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Discussion in 'General' started by MLyons, 27 Feb 2019.

  1. VipersGratitude

    VipersGratitude Multimodder

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    Also noticed that the mobile template for the navbar needs changed too - The text on the dropdown menu is white on light grey for "Tech" and "Gaming", making it hard to read.
     
  2. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    Are both those images from Firefox, or is the second from Opera? I ask, 'cos zooming in reveals the following:

    upload_2019-2-28_14-53-54.png

    That's a cut of the first image: you can see the 'hue' is overly-aggressive subpixel hinting.

    upload_2019-2-28_14-54-26.png

    That's the same cut from the second image: same subpixel hinting, but it's greyscale.

    Check Windows' (I'm assuming you're on Windows) hinting settings - maybe try forcing greyscale subpixel hinting, if it's better on your display than RGB. Windows calls it "ClearType".
     
  3. RedFlames

    RedFlames ...is not a Belgian football team

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    IIRC the tuner is buried in W10... but typing 'Cleartype' into the Search/Cortana box brings it up.
     
  4. loftie

    loftie Multimodder

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    Yea both of those are FF, Opera is not greyscale like image #2, it was coloured but vastly more subtle and the text was finer.

    Turning off Cleartype seems to have stopped it, cheers! Subpixel hinting thingy mabobs is beyond me, I just see pretty lights and shiny colours :grin:

    I realised why the 'ild' section was noticeable too, it'd chosen bright orange and blue for the right hand side of the u, the i, the l and some of the d, with little variation. I wonder why ClearType was so much more aggressive on FF than on Opera. Maybe it wasn't being used on Opera? :oldconfused:

    Glad it wasn't anything to do with the site, cheers for the help Gareth

    Yea I've given up trying to find **** in W10, I just type it in and cross my fingers tbh these days :hehe:
     
  5. SinxarKnights

    SinxarKnights Minimodder

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    Ohh surprised me! I don't frequent the forums much so didn't know the redesign was coming. Honestly... I feel it was overdue. Looks good to me. It is still readable so thats a plus!
     
  6. MLyons

    MLyons 70% Dev, 30% Doge. DevDoge. Software Dev @ Corsair Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    The forums only had 30 mins of notice if that. It's much easier to read IMO and less cramped.
     
  7. MLyons

    MLyons 70% Dev, 30% Doge. DevDoge. Software Dev @ Corsair Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    While we agree they're currently too light your version is slightly too dark so we've gone with something in the middle
     
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