Check this out guys. lol. The developers of our forum theme at phpbb.com often tend to lack real world common sense and basic logic, so I often have ot lecture them on common sense wisdom and basic logic. For instance, see below where I explain to them the reason why a default forum theme should contain the most universally agreed upon or tolerated colors, rather than bright glaring colors that annoy some people. You'd think this is common sense, but they often seem to lack it, so I gotta spell it all out to them. Why? Do programmers and software developers live in a different world or their own world where they lose touch with common sense reality? lol
https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtop ... #p15472166
david63 wrote: ↑November 23rd, 2017, 10:39 pm
It makes little or no difference what one person's preferences are there will always be somebody else with a different opinion which is why there are numerous styles that are either in the CDB, in development or available from an outside source.
Also I believe that a new style is in the process of being developed for a forthcoming version of phpBB and I can guarantee now that there will be some who will not like it and want it changing.
True. However, I think you miss my main point. Let me explain. Please think about this for a minute and you will see the basic logic and wisdom of what I'm saying, especially since it's applied in the real world in the corporate, public and government sectors too. Hence it's part of society and civilization and the established order of things.
Now it's true everyone has a different opinion regarding which colors are best.
That's exactly WHY all successful major websites ALWAYS use the most universally agreed upon color scheme that everyone will most likely like. Such as dark blue, steel blue, soft colors and shades, etc that are easy on the eyes. NEVER bright or glaring colors. They have to do that because they are trying to appeal to millions of people, hence they gotta pick the most universally liked and accepted colors that are guaranteed to not annoy anyone. This is common sense marketing strategy.
Look at any successful major website, such as Amazon, Ebay, PayPal, Bluehost, etc and you will see that they always use soft colors that are easy on the eyes, never the bright blue color that the header of Prosilver uses. Even this phpbb support forum uses a gray scheme called Prosilver Special Edition that uses gray tones and colors that are very soft and easy on the eyes, never too bright. There's a reason why this support forum doesn't use the bright blue of default Prosilver. Think about it. Even government websites use soft colors, never bright ones. So this applies to the public sector, private sector, corporate world and government too. It's simply part of the established order of civilization and society.
Check PayPal and Bluehost for instance:
http://www.bluehost.com
http://www.paypal.com
Notice that they use soft dark colors or pastel colors. Never strong blue or bright blue. Because they do not want to annoy any users so they pick the mostly universally accepted colors that everyone likes or can tolerate. That's what you do when you are trying to appeal to millions of people with differing opinions and tastes. You pick the least controversial colors that everyone can agree on.
Consider this: When you get into an elevator in an office or skyscraper, or you go into a shopping mall, you also hear easy listening instrumental music or ambient music, because that is the most universally pleasant and agreeable music that appeals to people of all ages and types, or at least is tolerable to everyone. You don't hear hard rock, rap or heavy metal in a public building designed for everyone, because extreme music turns off a lot of people. So you pick the most widely tolerable music to play in public places. It's been that way for ages. Same with public forums.
Furthermore, the main competitors of phpbb, such as vbulletin or mybb, also do not use bright blue colors in their default theme. That should tell you something too.
Do you see what I mean? If you think about it, you will understand the basic wisdom and logic of this. It's how things work in the real world too. It's also part of social tact and of being considerate to others too.
Do you get my point now? The developers should definitely think about this and consider all my points above, or bring it up at the next discussion room table or board meeting, whether online or offline, and consider changing the bright blue default Prosilver theme.