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Colour Changes

Just as a side note, I've received a lot of complaints about my white text on a black background - so I changed to black text on a white background - and got a complaint about that on the first day.

I'm not particularly excited about the black text on parchment look but I'm hoping it's a happy medium. Sorry about all the changes.

Comments

Stat Mama said…
LOL trying to please the sensory-defensive masses ;) The black on parchment is gentle. There are a variety of more interesting blog backgrounds available on the net, since Blogger doesn't offer a fantastic variety, should you be interested.
October 4, 2009 at 12:27 PM
Anonymous said…
A lot of people have trouble with the high-contrast black+white, no matter the combination. I think this is a good compromise, but I've also seen white on a dark grey or black on a light grey as alternatives that are easier on the eyes, if you really don't like the parchment color yourself.
-- keri
October 4, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Khelben said…
Why please others with your own blog? Do it for yourself, listen to what others think and then continue on what you yourself want.
October 4, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Gavin Bollard said…
I'm not trying to please people. IMHO, the black was the most stylish and simple, hence my choice.

I am however trying to keep a reasonable degree of readability. Since the complaints were about it being "difficult to read" rather than "don't like it", I decided to try a change.

I know that the standard blogger templates aren't pretty but I'm not trying to win awards here. Ideally people come here for content rather than style.
October 5, 2009 at 12:17 AM
Anonymous said…
I found two add-ons "zap colors" and "zap white backrounds" to help me with this. One changes any page to black on white and the other to black text on a neutral color.
October 5, 2009 at 12:44 PM
Anonymous said…
I never complained but thanks much for the new look! White on black hurt my eyes and I always saw a venetian blinds after-image for a few minutes after reading a post.
October 6, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Khelben said…
I'm one of those which liked the old look with black and white. So I'm not complaining here, just expressing my opinion. :)
October 6, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Drew said…
I wasn't all that keen on the white(text)-on-black, but I got around it by reading it in Google Reader instead, where everything is black-on-white.

You can even fool around with a very slight, black-on-lightgrey or blue-on-grey or something different.
October 6, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Anonymous said…
I like the way it is now! Thanx for changing the background color...Sorry about that complaint xD
October 8, 2009 at 6:43 AM
midwestcoast said…
I knew that I was going to be reading your blog, because I clicked a link from google reader to get here. I started reading though and forgot which author's blog I was reading, because of the color change. It gives it a totally different mood! I didn't recognize the blog until I saw the post about color change.
October 8, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Anonymous said…
Wooooww... prepare me for this one. I thought another one had taken over your blog or something like that!

Well... I liked the old one better, but then again, It's alot easier to read now.

I was just wondering, can't you just use a pick-a-color, so that the user decides the colors?
October 13, 2009 at 8:13 AM
Anonymous said…
My Aspie son finds the old format easier on the eye and I, his Neurotypical mum, like the new format. Your posts r always just what we need to hear; very encouraging and help us to know we r on the right track.
October 14, 2009 at 8:12 PM
the acro said…
lol, we are peobably the pickiest people on earth
September 3, 2010 at 2:13 AM
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