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POLL: Should V7 be dark-on-white or light-on-black?

Posted: March 7th, 2018, 5:12 pm
by TerranRich
In my quest to come up with the best design for Xylot Themes V7, I have been operating under the assumption that the new site would have a dark background with light text and elements (buttons, etc.) over it.

But now I'm starting to question that, especially since a large majority of designs, templates, widgets, and so forth are dark-on-light (dark text and elements over a light/white background).

Here is an example of dark-on-light that might fit V7, with a few changes (colors, layout, images, etc.): https://colorlib.com/demo?theme=listing

Here is an example of light-on-dark that might fit V7 (my current styleguide for experimentation): http://v7.xylotthemes.com/styleguide/

So...what do you think?

Re: POLL: Should V7 be dark-on-white or light-on-black?

Posted: March 10th, 2018, 5:28 pm
by ItalianoFBI
Dark background please & thank you Sir Richard.

Re: POLL: Should V7 be dark-on-white or light-on-black?

Posted: March 10th, 2018, 5:33 pm
by Hernan
I'll go with the light one.

Re: POLL: Should V7 be dark-on-white or light-on-black?

Posted: March 11th, 2018, 1:24 am
by EddieK
ItalianoFBI wrote: March 10th, 2018, 5:28 pm Dark background please & thank you Sir Richard.
I voted for the dark background too.
Richard, Would it be possible to have both options on the site?

Re: POLL: Should V7 be dark-on-white or light-on-black?

Posted: March 11th, 2018, 3:14 pm
by TerranRich
Yes, eventually, Eddie. However, when designing the site, planning the layout, etc. it's best to have just one color scheme to work with initially.

I'm leaning toward dark background, too, but I wanted to make sure people didn't prefer a light background. So far, light background is winning though... :o

Re: POLL: Should V7 be dark-on-white or light-on-black?

Posted: March 11th, 2018, 3:18 pm
by Hernan
TerranRich wrote: March 11th, 2018, 3:14 pm I'm leaning toward dark background, too, but I wanted to make sure people didn't prefer a light background. So far, light background is winning though... :o
Welcome to reality.

Re: POLL: Should V7 be dark-on-white or light-on-black?

Posted: March 11th, 2018, 3:58 pm
by Jim
I prefer the second option (light-on-dark).