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Please remove that new background!

Discussion in 'Site Feedback and Suggestions' started by Evil Kernel, Mar 15, 2002.

  1. Evil Kernel Newcomer, in training

    Please remove that new background with the black 3DS letters with the blurry effect on your main page. It quite frankly looks like a dirty spot on my monitor whenever I bring up the page (which is all the time since it's my home :p

    Thanx and keep up the great job
  2. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor

    Thanks for the input. Actually I love the way it looks ;) , need more feedback though, I guess I must do what the readers want :approve:
  3. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces

    I personally think it looks cool, but I can see if someone who doesn't know 3dspotlight as 3ds would think something might be wrong, or might not be able to see it says 3ds.
  4. uncleel Newcomer, in training

    Julio; the background is fine! Artistically wise & color correct.
    If anything I'd like to see "Block 3D Text" for a more realistic 3D effect.

    Mr. Kernal, the proper & gentlemanly way to word your request is,
    "In my opinion..." followed by your suggestion for improvement, "I would suggest the background be changed to..."
  5. Arris TechSpot Evangelist

    Black blotches on a 15" TFT at 1024 resolution.
    I guessed that it must say news or something.
    If it was just a faded grey rather than black and quite so blurry I think it would be better.
  6. Ai Hate Newcomer, in training

    looks cool, IMO. would be pretty boring if there were no background at all.
    but i think it should be put under (after) the news. i feel it's stealing the focus...
  7. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    I don't even know what you're talking about.. I keep background images off because of this 56k line!
  8. Arris TechSpot Evangelist

    What we are talking about....

    See attached small section of 3ds main page.

    Attached Files:

  9. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    Ok, it's cool but I won't turn background images on!
  10. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor

    I also think the page would look a bit boring without that background, anyway, I've modified it a bit (the background) so it's a bit more whitey so it shouldn't bother you when reading the headlines.

    I know some of you, 3DS regular visitors won't see a point of having the addition (headlines+latest articles) however you must admit, headlines are useful and new visitors will catch easily with our content with the info in there.
  11. Arris TechSpot Evangelist

    Can you make out distinct letters?
    I can't...:(
  12. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    Monitor's brightness=33/100, contrast=100/100, resolution=1600x1200x32. No problems!
  13. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    Yes, I can admit that :)
  14. svtcobra TechSpot Paladin

    Julio, what do you think about bolding or maybe using a blue font for the "Latest 3DS" and "News".

    Just a thought...
  15. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor

    I'm on a Viewsonic GS790 19" monitor @ 1024x768x32 @ 100Hz
    reads fine to me, so you actually can't even read letters there?
  16. uncleel Newcomer, in training

    Standard practice is to use a contrasting color.
  17. Arris TechSpot Evangelist

    Standard practice is for text to be readable ;)
  18. Arris TechSpot Evangelist

    I'll try it on a monitor tomorrow but on my laptop TFT it just looks like black faded blobs. 1024x768x32, and 60Hz apparently...
  19. svtcobra TechSpot Paladin

    I can read it perfectly on a 15" LCD, 18" LCD, 17" CRT and my laptop.


    Looks good from here.
  20. Arris TechSpot Evangelist

    Gaaa :eek:
    Need new eyes then.
    Saying that I am using w2k drivers for this old dell as dell haven't released any proper ones for it in w2k for the ATI Rage Mobility 8mb adapter... could be that being rubbish :)