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Dark skin for the forum
Posted: 07 Dec 2014, 12:25
by Cherry1990
Is it possible to set a dark skin for the forum?
I searched but I found nothing...
Thank you!
Posted: 07 Dec 2014, 12:45
by Muirium
Right now, there is only one "skin" at DT. When my eyes need a rest, I run this JavaScript (which I have saved as a bookmarklet in my browser, and trigger with a key combo):
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javascript:%7Bfunction%20setDocumentColors(node,%20bgcolor,%20color)%20%7B%20%20%20%20if%20(node.style%20!=%20undefined)%20%7B%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20node.style.backgroundColor%20=%20bgcolor;%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20node.style.color%20=%20color;%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20node.style.textShadow%20=%20'none';%20%20%20%20%7D%20%20%20%20if%20(node.hasChildNodes())%20%7B%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20var%20children%20=%20node.childNodes;%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20for%20(var%20i%20=%200,%20len%20=%20children.length;%20i%20%3C%20len;%20++i)%20%7B%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20setDocumentColors(children%5Bi%5D,%20bgcolor,%20color);%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%7D%20%20%20%20%7D%7DsetDocumentColors(window.document.body,%20'black',%20'white');%7D
Looks like this:
Works on any website, of course.
Posted: 07 Dec 2014, 15:03
by vivalarevolución
I doubt it. This place is mostly pale Europeans.
Posted: 07 Dec 2014, 15:51
by Cherry1990
Thank you
Muirium, very useful!
Posted: 07 Dec 2014, 16:25
by Daniel Beardsmore
Surely it's much easier to just use Stylish (assuming Firefox or Chrome)? Here's the Firefox equivalent, plus a fix for the buttons that end up with unreadable text:
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@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);
@-moz-document domain("deskthority.net") {
* {
color: white ! important;
background-color: black ! important;
text-shadow: none;
}
.round-button {
color: black ! important;
}
}
Posted: 07 Dec 2014, 17:07
by Muirium
Daniel Beardsmore wrote: assuming Firefox or Chrome
Perhaps, but that's I why don't use that. I run neither. Also, my Command + 2 combo to make a page black is something I have manual control over. I often read DT in its natural white style, too. Depends on the ambient light and my eyestrain.
Posted: 07 Dec 2014, 17:09
by mr_a500
prdlm2009 wrote: I doubt it. This place is mostly pale Europeans.
Yeah, I too thought this was a thread about race.
I don't know when "colour scheme" or "theme" became "skin". It always makes me think of somebody skinning an animal and slapping the slimy flesh onto their computer screen.
Posted: 07 Dec 2014, 17:21
by Muirium
At least 2000 A.D.
http://www.kottke.org/00/02/disclaimer- ... e-possibly
I was playing around with WinAmp back then, too. But the hardcore interface modders were on Kjofol…
Posted: 07 Dec 2014, 17:46
by Cherry1990
Muirium you are right again! I remembered the term from WinAmp!
"colour scheme" or "theme" are more complex concepts. I just wanted to darken the background.
mr_a500 wrote: I don't know when "colour scheme" or "theme" became "skin". It always makes me think of somebody skinning an animal and slapping the slimy flesh onto their computer screen.
Disgusting... You watch too many american horror movies...
Posted: 07 Dec 2014, 18:43
by Daniel Beardsmore
Muirium wrote: I often read DT in its natural white style, too. Depends on the ambient light and my eyestrain.
Having to keep stabbing every page to get the right colours would make me tear my hair out. Stylish styles can be toggled easily via the toolbar button, and they remain active or inactive until further instruction (this makes them useful for development simulation).
Posted: 07 Dec 2014, 18:51
by Muirium
One man's pleasure is another man's pain, I suppose. I have my hands on the keyboard much more often than I do the mouse, and I like to pre-empt this sort of thing. I also use full negative colour mode, system wide when necessary.
Posted: 07 Dec 2014, 20:02
by Daniel Beardsmore
There are pleasures?
Posted: 08 Dec 2014, 00:06
by Muirium
We all have our flaws…
Posted: 08 Dec 2014, 00:20
by Daniel Beardsmore
Computers must get a lot of pleasure out of how they get us to do all their work for them.
Posted: 08 Dec 2014, 01:38
by Cherry1990
Thank you Daniel Beardsmore. Your solution is different (and with the Firefox extension "Stylish" also easy to use) but equally useful, for different purposes (i.e. sites frequently used).
Posted: 08 Dec 2014, 08:32
by Laser
Cherry1990 wrote:
mr_a500 wrote: I don't know when "colour scheme" or "theme" became "skin". It always makes me think of somebody skinning an animal and slapping the slimy flesh onto their computer screen.
Disgusting... You watch too many american horror movies...
Theme is actually much older ...
The attention Titian gave to this painting gives a hint about the true direction of 'realism'
(and why people should avoid too much of it).
Posted: 08 Dec 2014, 12:15
by Cherry1990
Laser wrote: Theme is actually much older ...
Yes. Five centuries ago, when the Republic of Venice was defending Europe from the Turks...
Thanks to Titian for giving the opportunity to the world to know the ignominy suffered by heroic Venetian general Marco Antonio Bragadin...
We are a bit off topic. People are too literate in this forum...
Posted: 08 Dec 2014, 12:22
by Laser
I kinda knew it will tickle the Italian in you
Posted: 08 Dec 2014, 12:27
by Muirium
Ah, the Venetians. The wild fundamentalists who
blew up the parthenon!
I've seen Titian's work up close, at a large exhibition some years ago in Edinburgh. Not bad! And I like the Venetians plenty, too, but history is far too rich for good versus evil!
Posted: 08 Dec 2014, 13:13
by andrewjoy
i find the look of DT very easy to read, in fact i use a stylish script that makes GH look more like DT as i cannot stand that black background, normally i don't mind but with the huge signatures and avatars all over the place yuck i hate it on forms when the fluff is bigger than the post , i have signatures and avatars hidden on DT ( for some reason muirium still had a funny u where the avatar should be
)
Posted: 08 Dec 2014, 13:48
by Muirium
The nature of µrium was irrepressible!
Best introduction to Buddhism ever.
