Are coloured posts equivalent to shouting?
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Are coloured posts equivalent to shouting?
Bernie | Monday, July 15, 2002 - 05:41 am     Having had ALL my family for supper last night, to celebrate my husband's birthday, I was unable to access the feeds, or read any threads until 5am, and have enjoyed reading as much as I could, without actually going through the live feed posts. Without pointing any fingers, because I honestly don't recall the nicks, I seem to be seeing a lot of brightly coloured posts this year, and they do seem to leap rather aggressively out of the screen. Maybe I'm just nitpicking, but don't they get annoying in the same way that 'all caps' posts do? Am I being off-topic? Am I being a pedantic grouch? Is this a 'meow' question? Am I really just jealous because I don't know how to do it myself? All opinions are welcome  |
Penpoint | Monday, July 15, 2002 - 08:05 am     As you can see, Bernie, I color my posts--not to shout, but to add a bit of tone to the field of grey. While I've figured out how to add color, I still don't know how to insert a little smiling devil--we both have something to learn. I look at these various additions as a way for us to personalize our posts. People's voices are distinctive. Their posts can be, too. |
Twiggyish | Monday, July 15, 2002 - 08:14 am     As Pen pointed out (no pun intended), the colorful posting can mean just a variation on posting. I have seen it used for all types of things. For shouting, most people USE ALL CAPS! |
Aria | Monday, July 15, 2002 - 08:16 am     Well said Pen! Personally, I don't mind a little color on the board, it sure makes Jadeygirl's posts easy to find. However, I do recall someone posting in the LF in BB1 in color being asked to post in black because it was hard to read a whole lot of posts in a row in color.  |
Lostinthefog | Monday, July 15, 2002 - 08:40 am     Bernie I am glad you started this thread. I have been extremely annoyed by colored text in posts during BB3 this year. I just figured I was the only one, so I didn't comment on it. Also, I didn't exactly know where to go to make a comment. I for one, consider colored text posts to be "shouting" because they jump off the board just like all CAPS posts do. My eyes are adjusted to black text, and then suddenly the purple text of Penpoint or the blue text of Jadeygirl jump off the page. During the slow off season I find colored posting on this board creative, but now that BB3 has roled around I dread seeing the colors purple and blue. |
Whoami | Monday, July 15, 2002 - 08:47 am     Let's see how this looks.... maybe if it was just colored, and not bolded? Then, the color can be there to add tone and such, but not slap the reader in the face with the color. |
Katrina | Monday, July 15, 2002 - 09:34 am     It is definitely more difficult to read through a board with colored posts. I believe it is a visual contrast issue -- and maybe my eyes are getting a little old! Still, differently colored inks have been easily available for a long time now, yet if you walk into any bookstore or library and open up the books, they're almost all printed in black typeface on a white to off-white background. That's what is kindest to most eyes, and it doesn't distract one's attention away from full appreciation of the content of the writing. |
Mystery | Monday, July 15, 2002 - 10:41 am     Whoami, I like the not-bolded color version better than the other way. Thanks for trying that. I would rather see just regular black type but of course people are free to do what they like. Don't the mods use colored types, though, so their comments (or the fact that they edited something) will stand out? It seems like they will stand out less if other people use colors, too. Bernie, I too appreciate your bringing this up! |
Squaredsc | Monday, July 15, 2002 - 11:00 am     personally i use the purple text 'cause purple is my favorite color. and i may use other colors, but purple is my primary 'cause i like color and the black type is boring, imo. i sometime also add clipart also.  |
Dulci | Monday, July 15, 2002 - 11:04 am     Is it just me? All of a sudden the type on this board is like 24 pts, it's huge! |
Adamblast | Monday, July 15, 2002 - 11:13 am     Dulci -- check your default browser fontsize: it should normally be medium. View >> Text Size >> Medium If you've got a scroll-wheel on your mouse, it's easy to change this default fontsize (on purpose *OR* accidentally) by holding down the CTRL key and scrolling the wheel... |
Mystery | Monday, July 15, 2002 - 11:14 am     It's not that way on mine, Dulci. But now I'm worried because if you're going to see this in huge type, I ought to be saying something profound, don't you think? (afraid to even insert a smiley here because it will be so big....) |
Dulci | Monday, July 15, 2002 - 11:23 am     oh wow Adamblast, thanx! The scroll-wheel ctr key thing worked. Now the font is different LOL, so I'll check the default. I'm just getting used to this IE, I prefer Netscape, but it recently crashed and melted. Thanx! Mystery teehee |
Car54 | Monday, July 15, 2002 - 12:57 pm     Good Thread, Bernie! You are not the only one who finds it hard to follow or read! |
Snee | Monday, July 15, 2002 - 02:43 pm     it's the bold that makes snee-eyes squinty. |
Bernie | Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 07:05 am     Another day filled with family, and so I'm back again at 8am, when there's some peace and quiet! Thanks for your replies everyone-I'm glad I'm not the only one to have weak and weary eyes I'm glad no one was upset, either, because I certainly didn't want to offend anyone with the question. I guess we can do what we always do-be tolerant of the differences between us. And Whoami has the answer! The colour is much more comfortable when it isn't in bold-thanks Whoami Can I ask pretty please that coloured posts be non bold? It makes such a helpful difference, and then we can all be happy. Penpoint, if you click on the 'clipart' heading at the top of the page, it gives you not only instructions on how to use smiley's, like the devil I used above, but also has a list of the smiley's which are available for use on the board. They were kindly pointed out me long ago when I was a newbie, and I printed the section. I actually refer to my printout often, when posting, because although I can recall how to do it, I can never recall all the possible smileys available Now for some fun reading! |
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