Goodbye Classic Skin - PF Prime Now Available

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  • #31
Evo said:
Plays "Taps".

go to "click here for a sound file of taps"

http://www.tapsbugler.com/TapsPDFandsound.html

A moment of silence please.

I prefer the printable type, so I could y'know sing it.

Greg Bernhardt said:
If you two could be more descriptive on what things you don't like. I can see someone being indifferent to the skin, but it's a neutral skin with "cool" colors with no flash and less intensive graphics. How can you "hate" that?

for me, it's the grey color. it's just bland (imho) which is why i prefer the plain blue-white color of the classic skin. but you know do what you have to do. no biggie
 
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  • #32
shmoe said:
Hmm, I hadn't tried Prime before now. It's simpler than nexus, very good! Would it be hard to allow users to customize their own choice of colours, or to just allow a few different options with the same layout? I'd expect this could satisfy some of the 'hard on the eyes complaints'. A choice of this simpler skin is very much appreciated though!


Agree, the simple prime format is nice,
...liked the classic blue color though,
glad Opera has the yellow User mode, ...sunshine
:wink: :smile:
 
  • #33
I also don't like the bland grey color. Its not only that its a little bit too bright to comfortably look at for long periods, but it makes the whole forum look boring.
 
  • #34
OK, I am adapting to Prime.

However, it appears that the Journals area is not visible in the Prime skin, or am I being somewhat imperceptive?

And in the Nexus skin, I don't see the FAQ link.
 
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  • #35
Astronuc said:
However, it appears that the Journals area is not visible in the Prime skin
Yep, Greg is fixing it.
 
  • #36
PIT2 said:
I also don't like the bland grey color. Its not only that its a little bit too bright to comfortably look at for long periods, but it makes the whole forum look boring.
You don't like it because it's too bright, others don't like it because it's not bright enough. Are you all looking at the same forum? Incidentally, white is brighter than gray. :biggrin:

And Prime does have blue, it's just light blue instead of dark blue. :-p I think some folks need to adjust their monitor color settings. :wink:
 
  • #37
The_Professional said:
for me, it's the grey color. it's just bland (imho) which is why i prefer the plain blue-white color of the classic skin. but you know do what you have to do. no biggie
It's too bland, so you'd prefer something plain? :bugeye:

(Okay, maybe I shouldn't have had coffee at 11 PM, but that struck me as pretty funny in my current caffeine-induced insomnia.)
 
  • #38
PIT2 said:
I also don't like the bland grey color. Its not only that its a little bit too bright to comfortably look at for long periods, but it makes the whole forum look boring.
The "Prime" skin is blue on my monitor.

Also, Prime has the members list, which I like. It's missing in the Nexus version. :frown:
 
  • #39
Evo said:
The "Prime" skin is blue on my monitor.
Yes, it's blue on mine too, though my laptop color settings aren't as good, so it looks grayer on that.

Also, Prime has the members list, which I like. It's missing in the Nexus version. :frown:
Oh, sure, make me switch back to Prime to see what you're talking about. :rolleyes: :biggrin: I guess it isn't anything I've missed.

Edit: Oh, okay, that. Maybe Greg can stick that into the menu options in Nexus so we can get to it without needing to add another button to the toolbar?
 
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  • #40
I get used to Nexus' colors, so I'm not going to switch to Prime right now!:smile:
Moonbear said:
Yes, it's blue on mine too, though my laptop color settings aren't as good, so it looks grayer on that.


Oh, sure, make me switch back to Prime to see what you're talking about. :rolleyes: :biggrin: I guess it isn't anything I've missed.

Edit: Oh, okay, that. Maybe Greg can stick that into the menu options in Nexus so we can get to it without needing to add another button to the toolbar?
If I was a mentor, I just picked up some names from the member list and start issuing warnings whenver I was bored!o:) [/size]
 
  • #41
tha't's why you're not a mentor ;)
 
  • #42
This is the color i get as most 'blue' on prime(its the bgcolor in quoted texts):

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/7731/notblue0zt.jpg

I don't think it qualifies as blue, but as grey :)
Is there any way to check?

I know when the RGB values are all equal then its true grey, and here its:
216 - 223 - 228
 
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  • #43
PIT2 said:
This is the color i get as most 'blue' on prime(its the bgcolor in quoted texts):

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/7731/notblue0zt.jpg

I don't think it qualifies as blue, but as grey :)
Is there any way to check?

I know when the RGB values are all equal then its true grey, and here its:
216 - 223 - 228

It is a blue
 
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  • #44
Greg Bernhardt said:
It is a blue
And a lovely blue it is too. :biggrin:
 
  • #45
PIT2 said:
This is the color i get as most 'blue' on prime(its the bgcolor in quoted texts):

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/7731/notblue0zt.jpg

I don't think it qualifies as blue, but as grey :)
Is there any way to check?

I know when the RGB values are all equal then its true grey, and here its:
216 - 223 - 228
If you take a look at your own attachement, you'll notice it IS a hue of blue :rolleyes:
 
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  • #46
It looks grey to me. So does PF Prime when I look at it (It looks very blue on my regular computer)
 
  • #47
Monique said:
If you take a look at your own attachement, you'll notice it IS a hue of blue :rolleyes:

The RGB value is 216 - 223 - 228.

This means it is extremely close to being completely grey (228-228-228 being grey)
Just to put things in perspective:
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/3306/primebluyegrey8yg.jpg

In other words, it might as well have been a hue of red or green, it would still look mostly grey.
And this is what i think makes the site look bland.
 
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  • #48
Nope, it's got more blue than red and green, so it's blue. You can tell by the columns it's appearing in in your attached image. :biggrin:

Edit: Here is a comparison of various combinations of those "number values" and the associated colors, all placed on a 228-228-228 gray background for clarity. :biggrin:
 

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