People of Color by dreamtrove

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People of Color

POSTED BY: DREAMTROVE
UPDATED: Thursday, December 15, 2011 13:32
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Monday, December 5, 2011 2:30 PM

Niki started it, then Rap tried it, then stopped, and then I tried it, and really, it makes life easier and more readable. You always know where your words are. And when someone is quoting you.

Here's a subtler blue, Mike
This is 009FFF
Some simple colors
This is FF0000
This is FFAF00
This is FFFF00
This is AFFF00
This is 00FF00 [reserved]
This is 00AFFF
This is 0000FF
This is AF00FF
This is FF00FF
This is FF00AF

Niki is 9999CC
Niki used to be 48D1CC

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Monday, December 5, 2011 2:34 PM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important

Hello,

I will use the color white.

--Anthony

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"In every war, the state enacts a tax of freedom upon the citizenry. The unspoken promise is that the tax shall be revoked at war's end. Endless war holds no such promise. Hence, Eternal War is Eternal Slavery." --Admiral Robert J. Henner

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Monday, December 5, 2011 3:07 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

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Monday, December 5, 2011 4:41 PM

DREAMTROVE

Anthony is white. Everyone else will have to change

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Monday, December 5, 2011 8:09 PM

BYTEMITE

I will feign ignorance because I'm lazy.

Also because I dislike having identifying features on my posts like avatars or signatures.

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011 4:36 AM

DREAMTROVE

Quote:
Originally posted by Bytemite:
I will feign ignorance because I'm lazy.

Also because I dislike having identifying features on my posts like avatars or signatures.

There's nuttin' lazier 'n' copy 'n' paste.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011 8:38 AM

RIGHTEOUS9

and I shall use the color black.

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011 8:39 AM

RIGHTEOUS9

I said I shall use the color black....

dammit

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011 11:58 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Quote:
Originally posted by Righteous9:
I said I shall use the color black....

dammit

Heard ya the first time.

"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011 7:37 PM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

I actually find bright colors on the black background incredibly difficult to read. If I want to read a super bright color, I have to highlight it, which is only moderately easier.
If I were to use a different color, I would chose something subtle and brownish. However, unless I'm trying to emphasize something, changing font color probably isn't something I'd go to the trouble of doing all the time. Maybe for my signature, but not generally.

Quote:
Originally posted by Righteous9:
and I shall use the color black.

You should totally use black. Then everyone will have to highlight your posts to see what you said. I'm pretty sure that's how spoilers here work; they just code for black font.

What reason had proved best ceased to look absurd to the eye, which shows how idle it is to think anything ridiculous except what is wrong.

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011 8:37 PM

FREMDFIRMA

Feh, I cut my teeth on ANSI BBS's on monochrome monitors of that awful, awful eye-searing lowres green and black - for everyone, ergo I dun need no stinkin fancy fonts or colors to tell people apart.

-F

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 3:15 AM

DREAMTROVE

Yeah, that's why I chose green. Old familiar monochrome. The person I have trouble telling from the crowd is me ;)

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 3:44 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Quote:
Originally posted by PhoenixRose:

If I were to use a different color, I would chose something subtle and brownish. However, unless I'm trying to emphasize something, changing font color probably isn't something I'd go to the trouble of doing all the time. Maybe for my signature, but not generally.

Exactly.

"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 6:37 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

I AM lazy--tho' my love of color is part of it, too, given whatever forum I'm on, I like Comic Sans and some color.

But it goes beyond that, and DT's got part of it. Since I'm usually only here once, in the morning, when I come back the next day and go through the threads there are often a LOT of posts since I was last here. So I scroll up to the last purple thread (mine) and start reading from there. Saves me lots of time.

For me it's easy 'cuz I've used the concept so many different places. I've got a Word doc open that has all the names of people and what I want to remember about them, like whether male or female, what state they live in, etc. I use the same document to write posts when I know they're going to be long or I'm going to quote a lot of people as I go along...learned my lesson from losing so damned many posts to glitches! So on that same doc the first line has the code for font and font color, and in my sig are the "closers"; all I have to do is type the post right after the code, then copy and paste the whole thing, or copy/paste just the first line of code. It's automatic, and I do it for myself, not anyone else. I like that DT does it now...my brain goes automatically "DT" when I see the green...would be neat (just FOR ME) if everyone did, so I'd always know who I was "reading" (given I've mistaken one for another at times, which is slightly embarrassing).

I get that this is the second time you've suggested it, DT, but I doubt anyone else is going to take up the practice...I seem to remember we went through a short, fun time with colors a while ago with Mike, and that was the end of it. Same here, I'm sure. But thanks for mentioning it, I'm glad someone else enjoys the convenience too. I alo changed from that earlier color because this one seemed less bright, as some had complained.

I actually like yours, Rose, it's very "you" from the impression I've always had of you (all the way back from you-know-where). Calm, quiet, understated and pleasant. (I hope none of those offend.) And yeah, you're no doubt right, the black is what is coded for the spoilers, makes sense
Okay, I'll 'fess up; the IMPETUS for color is my bipolarity; we usually love bright colors and dramatic stuff, and from my mom, who was a color freak (well, and bipolar...). The DAY I discovered Macintoshes, with their availability of fonts, colors, etc., after years with the old green-and-black courier, I went ape shit, and have ever since! Now everyone's used to colors--and some of you may well have never lived through the earlier computers--but for me it was like throwing the gates open to a brave new world, and shifted my occupation from word processor to desktop publisher. I am eternally grateful.

Go DT.

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 9:59 AM

BYTEMITE

Now I feel guilty, but I think I found a loophole.

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 11:04 AM

DREAMTROVE

I second the vote for Rose's color.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Thursday, December 15, 2011 8:26 AM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Quote:
Originally posted by dreamtrove:
I second the vote for Rose's color.

Well, I programmed it into my signature. If it's about identifying posts when skimming through a thread, though, I have the shiny sig image to do that.

What reason had proved best ceased to look absurd to the eye, which shows how idle it is to think anything ridiculous except what is wrong.

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Thursday, December 15, 2011 1:32 PM

PENGUIN

Frak! It used to work!

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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