Gray VS Blue Subject Titles???

[Henro]

I did not try to figure this out on my own too hard...but I did try.

Some thread titles show up as Blue. Some Gray. Doesn't seem to matter if I have posted in the thread, or have viewed it or not.

How come? I know I'm gonna be /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif when I hear the answer...but now I'm /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif and got the feeling that /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif is better than /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif... /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[OkeeDon]

Hmm -- not sure exactly what you're seeing, but try this -- when you have some confusing highlighting, try refreshing the screen (use the refresh button in your brower's menu) and see if that brings things up to date.

 

[Golfgar4]

Interesting observation, Bill. Why should that surprise me from you? /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Anyway, I just tried a liitle experiment. Sure enough, if I opened a thread without posting to it, the title remained blue in the index. But when I posted to a thread, the title changed to gray. But I went back to check a couple of threads that I just looked at earlier and their titles were gray, even though I didn't post to them. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

So I don't know the answer either, Bill. Just thought you'd like to know that you aren't totally crazy! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[jwstewar]

It is your browser settings. It will hightlight a link that you have visited a different color from a visited link.

 

[OkeeDon]

If I understood him correctly, he said it didn't matter whether he had read the post or not. I think I can describe what's happening. When I clicked on the "News/Feedback" category, two of the subjects were Blue because I had not yet read latest posts. I clicked on one of them (this one) and read the latest post. Then I clicked my "Back" button to return to the list of subjects. Both of them were still Blue, even though I had read one of them. This is because I used the Back button, which does not update the screen but loads the previous screen, still in the state it was in when I first saw it.

So, I refreshed by clicking the browser's "Refresh" button and, lo and behold, the Blue subject which I had already read became Gray, and the one I had not yet read stayed Blue. Everything was now up to date and right with the world.

Is this what is happening to you, Henro?

 

[qqq]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( ome thread titles show up as Blue. Some Gray. Doesn't seem to matter if I have posted in the thread, or have viewed it or not.)</font>

Its really not just threads that show up as blue or gray, it's basically any link on this site (for example the Reply link I clicked to post this reply). There's a "style sheet" being used that defines links you've visited <font color="#636563">in this color</font> , and links you haven't visited yet <font color="#2737A2">in this color</font>. There's also a red color defined (<font color="red">this one</font>) for when you "hover" on a link (that is you put the mouse on it but don't click).

I think sometimes the link changes, even though the thing that is linked hasn't. For example, maybe I read a recent thread and its on page 1. It goes from blue to gray, and stays gray for a while. Eventually as new threads come in, the thread I read gets pushed down to page 2. At that point, it sometimes shows up blue for me again (even though there is nothing unread). I assume that this is because the underlying link (the http:... stuff) has changed, maybe to reflect that its on a new page or something. I'm not curious enough to dig into it any further to know for sure.

Hope this helps.

 

[Henro]

<font color="blue">Is this what is happening to you, Henro? </font>

You got me, Don.

I notice forums with new posts seem to show up as BOLD blue. If I look at the forum and come back, then it shows as normal text blue.

How the gray fits in I'm not sure.

I think I will just live with it. I thought there was a reason that only I did not see.

At this point all I know is that I see bold blue, standard blue and gray, part of which I think I can relate to...the gray is still the question in my mind...actually it may be Bold gray...

I think at this point I will just stay /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif and happy...rather than worry about it any more... /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[thcri]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( <font color="blue">Is this what is happening to you, Henro? </font>

You got me, Don.

I notice forums with new posts seem to show up as BOLD blue. If I look at the forum and come back, then it shows as normal text blue.

How the gray fits in I'm not sure.

I think I will just live with it. I thought there was a reason that only I did not see.

At this point all I know is that I see bold blue, standard blue and gray, part of which I think I can relate to...the gray is still the question in my mind...actually it may be Bold gray...

I think at this point I will just stay /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif and happy...rather than worry about it any more... /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif )</font>


Henro,

I serously think there is some devine intervention telling you to get rid of the orange and get something that is Blue and Grey. Hmmm I think New Holland has something in that order /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif


murph

 

[Henro]

<font color="blue"> I serously think there is some devine intervention telling you to get rid of the orange and get something that is Blue and Grey. </font>

Murph,

You may be right...and there is a blue dealer a mile up the road too... But I fear it will take more than divine intervention to get me to visit them again... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Wonder why so many of us seem to have a sad story to tell about how they were treated by one color of dealer VS another. With every color seeming to be well represented? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[Gatorboy]

<font color="blue">( How the gray fits in I'm not sure. )</font>

<font color="#666666">Gray: Visited Link</font> (don't confuse link with thread, they are not the same thing)
<font color="blue">Blue: Unvisited Link </font>


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