# Appearance at Forum level has changed since a couple of hours ago **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [November 30, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appearance-at-forum-level-has-changed-since-a-couple-of-hours-ago/1010958 "2024-11-30T00:56:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appearance-at-forum-level-has-changed-since-a-couple-of-hours-ago/1010958/1 "2024-11-30T00:56:20Z")
Sam’s Simple Theme. Board level and Topic level seem to be the same. But the Forum level (where I see lists of Topics) appears to have changed the colors of the Topic titles. Current: Topic with unread posts, the title color is light blue. Topic with no unread posts, title color is purple. Before (as best I can remember): Topic with unread posts had title color of bold black. Topic with no unread posts, the titles were gray. It’s not a bad change, I can certainly learn to live with it, I’m just surprised that it happened apparently with no warning, and wondering if it means anything, or if other things are going to change unexpectedly. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appearance-at-forum-level-has-changed-since-a-couple-of-hours-ago/1010958/2 "2024-11-30T01:15:36Z")
It occurs to me that this change might have been in place for a while, but it didn’t manifest right away for me due to cookies or something. As I said, not a problem, just a bit of concern about the “how” of it. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appearance-at-forum-level-has-changed-since-a-couple-of-hours-ago/1010958/3 "2024-11-30T01:22:31Z")
I noticed it too over the last hour or so and posted about it in another thread before I saw this one. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appearance-at-forum-level-has-changed-since-a-couple-of-hours-ago/1010958/4 "2024-11-30T05:45:46Z")
This change is horrible. The board is unreadable and looks like crap on mobile. [![](https://i.imgur.com/hgrjs78_d.webp?maxwidth=760&fidelity=grand) ](https://i.imgur.com/hgrjs78_d.webp?maxwidth=760&fidelity=grand) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appearance-at-forum-level-has-changed-since-a-couple-of-hours-ago/1010958/5 "2024-11-30T06:28:13Z")
As is mentioned in a different thread about this, switch your user interface theme to Straight Dope Light (or Dark) at least until discourse sorts this out. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appearance-at-forum-level-has-changed-since-a-couple-of-hours-ago/1010958/6 "2024-11-30T16:07:11Z")
Thanks, but I don’t use this site on mobile, so I’ll stick with this, the other is more disagreeable for me. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appearance-at-forum-level-has-changed-since-a-couple-of-hours-ago/1010958/7 "2024-11-30T16:11:25Z")
Harder to read. Hopefully it will be fixed. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appearance-at-forum-level-has-changed-since-a-couple-of-hours-ago/1010958/8 "2024-11-30T17:09:42Z")
How do I change the interface? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appearance-at-forum-level-has-changed-since-a-couple-of-hours-ago/1010958/9 "2024-11-30T20:27:25Z")
Click on your avatar in the upper right corner. On the right side of the resulting list is a series of icons, click on the bottom one, an outline of a head, called Profile. On the resulting new list, click Preferences. On the resulting screen, across the top are various choices. Click on Interface. On the resulting screen is a dropdown list called Theme. Click on that and choose a different theme. At the bottom of the page, you must click on Save Changes for the change to take effect. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appearance-at-forum-level-has-changed-since-a-couple-of-hours-ago/1010958/10 "2024-11-30T21:54:07Z")
I can’t get that to work on mobile. I have a Samsung not an iPhone. When I try to follow the steps you posted the I can’t find Preferences or Interface. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appearance-at-forum-level-has-changed-since-a-couple-of-hours-ago/1010958/11 "2024-12-01T00:40:02Z")
Sorry, those instructions were for a computer, I don’t know how to do that on a phone. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appearance-at-forum-level-has-changed-since-a-couple-of-hours-ago/1010958/12 "2024-12-01T00:42:45Z")
Well, phooey. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appearance-at-forum-level-has-changed-since-a-couple-of-hours-ago/1010958/13 "2024-12-01T00:47:14Z")
Click on your icon. Click on it again to go to your profile. Click on the little gear all the way to the right, then scroll under it all the way to the right until you get to Interface. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appearance-at-forum-level-has-changed-since-a-couple-of-hours-ago/1010958/14 "2024-12-01T13:17:11Z")
Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appearance-at-forum-level-has-changed-since-a-couple-of-hours-ago/1010958/15 "2024-12-01T13:33:15Z")
Thanks for the walkthrough! The recent switch to light blue titles was simply terrible.