Retronet is here.

[Mute Monk]

Plus, darker themes are better for the environment, because your my monitor uses less energy to display them[1].

...and darker themes are only better for the environment if you're using a CRT monitor, and why the fuck are you using a CRT monitor?

I'm poor and don't want to invest money in a new monitor if my old one does the job. Corrected my post.

[otters~1]

As usual, will be sticking with m9 because orange on purple is just way more effective than light blue on white.

[Pheidippides]

I felt that way too at first, flag, but I'm warming up to the lighter scheme. I've compared with the old forum skin, and I think the community's main problem with light skins is just that we haven't used one in, like, a year. Retronet isn't all that different from what we had back on forumer. Although, certain things like quote boxes could use a *tad* more contrast, but I think that's been said.

Also, is there any way to make the fonts consistent from skin to skin? Because size 85 Lucida Console should show up the same on all of them, no? And yet, Retronet and Hermes renders it smaller.

[Chase]

As usual, will be sticking with m9 because orange on purple is just way more effective than light blue on white.

Unfortunately most professional web designers would say that orange on purple is the worst combination of colours, they contrast too much and m9 just needs to burn in hell. I hate it with a passion, it's the epitome of bad web design and lack of colour theory ('cept for the header, Atilla did a good job on that).

[SlappyMcGee]

As usual, will be sticking with m9 because orange on purple is just way more effective than light blue on white.

Unfortunately most professional web designers would say that orange on purple is the worst combination of colours, they contrast too much and m9 just needs to burn in hell. I hate it with a passion, it's the epitome of bad web design and lack of colour theory ('cept for the header, Atilla did a good job on that).

Color theory is bullshit. It's akin to getting a masters in Pop Culture.

[otters]

As usual, will be sticking with m9 because orange on purple is just way more effective than light blue on white.

Unfortunately most professional web designers would say that orange on purple is the worst combination of colours, they contrast too much and m9 just needs to burn in hell. I hate it with a passion, it's the epitome of bad web design and lack of colour theory ('cept for the header, Atilla did a good job on that).

Color theory is bullshit. It's akin to getting a masters in Pop Culture.

But surely it's better to respect Pop Culture than to disregard it completely, innit? It'll allow you to come out of it not looking like an idiot and allow your users to retain their eyesight.

http://pastebin.com/m3ba6c692 <= Tiny little fix to prevent that gap between the top of Tsukatu's sig (the spoiler trigger part) and the rest of it.

[unoriginal name]

I'm a bit late to the party, but cool. Cold, in fact. Looking at this theme make me want to put on a second jacket.

EDIT: Wait, what the fuck? Why doesn't my name show up? Is this intentional? If so, <3. Please don't fix it.

[SlappyMcGee]

Yeah, but you can't argue something is bad -because- it ignores colour theory. Like saying Animal Collective is a shitty band because they ignore Weezer's influence on modern music. Color theory tries to dictate what is aesthetically pleasing, which is ridiculous because my father looks like Gary Sinese on a Withnail and I bender.

[otters]

Color theory tries to dictate what is aesthetically pleasing, which is ridiculous because my father looks like Gary Sinese on a Withnail and I bender.

Indeed. Color theory isn't perfect. But m9 violates it and m9 is hideous. I think that proves something. Or something.

[Pheidippides]

Color theory tries to dictate what is aesthetically pleasing, which is ridiculous because my father looks like Gary Sinese on a Withnail and I bender.

Indeed. Color theory isn't perfect. But m9 violates it and m9 is hideous. I think that proves something. Or something.

That's your opinion. Those of us with less refined tastes actually happen to like m9. I agree with Slaps. Color theory is more like map theory; neither is a universal, definitive law that holds any real consequence for transgressors, but both are valid suggestions that will appeal to a significant audience. Like you said, it isn't perfect. m9, to some, actually proves that it's not perfect, rather than that it's close enough. [/random debate contribution]

Edit: Matched my old-forum post count, and in the Retronet topic, of all places. How appropriate.

[SlappyMcGee]

Color theory would be really cool if each individual person developed their own color theories, being able to find which colors worked with which colors best in our eyes, and having aesthetic profiles. Alas, now it is a blanket term that doesn't mean anything to an individual.

[Chase]

Well I just started an epic offtopic debate didn't I? :/

Let me put it this way, the way that m9 overall is arranged and organised makes it look like a cluttered mess, the usability factor is below the Earth's crust and general visibility is poor because after long periods of viewing it will probably hurt your eyes.

AND BACK ON TOPIC WE GO. POST MORE BUGS PEOPLE.

[moonlight]

I love it. I can't really find anything I don't like, nice job.

[Rhekatou]

<3
I can find very few things i dont likesy.

[EdoI]

Whoah, this is some good news since my last visiting of this forum! It'll be hard getting used to these icons and I'm not a fan of that too simple MetanetForums writing. Other than that, I have no objections.

Edit: I miss the time of writing somewhere around the post's subject.

[sidke]

I like how it looks, but the header image things are :/
And it's very bright. It's like... anti-hermes. This will take some getting used to.

[SlappyMcGee]

I really like it, actually. Fuck me.

[otters]

I really like it, actually. Fuck me.

I INTEND TO

[otters~1]

As usual, will be sticking with m9 because orange on purple is just way more effective than light blue on white.

Unfortunately most professional web designers would say that orange on purple is the worst combination of colours, they contrast too much and m9 just needs to burn in hell. I hate it with a passion, it's the epitome of bad web design and lack of colour theory ('cept for the header, Atilla did a good job on that).

PURPLE IS MY FAVOURITE COLOUR

[Pheidippides]

PURPLE IS MY FAVOURITE COLOUR

THAT PATTY'S GREEN! HAHA! GREEN!

[otters~1]

Guys, complete change of heart, dunno why, but yeah.

...beautiful.

(Still can't really read admins' names against the background.)

[Spawn of Yanni]

Guys, complete change of heart, dunno why, but yeah.

...beautiful.

(Still can't really read admins' names against the background.)

That seems to be a Firefox bug, or something. Admin names are supposed to be red (check on another browser).

[otters~1]

One more thing:

when I try to quote a post from the "Post A Reply" box, it doesn't show who said what unless hovered over, and the format isn't too clean. (Would like a little separation or something.)

[Rhekatou]

Guys, complete change of heart, dunno why, but yeah.

...beautiful.

(Still can't really read admins' names against the background.)

That seems to be a Firefox bug, or something. Admin names are supposed to be red (check on another browser).

In IE8 mods are hard to read.
Oh, and avvies aren't centered.

[Ignate]

Overall, I didn't use retronet much, what with the way it handled images and all. And it gave a different feel. Sort of like old forums meet corporate website. Or something. It seemed a bit too bright (granted, I was using Hermes before), I'll give it another whirl to further explore the features.

EDIT: Okay, checked through it. The quotes aref ine by me, but it's an unsuitable shade of grey. Retronet is mostly blue but the boxes are, green-ish. The posts are in-line with the report and quote buttons. And apparently I can't find the board index link.

However, I really like the online tag. It's awesome.

EDIT 2: The information page (shows up after you post) has a lot of green, which is either distracting or a good notifier.