Why the old-timey brown and yellow theme with serif font?
Serif fonts help with reading small print on printed paper, but doesn’t really do much on digital screens where we can adjust the font size.
This site is displayed in a sans-serif font on iPhones and it looks nicer, cleaner, and more modern. Any chance we could make that the default font type on desktops too?
Also, are there any other theme options besides the ugly brown/yellow and black/dark? Plain white and light grey would look nice as a replacement for the default classic theme, I think.
I used to love the Darkmosa theme. Until recently. At it’s release, it was unique.
Now it’s just so radically different from everything else I’m doing.
Times are a’changin
Now reverted back to Dark theme which these days is more in trend. But the icon at top left is irritating.
Wish the bright neon blue square wasn’t there. I hate it so much that started opening another window or picture in picture to place over the top of it.
If you’re offering to get rid of some of the current themes to make room for new ones, here are my suggestions from the perspective of a professional digital designer:
“Dark” is nice and can stay, “Black” is kind of redundant and a bit too black (shows too much reflection) so it can go, “Darkmosa” is just plain weird and outdated, and can go too. “Classic” is outdated and should be changed to white and light grey (if you’re offering to replace it).
I think two themes is enough. A “Light” theme and a “Dark” theme (the current “Dark” is good). It’d be much more manageable.
I think the blues in the Dark theme icons can go (especially the neon blue) and replaced with plain white. So for the square icon: White “F”, white square border, black background. For the “Forumosa” icon: White lettering, white outline of the shape of Taiwan with black fill.
I’ve been doing so much many things online lately that Darkmosa colors have no fit with it.
I’ve loved Darkmosa since I first tried it. But also, have thought from then, it would put a lot of people off. Off and away and out of interest in Forumosa.
Would not be a bad time to try some new themes. After all, location is everything, and visual location recognition comfort and familiararity is a key part of location.
Dark theme is right now the closest to current trends.
