Social Media Examiner | Eliminate white text!! | Topic Replies http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/feed/ Eliminate white text!! - Forum Topic in the Group Blogging Thu, 23 May 2013 19:22:53 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-45645<![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-45645 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:22:39 +0000 E N Brown replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging I do not even stay on those sites long enough to know what the headlines say - no reason to even try to read on those sites.  It's painful and uh, dare I say - stupid of anyone to put text of any color on a […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-45564<![CDATA[Pamela Diaz replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-45564 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:40:23 +0000 Pamela Diaz replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging well, in this I'm the opposite, white background and black letters hurts my eyes after a few hours, I read a lot in my computer, mostly at night, and it hurts my eyes so bad! 
My favorite website so far is one […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-45541<![CDATA[Planet Zuda replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-45541 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 06:38:17 +0000 Planet Zuda replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging I've noticed that a lot of security researchers do the black background with white text. I know that our research is really important, but they should care about other people who are trying to read their […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-45486<![CDATA[Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant & MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-45486 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:44:37 +0000 Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant & MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging I ran into another one yesterday! The lady hired me to add MailChimp to her site, but said during our conversation that she wasn't having any luck with people sticking around to read her website! It was black […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-44900<![CDATA[Susan (Sueyq) replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-44900 Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:55:55 +0000 Susan (Sueyq) replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging I do understand the point of this post and I do agree that you have to think of the many readers who come to your site. I do love color and the creative thinking with adding the color. However my main concern […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-44806<![CDATA[Diane Bianchi replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-44806 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:16:30 +0000 Diane Bianchi replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging I agree that the text has to be easy to read, otherwise you'll lose your audience.  I was working on a project with my husband, looking up libraries in the Pittsburgh area.  Some of the websites were so horrible […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-44797<![CDATA[Judith Gotwald replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-44797 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:46:27 +0000 Judith Gotwald replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging
Vision is funny. Eyes differ. Vision changes with age. Preferences change. Even gender and caffeine consumption can affect testing.

Black on white or some pale neutral or low intensity color (light yellow) is […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-44794<![CDATA[Geoffrey Gordon replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-44794 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:21:20 +0000 Geoffrey Gordon replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging When all is said and done I always refer to the tried and tested. Google the number most visited website in the world has a simple white background and a simple layout. True its a search engine page, but as you […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-44779<![CDATA[Clara Mathews replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-44779 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:37:53 +0000 Clara Mathews replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging I agree. Sometimes designers go for what looks good, without considering User Experience. Reading white text on a black background gives me a headache.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-44776<![CDATA[Dave MacKay replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-44776 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:33:21 +0000 Dave MacKay replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging @nicolette-roux another 'vote' for first impression..... I wonder if there could be a poll conducted (or has been conducted) as to how the general public reacts to page color. I have been looking on the web […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-44773<![CDATA[Nicolette Roux replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-44773 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:19:06 +0000 Nicolette Roux replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging i'm sorry but if i land on a site that has white text i leave 99% of the time without even bothering to strain my eyes further..

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-44764<![CDATA[Dave MacKay replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-44764 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:45:14 +0000 Dave MacKay replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging I think you are quite correct, be sensitive to the reaction as you get a first glimpse.., and then somehow, get an idea as to what the public feels when they hit that page.. how you would gauge the public reaction […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-44758<![CDATA[Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant & MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-44758 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:14:44 +0000 Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant & MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging @a2z4u I disagree about the white text on black. Beautiful it look at, but hash and glaring on the eyes. Too much of a contrast.

@dave-mackay My fave - lightest grey background and darkest grey font.

I […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-44756<![CDATA[Annie Diamond replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-44756 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:39:37 +0000 Annie Diamond replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging I know exactly what you mean Amy! However white text done properly, EG. on a solid black background can work very well.
In general, I don't think many people test what they've done to see what it's like for the […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-44754<![CDATA[Dave MacKay replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/eliminate-white-text/#post-44754 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:49:45 +0000 Dave MacKay replied to the forum topic Eliminate white text!! in the club Blogging I find the bright colors hard to deal with, but I do prefer some hint of color in the background. I feel that if colors are too harsh, the message is lost.

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