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Shamikebab · 8 Jul 2009 at 23:45

BigglesPiP said:
So your sig works on a black background?

Yep, it's a little harder to see but still visible. The background is dark grey, not black.

Kreeeee · 8 Jul 2009 at 23:45

Calibrate your monitor properly then

At 120CD/m2 it should be perfectly fine.

Faded · 8 Jul 2009 at 23:46

ScarySquirrel said:
I use the blue theme at home and the black theme at work.

I do exactly the same, the black doesn't have so much of a "HEY LOOK AT ME, I'M ON AN INTERNET FORUM" thing going for it

Pudney · 8 Jul 2009 at 23:47

Never liked it when the announcement was first made, now I find I do. I blame this on getting older.

djmc0 · 8 Jul 2009 at 23:47

BigglesPiP said:
So your sig works on a black background?

It does, as I used transparencies, if you want your 'blue' turned to a transparency, email in trust.

Le_Petit_Lapin · 8 Jul 2009 at 23:47

mrk said:
Spyder 2?

Yeah, bloody handy wee thing it is too, can grab them cheap on Fleabay now too. Didn't work so well on my Hanns.G second monitor though, was fine on the Dell main screen however, so I can live with that.

Why do monitors come with default settings that are shot to hell out of interest? Couldn't manufacturers just calibrate them properly at the factory?

BigglesPiP · 8 Jul 2009 at 23:49

djmc0 said:
It does, as I used transparencies, if you want your 'blue' turned to a transparency, email in trust.

It won't work, the shadow is black.

Kreeeee · 8 Jul 2009 at 23:50

djmc0 said:
It does, as I used transparencies, if you want your 'blue' turned to a transparency, email in trust.

I believe his point was that you have black and transparent as your 2 colours, so on a pure black background it would all be black (I'm aware the "black" theme is not actually black).

djmc0 · 8 Jul 2009 at 23:52

BigglesPiP said:
It won't work, the shadow is black.

tis true, I realised after I posted.

djmc0 · 8 Jul 2009 at 23:54

Kreeeee said:
I believe his point was that you have black and transparent as your 2 colours, so on a pure black background it would all be black (I'm aware the "black" theme is not actually black).

That is true, but I never realised that the 'black' theme wasn't actually black till tonight, and that is why I realised that my sig actually still does work.

BigglesPiP · 8 Jul 2009 at 23:55

If it's slightly lighter than black my sig might work, hows it look now?

djmc0 · 9 Jul 2009 at 00:01

BigglesPiP said:
If it's slightly lighter than black my sig might work, hows it look now?

Hey, it works!

mrk · 9 Jul 2009 at 00:02

djmc0 said:
That is true, but I never realised that the 'black' theme wasn't actually black till tonight, and that is why I realised that my sig actually still does work.

Why not add a subtle glow to aid in black theme usage and also looks fine on blue?

Here here I did some handywork:

Sample:

Faded · 9 Jul 2009 at 00:03

BigglesPiP said:
If it's slightly lighter than black my sig might work, hows it look now?

Looks fine:

mrk · 9 Jul 2009 at 00:04

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
Yeah, bloody handy wee thing it is too, can grab them cheap on Fleabay now too. Didn't work so well on my Hanns.G second monitor though, was fine on the Dell main screen however, so I can live with that.

Why do monitors come with default settings that are shot to hell out of interest? Couldn't manufacturers just calibrate them properly at the factory?

Every monitor is different (even the same models) so to calibrating at the factory would be a huge time consumer and a waste of money since recalibration is needed to be done every few months as backlights shift!

djmc0 · 9 Jul 2009 at 00:05

mrk said:
Why not add a subtle glow to aid in black theme usage and also looks fine on blue?

Here here I did some handywork:

Sample:
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Thanks mate!

I may end up using that as it does emphasize my sig, but today is the first day I discovered the 'black' theme isn't actually black, I may do something a bit different, but a big thank you for the effort it looks pretty good

Rameses · 9 Jul 2009 at 00:11

Faded said:
Looks fine:

Will the code only work with osx firefox, or will it work with Safari?

Old Wino · 9 Jul 2009 at 00:15

geekyEd · 9 Jul 2009 at 00:20

AmTechFox said:
Will the code only work with osx firefox, or will it work with Safari?

Me want OSX safari support :/

mrk · 9 Jul 2009 at 00:22

djmc0 said:
Thanks mate!

I may end up using that as it does emphasize my sig, but today is the first day I discovered the 'black' theme isn't actually black, I may do something a bit different, but a big thank you for the effort it looks pretty good

NP it was a very quick simple change since it already was alpha blended