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I don't see any H*R and S*B images anywhere....

Well i don't.. but i just went on it today for the like 12th time ever

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Owner of The PlaystaionThWii60

Look at the Main Page, then look at the "This week's featured article" and "What's new?". They're faded images.

I sorta like the new style. H*R and SB are much better, and I like those gradient/chrome/whatever title things. But I've a question - will it be carried over to the Fanstuff and the Login page?

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Mmmm...enjoy the "too lazy to boot up Photoshop so used Paint instead" magic.

Edit: Simulpost w/ PurpleKoopa!

Ah.

Well....

lmao.. silly kitty.. Whatchu doin in thurr?

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Owner of The PlaystaionThWii60

I like it, but I wish that I could see SB and HR more. They just seem too faded to me to be very visible, especially if there is a lot of text in front of them. I kinda like the chrome, though.

What if you made it brighter? Then it wouldn't stand out so much, like people complained about.


I actually like it, though.

Whoa, hang on a second. Why are you implying that I'm unwilling to compromise? This design is less than a day old. I'm just trying to make a case for why I chose to change the specific things I did. But I am perfectly willing to find a design we can all (or most of us can) like. There's no need to immediately suggest that because this is my creation then I can't possibly budge on it (although I do admit that it's a little unsettling to read in this forum that one's ideas "suck" ... I couldn't imagine being Matt or Mike and having to deal with people who with their knee-jerk reactions routinely pick apart TBC's hard work as though it was created by some machine rather than real people). On the contrary, I have already made other compromises, and I'm currently working on softening the chrome.

Gah, looking back on it, I do think that "sucks" is rather mean and inconsiderite. I wasn't being exactly, well, respectful to your work, Dotcom, and I apoligize for it. I guess I'm just not really used to it, and in my opinion, it doesn't blend well with the old style of the Wiki.
And even though I was saying these things about the thought and effort you put into it, you work even harder to find another style that we can all enjoy, and for that, I thank you. Sorry.

No prob, Bob. I have just made some adjustments to dramatically soften the chrome and enhance the characters a little, as they were not showing up on some LCD screens very well. Do a hard refresh to see the changes.

Ah, it's cool, now. I like the gradients.



Thank goodness I'm short, because I get to see everything at a darker angle of my LCD monitor. When I stood up though, the characters appeared to be gone. They look a little darker now, though.

EDIT: Oh, and what program and/or methods did you use to make the chrome effects in the last header bars? Or did you use some intense programming for it?

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I likes it. Good jorb, IDC.

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I agree. Great job, Idka!

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So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain. Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?

What it needs is those Chrome/Gradiant panels to be rounded off. And maybe make it have more of a shine.

I can do the exact same thing with The GIMP.

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Ah, I thought it was some Photoshop function, or something. Thanks.

Toastpaint.

For some reason there's a 'line' in Firefox where the picture of SB ends. Although the new 'chrome' things look ten times better than the last one. It blends in with the rest of the page better.

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I'm in Firefox and I don't see anything. If you look really really close you can see banding (which was necessary to keep the filesize down; these images are the main page after all), but I don't notice it on normal viewing.

Oh, you're right. I was looking at the little band above SB's head and thinking that was the top of the image, but I looked at the image alone and I can see it goes much higher. Yeah, it looks good now.

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It's less horrible than it was before I guess. But I'm sticking with the original layout

I usually freak out in response to layout changes, but this one's nice and subtle for me. It's not too much of a departure from the original, but it looks shined-up and spiffy. I like the new HSR and SB in the background. Much more "pop-outy" and noticable now. Regardless of what anyone else says, I say, "Great jaaerb!"

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You look like you need a hug.
*hug*
There, now don't you feel better?