A change in our wiki's colour theme

[Antvasima]

Hello.

Fandom recently decided to make some system changes to our wiki's layout, as well as all those of other wikis to make it easier for colourblind people to read and participate in fan wikis.

Essentially, all links require a minimum contrast of 3:1 with the VS Battle wiki's regular text, in order to avoid that all links get automatically underlined.

WebAIM: Contrast Checker

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This is not as unreasonable as you might think, as colourblindness is very common, especially among men.

About Colour Blindness - Colour Blind Awareness

www.colourblindawareness.org

#151b8d was our previous link colour, but it resulted in all links in our pages being underlined instead, which looks ugly and harder to read in my view.

However, DontTalk and AKM sama experimented with other colours with a sufficiently high contrast to fulfill the requirement to avoid that our wiki links are underlined, and AKM's suggestion of using the colour #0246ce was eventually accepted by both our bureaucrats and the rest of our staff, as it seems like the least intrusive and significant available layout theme change option that we have available.

Here are examples images of what our wiki looked like before the change and what it looks like after the change.

 

[ImmortalDread]

Tip: It would be more appropriate to present the thread in a professional and academic manner by utilizing a platform such as Imgur to insert a link for improved readability for PC users.

Additionally, it is understandable that Fandom made this change to accommodate individuals with colorblindness. However, it would be beneficial to have the option to enable or disable this feature, rather than making it mandatory.

 

[Antvasima]

I am not able to use Imgur as I do not want to make my account there public knowledge due to security reasons, but I think that the above images are likely generally easy to overview for our members.

 

[Quantu]

Oh nice, so I assume some sort of colour conflict was causing the underlining issues in the profiles lol.

 

[Antvasima]

Yes, the contrast between our old link colour and our black regular wiki text was not high enough.

 

[ImmortalDread]

I am not complaining, but this is how it looks like in PC format. Additionally, for account creation in Imgur, you can upload pictures without creating an account.

 

[Just_a_Random_Butler]

Additionally, it is understandable that Fandom made this change to accommodate individuals with colorblindness. However, it would be beneficial to have the option to enable or disable this feature, rather than making it mandatory.

Yeah, actually, how is there not a colorblind mode option?

 

[Just_a_Random_Butler]

I don't dislike the change though, I can actually tolerate the color because it's close to the original (even if it's noticeable). Any color that isn't too different or distracting is fine with me. And also, no more underlines, which I like.

 

[First_Witch]

Was a darker color not possible?

I find it weird that we agreed to a a color that made the contrast harder on the eye

 

[Antvasima]

I am not complaining, but this is how it looks like in PC format. Additionally, for account creation in Imgur, you can upload pictures without creating an account.

Well, it is much more convenient for me to post screencaptures directly to our forum, but I think that there are size control options that I haven't had the time and focus to learn properly yet.

Thank you for the Imgur information though.

 

[Crabwhale]

Meh, just as before, this change doesn't really impact us much in the longterm.

 

[Antvasima]

I don't dislike the change though, I can actually tolerate the color because it's close to the original (even if it's noticeable). Any color that isn't too different or distracting is fine with me. And also, no more underlines, which I like.

Was a darker color not possible?

I find it weird that we agreed to a a color that made the contrast harder on the eye

This was unfortunately the most dark blue option that we could come up with that filfilled the requirements of having an at least 3:1 difference with the black regular text.

 

[Aachintya31]

Yay! The New One Looks kinda better ,albeit to someone else it may seem weird due to our habit of constantly seeing the older version.

 

[AKM sama]

Was a darker color not possible?

I find it weird that we agreed to a a color that made the contrast harder on the eye

Yeah I get it but fandom is also comparing the contrast of link color with the color of normal text. Nothing much we can do here.

 

[First_Witch]

Is it maybe possible to allow people to choose the old color scheme? Or maybe introduce a it as a new light mode and call make it high contrast? I really dont like our Wikis Dark mode but I can barely read our current light mode...

 

[Antvasima]

I am sorry, but I don't think that is possible.

 

[First_Witch]

Thanks Fandom I guess...

 

[Antvasima]

Well, they mean well, and around 12.5% of all men are colour-blind.

 

[Just_a_Random_Butler]

Yeah, I personally have no issues with the change, but the issue was that the change was forced, and everyone had to adjust to it. And I think a lot of people are going to not like it.

I am fine with inclusivity though.

 

[Crabwhale]

Thanks Fandom I guess...

Witchy when the blue gets less blue:

I do get it though.

 

[First_Witch]

Having choices is meaning well. This is just draconian. I dont even mind if they default that setting so long I can decide to turn it off but whatever

 

[First_Witch]

Witchy when the blue gets less blue:

I do get it though.

It getting lighter ***** with my eyes. I woudnt make a fuss if it was strictly cosmetical, but I cant look at our profiles for longer than 10 minutes

 

[Antvasima]

Well, I was initially upset as well, but then I learned that far more people are colour-blind than I thought, and we also found a link colour that I consider much more acceptable than the initial suggested option.

 

[First_Witch]

Well, I was initially upset as well, but then I learned that far more people are colour-blind than I thought, and we also found a link colour that I consider much more acceptable than the initial suggested option.

Dont get me wrong Ant, Im not blaming our Staff here, this is squarely Fandoms fault

 

[Crabwhale]

It getting lighter ***** with my eyes. I woudnt make a fuss if it was strictly cosmetical, but I cant look at our profiles for longer than 10 minutes

Turn on dark mode, maybe? The problem probably wouldn't be as severe.

 

[First_Witch]

Turn on dark mode, maybe? The problem probably wouldn't be as severe.

I hate our Wiki Dark Mode. And I double hate the fact that I HAVE to use Dark Mode moving forward.

But well whatever, Fandom has always been a inept company and this is not going to change.

 

[Antvasima]

Well, the only available alternative for us would be a much greater colour layout overhaul, and I wanted our wiki to keep looking as familiar as possible, and to fit with our blue shield icon as well.

 

[Pikaman]

The new link colour looks better anyways tbh, good change

 

[JohnConquest1]

Doesn't really affect me when using dark mode.

 

[That_moron2]

My ass not being able to tell the difference. 👁👁

 

[SuperStar]

Dark mode has always been superior anyway.

 

[TheKingStrategist13]

I understand this change and am glad that Fandom is trying something to help out the Colorblind community. As my own Father is Colorblind (Though I quite thankfully am not), I've seen a bit firsthand on how common it is and how certain colors are difficult to tell between for him. That said, I have seen many Games and services that accommodate for this have the option to turn it on and off to help with those not colorblind, which I think Fandom should have considered allowing.

 

[Mariogoods]

Actually, the good thing is that when the theme designer thinks that the color does not meet the standard, the theme designer provides suitable options.

 

[Arkenis]

fandom uses too much blue. is all i can say. How come we don't use the colors of the lil fire logo? or have some other colors.

 

[Nullflowerblush]

Is there any way to revert to the norm through the Preferences settings? Like, through the personal Common.css?

 

[Antvasima]

fandom uses too much blue. is all i can say. How come we don't use the colors of the lil fire logo? or have some other colors.

I want to stick with our traditional iconic colour theme. It is much more familiar and easy to work with to most people including myself, and I do not want to experiment with changing what already works. Also, if we drastically change our colour theme, it won't fit with our wiki's signature shield image.

 

[Antvasima]

Is there any way to revert to the norm through the Preferences settings? Like, through the personal Common.css?

I do not know. Sorry.

 

[Marvel_Champion_07]

fandom uses too much blue. is all i can say. How come we don't use the colors of the lil fire logo? or have some other colors.

I want to stick with our traditional iconic colour theme. It is much more familiar and easy to work with to most people including myself, and I do not want to experiment with changing what already works. Also, if we drastically change our colour theme, it won't fit with our wiki's signature shield image.

Blue is a very nice colour

 

[Crabwhale]

I want to stick with our traditional iconic colour theme. It is much more familiar and easy to work with

I don't know why but my absent brain interpreted that as saying "much more familiar and sexy to work with", and I imagined Ant making tender love to the wiki's main page.

I am now going to shove my head into a rebar. Hopefully the piercing of my cranium by reinforced steel will be enough to rid me of this agony.

 

[Arkenis]

wiki's signature shield image.

maybe time for a change? Ik its iconic but its also nice to see new colors.