Dark Mode - Feedback please

[Veseleil]

It's good so far. I can finally retire my midnight lizard custom theme for this website. Still might be a bit too dark/contrasted for my taste, but I'm happy we have it at last.
Though, why not add a couple of presets to maybe better suit for everyone's taste?

And now please add it to the home page as well...

 

[A Computer Guy]

I'm not sure if this is a bug or not but there is a distinct lack of Darth Vader laughing in the background as one toggles to dark mode and experiences the new found joy.

{edit} testing YT link in dark mode for science!

 

[Thimblewad]

Can also confirm it looks good on mobile, great job!

 

[Cybrnook2002]

Not sure if related, but users "system specs" has a transparent background making it very difficult to read.

Tested on latest Brave and Edge browser.

EDIT: Works fine in dark mode, issue only exists in default style.

 

[OneMoar]

god dam about fking time no longer will the forum cause snowblindness

couple things the "stars" on user profiles need updating and could do with a slightly larger bolder font to combat aliasing / readability issues

 

[W1zzard]

I'm getting the smilies and the stars fixed and then we can go live?

EDIT: Works fine in dark mode, issue only exists in default style.

Yeah that's a known issue, but I'll switch the Dark Mode WIP style to Default Style soon (it supports both light and dark)

 

[OneMoar]

works good enough id like to see font options but that may require effort. the default font type is a bit harder to read due to the char size and outline on dark backrounds but its usable enough

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

Uh, sorry, I meant for the moderator blue, not for the standard user blue

Yep, I was showing one reason a simple darker blue for mods would be an issue on profile pages.

A few samples:


The last one is what it is currently.

Edit: 0033CC and 9900CC. Sorry it's fuzzy, I was using MS paint

 

[W1zzard]

works good enough id like to see font options but that may require effort. the default font type is a bit harder to read due to the char size and outline on dark backrounds but its usable enough

Can't change fonts unfortunately, it would affect both light and dark

Yep, I was showing one reason a simple darker blue for mods would be an issue on profile pages.

A few samples:
View attachment 399348View attachment 399349View attachment 399350

The last one is what it is currently.

Edit: 0033CC and 9900CC. Sorry it's fuzzy, I was using MS paint

How about I made the user column background a little bit less dark?

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

How about I made the user column background a little bit less dark?

Could work. I don't mind the mild purple, myself, but I understand if you want to keep a similar theme to what was before. What color did you have in mind? I could plug that into that little sample.

Also, what specifically is the current moderator color?

 

[AusWolf]

I've just had a go (on PC). Some emojis are out of whack with white outlines around them. Other than that, it looks great.

Edit: I've always hated large walls of text, but they're even harder to read now for some reason. I can't put my finger on why.

 

[Macro Device]

Outline is a little bit too subtle to my liking.

Also this blue is a tad too bright. Maybe dim it?

 

[W1zzard]

Could work. I don't mind the mild purple, myself, but I understand if you want to keep a similar theme to what was before. What color did you have in mind? I could plug that into that little sample.

Also, what specifically is the current moderator color?

Reload, how's this?

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

Here it is with 0033cc:

 

[W1zzard]

Here it is with 0033cc:

We can have two different colors, but I'd like them to be a similar hue to avoid confusion. This should be the case with the live colors on the site right now

Also this blue is a tad too bright. Maybe dim it?

Done

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

And with 9900cc:

We can have two different colors, but I'd like them to be a similar hue to avoid confusion. This should be the case with the live colors on the site right now

I personally don't mind what color it is, just figured you would like to see it some other ways.

 

[W1zzard]

Outline is a little bit too subtle to my liking.

Which outline?

And with 9900cc:

Purple works very well, but not sure about the color itself for the mods

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

The sidebar seems OK, with the current colors, but it isn't super distinct in places like this:

 

[KrazyT]

Feedback :
So far so good !

 

[W1zzard]

Some emojis are out of whack with white outlines around them

Confirmed, this is being fixed

 

[Macro Device]

Which outline?

Posts are essentially bubbles in here and all of them sport an outline.

 

[W1zzard]

Posts are essentially bubbles in here and all of them sport an outline.

so the outline around posts specifically? or others too?

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

The color gradient on the page buttons (mobile only) is a little odd, as well.

It starts darker than the background and ends lighter.

 

[Macro Device]

so the outline around posts specifically?

Yes.

 

[W1zzard]

> Borders

Better now?