Change of link color

[WillyW]

Perhaps that is true of IE, but Netscape had it as far back as version 4. And all gecko base browsers have always had it.

Using Firefox here.
Under Tools->Options->Content->Colors,   I found where I could change link colors.     "Allow pages to choose their own colors..."  must be unchecked though.
With that,  the rest of the colors are affected.

Not a good solution.


Have I overlooked something?

2k_dummy:

I think I'm on the right track.
User style sheet
usercontent.css   in the chrome directory
Right?


Played with it just a bit.
Oh,  I made a difference, alright!     I really   ugly-fied the links.   

This'll take some more reading and experimenting.

Interesting to experiment with though. 
I wouldn't have thought of looking for something like this....  thanks for bringing it up.

[CBMatt]

Royal Blue works well on white, but not as well on the light blue.  In my opinion, Cornflower Blue looks like the best choice, as it shows up well on both the white and the blue.

[Calum]

I'll go with Cornflower Blue, it definitely stands out well, and better than the current blue.

As for your comment on usercontent.css WillyW, yes that is how you can change the colours etc.
I know what it is and where it is as well as how to change it, but I have never messed with it before.
I've only toyed with userchrome.css, it's very useful.
It's worth looking on the web, there are a lot of guides on how to change things to suit you.

[WillyW]

Royal Blue works well on white, but not as well on the light blue.  In my opinion, Cornflower Blue looks like the best choice, as it shows up well on both the white and the blue.

Sorry,  I have to disagree.

Cornflower Blue is one of the worst of them all - it is the most difficult to differentiate when on the blue background,  as in   "  « Reply #16 on: Today at 05:57:55  AM »  "   above.

The letters are almost the same color as the regular text.    The goal is to make them different,  so they don't blend in.



Comparison:
This is a  current colored clickable link
Here is Cornflower Blue.
This is plain old text.

It is a real shame that apparently there is no way to configure the forum so that only links within posts are affected.      Then it would be easy -  we could choose something outlandish.   

[CBMatt]

The difference is very noticeable to me.  But then again, I do have super-human eyes.  Heh.

Perhaps this color would be a better choice?

[unlovedwarrior]

i say something other than blue like dark green

Pastel Green
 #00FF00
 

[CBMatt]

i say something other than blue like dark green

Pastel Green
 #00FF00
 

Gah!  Are you trying to blind us?!

[unlovedwarrior]

my lord..... it looked good on my windows xp but it hurts my eyes on my linux boot

[Zylstra]

Plain written:
Link
Link
Link
Link
Link
LINKY
Link
Link
Link
Link
Link
Link
Link

And in text:
Lorum Espum Link jumps over the lazy dog Linkthe quick brown fox Link jumps over the lazy dog Linkthe quick brown fox Link jumps over the lazy dog LINKYthe quick brown fox Link jumps over the lazy dog Linkthe quick brown fox Link jumps over the lazy dog Linkthe quick brown fox Link jumps over the lazy dog Link the quick brown fox Link jumps over the lazy dog

Just wanted to point out that they do look different when placed inside text, and when outside
(In case no one already said that)

I would vote Maroon or what CBMatt said

(No, I didnt read the existing posts...)

The other thing, as it appears was already discussed, is choosing a Mac, Linux, Windows, IE, Safari, Netscape, FireFox, and whateverelsethereis compatible color format.

[2k_dummy]

How about just changing the blue background. Nothing else would be affected. Or is the blue background written in stone.

[Zylstra]

How about just changing the blue background. Nothing else would be affected. Or is the blue background written in stone.

YaBB Theme, baby, all the way!

It can be changed, simple edit of the style sheets

[CBMatt]

But then we'd all be disagreeing on what color to change that to.  Heh.  The two-color format makes threads much easier to read, so we can't just change it to white.

[2k_dummy]

Change the background to a shade of orange. All the basic colors show up up well on orange.

[WillyW]

The difference is very noticeable to me.  But then again, I do have super-human eyes.  Heh.

Perhaps this color would be a better choice?

Can't say...  would have to see it on the blue background too.

[WillyW]

But then we'd all be disagreeing on what color to change that to.

Just be extra clear -   I've not yet disagreed because of a color....  only when it blends into the background.    That's where we are right now. 
I really don't care much what color the links are -  just that they show up.