I'm also having a couple of new styles imported in the next day or two which will hopefully make ESMB feel a bit more like home.
Website hell, we used to call it.
All websites are hell. I've done it before.
Not to sound like a nag but rather to explain clearly . . .
I hope among the new themes we'll have as optional
look and feel are some darker text ones with no pastels.
Why?
A lot of people might be accessing the site on their smart phones, maybe on their lunch hours (me) sitting outside in the sun or riding in a car or bus.
More and more message board browsing is moving to smart phones and iPads (sometimes in difficult lighting conditions).
Some of the current
light grey text and
white text in a pastel band is very hard or
impossible to read right now in the sun. At least on my iPad.
Here's some examples of what I mean:
Cannot see well on smart phone / iPad.
White text with much darker banner would be better.
Ditto.
Darker color plus much darker grey or black would be better.
Ditto.
Darker color plus a much darker grey or black would be better.
This stuff does not show up well on the mobile devices that people are moving to nowadays. Hence, my suggestion.
I won't mention that most of your membership here is probably over 40 and can't see worth a shit anyways. I just won't go there.
Thanks for your work. I've been there!
Design by committee! Good times!