The Dig's sig.

digitalwanderer · Jan 2, 2003, 06:30 PM

Another thread has turned into a commentary on me sigs color choices, so I thought I'd just seek the input of the peeps I like & trust to help me decide on what they should be. It's a bit of a pain-in-the-ass to change me sig at all the sites I usually visit, so I want to have a consensus on what people like/don't like before I decide if I should go with the majority or just see how painful I can make it on the eyes to read.

Here's how it currently looks:

[COLOR=gold]DriverHeaven Super Moderator[/COLOR]
[SIZE=xx-small][COLOR=blue]BluePhoenix [/COLOR][COLOR=deeppink]PIII800@944, CUSL2-C, 512MBcas2, retail 64MB 8500(290/310), SB-live5.1, Creative 12xDVD, Mitsumis CR-4804TE, 10/100NIC, 56K Lucent Winmodem, 40GB Maxtor, Hauppauge TV-card, VCR, digital cable, win98se[/SIZE] [/COLOR]
[COLOR=blue][SIZE=xx-small]Bubbles [/COLOR][/SIZE][COLOR=deeppink][SIZE=xx-small]Celeron 1.4@1.75, TUSL2-C, 512MBcas2, GF3(250/530), FortissimoII, Artec16xDVD, 10/100NIC, 40GB GXP60 7200, ATI TV-Wonder VE, win98se/XP[/SIZE] [/COLOR]
[COLOR=blue][SIZE=xx-small]Boomer [/COLOR][/SIZE][COLOR=deeppink][SIZE=xx-small]Celeron 1@1.13, P3B-F, 320MB, GF2 MX400(240/420), Fortissimo, 32xCDROM, 10/100NIC, 40GB Maxtor, win98se[/SIZE] [/COLOR]
[COLOR=blue][SIZE=xx-small]Babs[/SIZE] [/COLOR][COLOR=deeppink][SIZE=xx-small]P166, 212MB, 2.3GB, Voodoo3, SB-16, 10/100 NIC, win98se[/SIZE] [/COLOR]
[COLOR=crimson][SIZE=x-small]Elite Bastards - Editor[/SIZE][/COLOR]
[COLOR=limegreen]DriverHeaven SETI team - Folding to find intelligent life[/COLOR]

I know ya can see it in me sig below, but I'm gonna be changing it based on suggestions in this thread. (I thought it might help pass a boring/frustrating afternoon...I need a distraction.) I've been meaning to put together a "Dig's rigs" page so I can just make a shortlink to that instead of listing 'em all out, (plus it'd be a whole lot easier to keep it up to date!), but for some odd reason an incredible sense of apathy seems to hit me whenever I contemplate doing anything with updating me homepage.

Dom · Jan 2, 2003, 06:52 PM

I don't think you should change it at all, so what if people don't like it.

JavaFox · Jan 2, 2003, 07:40 PM

Pink is somewhat difficult to read, particularly on our blue background.

Dom · Jan 2, 2003, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JavaFox
Pink is somewhat difficult to read, particularly on our blue background.

I find the pink easy to read. It's the blue & red that is too bright for some reason.

JavaFox · Jan 2, 2003, 08:04 PM

You're right, the blue is pretty excruciating..

DriveEuro · Jan 2, 2003, 08:13 PM

Do it in orange....Pink, purple, and blue are hard to read on this background.

JavaFox · Jan 2, 2003, 08:16 PM

Green ain't exactly easy to read either, DE! ;>

fornicatarachnid · Jan 2, 2003, 08:32 PM

I've never been a fan of loads of different colours in a sig, in my

opinion it just looks a bit too messy and is very difficult to read. I

like Dom's sig, the black is nice and easy to read, ( would be

easier still if the font was a bit bigger

) yet it still sets

it apart from any other writing in the post.

kinetic · Jan 2, 2003, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by fornicatarachnid
I've never been a fan of loads of different colours in a sig, in my

opinion it just looks a bit too messy and is very difficult to read. I

like Dom's sig, the black is nice and easy to read, yet it still sets

it apart from any other writing in the post.

I like Doms sig also but it could do with a bit more detail.

DriveEuro · Jan 2, 2003, 09:50 PM

I only have a lot of colors so I can find where I left off when reading messages... I can see everything I said and all that other stuff. I think it is easier to use as a place marker when scrolling through threads.

ToshiroOC · Jan 2, 2003, 10:33 PM

I think that the blue, red, and green are all a bit to vibrant - if anything, make them a little duller, and change the blue, so that the sig is easier to read... Also, you might want to just make a picture that you load as your sig instead of having text if that would make readability easier and allow you to use whatever background you want to.....

Vampyromaniac · Jan 2, 2003, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by digitalwanderer
It's a bit of a pain-in-the-ass to change me sig at all the sites I usually visit,

[color=darkgrey]Black[/color] or [COLOR=darkgrey]White[/color]

Highwood · Jan 3, 2003, 12:28 AM

I’ve turned signatures off in my profile Zarathustra’s signature image was giving me nightmares.

UberLord · Jan 3, 2003, 02:16 AM

Go for a pale tones. Choose the blue and green I use and the orange and yellow that DirveEuro uses and that would be very readable

EDIT: Can't believe I don't know the colours in my own .sig

mbeeston · Jan 3, 2003, 03:23 AM

too pink

digitalwanderer · Jan 3, 2003, 05:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by mbeeston
too pink

And what's wrong with pink?

DriveEuro · Jan 3, 2003, 05:32 AM

Taint nothing wrong with pink except that it is hard to read on this background...it doesn't contrast enough

BWX · Jan 3, 2003, 07:05 AM

I think it looks fine- I can read it all perfectly, but I got the digital vibrance cranked up in the detonator driver control panel which makes colored text jump off the page.

[color=green]

AMD[/color] [color=green]Athlon XP1800+ AGNGA 0201uPAW with Arctic silver 3
(up to[/color] [color=green]1.72ghz[/color] [color=green]for benching)-[/color][color=green]Temperature - 41C-rest to 49C-full load[/color][color=green]
Gigabyte[/color] [color=green]GA-7DX+[/color]
[color=green]
Crucial (Micron)[/color] [color=green]256m PC2100DDR ram ([/color][color=green]2:2:2[/color])[color=green]
Western Digital[/color] [color=green]40GIG 7200RPM ATA/100 2Mb buffer[/color]
[color=green]
XFX[/color] [color=green](a division of pine) Geforce4 ti4200 64mb 4ns [/color][color=green]@315/615 Mhz---[/color][color=green]
Linksys[/color] [color=green] 10/100 ethernet w/
motorola cable modem(@460Kb/sec)[/color][color=green]
WIN98 se[/color] [color=green]soon to be XP[/color][color=green]
[color=green]3DMark score[/color][color=green]11,477![/color][/color] [color=green]<---Updated for 40.71's- I use the 41.09's now[/color]

green is cool

[color=blue]

AMD[/color] [color=blue]Athlon XP1800+ AGNGA 0201uPAW with Arctic silver 3
(up to[/color] [color=blue]1.72ghz[/color] [color=blue]for benching)-[/color][color=blue]Temperature - 41C-rest to 49C-full load[/color][color=blue]
Gigabyte[/color] [color=blue]GA-7DX+[/color]
[color=blue]
Crucial (Micron)[/color] [color=blue]256m PC2100DDR ram ([/color][color=blue]2:2:2[/color])[color=blue]
Western Digital[/color] [color=blue]40GIG 7200RPM ATA/100 2Mb buffer[/color]
[color=blue]
XFX[/color] [color=blue](a division of pine) Geforce4 ti4200 64mb 4ns [/color][color=blue]@315/615 Mhz---[/color][color=blue]
Linksys[/color] [color=blue] 10/100 ethernet w/
motorola cable modem(@460Kb/sec)[/color][color=blue]
WIN98 se[/color] [color=blue]soon to be XP[/color][color=blue]
[color=blue]3DMark score[/color][color=green]11,477![/color][/color] [color=blue]<---Updated for 40.71's- I use the 41.09's now[/color]

Blue is a little rough though

fornicatarachnid · Jan 3, 2003, 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by digitalwanderer
And what's wrong with pink?

It's a girlie colour/color lol

UberLord · Jan 3, 2003, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by digitalwanderer
And what's wrong with pink?

Nutin - if you're a Fancy Lad (r)

Dom · Jan 4, 2003, 12:09 AM

Dark-pinkish-purple is my favorite color!

reno · Jan 4, 2003, 04:46 AM

I think you should put my website's banner in your sig...because everyone loves it so much...right?

digitalwanderer · Jan 4, 2003, 05:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by reno
I think you should put my website's banner in your sig...because everyone loves it so much...right?

...the thought of just full-out selling out and renting me sig space for advertising across all the sites I'm on has crossed me mind once or twice....

Layden · Jan 4, 2003, 02:01 PM

Don't forget that the board alternates between light and dark backgrounds every post. It's going to be hard to find colours that suit both.

The blue text has to go though Dig.

Jan 2, 2003, 06:30 PM	#1
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	The Dig's sig. Another thread has turned into a commentary on me sigs color choices, so I thought I'd just seek the input of the peeps I like & trust to help me decide on what they should be. It's a bit of a pain-in-the-ass to change me sig at all the sites I usually visit, so I want to have a consensus on what people like/don't like before I decide if I should go with the majority or just see how painful I can make it on the eyes to read. Here's how it currently looks: [COLOR=gold]DriverHeaven Super Moderator[/COLOR] [SIZE=xx-small][COLOR=blue]BluePhoenix [/COLOR][COLOR=deeppink]PIII800@944, CUSL2-C, 512MBcas2, retail 64MB 8500(290/310), SB-live5.1, Creative 12xDVD, Mitsumis CR-4804TE, 10/100NIC, 56K Lucent Winmodem, 40GB Maxtor, Hauppauge TV-card, VCR, digital cable, win98se[/SIZE] [/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][SIZE=xx-small]Bubbles [/COLOR][/SIZE][COLOR=deeppink][SIZE=xx-small]Celeron 1.4@1.75, TUSL2-C, 512MBcas2, GF3(250/530), FortissimoII, Artec16xDVD, 10/100NIC, 40GB GXP60 7200, ATI TV-Wonder VE, win98se/XP[/SIZE] [/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][SIZE=xx-small]Boomer [/COLOR][/SIZE][COLOR=deeppink][SIZE=xx-small]Celeron 1@1.13, P3B-F, 320MB, GF2 MX400(240/420), Fortissimo, 32xCDROM, 10/100NIC, 40GB Maxtor, win98se[/SIZE] [/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][SIZE=xx-small]Babs[/SIZE] [/COLOR][COLOR=deeppink][SIZE=xx-small]P166, 212MB, 2.3GB, Voodoo3, SB-16, 10/100 NIC, win98se[/SIZE] [/COLOR] [COLOR=crimson][SIZE=x-small]Elite Bastards - Editor[/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=limegreen]DriverHeaven SETI team - Folding to find intelligent life[/COLOR] I know ya can see it in me sig below, but I'm gonna be changing it based on suggestions in this thread. (I thought it might help pass a boring/frustrating afternoon...I need a distraction.) I've been meaning to put together a "Dig's rigs" page so I can just make a shortlink to that instead of listing 'em all out, (plus it'd be a whole lot easier to keep it up to date!), but for some odd reason an incredible sense of apathy seems to hit me whenever I contemplate doing anything with updating me homepage. __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Jan 2, 2003, 08:13 PM	#6
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	Do it in orange....Pink, purple, and blue are hard to read on this background. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Jan 2, 2003, 08:16 PM	#7
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	Green ain't exactly easy to read either, DE! ;> Last edited by JavaFox; Jan 2, 2003 at 08:31 PM.

Jan 2, 2003, 08:32 PM	#8
fornicatarachnid Clanless Join Date: May 2002 Location: On the web, England UK Posts: 714 Rep Power: 0	I've never been a fan of loads of different colours in a sig, in my opinion it just looks a bit too messy and is very difficult to read. I like Dom's sig, the black is nice and easy to read, ( would be easier still if the font was a bit bigger ) yet it still sets it apart from any other writing in the post. Last edited by fornicatarachnid; Jan 2, 2003 at 09:47 PM.

Jan 2, 2003, 09:50 PM	#10
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	I only have a lot of colors so I can find where I left off when reading messages... I can see everything I said and all that other stuff. I think it is easier to use as a place marker when scrolling through threads. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Jan 2, 2003, 06:52 PM	#2
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	I don't think you should change it at all, so what if people don't like it.

Jan 2, 2003, 07:40 PM	#3
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	Pink is somewhat difficult to read, particularly on our blue background.

Jan 2, 2003, 08:04 PM	#5
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	You're right, the blue is pretty excruciating..

Jan 2, 2003, 10:33 PM	#11
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	I think that the blue, red, and green are all a bit to vibrant - if anything, make them a little duller, and change the blue, so that the sig is easier to read... Also, you might want to just make a picture that you load as your sig instead of having text if that would make readability easier and allow you to use whatever background you want to..... __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)

Jan 3, 2003, 12:28 AM	#13
Highwood Comfortably Numb Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calgary Alberta Canada Posts: 504 Rep Power: 0	I’ve turned signatures off in my profile Zarathustra’s signature image was giving me nightmares.

Jan 3, 2003, 02:16 AM	#14
UberLord A Legend in Underwear Join Date: May 2002 Location: Unknown Posts: 5,255 Rep Power: 0	Go for a pale tones. Choose the blue and green I use and the orange and yellow that DirveEuro uses and that would be very readable EDIT: Can't believe I don't know the colours in my own .sig __________________ Gentoo Linux - Developer (baselayout) Read my blog "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." Stephen Roberts

Jan 3, 2003, 03:23 AM	#15
mbeeston HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: alberta, canada (thats north of the usa people) Posts: 1,037 Rep Power: 68 System Specs	too pink __________________ R.I.P Roadee - you will be missed T_T peace,love, and war... 3 things people look for... "if your going off the deep end, show off, do a cannon ball!" - me

Jan 3, 2003, 05:32 AM	#17
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	Taint nothing wrong with pink except that it is hard to read on this background...it doesn't contrast enough __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Jan 3, 2003, 07:05 AM	#18
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	I think it looks fine- I can read it all perfectly, but I got the digital vibrance cranked up in the detonator driver control panel which makes colored text jump off the page. [color=green] AMD[/color] [color=green]Athlon XP1800+ AGNGA 0201uPAW with Arctic silver 3 (up to[/color] [color=green]1.72ghz[/color] [color=green]for benching)-[/color][color=green]Temperature - 41C-rest to 49C-full load[/color][color=green] Gigabyte[/color] [color=green]GA-7DX+[/color] [color=green] Crucial (Micron)[/color] [color=green]256m PC2100DDR ram ([/color][color=green]2:2:2[/color])[color=green] Western Digital[/color] [color=green]40GIG 7200RPM ATA/100 2Mb buffer[/color] [color=green] XFX[/color] [color=green](a division of pine) Geforce4 ti4200 64mb 4ns [/color][color=green]@315/615 Mhz---[/color][color=green] Linksys[/color] [color=green] 10/100 ethernet w/ motorola cable modem(@460Kb/sec)[/color][color=green] WIN98 se[/color] [color=green]soon to be XP[/color][color=green] [color=green]3DMark score[/color][color=green]*11,477![/color][/color] [color=green]<---Updated for 40.71's- I use the 41.09's now[/color] green is cool [color=blue] AMD[/color] [color=blue]Athlon XP1800+ AGNGA 0201uPAW with Arctic silver 3* (up to[/color] [color=blue]1.72ghz[/color] [color=blue]for benching)-[/color][color=blue]Temperature - 41C-rest to 49C-full load[/color][color=blue] Gigabyte[/color] [color=blue]GA-7DX+[/color] [color=blue] Crucial (Micron)[/color] [color=blue]256m PC2100DDR ram ([/color][color=blue]2:2:2[/color])[color=blue] Western Digital[/color] [color=blue]40GIG 7200RPM ATA/100 2Mb buffer[/color] [color=blue] XFX[/color] [color=blue](a division of pine) Geforce4 ti4200 64mb 4ns [/color][color=blue]@315/615 Mhz---[/color][color=blue] Linksys[/color] [color=blue] 10/100 ethernet w/ motorola cable modem(@460Kb/sec)[/color][color=blue] WIN98 se[/color] [color=blue]soon to be XP[/color][color=blue] [color=blue]3DMark score[/color][color=green]*11,477![/color][/color] [color=blue]<---Updated for 40.71's- I use the 41.09's now*[/color] Blue is a little rough though __________________

Jan 4, 2003, 12:09 AM	#21
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Dark-pinkish-purple is my favorite color!

Jan 4, 2003, 04:46 AM	#22
reno Painlord of Ichor Join Date: May 2002 Location: bloinkin! Posts: 1,610 Rep Power: 0	dfb I think you should put my website's banner in your sig...because everyone loves it so much...right?

Jan 4, 2003, 02:01 PM	#24
Layden DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Salisbury, England Posts: 53 Rep Power: 0	Don't forget that the board alternates between light and dark backgrounds every post. It's going to be hard to find colours that suit both. The blue text has to go though Dig.