greyscale macrumors is hurting my eyes

[Darkroom]

i hope this is only a temporary change to signify april fools...

[lostfan916]

I love it! :D








not really. but come on, use your head if it bothers you THAT much. ;)

[phungy]

It's hurting my eyes too :(

[dukebound85]

nice one MR, pulling the ol' greyscale on my monitor haha

happy april fools!

[jjahshik32]

Seriously gave me a little scare, nice little april fools...

[Nermal]

I have no idea what you're talking about ;) but the Quick Style Chooser in the bottom-left corner may be of interest to you.

[iBlue]

It is good. :D

This has got to be Q's idea, it's too perfect!

[Tosser]

Haha, I had to double and recheck my computer wasn't screwed up. –*as it is, I'm using graphite and have a black desktop background. Good one!!

[iBlue]

No way, it's just some greyscale, how can that hurt your eyes? It's just playing tricks on them. You expect to see one thing and get another.

It's a great prank. Perfect one for Q to pull too (he's colour blind)

It will only be for a day, I'm sure. :)


(I noticed the quick style changer too, just didn't want to say) :)

[Kingsly]

Actually, when I think about it, it's quite pleasant on the eyes. :cool:

[annk]

Actually, when I think about it, it's quite pleasant on the eyes. :cool:

That was my first thought, too. :)

Then I remembered the date, and realised I'd been got, this year, too. :p

[gothiquegirrl]

I have no idea what you're talking about ;) but the Quick Style Chooser in the bottom-left corner may be of interest to you.

Thank GOD!

Yes, the grey hurt my eyes too.

Good prank though. :p

[bigandy]

i want it permanently available as a skin option :o

[jjahshik32]

Lol, I remember some of the colors having a blue bar and kept rubbing my eyes and was like omg I cant see the color blue!!

[yoyo5280]

Haha, I had to double and recheck my computer wasn't screwed up. –*as it is, I'm using graphite and have a black desktop background. Good one!!

lol i did the same thing

I have no idea what yall are on about!?

[skunk]

It is good. :D How you doin', iGrey? :p

[RBMaraman]

The greyscale is awesome, but the retro MacRumors logo is flippin' sweet!

[fluidedge]

can we get this as a skin option for the future? It's nice - it's actually nicer reading text on a grayscale site without colour distractions.

[techlover828]

is this for april fools or apples birthday?

[iBlue]

I like that my ribbon is still in colour...

<- special :p

[yoyo5280]

what does the ribbon mean iBlue?

[iBlue]

what does the ribbon mean iBlue?
means I won an MR contest. :)

[dsnort]

Actually, when I think about it, it's quite pleasant on the eyes. :cool:

Kind of hard on my eyes, I've done the cmd+opt+ctrl+8 route.

[srl7741]

When I woke up this AM I sat down to read and thought I went color blind over night. I went back to my night stand to get my glasses. Sat back down and figured out It was not me. (Hahahahaha). I just had a Birthday yesterday and was told I was getting old. Whew.......

I had to laugh at myself.

[Abstract]

TOUGHEN UP, PEOPLE!

One day, and the complain has started already.


And this page is not harder, or easier, to read. You're just not used to it, as iBlue said already.

[TBRO]

Excellent! Thats all I can say! :D:D

[bhsu21]

the grey was hurting my eyes too. Glad someone pointed out how to change it back or else I would have stayed away from here until Apr 2.

[PowerFullMac]

Im on a school computer so I thought the screen was messed up, but then I noticed the logo at the top with colours on it... Got me at first, though :D

Good job!

[aristobrat]

Second day with my Air here .. still getting used to the glossy screen. Woke up, refreshed MacRumors in my browser and thought "yeah, I really hate glossy -- look how lame these colors look". :o

[wordmunger]

Wow, that's a lot of work! Even the avatars!

[hexonxonx]

I switched back to the old colors, the new grey is too grey! :cool:

[iMpathetic]

So, there's supposed to be "other things" of April Fool's funniness around the site, has anybody found anything?

[tominated]

i like it. it's easy on the eyes

[dsnort]

So, there's supposed to be "other things" of April Fool's funniness around the site, has anybody found anything?

I don't know, I'm getting a headache from the grey scale. May have to stay away today.

[Macmaniac]

AHHHH The Greys!! The Goggles They Do NOTHING!

[Hello.there]

I was about to ring Applecare and complain LOUDLY that my iMac had gone funny. :o

Look! Even the embarrassed face is grey!

[dobbin]

I like it too, especially the rainbow logo!

Signatures still show the colours. Is that deliberate, or too hard to change? I haven't a clue how it's done anyway..

Do colours still work in messages?

edit: yes, they do!

[PowerFullMac]

I like it too, especially the rainbow logo!

Signatures still show the colours. Is that deliberate, or too hard to change? I haven't a clue how it's done anyway..

Do colours still work in messages?

edit: yes, they do!

Yeah, text colours obviously still work, as do colurs on ribbons.

[kwood]

I'm loving the coloured classic Apple/Macrumors logo.

[atari1356]

I'm liking the grey :)

I'm amazed that the avatars are greyscale too... must have been a BIG batch convert in Photoshop or Graphic Converter?

[lil' brudder]

yeah, I'm on a crappy old CRT monitor connected to a mini at my school... kinda threw me off..

[Knox]

I'm liking the grey :)

I'm amazed that the avatars are greyscale too... must have been a BIG batch convert in Photoshop or Graphic Converter?

Ah, but you probably won't have noticed that they stay grey even if you change them... ;)

[iBlue]

Ah, but you probably won't have noticed that they stay grey even if you change them... ;)
I did (because I just had to try) :D

[SpookTheHamster]

This is great, please make it an option!

I love the April Fools on MR, they're never anything too stupid.

Next year; green text on black.

[andiwm2003]

wtf.. i just called comcast and complained that something is wrong with my internet. it's b&w now. they'll send a technician on friday between 12 and 2pm.:D

of course i'm gonna cancel that tomorrow. but it would be great if others call as well and complain to comcast.:p

i hate comcast.

and smilies in b&w look just boring.....

[Melrose]

It doesn't hurt my eyes but it's hard to make sense of which threads are which... I could get used to it I guess but hope I won't have to. Stylechanger here I come!

[squeeks]

but the Quick Style Chooser in the bottom-left corner may be of interest to you.

you mean the one that only has this style available?

[iBlue]

you mean the one that only has this style available?

huh?

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[~Shard~]

This is great, I feel like I'm browsing MacRumors on my brother's old Mac SE/30! Man that was a good machine... good times indeed... :cool:

[bartelby]

This is great, I feel like I'm browsing MacRumors on my brother's old Mac SE/30! Man that was a good machine... good times indeed... :cool:

Back when you were a nipper, eh?

[iBlue]

Back when you were a nipper, eh?
"that is the last time you will ever refer to his mother's titties" </bad boys 2>

[squeeks]

huh?

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dont look at me, its not my forum, im just showing you what i see

[teleromeo]

were all avatars converted to grey ?

[squeeks]

were all avatars converted to grey ?

yes, if you save it and open it on your computer they are still grey

________

AHHA i fixed it...kinda, the default skin still shows up in my user control pannel, weird that it dosent on the quick chooser

________
avatars are still black and white though of course

[acearchie]

I love the coloured logo (and the grey scale come to think of it!)

I wonder which hero designed it! Ha

[CalBoy]

I'm loving the coloured classic Apple/Macrumors logo.

That was actually one of the contest entries in the 5 Million Post Avatar Contest.

I have to admit that it does pull my eyes a bit after a while, but that also might be because it's the morning for me and I'm still wearing my glasses. :p:o

[decksnap]

This is way better than the normal colors. It should stay this way. (except with colored avatars)

[PowerFullMac]

This is way better than the normal colors. It should stay this way. (except with colored avatars)

I didnt like it at first but it has grown on me and I like it now :)

I hope it is a perminant option! :)

[Joko]

It Hurts!!

[Zwhaler]

I like that my ribbon is still in colour...

<- special :p

Ahhh the color, I cant handle it! Just kidding, I am actually having color withdrawls right about now. Thank god its only a joke :D But it is worth it just to see people complain about it who dont realize its a joke.

[gaz350]

it makes it hard work for the eyes!

[scotthayes]

that was not funny, just woke up and thought the world had gone black and white...

[squeeks]

crap, changed my avatar and its still b&w whats the deal...

[iBlue]

crap, changed my avatar and its still b&w whats the deal...
the dudes who do tech for this site are smarter than that ;) :D

[iTeen]

I'm lovin it inverted....:D

[MacNut]

Shouldn't everything be in the old Apple monitor green. Any why are the post buttons not changed.

[cube]

Hurts me too.

[decksnap]

Shouldn't everything be in the old Apple monitor green. Any why are the post buttons not changed.

They are probably in your cache. Hit refresh.

[~Shard~]

Back when you were a nipper, eh?

Yeah, almost 20 years ago now I guess... ;)

[Peace]

Man I'm glad I read this thread. I was getting ready to submit a bug report to Radar. DO'H! :eek:

[JamesMcCain]

I have no idea what you're talking about ;) but the Quick Style Chooser in the bottom-left corner may be of interest to you.
you my friend are my Tuesday Hero.

[mkrishnan]

I don't know what you guys are talking about. I loaded up Macrumors this morning on my new iMac (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=463920) and I can't see how it is any different than it was yesterday (http://pop.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOU8GIRUd_g&feature=related). :mad::mad::mad:

[decksnap]

I don't know what you guys are talking about. I loaded up Macrumors this morning on my new iMac (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=463920) and I can't see how it is any different than it was yesterday (http://pop.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOU8GIRUd_g&feature=related). :mad::mad::mad:

Too bad I got that post in my email... it exposes the link!

[mkrishnan]

Too bad I got that post in my email... it exposes the link!

At least one of them was legitimate! Give a brother a break! :D

[RandiC]

Its grey today and its the first day in a long time I haven,t heard anything about a yellow Macbook Pro screen!!!!!!! Interesting!

[bananaquit]

Don't know about MacRumors, but the world around it is so much more colorful!

[PowerFullMac]

Don't know about MacRumors, but the world around it is so much more colorful!

Theres a world outside MacRumors!!!!! :eek:

[~Shard~]

Theres a world outside MacRumors!!!!! :eek:

Nah, just unfounded lies and heresay...

[PowerFullMac]

Nah, just unfounded lies and heresay...

Phew! I thiught I was a geek who spent all his time on a Apple forum not knowing of a so-called "outside world"! :D

[joepunk]

I thought I had at first punched apple-shift-8 (or whatever keys one uses to reverse ones monitor colours).

[dsnort]

I thought I had at first punched apple-shift-8 (or whatever keys one uses to reverse ones monitor colours).

apple-option-control-8

Actually a relief today.

[mkrishnan]

apple-option-control-8

Actually a relief today.

As pointed out several times, just once more so everyone hears it:

If our prank is causing you that much trouble, you can change back to the normal forum look by navigating to the bottom of the page, using the menu box in the lower left corner of the page, and choosing the Mac Rumors Forums 3.5 style.
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[cube]

The main page is always grey and the rest of site goes back to that color if one is not persistently logged in. It's not funny.

[MacNut]

I did it for a little while but it got annoying.:p

[Cassie]

Haha, classic MacRumors :).

[Wayfarer]

I think I've gone colorblind. ;)

[Lord Zedd]

Looks like a boring weekday newspaper.

[skiesforme]

I think they changed it a bit from how it looked in this morning. It has more contrast (darker shades) now. Looks better than in the morning. :rolleyes:

[Trip.Tucker]

Ah, but you probably won't have noticed that they stay grey even if you change them... ;)

Probably just using ImageMagick or similar.

...god, this gray theme is awful and the theme select on the bottom left is broken, image > grayscale persists. Good job.....not.

[iTeen]

I think they changed it a bit from how it looked in this morning. It has more contrast (darker shades) now. Looks better than in the morning. :rolleyes:
yea i think they did, sortof standable now...

[nagromme]

What's different, exactly? I cleared my cache and everything--it's the same all-gray as it always was.

:confused:

[~Shard~]

Probably just using ImageMagick or similar.

...god, this gray theme is awful and the theme select on the bottom left is broken, image > grayscale persists. Good job.....not.

I cannot change the theme either - the April 1 option is the only one available. Not that I mind, but I'm curious why the option to change appears for some and not for others... :confused:

[zblaxberg]

dude this gray stuff...not cool...really annoying, seriously macrumors not a good idea

funny thing about changing back to the regular color style...it doesn't work!

[J@ffa]

im in ur macrumors
hurtin ur eyes

[cazlar]

I only get the 1 option on the page bottom too, but in my CP I have both. Finally some colour to save my eyes...

[decksnap]

This would have been so much more delightfully irritating if it was all bright red.

But honestly, this 'theme' should remain if you've already put the work in. It adds a little class. The standard colors are so cheese.

[dsnort]

I think this is doing worse than just hurting my eyes. I suddenly feel an overwhelming urge to cover myself in some sort of gelatinous lubricant and run naked through a funeral!!!

[EarthDawn]

I have no idea what you're talking about ;) but the Quick Style Chooser in the bottom-left corner may be of interest to you.

ughh...... thank you....

i dont know why but the grayscale was annoying me

[Cassie]

I like the grey theme, the only thing that annoys me about it is that the advertisments aren't in grey too. :)

[pianodude123]

Ughh... I feel like a dog.

[iTeen]

I like the grey theme, the only thing that annoys me about it is that the advertisments aren't in grey too. :)
haha, very true!! but the grey does get to your eyes after a while...:mad:


btw, welcome back Cassie!!!

[Aj2488]

definitely harder to use and on the eyes. :(

[Hankster]

Don't know about MacRumors, but the world around it is so much more colorful!

Color is overrated. Go MR! :cool:

[iSaint]

I have no idea what you're talking about ;) but the Quick Style Chooser in the bottom-left corner may be of interest to you.

Hah, pretty cool!

[Melrose]

iBlue or not, I'm not a fan - I'm back to the old style.

I'm a designer, I need every colour I can get. And typefaces: Why don't they offer a style with 47 different typefaces?

[scotty96LSC]

Theres a world outside MacRumors!!!!! :eek:
I did not know that.

[davidee]

and there I thought that some large company had requested that macrumors stop affecting their business by using the color from their brand.

no I'm not nuts follow the _safe_ links

http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/painting-the-town-magenta/

&

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/deutsche-telekom-t-mobile-demands-engadget-mobile-discontinue/

and yes the grey is ... meh :D

[theLimit]

Greys are my favorite colors. Thanks, MR! :)

P.S.: Please make it a permanent option.

[MacNut]

I cannot change the theme either - the April 1 option is the only one available. Not that I mind, but I'm curious why the option to change appears for some and not for others... :confused:I had the opposite, everything was in color and I had to change it. Guess thats what happens when you never close the window.:o

[Cassie]

Yes, a permanent option for this would be most welcome. :)

[Cowinacape]

i hope this is only a temporary change to signify april fools...

Not to mention, it is depressing as well. almost gave my monitor a smack this morning, when I saw this, thinking I had lost colour.

Sorry Macrumors, but this B&W scheme kinda bl**s, maybe Ted Turner will save the day and colourize it for us :D

[Doctor Q]

For those who missed it, here is our excuse explanation for the day's lack o' color scheme.

[Tosser]

It's funny, when you choose the style "MR 3.5" and you have everything back to "normal" the threads look so calm. I like that calmness.
Blue links and so forth are good enough, but it simply looks good without coloured avatars. Now, if only the top could be made grey as well, while keeping colours on links and names, I would have that as standard skin if I could.

[~Shard~]

I had the opposite, everything was in color and I had to change it. Guess thats what happens when you never close the window.:o

It must have something to do with the browser. Using IE at work, no dice - now that I'm at home using Safari, no problems in changing. :cool:

[PowerFullMac]

Screw colours, I want my greyscale back!!!

Put it back as a skin option, please!!!

im in ur macrumors
hurtin ur eyes

Thats funny! Made my day!