Couldn't stay on the last one for too long 'cos it was too dark, but can't stay on this one for too long 'cos it's too bright.

8/12/10 - version 1 - the one with the clover leaf.

I don't see the clover on my PC, only bright white.....on my phone I only see the clover when the page is loading and then its bright white again...

Strangely enough though last nights one with the flower I saw perfectly on both.

And i thought the pic n the banner was a google earth type image.

This one is certainly better than last nights one!  I dont see borders so thats good. What a carry on   When is the vote, anyone know?

This one's fine for me too - anything but the dark ones will do me

This.
Most FM's dislikes have been about it being either too dark or too light.  Oh, and the annoying backgrounds showing through where the text is as you scroll.
Does it have to be from one extreme to the other?  Is there no - dare I say it - middle ground?

This one is Ok for me..... but like Veggie says.... anything but the dark ones will do for me...

I like this one too (8-12-10) ..... Yup the brighter ones are definitely better than those really dark ones

Looking back over the week, I think the second theme was probably more of a middle ground than anything.  That was the one with quite full shades of blue, with the pale dots down the sides.Apart from that, everything has either been very light and bright or very dark, which has really polarised opinion.  Lots of people find the white writing on the dark background hard to read, and find it depressing, whereas lots of other FMs find the lighter backgrounds dazzling and hurtful to their eyes as well.  Some people didn't like the blue dots on day 2, but I don't remember anyone complaining that it was hard to read or hurt their eyes. 

7.20pm Wednesday - I can live with this.

I like this one a lot my favourite by far

Wot Growly said

Todays one has morphed a bit. .I now have Olive and white bands for the replies. .was all white earlier. .and the green blob seems to be at the very edge and can hardly see it now

This one`s fine - the white`s still a bit bright though. 

Never happy eh?  

I was a bit cheeky about all this last night - I was in a bit of a grumpy mood - sorry 

If they could tone down the white to a creamy/stone/you know what I mean colour, it would be a bit better!

This one is not as bright as previous ones. I could happily live with this though it's not my favourite by a long chalk.  Seems to be a happy medium between the dark and bright themes.

I agree with this however......

 I absolutely love this one .... it's far and away the best one yet, and an off-white would make it perfect imho

I think I liked the blue ones best, but I can live with this one....I can't see the borders anyway

Yeah, this one's kinda allright   I've got a white background with pale blue and white text bands, but no image behind it

Really? Mine is White and mushroom text bands with a light olive green on the Op and front page, no background.

As someone said last night Croc, I wonder if it's a browser thing. I'm using IE (at the mo). When I hover over the topics on the pages they then turn olive green and the section down the side is that colour

Wonderful! Something not to extreme in either direction. Something that we can actually work with.

However....nothing to do with the colours, it may just be my tired eyes, but the font size being cranked up a point or two wouldn't go amiss.





I'm seeing the same Croc. On both FF and IE.