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Can the ability to change usernames be added? There is a plugin that should do it for this forum software I think...

 

Why though? I'd really like to have my username changed.

 

Ok I understand. Thanks.

 

Any chance you could add a light theme based on the new one? The new one is great for several reasons, not least the fact it's HiDPI (apart from avatars sadly, but I guess has more to do with the set limit). But dark themes aren't fit for reading.

 

Yes, I saw those. They look blurry and pixelated on a HiDPI monitor though (and they are honestly not very good looking), while the new and modern one doesn't.

It's of course individual how much it affects you, but it's a well known fact that light text on dark backgrounds is more tiresome to read and that's why text heavy sites like newspapers avoid them. It's also a fact that people spend less time on average on sites like this.

But, I do understand if you have other priorities of course. It was merely a suggestion. I really would appreciate if you could offer it though.

 

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to insult you. I don't know whether you also designed the original theme it was based on, but copying a somewhat dated design doesn't make it your design. And if you did, it wasn't bad for the time. And as far as I recall, it seems like there were several improvements done this time around, while it still retains much of what I don't personally appreciate with the original (hence my earlier comment).

In any case I'm sure those who are nostalgic about the old style appreciate it and I do of course applaud you for spending so much time to remake it in order to please them.

Also you don't seem to know the difference between HiDPI and high reolution, so I'll fill you in. DPI has to do with pixel density (it should really be PPI as DPI is a printing term, but believe me, I'm not the person who coined "HiDPI"), meaning that I'm using a screen which uses far more pixel per inch, allowing for more detail than traditional screens. This is what you see on modern smartphones and tablets and an increasing number of PC monitors. Apple uses their "Retina" brand for these products. I'm personally on a regular laptop running Windows.

About the comment about spending less time, it wasn't meant as a silly threat or anything. I just thought it might be worth to consider. The web is full of studies from the past 30 years years confirming that, so it may affect other visitors as well.

Lastly, I only have experience with phpBB and InvisionFree themes, but in those cases it's fairly easy to just change some color values of existing themes.

 

I like you retro, but that was kinda passive aggressive.

The guy basically want another palette on the dark theme, is that doable or not? He wasn't complaining on your work itself, just his preference.

That said, I totally prefer light gray on dark with sans fonts to read on a screen and black on white with serif font to read on paper, it just feels more natural. I basically spend everyday all day reading both paper and screens and the opposite "wears" me more.

 

Sure, I'll drop my request.
But let me clarify one thing. I really had no intention to be patronizing at all. First of all, I had no clue you were involved with the making of this theme to any extent. Secondly, I did not know you're a photographer. As there are many things about the blue theme which are not optimized for HiDPI and you talked about high definition, it just seemed like you didn't understand what I was trying to explain, so I attempted to clarify.

 

The white theme, not just the Sonic one, are all wide compared to the dark theme which has less width and easier to read. Any chance of fixing this?

http://i.imgur.com/zo27jsn.png
http://i.imgur.com/Pc6HQpO.png

And any chance of bigger avatars? I liked how it was before with avatars.

 

It's a bit odd, though. There should be at least an option for white to have a similar layout for those who like the black layout but not the darker color.

About the avatars, why's that persay?

 

Community videos submitted to Kev to put on YouTube under the site name, might get the site some change from YouTube and get more content out in the wild for people to look at. I've got tonnes of psp stuff to get through..

 

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