I see a huge difference in the background color since yesterday. Looks great now and the contrast is much better. Thank you!!!![]()
I think one of the issues is that unlike (some of?) the sites listed above is that the RPF has (arguably) several "intro" pages - or pages that launch each forum (Props, Costumes, Entertainment, etc) and each of these have the featured articles. It's not a big deal to me at all - I think some of us have the individual forums bookmarked, so it does warrant the featured articles being on every forum.
I am so looking forward to the articles - I even mentioned such a thing months ago and Art told us it was in the works. I hope one day I may be able to contribute.
I think we are finally done with the background color / font color / font / font size... It is lightyears away from where we started and aesthetically not very appealing but it should be infinitely more legible, which is the point and purpose. Glad it is now working for you!
I disagree about the aesthetic appeal. I find it much more appealing now (no, this is not another "griping about pointless things" rant). I find the more subdued background to be ideal from an aesthetic standpoint because now the grid paper background is no longer leaping out at us. Essentially, the effect is there and is noticeable, but the eye is still drawn towards the center of the page, where it should be. Honestly, I think it works quite well on both an aesthetic and functional level.
It's also better on the ipad. You have to remember that the iPad will darken the screen itself if you're reading in a dark room. That made it very difficult to read. I like to end my day checking the RPF before I drift off. It's still a bit hard to tell which page number you're on, and I keep missing links because there's nothing to tell me it's a link unless I see something like YAHOO in the link. However it's much better than the first day.
On my ipad mini just now whenever i try to go to the next page the "jump to page" window hovers so close to the numbers its hard to press the page I want to go to. what I have been doing is zooming in all the way to the page numbers to make them big enough to click without the pop up getting in my way.
Another feature that I'm not sure if it's been mentioned or not is the hover effect over abbreviations - ROTJ, LotR, TPM... not sure what else is covered, but it's awesome.
Another feature that I'm not sure if it's been mentioned or not is the hover effect over abbreviations - ROTJ, LotR, TPM... not sure what else is covered, but it's awesome.