Accessify Forum Demos
I made some changes to the post background colours on my demo.Accessify Forum Administrator ~ Nigel Peck / MIS Web Design
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Nigel,
I quite like the alternating colours. Just one thing though, I found the forum logo in the background difficult to distinguish. I realise it's supposed to fade out from left to right, but I even found the extreme left one difficult to view. Maybe I should change my glasses?
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| Gary Miller (fogey) wrote: |
| I quite like the alternating colours. Just one thing though, I found the forum logo in the background difficult to distinguish. I realise it's supposed to fade out from left to right, but I even found the extreme left one difficult to view. Maybe I should change my glasses? |
Yer it's just supposed to be a subtle touch that's either noticed or not, I don't want to distract from the posts.
I removed the report links from the demo.
Accessify Forum Administrator ~ Nigel Peck / MIS Web Design
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OK. That makes sense.
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I changed my demo to use % sizes for the columns.
Perhaps the backgrounds on the posts are too fussy and should go completely? Maybe black on white would be best? I'm just trying to give it a friendly feel.
I removed unnecessary titles.
I think a title of "reply to this post with quote" on "Quote" links is useful, it's not self explanatory to everyone, only those who know forums, I think this helps users who are not. It provides extra information about the link, as it should.
Accessify Forum Administrator ~ Nigel Peck / MIS Web Design
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Wouldn't black on white be a bit stark, unfriendly and unwelcoming? I think the background colours on the demo are OK...still not sure about the logos though.
As you say, they may intrude on the user's interaction.
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I definitely like the colours and the fade. How about just having one instance of the logo, maybe a bit smaller so that it doesn't actually underlap the comment itself?James Coltham - Local gov web manager by day, web and accessibility blogger at lunchtime, freelancer by night. Tweets at @prettysimple.
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| James wrote: |
| I definitely like the colours and the fade. How about just having one instance of the logo, maybe a bit smaller so that it doesn't actually underlap the comment itself? |
Good idea, I changed it to be like that, still not sure though. Looks a bit odd blocked by the username and date, maybe one bigger one, but faded? Or maybe it's fine as it is?
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Hey, I quite like that! It does look a bit odd under the username, but you already know from the forum index who the last poster was - does it matter?
Keep going Nigel!
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The faded logo has turned out nice. Good job, Nigel! Would a slightly stronger background colour be OK for contrast? The colours start out vibrant but end up a bit chalky, imho.
If you use title text, remember to start it with a capital letter!
I would prefer the name and date links to use the same colours as other text links in the design. More consistent. At the moment, looks a bit like those sites which wrap everything in <abbr title> and put data inside the title.
You were thinking of replacing the <hr> between message and signature with something else? Applying border-top to each <div class="signature"> would be fine by me.
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| Ben Millard (Cerbera) wrote: |
| The faded logo has turned out nice. Good job, Nigel! Would a slightly stronger background colour be OK for contrast? The colours start out vibrant but end up a bit chalky, imho. |
I agree, I increased it slightly, maybe it needs a little more?
| Ben Millard (Cerbera) wrote: |
| If you use title text, remember to start it with a capital letter! |
Done. I also changed it to "Reply, quoting this post" as I think that makes its function more clear than the previous "reply to this post with quote".
| Ben Millard (Cerbera) wrote: |
| I would prefer the name and date links to use the same colours as other text links in the design. More consistent. At the moment, looks a bit like those sites which wrap everything in <abbr title> and put data inside the title. |
They dominated a bit too much like that, I'm trying to keep the focus off them, and on the content of the posts. I like the current style.
| Ben Millard (Cerbera) wrote: |
| You were thinking of replacing the <hr> between message and signature with something else? Applying border-top to each <div class="signature"> would be fine by me. |
Done.
Accessify Forum Administrator ~ Nigel Peck / MIS Web Design
"Everything I say is not meant to be set in stone" - Van Morrison
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