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Title: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Mozo on August 31, 2007, 07:03:40 AM
This post may be classed by Barman as a carp ... I think it is fair criticism.

Does anyone other member have the same difficulty in reading our topic titles because they are light blue?

It's a right sod for me. ::)

Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Barman on August 31, 2007, 07:08:04 AM
 rubschin:
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Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Snoopy on August 31, 2007, 07:19:37 AM
Click on PROFILE
Click on Look and Layout Preferences
Click on Current Theme - Change

All users are currently using the same (default) setting. If you click on Change you can alter the setting to an alternate that may suit your needs better. Can't guarantee it but try it and let us know if it is any better. On offer is a more basic format that looks to me to be easier to read if the light blue is the difficulty.

Hope it makes a difference
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Snoopy on August 31, 2007, 07:29:07 AM
I've tried it out and am using it at the moment. Seems to me that the blue thread headings are clearer ~ though still blue. It is certainly more "basic".


PS
For a quick edit .... If the above does not improve your viewing pleasure perhaps you could try adjusting the contrast and colour settings on your monitor. That should "Sharpen" the image.
Title: HARD TO READ !
Post by: Mozo on August 31, 2007, 10:48:07 AM
Does anyone else share my problem.

Topic headings printed in light blue, are too difficult to read.

Why not black, like body typeface?

Yeah yeah! So I am a VIP ... Visually Impaired Person.

My Mother told me I might, so I asked if I could just do it until I needed glasses.

It IS addictive!  noooo:
Title: Re: HARD TO READ !
Post by: Nick on August 31, 2007, 10:51:31 AM
Is there an echo in here?
Title: Re: HARD TO READ !
Post by: Snoopy on August 31, 2007, 11:28:35 AM
I give up  ::)
Title: Re: HARD TO READ !
Post by: The Moan Ranger on August 31, 2007, 11:45:49 AM
 ::)

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Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Misunderstood on August 31, 2007, 12:33:06 PM
I've tried it out and am using it at the moment. Seems to me that the blue thread headings are clearer ~ though still blue. It is certainly more "basic".


PS
For a quick edit .... If the above does not improve your viewing pleasure perhaps you could try adjusting the contrast and colour settings on your monitor. That should "Sharpen" the image.

...or just highlight the text you are trying to read.
Title: Re: HARD TO READ !
Post by: Nick on August 31, 2007, 12:42:32 PM
Or just highlight the text you are trying to read!
Title: Re: HARD TO READ !
Post by: Uncle Mort on August 31, 2007, 12:46:11 PM
There is an echo in here.
Title: Re: HARD TO READ !
Post by: Snoopy on August 31, 2007, 12:46:50 PM
Echo Canyon, Colorado.
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Title: Re: HARD TO READ !
Post by: Uncle Mort on August 31, 2007, 12:48:57 PM
Quote
From nine till five I have to spend my time at work
The job is very boring, I'm an office clerk
The only thing that helps pass the time away
Is knowing I'll be back at Echo Beach some day
Title: Re: HARD TO READ !
Post by: Nick on August 31, 2007, 12:50:49 PM
In an idle moment last night I used Google Earth to revisit some of my holiday locations when I was, er, young.

Sad really. ANd odd to see how some places are unchanged whilst others have been massively developed in the interim (but not Sikinos)
Title: Re: HARD TO READ !
Post by: Misunderstood on August 31, 2007, 02:15:48 PM
I have just finished trying to work out how apparently said what I said when I didn't seem to have said it at all...
 evil:

I am trying to cope with a nervous breakdown (No, not me - my computer) and am somewhat preoccupied...

Also have to type fast before it re-boots - again!   evil:
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Misunderstood on August 31, 2007, 02:16:40 PM
Why ARE there two versions of this dumb thread?
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Barman on August 31, 2007, 02:18:23 PM
Why ARE there two versions of this dumb thread?
shrugs:
I've been out all day...
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Barman on August 31, 2007, 02:30:52 PM
Merged!  happy088
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Nick on August 31, 2007, 02:32:15 PM
Does that help?
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Barman on August 31, 2007, 02:32:55 PM
Does that help?
I dunno... I still can't read it...  noooo:
Title: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Nick on August 31, 2007, 02:38:19 PM
Is there some way of changing the background or foreground colours on here? I find some of the stuff a bit hard to read.
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Barman on August 31, 2007, 02:39:31 PM
Is there some way of changing the background or foreground colours on here? I find some of the stuff a bit hard to read.
::)
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Barman on August 31, 2007, 02:40:53 PM
Merged!  cussing:
Title: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Nick on August 31, 2007, 02:42:19 PM
Where did my thread go?
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Barman on August 31, 2007, 02:43:26 PM
Merged!  point:
Title: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Nick on August 31, 2007, 02:44:48 PM
That stuff they put on food labels now is too small. I shall have to start taking a magnifying glass with me to the shops cry:
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Barman on August 31, 2007, 02:46:23 PM
 cussing:

How many hard to read threads do we need??

I'm guessing the answer lies in the range <1

Prepare to be merged!
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Nick on August 31, 2007, 02:48:30 PM
This is getting confusing surrender:
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Barman on August 31, 2007, 02:50:03 PM
This is getting confusing surrender:
Funny thing is that Mozo will find it all hard to read...  whistle:
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Nick on August 31, 2007, 02:51:46 PM
And then he will start another Hard to Read thread.

Perhaps I should get one ready for him?
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Barman on August 31, 2007, 02:52:09 PM
And then he will start another Hard to Read thread.

Perhaps I should get one ready for him?
Banghead
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Snoopy on August 31, 2007, 05:05:55 PM
You all missed the point.
In his first "Hard to Read" thread Mozo was asking if anything could be done to help him as he found the light blue difficult to read ~ understandable and I tried to help him with a couple of suggestions.
In his second "Hard to Read" thread he was in fact alluding to the fact that his mother had told him the wanking would ruin his eyesight and he asked if he could just do it (ie wank) until he needed glasses. Unfortunately he didn't stop in time!
Which is why I didn't merge the two and played along with the picture of Echo Canyon etc.

If the old bugger makes a joke do at least try to find it   ::)




Y'know it's getting harder to find the staff with every passing day.  Banghead
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Nick on August 31, 2007, 07:25:20 PM
I found that quite hard to read! cry:
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Snoopy on August 31, 2007, 07:29:11 PM
I found that quite hard to read! cry:

Not as hard as I found it to type ~ through a haze of soot evil:
SWMBO has just called ~ she is ten minutes away  scared2:
Do I still have time to make a break for it?
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Nick on August 31, 2007, 07:29:48 PM
We have a spare room.

LEG IT!!!
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Mozo on August 31, 2007, 07:38:01 PM
Click on PROFILE
Click on Look and Layout Preferences
Click on Current Theme - Change

All users are currently using the same (default) setting. If you click on Change you can alter the setting to an alternate that may suit your needs better. Can't guarantee it but try it and let us know if it is any better. On offer is a more basic format that looks to me to be easier to read if the light blue is the difficulty.

Hope it makes a difference

Thank you Nick, but where is the "change" you say?
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Snoopy on August 31, 2007, 07:40:55 PM
CURRENT THEME, NEXT TO IT THERE IS, IN BLUE, THE WORD CHANGE. CLICK ON THAT AND IT OFFERS OPTIONS. SELECT BASIC

BY THE WAY I'M NOT NICK
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Snoopy on August 31, 2007, 07:44:02 PM
We have a spare room.

LEG IT!!!

Given the options of a  thatsit: from SWMBO and sharing a duvet with Marmite I'll pass if it's all the same to you. Thanks for the offer though ~ much appreciated.
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Marmite the Cat on August 31, 2007, 07:56:07 PM
Come see me, big boy!
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Mozo on August 31, 2007, 08:21:27 PM
You all missed the point.
In his first "Hard to Read" thread Mozo was asking if anything could be done to help him as he found the light blue difficult to read ~ understandable and I tried to help him with a couple of suggestions.
In his second "Hard to Read" thread he was in fact alluding to the fact that his mother had told him the wanking would ruin his eyesight and he asked if he could just do it (ie wank) until he needed glasses. Unfortunately he didn't stop in time!
Which is why I didn't merge the two and played along with the picture of Echo Canyon etc.

If the old bugger makes a joke do at least try to find it   ::)




Y'know it's getting harder to find the staff with every passing day.  Banghead
Profound apologies Snoopy, for confusing you with Nick! (not that there's anything wrong with Nick).

My Horlicks is not working ... it's just after 6 am here and I am flaked out! Tried to do the "change" thing and am totally bollocksed.
Will try again tomorrow. Ta ... ever so!
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Snoopy on August 31, 2007, 08:27:28 PM
SWMBO  seems to have taken it fairly well.
If hysterical crying, wailing and beating her head against the wall can be considered normal that is.
I think the cries of "How could you let them do this you stupid b@st@rd" indicate that the blame is being apportioned between the workmen and me in an even handed manner.
 I do not take too seriously the promise to "Geld them and you when they return on Monday" as it is probably emotional talk.
 I'm still flying but may have to bail out soon.
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Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Marmite the Cat on August 31, 2007, 08:28:24 PM
I can cope.  Come see me!!
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: GROWLER on September 01, 2007, 09:01:56 AM
FFS. Just how much discussion can this 'topic' receive?  ::)
May I suggest you either get a decent pair of specs or a braille monitor.

What's next? Blisters on your fingers through typing too much shite?
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Snoopy on September 01, 2007, 10:10:51 AM
FFS. Just how much discussion can this 'topic' receive?  ::)
May I suggest you either get a decent pair of specs or a braille monitor.

What's next? Blisters on your fingers through typing too much shite?

Or blisters on your arse for sitting there reading it all  whistle:
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Misunderstood on September 01, 2007, 01:03:06 PM
I think I have lost the thread of this - er - thread.

No, on second thoughts, I'm certain I've lost it.   surrender:
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Snoopy on September 01, 2007, 02:21:52 PM
I think I have lost the thread of this - er - thread.

No, on second thoughts, I'm certain I've lost it.   surrender:

I should leave it there if I were you ~ what started as a perfectly normal plea from Moz for help with reading the light blue on this board and an attempt to help him got mixed up with a joke from Mozo about the possible cause of his blindness. Unfortunately Our revered and respected leader (All Hail his name) missed the joke and merged the threads. Now we have two threads on two not dissimilar subjects running together as one. At about that point Nick made a comment about something that he and I had been PMing about and I responded to that comment. From there on it all went downhill faster that a tanker of Darwin's finest slurry. OK?
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Barman on September 01, 2007, 03:05:14 PM
I think I have lost the thread of this - er - thread.

No, on second thoughts, I'm certain I've lost it.   surrender:

I should leave it there if I were you ~ what started as a perfectly normal plea from Moz for help with reading the light blue on this board and an attempt to help him got mixed up with a joke from Mozo about the possible cause of his blindness. Unfortunately Our revered and respected leader (All Hail his name) missed the joke and merged the threads. Now we have two threads on two not dissimilar subjects running together as one. At about that point Nick made a comment about something that he and I had been PMing about and I responded to that comment. From there on it all went downhill faster that a tanker of Darwin's finest slurry. OK?
I got carried away with the merge tool then...  redface:
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Misunderstood on September 01, 2007, 06:49:28 PM
Oh!





He should have gone to Cambridge.
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Marmite the Cat on September 01, 2007, 07:43:52 PM
He should have come to me.  My men complete their tasks on time.  Sometimes ahead of time, even ::)
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: GROWLER on September 01, 2007, 08:07:49 PM
Blast from the past:




WHAT IS THIS SHITE?
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Marmite the Cat on September 01, 2007, 08:08:44 PM
Growler. Growler. Someone ruffling your fur the wrong way??

Tsk
Title: Re: HARD TO READ!
Post by: Mozo on September 02, 2007, 10:24:35 PM
Do you think it's easy to get Marmite off your duvet ?