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sadolakced acid
post Jul 10 2005, 02:53 AM
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QUOTE(x_angawhomps @ Jul 8 2005, 9:17 AM)
A lot of the text on the forums could be really hard to read.

Like my brightness is set on my computer as really really bright so this forum isn't really blue. It's more like pearly bluish white.
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it's your contrast that does that, methinks.


anyways: nononono. i hate it when people change the font or size on every post.

if they want to change it for every post, they should have to type it out every time.

when you start to have to copy and paste things into notepad ot read them, or to highlight everything to read it, you'll get annoyed.

 
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post Jul 10 2005, 05:23 AM
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^ but what's your point, they can already change the font to somthing totally stupid like this.

"Hey There, what's up"

just to have the tags already there just makes it easier so you can have the font how you want it without having to type out all the tags.

I also vote yes on this :)


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post Jul 10 2005, 05:30 AM
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QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 10 2005, 3:53 AM)
when you start to have to copy and paste things into notepad ot read them, or to highlight everything to read it, you'll get annoyed.


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Definitely not as annoying as uploading an image, which obviously is irrelevent to the topic, and putting it an a post.
 
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post Jul 10 2005, 05:32 AM
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it's his pseudo sig
 
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post Jul 10 2005, 10:15 AM
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QUOTE(tcunningham1589 @ Jul 10 2005, 6:23 AM)
^ but what's your point, they can already change the font to somthing totally stupid like this.

"Hey There, what's up"

just to have the tags already there just makes it easier so you can have the font how you want it without having to type out all the tags.

I also vote yes on this :)

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Because it makes is a bit more difficult, so not as many people will do it.

In general, I kind of wish we'd get rid of all formatting, save for bold, italic, underline, and size. I kind of get tired of seeing posts with teeny-tiny text formatted in a different font and colored green or pink or some other exotic color. The default text is good enough. The content of the post is where you should express yourself--not the format of the text. Save that for your own website.
 
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post Jul 10 2005, 11:25 AM
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QUOTE(mipadi @ Jul 10 2005, 11:15 AM)
Because it makes is a bit more difficult, so not as many people will do it.

In general, I kind of wish we'd get rid of all formatting, save for bold, italic, underline, and size. I kind of get tired of seeing posts with teeny-tiny text formatted in a different font and colored green or pink or some other exotic color. The default text is good enough. The content of the post is where you should express yourself--not the format of the text. Save that for your own website.
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The smallest font I've actually seen has been 11px.
Granted, t here's a few subforums I don't view, but I go through most of them, and again, as far as people who customize their text, it's been 11px which is standard size for a view things (input) and whatnot.
 
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i think this is an awesome idea! thumbsup.gif
 
sadolakced acid
post Jul 10 2005, 01:55 PM
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QUOTE(jordanriane @ Jul 10 2005, 5:30 AM)
Definitely not as annoying as uploading an image, which obviously is irrelevent to the topic, and putting it an a post.
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yea, it's my sig.

but you see, if i put that actually in my sig, it would be too large and annoying. because i want it that large, i should have to manually upload it every time.

now; this changing text, if youreally want to, type it out everytime. and it affects the readability of your posts.

if you want to see what happens when you let people auto format thier posts, go to the neopets boards. (if they're still the same), you will find over half the posts are unreadable and have to be copied into notepad to be read.

imagine if someone's posts were all like this. would you read their posts? it would be annoying, right? mayhaps you'd copy it into notepad to read, or elephantes. imagine doing that with every post.
 
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^ actually, i just highlighted it, but either way. that's what i do with people who make their font like that now.

maybe just font? those that actually type it in every time only change the font.
 
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post Jul 10 2005, 03:29 PM
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QUOTE(headphones @ Jul 10 2005, 2:18 PM)
^ actually, i just highlighted it, but either way. that's what i do with people who make their font like that now.

maybe just font? those that actually type it in every time only change the font.

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you know how annoyed people are at having to highlight my xanga?

yea. everyone's going to be annoyed by fonts that aren't readable in firefox and stuff.


 
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post Jul 10 2005, 09:17 PM
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QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 10 2005, 2:55 PM)
yea, it's my sig.

but you see, if i put that actually in my sig, it would be too large and annoying.  because i want it that large, i should have to manually upload it every time.

now; this changing text, if youreally want to, type it out everytime.  and it affects the readability of your posts.

if you want to see what happens when you let people auto format thier posts, go to the neopets boards. (if they're still the same), you will find over half the posts are unreadable and have to be copied into notepad to be read. 

imagine if someone's posts were all like this.  would you read their posts?  it would be annoying, right?  mayhaps you'd copy it into notepad to read, or elephantes.  imagine doing that with every post. 
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First off, this isn't neopets.

Secondly, you just changed that text. It proves that whether or not this default text option is used, text can still be altered to be unreadable, such as your example.


Third, if that image is too large for your regular signature, then DONT use the image period. Why try to "cheat" your signature to add that extra image? It's obviously too large for your regular signature--DONT USE IT.

Lastly, that would be pretty crappy if you upload that same image each time you post. You're soaking up space/bandwidth for each picture you upload, assuming that you don't copy/paste the url.

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yea. everyone's going to be annoyed by fonts that aren't readable in firefox and stuff.


LOL. All fonts that are listed in the drop down menu, are standard fonts on a PC (not sure about a mac so I'm not even going to include) and would work on ALL browsers. What I quoted isn't even a worry, because it won't be a problem.
 
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post Jul 10 2005, 09:27 PM
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QUOTE(jordanriane @ Jul 10 2005, 9:17 PM)
First off, this isn't neopets.

Secondly, you just changed that text. It proves that whether or not this default text option is used, text can still be altered to be unreadable, such as your example.
Third, if that image is too large for your regular signature, then DONT use the image period. Why try to "cheat" your signature to add that extra image? It's obviously too large for your regular signature--DONT USE IT.

Lastly, that would be pretty crappy if you upload that same image each time you post. You're soaking up space/bandwidth for each picture you upload, assuming that you don't copy/paste the url.



LOL. All fonts that are listed in the drop down menu, are standard fonts on a PC (not sure about a mac so I'm not even going to include) and would work on ALL browsers. What I quoted isn't even a worry, because it won't be a problem.
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tahoma on teh small size is unreadable on firefox.

the point is, if someone wants to change the text every time, make them have to type it out. it's not like the option isn't there. we just don't want to make it too easy. because unreadable posts aren't fun for the reader, so they shouldn't be fun for the writer.

as far as adding a picture at the end instead of my sig- i put it there manually, therefore i should be able to do that without restriction. if i'm lazy, then of course i should be subject to the restrictions.

and see, you can just change the text manually. the point is, not many people do it because people are lazy, thus keeping the boards generally readable.

and how is this not like neopets? we have 12 year olds who'd think tiny unreadable pink font was good.

 
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post Jul 10 2005, 09:34 PM
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QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 10 2005, 10:27 PM)
tahoma on teh small size is unreadable on firefox. 

the point is, if someone wants to change the text every time, make them have to type it out.  it's not like the option isn't there.  we just don't want to make it too easy.  because unreadable posts aren't fun for the reader, so they shouldn't be fun for the writer. 

as far as adding a picture at the end instead of my sig- i put it there manually, therefore i should be able to do that without restriction.  if i'm lazy, then of course i should be subject to the restrictions.

and see, you can just change the text manually.  the point is, not many people do it because people are lazy, thus keeping the boards generally readable. 

and how is this not like neopets?  we have 12 year olds who'd think tiny unreadable pink font was good.
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If you already fulfilled your signature size quota, it would make sense to NOT cheat it and post that image each time.

However, your annoying fake-signature is irrelevent.

I have yet to come across horribly tiny font, and I use firefox.
However, in general, when I come across font that is tiny, I simply adjust my browser so I can read that specific text, then I switch back to the default size, and voila. I just read tiny text without having to complain about it.

Neopets generally has more young and immature audience.
As far as I've seen, people are young, but slightly more mature.
And I have yet to really see ALOT of unreadable text.

Who cares if you can't read annoying colored/size font, maybe it's for the better then.
 
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QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 10 2005, 7:27 PM)
and how is this not like neopets?  we have 12 year olds who'd think tiny unreadable pink font was good.
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post Jul 10 2005, 10:04 PM
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QUOTE(jordanriane @ Jul 10 2005, 9:34 PM)
If you already fulfilled your signature size quota, it would make sense to NOT cheat it and post that image each time.

However, your annoying fake-signature is irrelevent.

I have yet to come across horribly tiny font, and I use firefox.
However, in general, when I come across font that is tiny, I simply adjust my browser so I can read that specific text, then I switch back to the default size, and voila. I just read tiny text without having to complain about it.

Neopets generally has more young and immature audience.
As far as I've seen, people are young, but slightly more mature.
And I have yet to really see ALOT of unreadable text.

Who cares if you can't read annoying colored/size font, maybe it's for the better then.
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we've yet to see lots of unreadable text because you can't set it yet.

this is a can of worms we don't want to open.

and is the text in anna's signature unreadable? the bottom part of it.

unreadability will haunt the forums.

 
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and is the text in anna's signature unreadable?  the bottom part of it.
;_; I LIKE TERMINAL. DON'T HATE.
 
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post Jul 10 2005, 10:48 PM
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QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 10 2005, 11:04 PM)
we've yet to see lots of unreadable text because you can't set it yet.
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so what about not being able to see lots of unreadable text? Hello, unreadable text can still be customized WITHOUT having the default option available.

QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 10 2005, 11:04 PM)
and is the text in anna's signature unreadable?  the bottom part of it. 
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it says: THIS BOY IS SO FINE.

I've always been able to read her signature with no problems.
 
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post Jul 10 2005, 11:19 PM
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^ I have no idea why sadolakced acid continues to argue the point that it would add to more to the problem that people would post replys that have hard to read font and color, when already that option is already avalible, So everything that you say is incorrect to what I am suggesting. The only thing that you can actally put into this suggestion; is the point that you do not agree with it and that you are against it.
 
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i think hes saying if we have this option then more people would be doing this because they don't have to go through so much trouble to change their font and whatnot. i dont think its a big deal though. if people want their posts to be read then they will change it if someone says they can't read it or will just realise that its "unreadable" which nothing really can be completely unreadable on here.
 
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fonts on createblog can only be so small. we can make the automatic settings so they only have some colors & some sizes; etc. i don't see any problem with this suggestion..this is in fact the smallest you can get.
 
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post Jul 10 2005, 11:36 PM
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QUOTE(headphones @ Jul 10 2005, 11:32 PM)
fonts on createblog can only be so small. we can make the automatic settings so they only have some colors & some sizes; etc. i don't see any problem with this suggestion..this is in fact the smallest you can get.
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ahhhh.... i can't read that.

BLEH BLEH BLEH

FINE. go ahead. enable this. don't get mad at me when i ignore your posts.

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evil people.

if it's going to be like that for me to read, i want the person to HAVE to type it out.
 
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that's really weird that all the other fonts on the page are big, while my small one is unreadable..

it's a font that comes with every PC; i don't see why this is happening.

however, cb doesn't even offer that font in it's drop-down menu, so if we made default font settings, that font wouldn't be an option. :]

here's the fonts that are an option:

this is number one.
this is number two.
this is number three.
this is number four.
this is number five.
this is number six.

can you read those?

edit;;
in fact, number 5 and 6 are like, the same thing.
 
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post Jul 10 2005, 11:46 PM
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QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 11 2005, 12:36 AM)
if it's going to be like that for me to read, i want the person to HAVE to type it out.
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Right because what one person wants, is apparently what should be taken into consideration?

haha.
 
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QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Jul 11 2005, 12:36 AM)
ahhhh.... i can't read that.

BLEH BLEH BLEH

FINE.  go ahead.  enable this.  don't get mad at me when i ignore your posts.

evil people. 

if it's going to be like that for me to read, i want the person to HAVE to type it out.
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That only has to do with your resolution that you have on your pc. i forgot which one makes it like that, either 800x600 or 1024x768.. one of them will do that to ONLY TERMINAL ON FONT SIZE 1. I'm almost positive that not everyone will use terminal for their default text. I really don't see the problem that this will cause other than to make it easier to change the font styling. Thankyou for changing up your sig. pinch.gif
 
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post Jul 10 2005, 11:57 PM
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QUOTE(jordanriane @ Jul 10 2005, 11:46 PM)
Right because what one person wants, is apparently what should be taken into consideration?

haha.
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of course. and what's wrong with that? it's perfectly reasonable- if you want it, you have to use some effort. this is, of course, comming from someone who used a ghetto sig for a while. you get used to typing it out, so i know it can be done. and if someone wants to, go ahead.

but when there is an option to customize post defaults, every post will be a different color and a diffeerent size and a different font. and some unreadable.

and i will not be the only one complaining then.

(and yes sammi, i can read those. did you set them at size=1 tho?)
 

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