# Test. (Don't mind me, I'm up to mischief) **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 5, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me-im-up-to-mischief/186439 "2003-07-05T20:45:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me-im-up-to-mischief/186439/1 "2003-07-05T20:45:32Z")
**QUASI** _ahem_ (Only took me 12 minutes) 😃 Q ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me-im-up-to-mischief/186439/2 "2003-07-05T20:51:30Z")
**L** **E** **L** (Thanks to the wonders of copying **Quasimodem** ’s coding, only took me 1 minute! 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me-im-up-to-mischief/186439/3 "2003-07-05T22:51:03Z")
There _is_ a quicker way … 😉 **JULIE** ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me-im-up-to-mischief/186439/4 "2003-07-05T23:25:05Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Shrinking Violet \* **There _is_ a quicker way … 😉** Ah-HAH! **Shrinking Violet** checked out my coding! 😉 I see what you mean, dear! Thanks! Q ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me-im-up-to-mischief/186439/5 "2003-07-06T05:23:28Z")
**HAMSTERETTE** F\_X ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me-im-up-to-mischief/186439/6 "2003-07-06T05:30:30Z")
**ABBYSTHRNACCENT** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me-im-up-to-mischief/186439/7 "2003-07-06T05:31:44Z")
Oops. I made the screen scroll. :o ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me-im-up-to-mischief/186439/8 "2003-07-06T10:13:15Z")
**GREEN BLADDER** Cool! ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me-im-up-to-mischief/186439/9 "2003-07-06T12:50:53Z")
So tell me again why I should buy a bigger screen? ---
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me-im-up-to-mischief/186439/10 "2003-07-06T15:47:35Z")
**LILBTAGNA** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me-im-up-to-mischief/186439/11 "2003-07-06T21:22:31Z")
**Now** what I wanna know is how do some of our other dopers get the individual letters themselves to show as rainbow colors? Yeah, that’s what **I’d** like to know! 🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me-im-up-to-mischief/186439/12 "2003-07-06T21:26:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quasimodem \* > \*\ ***Now** what I wanna know is how do some of our other dopers get the individual letters themselves to show as rainbow colors? > > Yeah, that’s what **I’d** like to know! 🙂 > > Q \*\* They don’t. It isn’t possible in plain HTML or vB. I’ve seen some nice gradient-colored posts, but each letter is one solid color. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me-im-up-to-mischief/186439/13 "2003-07-06T23:31:49Z")
Is this what you are talking about, **Quasimodem?** (I know it’s not a great example, but I didn’t feel like spending too much time testing colors.) ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me-im-up-to-mischief/186439/14 "2003-07-06T23:38:03Z")
**lel** and **Q.E.D** : Yes, exactly that. I first noticed it in **Homebrew’s** post here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=188077&perpage=40&pagenumber=2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=188077&perpage=40&pagenumber=2) So that’s gradient, huh? Sorry for the mistake, but damn, that’s pretty! Q ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me-im-up-to-mischief/186439/15 "2003-07-06T23:40:04Z")
Yep. Someone on our board here came up with little application to do the coding for you–all you have to do is copy-and-paste the result to the reply window. I can’t recall who it was right now, but it wasn’t all that long ago. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me-im-up-to-mischief/186439/16 "2003-07-06T23:40:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lel \* > \*\*Is this what you are talking about, **Quasimodem?** \*\* Jesus, **lel**! Thanks! How long did that take ya? Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me-im-up-to-mischief/186439/17 "2003-07-06T23:42:06Z")
Soory, posted before I saw your reply, **Q.E.D.** Q ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me-im-up-to-mischief/186439/18 "2003-07-06T23:51:38Z")
[Here it is](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=156572). It was our very own **Mangetout** that wrote it. You can probably still download it. If not, just ask him. ---
**Author:** ![Thunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a8b319/32.png) [@Thunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thunder)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me-im-up-to-mischief/186439/19 "2003-07-07T00:00:37Z")
This has scored slightly higher than **raisinbread** on the Posting-Style-Annoy-O-Meter. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me-im-up-to-mischief/186439/20 "2003-07-07T00:16:31Z")
I l oveY 'all ! Howzzat? 😃 Q [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-mind-me-im-up-to-mischief/186439.md?page=2)