| Restriction on colors & font [message #128732] |
Wed, 20 July 2005 06:08  |
Frank
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Hi,
It could just be me, but I find messages that use other than standard fonts, fontsizes or colors very annoying.
I don't see any use for it, other than that people that tend to use it do it to attract attention.
That's why I would want to suggest to remove the possibility to (manually) alter the font/size/color, other than by the code/quote etc predefined styles.
If I'm the only one who's annoyed by this, than I guess I'll have to accept it.
Frank
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| Re: Fonts and coloring [message #129006 is a reply to message #128732] |
Thu, 21 July 2005 08:58  |
Frank Naude
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Hi Frank,
It annoys me as well. Although, most users are using it responsibly.
Anyway, this forum is already hacked to pieces. I would really like to postpone such a change until absolutely necessary.
Best regards.
Frank
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| Re: Fonts and coloring [message #129009 is a reply to message #128732] |
Thu, 21 July 2005 09:10 |
Frank
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Frank,
I agree that it isn't really a 'Must have'. Was quite annoyed the time I posted it I guess.
Thanks anyway and keep up the good work
Frank
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| Restriction on colors & fonts [message #259956 is a reply to message #128732] |
Fri, 17 August 2007 00:00 |
Frank
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Since this is (mainly) a text-based forum, would it be a good idea to remove the possibility to change Font-face, -color and -size?
Up till now, I have not seen any useful use of either of them. They only lead to annoying posts (IMHO).
Bold, underline and using caps should be enough to emphasize text, and if there's a need for a non-proportional font, the code-tags can be used.
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| Re: Restriction on colors & fonts [message #259988 is a reply to message #259956] |
Fri, 17 August 2007 01:50 |
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Michel Cadot
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I agree.
There are very few cases I used colors about one out of 1000 messages and only to lecture a poster.
About size, I think only 2 or 3 should be useful: normal (2), small (1, I used it to indicate the reason of an edit, useful for a note) and, maybe, big (3, to really emphasize a point).
About Font, the default Arial is easy to read. A new user (mson77) use Courrier, I have some problem to read (this is just my eyes). Times and Century are too flourish font for a technical forum, I think. But this is minor.
Regards
Michel
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