Let's change the HN title bar to #663399 • Hacker News Board

Re: Let's change the HN title bar to #663399

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Post by opendais » Thu, Jun 12, 2014, 4:44 PM UTC

cwyers wrote: post #8

For those who didn't click the link, it's not a proposal to make the site more readable, it's part of a memorial effort.

Yes, but I'd like to be able to still use the site and do the memorial bit at the same time, so I went with a lighter shade. ;)

Re: Let's change the HN title bar to #663399

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Post by opendais » Thu, Jun 12, 2014, 4:44 PM UTC

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #10

opendais wrote: post #3

Its unreadable with that shade. I use #cccccc.

The topbar text colour should change automatically to the one with the best contrast.

Really? It doesn't for me, never has.

Re: Let's change the HN title bar to #663399

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel » Thu, Jun 12, 2014, 4:53 PM UTC

opendais wrote: post #12

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The topbar text colour should change automatically to the one with the best contrast.

Really? It doesn't for me, never has.

I'm saying it should i.e. it ought to, not that it does, but I can see how you'd be confused.

Re: Let's change the HN title bar to #663399

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel » Thu, Jun 12, 2014, 4:54 PM UTC

#f6f6ef forever, baby. I like my seamless page.

Re: Let's change the HN title bar to #663399

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Post by aroch » Thu, Jun 12, 2014, 4:54 PM UTC

opendais wrote: post #12

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The topbar text colour should change automatically to the one with the best contrast.

Really? It doesn't for me, never has.

Contextually, I believe "should" is referring to what the OP would like HN to do not what HN does d.

Re: Let's change the HN title bar to #663399

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Post by freshyill » Thu, Jun 12, 2014, 4:56 PM UTC

Did nobody actually read the Zeldman post linked above? This was not intended to be a discussion of a redesign.

Re: Let's change the HN title bar to #663399

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Post by opendais » Thu, Jun 12, 2014, 5:01 PM UTC

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #13

opendais wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really? It doesn't for me, never has.

I'm saying it should i.e. it ought to, not that it does, but I can see how you'd be confused.

My mistake. I'm confused easily :)

Re: Let's change the HN title bar to #663399

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Post by adamman » Thu, Jun 12, 2014, 5:24 PM UTC

#663399Becca would be even better.

Edit: I was thinking page title. #663399 as the color for the header would be really nice too.

Re: Let's change the HN title bar to #663399

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Post by jrochkind1 » Thu, Jun 12, 2014, 5:26 PM UTC

I know lots of great people who have died, lots of good charitable efforts, and a few good charitable efforts connected to good people who have died.

Can I get HN to put something in their banner every day for a different one?

Re: Let's change the HN title bar to #663399

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Post by follyfalls » Thu, Jun 12, 2014, 5:31 PM UTC

I feel like I'm missing something here.

A very young girl died of cancer. That's pretty sad, but I fail to see how it's anymore sad than the hundreds/thousands of people who die of cancer every day. Millions of people will have died of cancer by the end of this year.

So we have all these people tweeting this hashtag and coloring their Twitter avatar purple, because Rebecca's favorite color was purple (no non-sequitur there).

Why? Why are we mourning the death of this particular individual; what about her plight is so unique?

To me it just seems like bandwagoning.

Surely there's some aspect of this that I do not understand or of which I am unaware.