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Colour tags

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  • 05-04-2008 2:01pm
    #1
    Moriarty
    Registered Users Posts: 6,007 ✭✭✭


    Ahoi.

    Could we get colour tags disabled.. even if only for specific forums?

    People have taken a fondness to defining specifically black text in their posts lately which are unreadable on the cloud skin without highlighting :\
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    #2
    Sherifu
    Registered Users Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    This was also brought up last month - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055250465
    Gave my view on it there. Forum specific could be a good idea.


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    Rb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    Not a bad idea alright.


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    #4
    leninbenjamin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,983 ✭✭✭leninbenjamin


    +1. pink and yellow font is really irritating to read.


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    #5
    xebec
    Registered Users Posts: 3,311 ✭✭✭xebec


    +1 from me too. I use the Evil skin and get frustrated by this...


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    #6
    RoundyMooney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,910 ✭✭✭✭RoundyMooney


    I must concur (again).

    If posts outside my fora are rendered in black font (on Cloud), I just ignore them.

    A pointless exercise when more or less everyone else here uses the standard font...


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    Talliesin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,314 ✭✭✭Talliesin


    The sole reason for using coloured text is to make your posts harder to read because you have nothing to say but enjoy irritating people. Anyone using them can be safely ignored.

    Black though could be chosen accidentally.

    Just getting rid of it entirely would be the easiest solution.


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    Rb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    Talliesin wrote: »
    The sole reason for using coloured text is to make your posts harder to read because you have nothing to say but enjoy irritating people. Anyone using them can be safely ignored.

    Black though could be chosen accidentally.

    Just getting rid of it entirely would be the easiest solution.
    Getting rid of black only or colour posting as a whole?


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    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Look how irritating it is!

    Do away with it tbh.


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    #10
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    In my experience people posting in black are not doing so on purpose. It seems to happen when cutting and pasting from other forums/sites. I've unwittingly done it myself and only knew I had done so when it was pointed out to me by another poster. It seemed perfect in the style that I use.


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    #11
    Moriarty
    Registered Users Posts: 6,007 ✭✭✭Moriarty


    Ignoring it isn't an option when you mod the forum ;_;


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    faceman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,635 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    We all live in a yellow submarine

    The traffic lights were red

    the sky is blue

    The grass is green

    I never even noticed it before!


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    Sherifu
    Registered Users Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    Moriarty wrote: »
    Ignoring it isn't an option when you mod the forum ;_;
    There's always [ctrl] + a as a quick solution to read it.
    Hagar wrote: »
    In my experience people posting in black are not doing so on purpose. It seems to happen when cutting and pasting from other forums/sites. I've unwittingly done it myself and only knew I had done so when it was pointed out to me by another poster. It seemed perfect in the style that I use.
    I remember giving out to a poster for changing the colour and they had no idea what I was on about. A lot of it is copy & paste like you say. Sometimes it's on purpose. Where's that girl that was posting all her posts in pink? :pac:


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    #14
    Talliesin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,314 ✭✭✭Talliesin


    rb_ie wrote: »
    Getting rid of black only or colour posting as a whole?
    All of it.

    Getting rid of just black would stop the accidental use, but since there's no point in deliberate use except as a way to be a spanner, why leave it in?


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    #15
    The Artist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,676 ✭✭✭The Artist


    yeah i suppose it would be a good idea only for the very bright colours as they must be (colour blindness)members on this site,im one for starters,now way i can see bright yellow!


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    Rb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    Talliesin wrote: »
    All of it.

    Getting rid of just black would stop the accidental use, but since there's no point in deliberate use except as a way to be a spanner, why leave it in?
    It would cause some problems though.

    For instance, the poker forum Hand History&Theory subforum is filled with threads with poker hand histories. These are converted from raw output from poker clients, and the converters always use certain formatting such as using bold & black to highlight certain parts of the output.

    I'd say if possible just remove it from whatever fora don't need it, though some will.


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    #17
    The Artist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,676 ✭✭✭The Artist


    Karl Hungus wrote: »
    Look how irritating it is!

    Do away with it tbh.
    i cant read that yellow karl!


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    #18
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    +1 for disabling text colouration. It's needless.

    The black problem I'm guessing comes from the enhanced editor which doesn't show you the markup - it tries to present your post in a WYSIWYG format, so people don't know if/when the editor adds in [noparse][color][/color][/noparse] tags.


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