prominence of topic line, compared to subjects

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prominence of topic line, compared to subjects

Post by grahamperrin » Mon Dec 17, 2012 11:11 pm

Thanks for the improvements to show subject lines. Much appreciated.

A minor observation: the subject lines appear more prominent than the topic line … maybe due to use of bold.

Long term, maintaining prominence of the topic line should help to keep things on topic. So I guess:

  1. make the topic line a little more prominent; and/or
  2. make the subject lines a little less prominent.

For (a): at first I thought bold, but then I saw the shade of blue that currently appears when previewing a new topic line –
screenshot 2012-12-18 at 04.08.34.png
a nice shade of blue for the current theme
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For (b): within the topic (but not at lists of topics), subject lines might be a *fraction* lighter. Not so pale that text becomes lost, but a shade of grey that complements the topic line.

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If there's a topic in the phpBB area where this might be discussed more easily (with the developer of the theme?), please give a link – I'll be happy to move this post.
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favouring a shade of blue

Post by grahamperrin » Fri Dec 21, 2012 11:22 am

A screenshot of viewtopic.php?t=1943#p3613

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The first (bold) line of content appears a little more bold than the subject, the two are a little too close together.

A little space, padding or filling might be nice beneath the subject line (see also: post metadata (date, time, unread)).

My guess is that a shade of blue for the subject line will be good. Blue to:

  • hint that it's a link
  • help distinguish the subject line from any first line that is coincidentally bold.
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Better, thanks

Post by grahamperrin » Tue Jan 08, 2013 3:18 am

viewtopic.php?t=1943#p3613 (for example) looks better since the metadata issue was resolved.
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