tlg Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Ok, I don't like the new lime green on the search results page. And I don't like the direction arrow either. I mean, yeesh, everything was tickety-boo before; no need to change. I do however, like the speed the last few weekends. Thanks! Link to comment
+AuntieWeasel Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Hm. I like the direction arrows, but I haven't worked out what the green means yet. No, no...don't tell me. Link to comment
Jeremy Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 You'll get over it. I removed the separator lines so it just alternates color. If anyone wants to recommend an alternating color, I'd be happy to change it. Link to comment
+Cool Librarian Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Lime green is my favorite color. Link to comment
+Cool Librarian Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 See, now I look like a brown nose - Jeremy beat me to the post... Link to comment
GrandpaCannon Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Sorry I can't tell a difference in the color. I never noticed the arrows until I looked because of this post. How long have they been there? Link to comment
+CrimsonWrath Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 You'll get over it. I removed the separator lines so it just alternates color. If anyone wants to recommend an alternating color, I'd be happy to change it. CRIMSON! Nah, just kidding. I like the lime green. About my only other suggestion is silver, but I like the color you've got so far. Kudos! Link to comment
+Berjr1 Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Looks fine to me keep up on the good updates. !! Link to comment
tlg Posted September 13, 2004 Author Share Posted September 13, 2004 You'll get over it. I doubt it, but it's your sandbox and you can colour it any way you please. Link to comment
+Robespierre Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 I removed the separator lines so it just alternates color. If anyone wants to recommend an alternating color, I'd be happy to change it. Yes, I recommend an alternating color. Link to comment
+mtn-man Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 I kind of like the alternating color just being white as it is. Link to comment
ju66l3r Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 The F6FDEE that you're using now is just too pale in my opinion which makes it annoying on the eyes because it's both contrasting AND blending with the white. May I recommend Aquamarine 7FFFD4 or a turquiose 40E0D0. Even a paled cyan ( 66FFFF) would look better...or even just filling the green by raising the saturation to something in the range of CAFF8D would at least force a contrast with the white alternating stripes. Link to comment
+AuntieWeasel Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 The F6FDEE that you're using now is just too pale in my opinion which makes it annoying on the eyes because it's both contrasting AND blending with the white. May I recommend Aquamarine 7FFFD4 or a turquiose 40E0D0. Even a paled cyan ( 66FFFF) would look better...or even just filling the green by raising the saturation to something in the range of CAFF8D would at least force a contrast with the white alternating stripes. Man, if you think color in hexadecimal, I do not want you decorating my livingroom! I can hear it now, "That throw pillow could use a dropshadow...and have you considered using indexed color on the carpet? It would look fine as a 256-color .gif and load in about half the time..." Link to comment
+Escapades Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 I really like the new scheme. Easy on the eyes, easy to tell caches you hid from found, and I like the direction arrows. Keep up the good work. Everything just keeps getting better and better!!!! Link to comment
ju66l3r Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 The F6FDEE that you're using now is just too pale in my opinion which makes it annoying on the eyes because it's both contrasting AND blending with the white. May I recommend Aquamarine 7FFFD4 or a turquiose 40E0D0. Even a paled cyan ( 66FFFF) would look better...or even just filling the green by raising the saturation to something in the range of CAFF8D would at least force a contrast with the white alternating stripes. Man, if you think color in hexadecimal, I do not want you decorating my livingroom! I can hear it now, "That throw pillow could use a dropshadow...and have you considered using indexed color on the carpet? It would look fine as a 256-color .gif and load in about half the time..." Most of those I had to look up and come from standard hex tables. The more saturated lime green value was from using an imaging program to give me the new hex value. As for interiors, I go with college collage usually...very easy to accomplish. Link to comment
Jeremy Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Those are pretty bright colors. I think there'd be more complaints if we went that bold. Link to comment
+Jared_and_Tanis Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Maybe it's just me, but I'm not seeing any alternating colors on the search result page... I also like the idea of putting a grey background over the caches you've found (when you don't use the wonderful "filter finds" option). ~Jared Link to comment
+Cool Librarian Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Might I suggest something in a DCFED7? Link to comment
ju66l3r Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 (edited) Okay, something in the middle? DBFFB2? In the second image, don't let the color inside of the letters/numbers sway your decision..I was too lazy to grab all of the regions. Current color: DBFFB2: DCFED7 (from CL's suggestion): EDIT: LOL, was using "filter finds" when I suggested the EEEEEE grey which is already used for found caches. EDIT: Added CL's suggestion....mmmmm, pistachio pudding....(drool) Edited September 14, 2004 by ju66l3r Link to comment
+AuntieWeasel Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 In the meantime, what about the light gray ( EEEEEE ) used to separate new logs and event caches on the front page? That's a decent alternating color that is easily differentiating and contrasting. Oh, well, I approve of any color scheme that consists of easily distinguishable shades of gray. Or as I once heard a sweaty, nervous geek who was wrongly pressed into a sales role describe it, "grades of shay." Link to comment
+JMBella Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I dig man, it's cool. Ju66l3r's green reminds me of those lime flavored ice pops. Actually I kinda like that too but it makes me thirsty. Link to comment
+mtn-man Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 DBFFB2 looks like signal doot green to me. I like the more transparent colors better since I am focusing more on the content rather than the background. Link to comment
+Apple Dumpling Gangg Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I like the DCFED7. The current one is too light. Link to comment
+IV_Warrior Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I like the DBFFB2 or DCFED7 better than the current scheme myself. The current one blends too much with the color used for found caches. Something a little bolder than current, without getting into "sreaming color" would be a little nicer, in my opinion. Link to comment
+pdxmarathonman Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 DCFED7 reminds me of the printer paper on the old line printers back when you had to submit your computer jobs to the data center and come back the next morning to see the results. What? I'm not old! But I prefer it anyway! Link to comment
+Harrald Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Could the arrows be a bit bigger? Maybe I'm getting old (sheesh) but I think a slightly larger arrow would be nice. Link to comment
kayaker22589 Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 The one right now is too light, I would recomend a grey or so. Link to comment
+5 Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 (edited) The one right now is too light, I would recomend a grey or so. I agree, too light. Other wise good idea. I like the arrowed directional finder... Edited September 14, 2004 by 5 Link to comment
+IV_Warrior Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 DCFED7 reminds me of the printer paper on the old line printers back when you had to submit your computer jobs to the data center and come back the next morning to see the results. What? I'm not old! But I prefer it anyway! Nah, you can't be old, because I know what you're talking about....or maybe I just worked for a company that was WAY behind the times at one point...... Link to comment
Tahosa and Sons Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Next time you sit down to a bowl of vegetables that consists of Round Peas and Square Carrots, jusk ask yourself why are they different shapes. It's so a color blind person knows what he is eating when he plays with his vegetables. Actually I like any positive updates that you can create, thank you. Link to comment
+fly46 Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Actually, I love the current color, but if you're going to be swayed by these people, I'll vote for the second of the two choices. Link to comment
+southdeltan Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 The directional arrows are terrible. I'm a bit confused on the color scheme. It seems all of the cache I HAVE found are grey, but the ones I own alternate between that green and white (actually, there doesn't seem to be a pattern). Would it be possible for ALL of the caches a person owns to be the same color?? Of course, using the "filter" on nearest unfound solves this - but it's inconsistant and confusing to see them alternating between white and (lime??) green for no apparant reason. southdeltan Link to comment
+CompuCash Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 You'll get over it. I removed the separator lines so it just alternates color. If anyone wants to recommend an alternating color, I'd be happy to change it. that's what I thought at first - but it doesn't http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.asp...22.063897222222 gray green gray gray wht grn wht gray gray green gray green gray gray gray gray wht gray gray grn Link to comment
+NoLemon Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I like the alternating green - and I think you should stick to green. It is a nice throw back to the green-bar paper (which not many people in here probably remember). Besides that, the green is easier to read against. Thanks for the change. Link to comment
+greyhounder Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I can't really see any color except for the white-ish, and I'm not color blind. And as to the arrows. Depending on which way your computer is facing, they can be scary accurate, or way off base. Thankfully, I'm using my laptop right now and was able to orient myself so that the arrows pointed in the corect direction (thus making my computer a compass?) Bec Link to comment
+PeachyPA Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I like the new color, but some folks may be colorblind and not be able to see it. I agree with Harrald that the arrow needs to be a bit larger. Good ideas, TPTB! Thanks! Link to comment
+geojeeper74 Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 (edited) Compucash: The grey ones are the ones you have found. The colors would be alternating if you hadnt found those. The link you posted looks fine to me with the colors alternating wht-grn-wht-grn since I have not found any of them. Edited September 14, 2004 by geojeeper74 Link to comment
+rjb43nh Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I feel that the alternating lime and white add nothing but confusion. My vote is to use the lime in a good drink and keep the background FFFFFF. Link to comment
+ChileHead Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 (edited) I don't care for the colors ... if one color means I've found it, another color means it's mine, why have alternating colors for everything else? It's very inconsistent. Doing a search, I see sometimes my caches are in white, sometimes they are in green. Edited September 14, 2004 by ChileHead Link to comment
+CompuCash Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I don't care for the colors ... if one color means I've found it, another color means it's mine, why have alternating colors for everything else? It's very inconsistent. Doing a search, I see sometimes my caches are in white, sometimes they are in green. thanks - confused me too - Link to comment
+geojeeper74 Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Doing a search, I see sometimes my caches are in white, sometimes they are in green. There appears to no longer be a color that designates a cache that you own. It get treated as a cache you have not found. Link to comment
tlg Posted September 14, 2004 Author Share Posted September 14, 2004 There appears to no longer be a color that designates a cache that you own. It get treated as a cache you have not found. You still have the big red arrow and the "Mine" on your own caches. However, I liked it when they had their own colour, they were much easier to spot. Link to comment
+cachew nut Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I'm a bit confused on the color scheme. It seems all of the cache I HAVE found are grey, but the ones I own alternate between that green and white (actually, there doesn't seem to be a pattern). Would it be possible for ALL of the caches a person owns to be the same color?? I think we are supposed to hunt the lime and white ones, but not the lime and white ones that have the red "mine" arrow. I think it needs more work. Link to comment
ju66l3r Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I also noticed that it alternates colors based on whether it is in an odd or even spot on the list (odds are white, evens are pale lime). THEN if it has been found by you, it is grey, but that fact does not change the color of the one before or after it. This is highly confusing because you could have grey grey grey green grey grey white green grey...which suggests that the greens are special (since everyone's perception is white is default and grey is found). Instead, you should only have a green if there are at least 3 unmarked caches in a row that would be white (to help with separation). Whatever you are using to count the rows should reset whenever something gets colored grey. Then you would get grey grey grey white grey grey grey white white grey white green white grey... Or maybe no alternating colors if you're not filtering finds... Link to comment
+New England n00b Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I like the new scheme, though I wouldn't mind the lime green a bit darker. Oddly, on a page with no gray bars, it is easier to see. Add some gray bars, and to me anyway, there is some weird optical effect that makes it seem too light and tweaks my eyeballs a bit. Strange. I like the general direction, though. And the arrows too. Pretty cool stuff. Thanks! Link to comment
+The Navigatorz Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 How about the ability to customize the page to whatever colors we want. That way I can select the caches I want to ignore and I'd choose black background with black text. Link to comment
+ChileHead Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I'd like the ability to customize the colors for other users so they have a surprise next time they log in. Link to comment
+Mudfrog Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 The colors look pretty good and i like the way it separates the caches. As far as the arrows go,,, i dont see much of a point in having them. SW is southwest, E is east, etc,,, Link to comment
+as77 Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 On my LCD screen, I can hardly see any difference between those colors. All of them are almost white. Link to comment
+New England n00b Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 The colors look pretty good and i like the way it separates the caches. As far as the arrows go,,, i dont see much of a point in having them. SW is southwest, E is east, etc,,, I like them because if I am flipping through a page looking for, say, "Northerly" caches, I can glance at the arrow and buzz through the page very very quickly. Otherwise I have to stop and read each one. It's a time saver, though a slight one. I like it. Link to comment
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