I like it better, actually. Maybe it's because I had been using the Sins forums for a while before I started coming to the Elemental ones (the Sins ones are white on black). I wasn't much of a fan of the old color.

Use RED, It's far easier to see...like Blood.

Unfortunately, in order to keep consistency with the site, the design will not be changing in the near future.  If it is that big of a problem there are ways to modify designs to your liking using addons through your browser.  I know that isn't the greatest solution but since we can't do it, you still have the option of doing something

Bright red on black does not match the theme of the site, nor does it make it any more readable, imo.

Bara

But please, for Elune's sake, at least change the grey text on black background. My head's hurting reading only this thread.

Edit: ctrl+f5 solved the grey text issue. But still... black background? I thought design like that was so 90ies.

But a yellowish tint does, and is miles better than gray. Gray on black strains the eyes and is not fun in the slightest to read bigger posts with.

Hey, at least the text isn't white (quotes doesn't count). Or bright red.

That's worse, Wintersong. Too much contrast is bad too. Switching from black to the old background every other post is like reading green text on a red background

Edit: bad luck, Raven. No red seems "cool" enough for this forum.

Sigh. I guess I really shouldn't be spending so much time on the boards anyway. It's not like I cared about Elemental very much or anything...

Here's hoping that the folks behind this particular design decision get really addicted to reading the boards. Maybe that will hasten the demise of this anti-reading color scheme.

just highlight text if you have any issues didn't you hear brad was going to LA needs a new flashy website to all them people addicted to graphics only mattered

This really should be it's own thread but I can't create one.  The Elemental War of Magic title is sitting over all the buttons and at the top of the screen and they are mostly unclickable for me.  Logining in is a real pain so I'm lucky I'm able to post at all.  I see all kinds of posts about the color but nothing about this issue which is a much more immediate problem for me.

Actually I don't have any issues with the color, I find it easy to read and think the black background looks really nice.

Same here edpfister. Although I do think the contrast is a bit much at times, but I can deal with it.

I actually like the darker design. It's a matter of preference. A mostly dark screen with light text is a lot less straining on my eyes, especially at night, than a light page with dark text. So I like it.

For those who don't like the new design, while not the same thing, you can view the page with StarDock's default theme here:

https://forums.stardock.com/forum/511

What do you mean it doesn't match the Theme? The whole site is black!!! Looks like it matches to me

What's MORE IMPORTANT thn color is the fact that I STILL can't make new posts, or access "My Replies" or "My Posts" or anything at the top of the page because of the Big Glowing Elemental Logo at the top. I can see it being on the main page but having it here on the forums is making it so I can't access anything. I'm running I.E. 8.

Ahh, well, here I thought it was just me for a second.

Same, I like it too, and it makes RED look so much cooler.