Would anyone mind if....

[MacIronhawk]

Originally Posted by Chris

Aye Batleth be right it is against the rules!

Sorry if this is off topic but can anyone tell me if my red bold is irratating if it is ill stop.

No.
I can see it fine on Port Royal and Default so it's fine.
Sorry it was just bugging me that I was on Port Royal and people would use white or yellow for text colors.

[MacIronhawk]

I see this thread made no impact what-so-ever.

Sorry but I have skipped reading one whole thread due to someone posting in only yellow. I'm on the port royal skin and while taht may be a good color on default it's not for me.
If it's against the rules why do people post and there are no edits to the colors?

Sorry but I get tired of seeing people post in colors that are only good for the default skin. Blue, green, or red are colors taht you can see easily on both skins.(and dark blue not that aqua color)

[Reaver]

AUGH stop it with the colors already now my head hurts lol

[Maximvs]

I see this thead made no impact what-so-ever.

We will continue to watch out for colors as I for one can understand that bright colours cn be really hard on ther eyes (espically on the Port Royal Skin)

Be sure to use the report button if you find a page has too much color or too hard to read. We can then get flagged for the post and review it as soon as possible (as your post did not include the thread with all the yellow - we can't go take a look see )

If the thread is in a Guild Forum though, I for the most part will not touch those unless requested by the Clan Leader of that forum. Though I agree the mainstream posts should be kept neat, I do not want to overly moderate creatitivity in Guild Forums as Guild should be allowed to have some creatitivity in their repected areas.

Be sure to report if you see items which are against POF Policy, its the community which helps us keep things in order.

[MacIronhawk]

Originally Posted by Maximvs

Be sure to report if you see items which are against POF Policy, its the community which helps us keep things in order.

I reported two guides yesterday because it was hard or impossible to read on the port royal skin.
I think guides should be decorative but if it involves colors that aren't suitable for one skin then the colors should change.

[The Skirata Clan]

i didn't even know that the letters could be changed.

[MacIronhawk]

Reported the 28.
No changes and it's the first of november.

EDIT: An example would be doing this.
Highlight this if you're on default-->I don't think people can see this on default without highlighting it. It gets irritating when people use white, grey, and yellow like in some guides that I wont mention.

[Maximvs]

Got your reported posts and I was just waiting for clarification on Guides before making any changes there MacIronhawk

Got the info a bit earlier and will be checking on them guides now. Be assured that your reported posts are not missed - sometimes I have to get a call from the 'big bosses' before I go edit crazy

As always, I continue to watch for normal posts when I can to remove 'hard to read' colors and will also be cleaning up my own guide I have posted (I was actually in the middle of working on that anyway - your reports just happen to arrive when I started on my guide )

[MacIronhawk]

Originally Posted by Maximvs

Got your reported posts and I was just waiting for clarification on Guides before making any changes there MacIronhawk

Sorry.
It's just that some of the guides I would like to read. My eyesight's bad enough as it is and I don't want to have to work hard to try and read.
I can't exactly use teh default skin(am recommended not to) so I use port royal.

I can understand decorating a guide using colors like, a dark blue, green, red, or darker colors that are suitable for both skins but when people use white I can't handle it.

(Default's text color is white and you don't need to make it white so why make it white? That makes it harder for other people.)

[Maximvs]

No need to be sorry MC - as mentioned on page one of this thread I myself don't do well with color in posts, and actually in the past month or so - besides a few areas - many have been very well behaved by not going 'color crazy'.

The guides of course are a bit older so going back to check on them is tougher - but as mentioned earlier fixed up the ones ya sent and we'll still keep an eye out for others

Just because I know pirates can be a 'relaxed' bunch - heres my post from page one on colors - what they do and why we moderate them for those reading along here

Originally Posted by Maximvs

The three primary colors of Red / Blue / Yellow have three diffrerent effects on the brain...

RED is the most reaction color to the brain - it actually hates it. Your visual sight notices red first before all other colors because once it is processed by the brain it actually tries to get to you 'look away' from the color red. Its 'initial shock' to the brain actually is why it is used in signs such as Stop Signs, or why a lot of stores use Red Sale Signs - your brain see these first, then after processing then actually tries to block them out (hence forcing you to concentrate again on the road or to look at the items that are on sale).

Yellow is neutral(actually if we include the base colors White is but we'll come back to that). In the color wheel yellow is taken as a color by the brain - processed - then will actually work with that color somewhat. Though not as reactive as red, it still gets attention. Making caution signs for example makes you see the signs from afar, but still keep focus on the surrounding area.

Blue causes the least reaction to the brain - its like the brains 'love color'. Your visual sight picks up the color and the brain can just continue processing it without almost no irratation - almost causing a calming sensation. Items which people want you to enjoy will make blue signs or vary on blue because it's carries a 'warm-soothing' effect on the brain (fact: Microsoft Windows for years has always come installed with a Blue / Blue-Green Background, or in recent years with Blue / Green Scenery because they want to to feel confortable in front of your monitor, almost confortable to stare at the screen... very sneaky on their pary don't you think? Another fact: Wehn the 3D Fish Tank Screensaver first came out the reason so many liked it? Blue Water Backgrounds with just 'a touch of other color' in the fish to create a smoothing yet interested feeling... marketing has know these tricks about color for years...)

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Picking up from the three base colors - the secondary colors of Orange (Red and Yellow), Purple (Blue and Red) and Green (Blue and Yellow) are used to create desired effects as well... to grab your attention faster and longer Orange is used, for vibrance, Green and for some excitement Purple.

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Now for th most evil color of all.... PINK! Pink is an VERY EVIL color... (and not because I'm a guy or a pink hater or anything) but because of what pink is made of and what it does to your brain.

Pink is the color white and red (now we talk about white). White is the main color in pink - and because it is the 'true' neutral color, your visual sight sees the color pink - but your brain only see the white FIRST. Because your bain has no issues with neutral colors it accepts the incoming and starts processing (or you continue looking at the pink)... but then *POW* that second color of red which has been there the entire time finally gets processed by the brain - but in almost all people too late before the visual intake has lated so long that now the brain must process the red as well - actually causing GREAT irratation (possibly headaches, mood swings).

Tests performed in prison holding cells have proven these effects - a violent person is put into a pink cell and left for a short time... within minutes the person becomes actually calm, almost 'spent of energy' - its the white. When left in longer - they actually became MORE volient than when they were first put in (after being calm for several minutes - they lose it!). The red has finally been processed but the long exposure hidden behind the white color now pushes them over the point. By the time you finish reading this information - you'll probably hate reading it (see - got ya )

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So now you know why Red can be annoying to look at - because even though I notice your posts immediately - to read any length of text is just too painful to look at

Here on POF - Extreme dark and light colors (black, white, yellow and grey) don't work well on both skins - so these go first. But as the policy states color should only be used to enhance a title or line of information and not an entire post.