Oh sweet fuck, tell me this is a joke

[branchandroot]

*looking at the "new and improved" archive skin in horror*

Gray! The background is GRAY!

And the "this is one of your own things" background is PINK!

*horrified beyond words*

ETA: A Quick Fix Skin I ran up is available here until it actually goes public.

Comments

[taithe]

I have F.lux on and it really didn't help the washed out look of AO3. :( I hadn't even known they were going to change the archive skin. I wish there was a function that'd allow you to switch to the old if you don't like the new. My biggest annoyance is with the margins. Maybe it's the result of being trained to stare at documents with margins with 1 inches or greater...

...for now I'll just try downloading fics and reading them on a .pdf instead.

[branchandroot]

There's a sort-of old version in the public skins. Me, I'm figuring I'll see if I can get something up for the public tomorrow with more significant margins and a basic white background.

[helens78]

Me, I'm figuring I'll see if I can get something up for the public tomorrow with more significant margins and a basic white background.

You would be a HERO. Man. I'm having to take this in 15-minute chunks because otherwise I get too ragey to deal. Needless to say, I'm not getting very far (although I have managed to get almost all of the fonts wrangled into shape). I'm not looking forward to redoing all the colors. One thing at a time, ugh.

[branchandroot]

*salutes* Working on it! I think I've got a basic fix about ready to go, so I'll probably submit it before I hit the hay tonight. Hopefully someone will review it fast, since it's a nice short one.

[helens78]

*\o/* :)

So far I've managed to wrangle the fonts and, largely, actual work text pages, so I can at least read fic (although it looks like ass on my phone, ugh, and the index pages are un-navigable -- a mobile stylesheet is going to be non-negotiable, which, sigh, argh, sigh, shouldn't-complain-at-least-I-can-make-one). I will not complain if I get to throw all this crap out and start over with yours, though! :D

[branchandroot]

The one I submitted is /really minimal/. It just changes the colors and gives everything wider margins, and navigation a bit more elbow room. Well, and ups the story font size and gets rid of the pink. But based on that you should have an easier time adding on the fonts you want!

[helens78]

You say "really minimal", but I've been digging into this crap all evening, and I know how many places that pink is lurking! :D *\o/*