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2/18/2016 7:05:52 PM
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Small Visual Change to Articles

We are rolling out some changes to the way articles look on Bungie.net. You will now notice a darker theme that puts white text on a dark background. Let us know what you think.
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  • Wow you guys are on the ball as always..............................................

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    • Me likey...

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    • Edited by Rilla: 2/18/2016 8:31:16 PM
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      You guys are supposed to be user experience experts. There has been a lot of research on this topic since the 1980s and a lot of it still holds true today. One study from the 1980s states this: However, most studies have shown that dark characters on a light background are superior to light characters on a dark background (when the refresh rate is fairly high). For example, Bauer and Cavonius (1980) found that participants were 26% more accurate in reading text when they read it with dark characters on a light background. Reference: Bauer, D., & Cavonius, C., R. (1980). Improving the legibility of visual display units through contrast reversal. In E. Grandjean, E. Vigliani (Eds.), Ergonomic Aspects of Visual Display Terminals (pp. 137-142). London: Taylor & Francis The reason why this matters is because of focus. As this article on UXMovement states, "white stimulates all three types of color sensitive visual receptors in the human eye in nearly equal amounts." It causes the eye to focus by tightening the iris. Since the eye is focused, dark letter forms on light backgrounds are easier to read. When using a dark background with strong light letter forms, the iris opens to allow more light in, but that causes letter forms to blur. Why? People with astigmatism (approximately 50% of the population) find it harder to read white text on black than black text on white. Part of this has to do with light levels: with a bright display (white background) the iris closes a bit more, decreasing the effect of the "deformed" lens; with a dark display (black background) the iris opens to receive more light and the deformation of the lens creates a much fuzzier focus at the eye. Jason Harrison – Post Doctoral Fellow, Imager Lab Manager – Sensory Perception and Interaction Research Group, University of British Columbia Now there seem to be varying factors into contrast and legibility. Room ambient lighting. Brightness of the monitor. Also you can mitigate the straining effects of white (#FFF) on black (#000) by simply lessening the contrast like using a light gray (#EEE, #DDD, #CCC) on a dark background (#111, #222). Further reading: UX.SE Post: "Which color scheme to choose for applications that require long work hours?" Applying Color Theory to Digital Displays Why light text on dark backgrounds is a bad idea. When to Use White Text on a Dark Background Journal of Vision – Interaction of Ambient Lighting and LCD Polarity on Text Processing and Viewing Comfort Journal of Vision – Why is light text harder to read than dark text? Edit: I should add that the reason programmers use inverted text colouring is due to eye strain from staring at the screen 8 hours a day. Bungie is kidding themselves if they think there is anwhere near enough content in the game and forums for someone to need or want to spend 8 hours reading forums!

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      • What changed excatly?

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      • How about giving us a means to toggle between the 'darker theme with white lettering' (yuck) and the old theme..

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        • Please remove the javascript stuff from your site - to allow reader mode for the visually impaired. Thank you.

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        • So far, I love the change. It makes it feel easier on the eyes. Helps a lot when reading the update late at night.

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        • Don't. Light-coloured writing on a dark background is bad for ones eyes. It causes eye strain and leaves an "after effect" - if you read 10 lines on a dark background, you will see the outline of it when you look away.

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        • Honestly.... You really think that will change anything?!? Please address more pressing issues about the actual game. Just a thought ;)

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          • Love the power saving of this

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          • I've always been a fan of white text on a dark background, easier on the eyes. Although I don't see the change on the app

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          • Way to update the wrong things....stupid. fix the -blam!-ing game

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            • I think WOW. nice update NOT.. who the hell cares about your live twitch and MORE PVP BULLSHIT..

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            • Nooice

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            • The salt is overwhelming.

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            • Seriously guys. Update is that you have problem finding space for twitch stream. What Mom wanted her basement back? Dad taking over the garage? Seriously with community starving for info on the new content you take a week do complain about the lack of space.

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              • Edited by Bungolickstaints: 2/19/2016 7:14:31 PM
                How about making vanilla Destiny worth the money people spent for it? Instead of the utter worthless garbage you made it into? But nooooo, change the color scheme on your website, which [i]everyone[/i] has been clamoring for. Yours is the game company that actively removes content from the base version of your game with each DLC release. It is pathetic and frankly upsetting to anybody that actually cares to see Bungie succeed.

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              • Why don;t you stop wasting money on all the things that don;t matter to anyone, and start giving us more content? Nobody cares about your twitch studio or web page design. I'm standing here in the tower with only one other person, that should be your focus. Bringing more content to atrack more players, so you make more money. You know the old saying, gotta spend money to make money.

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                • Please allow solo - single players the opportunity to earn 320 weapons and armor without raiding. Been day 1 player and tired of 2 hour plus raids w/ players coming and going and the BS. Just want to play the game when I'm available w/o all the nonsense. Liked SRL, no teams necessary with ability to earn 320 helmets & cloaks. Simple and to the point. Nothing left of interest for this lvl 317 player, not interested being pulled into clans and teams to raid to get to lvl 320.

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                • I think the layout should be skill based. Look at the person's word per minute reading ability and adjust from there. Slower readers get the better looking template, while the pros get dark red text on black background. :)

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                • Could we have an option to switch between the two layouts?

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                • [b]Muted.[/b]

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                • Some constructive feedback: It may come across as a small change for some but it is having a significant impact on my vision. I have astigmatism and that "minor" change is now messing with my eyes and making it very difficult to read the update without the words jumping at me. Please take some time and consider how these visual changes can impact those in the community with vision impairments. Thank you. :)

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                • This change was necessary why? There is so much that needs fixing game wise, that would make this great game even greater. I guess the way the site looks is top priority, hopefully it does not cause any in game glitches.

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                  • cozmo, what is the reasoning behind the change? Change simply for change sake is usually a bad idea.

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                  • Really though Cozmo, you should realize by now asking this cesspool of a community for feedback is just asking to be spat on.

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