[Critical] This color scheme actually strains my eyes.

Pryotra·9/18/2013, 4:03:16 AM·15 votes·1,122 views

15 minutes of looking at this color scheme LITERALLY turns my eyes red. I am in a well lit room, I am well hydrated, but this color scheme REALLY hurts to look at.

Please, I dislike the reddit setup for a multitude of reasons, but having to strain my eyes just to give you feedback on it is ridiculous. If you want a fair discussion, try not injuring the people giving you feedback. It makes the feedback come accross as ragey.

Edit: Stayed here for 30 min, now have a headache. Please change this, this hurts.

11 Comments

Eleshakai9/18/2013, 5:55:48 AM4 votes

Agreed - it's an awkward colour scheme and the font doesn't help matters.

Tiedye19/18/2013, 1:53:23 PM3 votes

I would be nice if it would be possible to have a few colour scheme options, one of which using the warmer yellowy colour of the old forums which were much easier to look at.

tehdef9/18/2013, 2:20:22 PM2 votes

10 hours ago it was night. You were likely using incandescant bulbs. I recommend getting a program called F.lux that will adjust the colors on your monitor to better absorb large blocks of white by changing the lumens of the screen, and making things "warmer". Your eyes don't want bright white at night, so it's better to warm them up.

About all you can do, because the color scheme is no different than most others. Most websites are white. Do you complain about each and everyone of them and ask them to change it?

TheVoiceofExile10/20/2013, 12:24:14 AM2 votes

My suggestion for a fix would be if we did something similar to a YouTube add-on I used to use. It allows you to "turn-out" the lights. It exchanges the bright white sides that YouTube normally has for a dim grey and just overall turns down the lightness of the page. I think something like that could fix the situation.