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Matters of taste

Already for years anyone have had a possibility to use Stylish browser extension and something like Ipernity Dark Skin originally developed by Spotomy. That has provided a nice option for geeks like me, to view pages in dim light. Dark background and lighter fonts provide sort of an inverted layout to view pages, which also can be found as more friendly for the eyes.

If you already use Stylish, or are interested to use it, you may wish to find out what styles there are available for the ipernity web site:

userstyles.org/styles/browse?search_terms=ipernity&type=false

So far the option to change the page and font colors has been either the plain default white provided by ipernity, or possible only for geeks who know how to install and use Stylish.

Now thanks to Rob, we all have easy to use options to change the page colors. One may argue it violates one's own user account space here at ipernity. However, the user does not "own" the page or font colors.

This is now the first step to let the user to change the background colors more easily. Later on it may become possible to change also the font colors.

So, you may like it or not, but your audience can now do something as hideous (or nice) as this:

Matters of taste

The ipernity club member can now change their personal preference of page background, margin (sides) and comment section background colors:

Page color menu

Keep in mind that these page color preferences affects only the way how the individual user wishes to view the pages. So, if someone wishes to view ipernity on pink background, it does not change the way how all others sees the pages.

Moreover, as ipernity club member you can still decide what is the layout and color theme on your personal account pages (your banner image, title bar text and color, and so called title bar colors on your own pages). And that is how all others will see your ipernity account pages.

For example currently I have decided to use one of my images on the banner, light, almost transparent background behind the title, and black background on sub title bars:

Matters of taste

All this is more or less the same as if the user would get to decide on what color paper they like to print their news paper. One could for example print out this page onto pink paper. However, the contents, texts and images are still the same for all.
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5 comments

Treasa Ui Cionaodha said:

As you say Sami it's all about how an individual views the page options available. Personally I do not like any of the above layouts. Especially the purple one. But the old saying is true "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"
5 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to Treasa Ui Cionaodha:

I once again say that however someone else here at ipernity wishes to change the way they see the background colors does not change a thing on the server. This is so called "client side" tweak, and it really changes the view only on the one's own computer. The same is thing with this Dark Skin that I sometimes use.

Another metaphor: One can buy a coffee from the cafe, and then change it according one's personal preferences by adding sugar and/or milk, or even Grappa into it =D
5 years ago

Marta Wojtkowska said:

I use Stylish on regular basis. But not for Ipernity :)
The other one... ;)
5 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to Marta Wojtkowska:

Hey, someone may like that other one =D
5 years ago

Marta Wojtkowska replied to Sami Serola (inactiv…:

Some did and same some are out-waiting current rulers of the other one ;D
5 years ago