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Re: To Celebrate April Fools' Day, Slashdot Wears Hacker News' Attire

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Post by LeoPanthera »

There's an option in the HN settings to change the color of the topbar. When I first signed up I didn't know why it was there (I still don't) but I changed it to a fetching shade of green[1].

I've had it that way for so long that HN always looks odd to me when I log out and it goes back to orange.

[1]: http://i.imgur.com/r6tbAt4.png

Re: To Celebrate April Fools' Day, Slashdot Wears Hacker News' Attire

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Post by khrm »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #2

There's an option in the HN settings to change the color of the topbar. When I first signed up I didn't know why it was there (I still don't) but I changed it to a fetching shade of green[1]. I've had it that way for so long that HN always looks odd to me when I log out and it goes back to orange. [1]: http://i.imgur.com/r6tbAt4.png

Is this an April's fool joke? I can't find this setting.

Re: To Celebrate April Fools' Day, Slashdot Wears Hacker News' Attire

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Post by najati83 »

khrm wrote: post #3
LeoPanthera wrote: post #2

There's an option in the HN settings to change the color of the topbar. When I first signed up I didn't know why it was there (I still don't) but I changed it to a fetching shade of green[1]. I've had it that way for so long that HN always looks odd to me when I log out and it goes back to orange. [1]: http://i.imgur.com/r6tbAt4.png

Is this an April's fool joke? I can't find this setting.

There's a karma threshold for it to appear, for some reason.

Re: To Celebrate April Fools' Day, Slashdot Wears Hacker News' Attire

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Post by LeoPanthera »

khrm wrote: post #3
LeoPanthera wrote: post #2

There's an option in the HN settings to change the color of the topbar. When I first signed up I didn't know why it was there (I still don't) but I changed it to a fetching shade of green[1]. I've had it that way for so long that HN always looks odd to me when I log out and it goes back to orange. [1]: http://i.imgur.com/r6tbAt4.png

Is this an April's fool joke? I can't find this setting.

No? The option is under "minaway".

Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/EmO0gz1.png

Re: To Celebrate April Fools' Day, Slashdot Wears Hacker News' Attire

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Post by mmastrac »

khrm wrote: post #3
LeoPanthera wrote: post #2

There's an option in the HN settings to change the color of the topbar. When I first signed up I didn't know why it was there (I still don't) but I changed it to a fetching shade of green[1]. I've had it that way for so long that HN always looks odd to me when I log out and it goes back to orange. [1]: http://i.imgur.com/r6tbAt4.png

Is this an April's fool joke? I can't find this setting.

It should be called "topcolor"

Re: To Celebrate April Fools' Day, Slashdot Wears Hacker News' Attire

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Post by gcb0 »

dammit. I was fooled!

saw the design and though "if I wanted only titles I'd be at HN". then I looked for a "old design" link. when I found none I actually deleted the site bookmark from my phone! the worst part is that I've been there long enough to know even the less obvious than pony April fools pranks.

/slow clap, Slashdot.

Re: To Celebrate April Fools' Day, Slashdot Wears Hacker News' Attire

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Post by dang »

khrm wrote: post #3
LeoPanthera wrote: post #2

There's an option in the HN settings to change the color of the topbar. When I first signed up I didn't know why it was there (I still don't) but I changed it to a fetching shade of green[1]. I've had it that way for so long that HN always looks odd to me when I log out and it goes back to orange. [1]: http://i.imgur.com/r6tbAt4.png

Is this an April's fool joke? I can't find this setting.

You need 250 karma. Some history here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13498128

Re: To Celebrate April Fools' Day, Slashdot Wears Hacker News' Attire

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Post by harlanlewis »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #2

There's an option in the HN settings to change the color of the topbar. When I first signed up I didn't know why it was there (I still don't) but I changed it to a fetching shade of green[1]. I've had it that way for so long that HN always looks odd to me when I log out and it goes back to orange. [1]: http://i.imgur.com/r6tbAt4.png

I use it as an obvious visual indication of whether or not I'm logged in. Usually it’s because I’m not using my primary browser, which means I should be testing something but instead ended up on hacker news… somehow. Good reminder to get back to work.
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