I use Discourse Classic, Windows 10, Chrome, which has always had SD on the left, with the thread title and forum in smaller lettering. Then a bog empty space until over on the right you have the search/hamburger/profile icons. Background was all white.
Now, every time I open a new thread/tab, I have a very dark blue banner with The Straight Dope Message Board spelled out in a large font, followed by The Straight Dope in smaller font, a small empty space, then the search/hamburger/profile icons.
It’s board specific as no other site has changed. Help me go back!
That was weird. I had to check something on a different site and click to it. Came back here 10 seconds later and BAM! I was confused, I tell you that.
I am not a happy camper. I’m not deeply unhappy, but I liked the way the Discourse classic looked. It worked for me. Now it’s not the same, and none of the options give me easy to see demarcations between thread topics. Yes, yes, I know there’s a fairly sizeable gap between paragraphs, but I like the lines (or, preferably, alternate row shading). That’s the visual cue I look for and they’re sooooo slender and pale they’re nearly invisible now.
Now checking out the other options. So far graceful is the least objectionable. The two Darks are horrid, at least on a computer screen.
At this point, I guess you find a different theme. I’m sticking with classic for now as it is the only one that gives me the gray/white background that I prefer.
This is me, too. I can learn to live with it, but it is not my top choice.
I don’t like it because the hamburger menu and the avatar icon don’t look as good on it (especially the red circle-number on the hamburger menu that says how many pending reports there are).
And a few other spots on the page have changed to a darker shade of blue, too, like the Reply button and the outline of the Reply textbox.
My icon is the only thing that didn’t change. Still a grey background with the icon on it. Something must be wrong with my menu icon tho. I don’t het to see reports from anyone. You’re a mod Chronos, could you fix that for me? Thanks!
I tried Graceful and one other, but I really don’t like those rows of avatars for each topic, it’s just too busy. So I guess I’ll learn to live with the banner change on Sam’s Simple.
That’s what I’m using as well. Over the last year or so, I’ve been moving over to dark mode on a lot of websites. I’ve found I prefer it, but it’s really jarring, especially late at night, when I go from a dark site to a bright site.
Also, nothing changed with this theme. Everything looks exactly the same as it always has.
It is ok, but it would have been nice to have some warning. I ran out to pick up a kid from school, when I came back I thought someone had been messing with my iPad. Sheesh, announce stuff like this.