
Thank you for the option to remain white on black. Who knew my comment would have such an impact?
nolo said,
August 20, 2004 at 22:54
Thank you for the option to remain white on black. Who knew my comment would have such an impact?