NexBeth Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Since Nexus needed to do a website redesign, the change in colors may have more to do with WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) and UK accessibility guidelines then just arbitrariness on the part of the website designers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qrsr Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 19 minutes ago, NexBeth said: the change in colors may have more to do with WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) and UK accessibility guidelines This one here: https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/ ? The color on that page, and entire UI is a simple white. And cant find a black color swap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NexBeth Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 On 4/5/2024 at 10:28 PM, LenaWolfBravil said: I think it is much simpler than that. It's damaged eyesight. Those of us who sacrificed our retinas on the altar of cathode ray monitors of 1980s and 1990s feel the strain of high contrast. Younger people who grew up with LCD, TFT or other flat screen technologies do not have this issue. Unless you sit in brightly lit rooms while viewing dark websites (I don't and probably most don't) the human eye dilates quite a bit looking at dark-mode (black backgrounds). What happens when your eyes dilate? It is harder to see fonts. People with common eye disorders, such as myopia, additionally experience a bleeding effect with the light fonts against the black background which make it difficult to read. These things should also fall under the concept of ACESSIBILITY but are not really considered much since those with these conditions are not impaired to the extent of those who are legally blind with major eyesight impairment. Even so, those with other types of visual challenges have legitimate concerns about this and if there is a way to offer choices in the color schemes for reading this website, I hope that Nexus will do it. On 4/6/2024 at 1:25 AM, Qrsr said: This one here: https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/ ? The color on that page, and entire UI is a simple white. And cant find a black color swap. I know. I find that completely odd too. The truth is websites use black fonts on white for a reason. It is the easiest to read for most people. It is not readable, however, for those with significant eyesight impairment. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickysaurus Posted May 3 Author Share Posted May 3 The editor for posting on the forums has been tweaked to provide better contrast. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NexBeth Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 1 hour ago, Pickysaurus said: The editor for posting on the forums has been tweaked to provide better contrast. Thank you! Hope Nexus is able to consider doing the same for other editor locations, such as the mod description pages. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollownessDevoured Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 (edited) 36 minutes ago, NexBeth said: Thank you! Hope Nexus is able to consider doing the same for other editor locations, such as the mod description pages. It does look like they are looking/considering it. After a few PMs (and providing a few examples), they look like they are going to be more flexible with (at the very least) the editor UI. It just looks like it is easier to edit the colours in the forums vs the new editor on the nexus site. I just hope it also will extend to the profile about me section (any white text (or more white text walls) against the almost black background), and if/when it spreads to mod pages/articles too. It is just that the forums is a third party hosted platform Invision Community which looks easier to adjust for nexus. It appears the update is more complicated for them to tweak, or takes more time. Or at least that is the gist of what I was told. Edited May 3 by HollownessDevoured 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NexBeth Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Well, at least my eyes on the forums is no longer on "life support". 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronOfMpls Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 11 minutes ago, NexBeth said: Well, at least my eyes on the forums is no longer on "life support". Same here! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh97 Posted Friday at 06:42 PM Share Posted Friday at 06:42 PM 6 minutes ago, Skybroom said: With no switch to forum thread from the mod's "POSTS" page available, how am I supposed to search for particular content (word)? Can't do that anymore. But they've started working on adding this back: https://feedback.nexusmods.com/posts/92/search-in-comments-section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybroom Posted Saturday at 11:34 AM Share Posted Saturday at 11:34 AM 16 hours ago, mkh97 said: Can't do that anymore. But they've started working on adding this back: https://feedback.nexusmods.com/posts/92/search-in-comments-section Good to know, thanks! I guess, we can't miss it once it's back, can we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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