Why is that, this is like the only site that forces me to log in all the time, and the autofill when logging in is a bit bugged. the name and password are filled but I can’t press enter (it’s grayed out) to log in fast, I first have to click one of the fields for the button to become blue, but I still can’t press it with my mouse cursor, I have to press enter for it to work.
//Using chrome on windows so I’m not using some weird browser or anything,
i was about to say georgeman, but yeah, lack of a dark theme is the big problem forum wise.
Ok I’m confused about the title. I edited it and it was fine for half an hour then the … disappeared.
The same change to the thread in the Regulars’ Lounge is still there after the same amount of time.
So you have to edit it every half an hour for the remaining time, then.
Problem solved!
Strange, on Opera (same engine than Chrome nowadays), I can press Enter on the keyboard to log in even if the button is greyed out, and I think others with Chrome are the same…
I feel that “white on black” is a bit harder to read, probably because lines of the letters get burned into my eyes making those burned lines cover other letters.
Still not sure and haven’t found a proper study regarding this.
In real life, ink is black, which is the only reason why bright writing surfaces are the standard.
It was a somewhat arbitrary decision to balance convenience and security. I’ve been thinking about making it permanent with the next site update.
Black text on a white background provides for optimal readability. Microsoft’s Visual Studio team did extensive research on this and that’s why the VS text editor continues to default to a black text white background theme. Here are some links which provide more info:
Here’s some additional info:
If you take a look at https://talk.turtlerockstudios.com/categories, also a discourse forum, it doesn’t actually have a white text on black background. It has a light grey on a dark grey theme. For me, reading white-on-black is also an eye-strain, more so than black-on-white even. That’s why I really like the colour pallet of the Turtle Rock forums. Now, the eyestrain on this site currently only happens in any situation that isn’t well lit. If I’m on my laptop, and it’s dark-ish, I turn down the brightness, which makes the text even harder to read, due to the white background turning greyish on the lower settings.
@INovaeKeith So while I agree that black-on-white certainly delivers the best contrast, especially in well-lit rooms, I wouldn’t mind sacrificing a small portion for that so that I don’t have a hard time reading the forums in a darker room. I would at least experiment with a theme similar to Turtle Rock.
Just my opinion. 
I totally agree.
I use Monokai at work.
Monokai forum theme anyone?
Ok, right now I am on mobile and didn’t have any problem. I will keep watching the behavior. I am regularly switching between multiple Chrome browsers.
Regarding the readability, my experience is, that dark gray text on a white background is better readable than black on white. But I guess that’s due to the huge pixels on pc screens. Inverted text only works in very dark environments.
I find it pretty easy to login through mobile device, login through Facebook button. Bam I’m in.
Not all of us have a facebook 
We support google as well 
I’ll consider it 
I just found that there is a poop face and I had to use it.
Tried turning on a light?
I personally prefer light (not (mostly)white) text on a dark background. A great example would be the dark theme in Visual Studio
I can see how that makes a difference for reading novels & coding, but for forums, no, I disagree with the application. Forums are generally themed for the product, and generally products in the Battlescape genre are light text on a dark background.
Examples:
But I am an artist, and think a forum theme should reflect the aesthetic of the game. I certainly haven’t done any extensive testing…
I don’t like to use one set of credentials everywhere. Also I definitely don’t want to support the idea that Facebook could be a trusted party.
Personally I’d always rather use per-site login details.
Not enough contrast there for me.
If you feel like trying something else: https://studiostyl.es/schemes/monokai
I find it most natural reading off paper and most novels are printed on tainted paper, perfect black-on-white is better IMO than white-on-black, black on some sort of gray could even be better. Space game websites have a long tradition for being presented white-on-black. I do find that reading a long patch note on the ED website imprints some lines in my vision and the interlace lines make it even worse.
As for Visual Studio, I find it a lot easier to spend 10 hours a day with black-on-white than white-on-black. One surprising thing about Visual Studio for Windows is that the default theme was defaulted to dark, while Visual Studio for Desktop still uses the light theme.
Reader shouldn’t be aware of the color scheme on a website, once he does become consciously aware of it, it’s probably a problem. I used to prefer white-on-black, yet years passed and now it’s too painful in most cases.
Can’t believe I didn’t use this as an example forum:
http://newforums.gearboxsoftware.com/
@hrobertson this looks like it’s in monokai, or some variation thereof.
@cybercritic I agree to a point. I prefer black-on-white over white-on-black, but what I would hope to see is something like in the link above: light-grey-on-dark-grey. It doesn’t strain the eyes, and it fits thematically. My opinion, though.
