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[Announcement] Introducing: The New BHW

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I liked the previous theme(both light and dark) a lot better than this one, also the previous logo was a lot better.

I don't understand why you would change it, when there was no need for that.
 
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Old was better, this feels odd - but maybe I got used to it too much :p
 
Zwielicht said:
It's Bold

It's Brilliant​

It's...​
The New BlackHat World​

Don't worry, this isn't another April Fools' thread.

We've been listening, and after reviewing years of feedback for an updated theme, or even a "more sexy" theme as one of you described; we're finally ready to release a completely re-designed and re-imagined BlackHat World.

Are you ready?


----------The Dark Theme: Re-Designed----------
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Stylish and efficient.

It's been known for years now that BHW's colour scheme was meant to be "black and gold", but the black and yellow bumblebee look of yesteryear took precedence.

Not anymore! With a dark, but not too dark background colour that's easy on the eyes, coupled with the soft golden yellow of the text; you can now browse BlackHat World with the confidence that your friends and family won't think you're on a site that's a little more sultry, if you catch my drift.

But it's more than just a simple colour change. The new dark theme's layout takes advantage of that formerly unutilised empty space from before. We'll give you a quick example: do you see the old user boxes that accompany every post?

That entire image was the user box, including the space between. All of that wasted screen real-estate.

But now, we have a more compact layout for user information. As you can see, member information is easy to view in one central location on each post. There's even a new "pill" feature to highlight a member's user colour status.
With this new compact layout, we're now able to dedicate more of the page to the content you post rather than the void it was before.

This means you'll be able to see more content per page in a way that still gives some attention to the individual poster. After all, the user who posts the content is just as important as the content itself.

----------The Light Theme: Re-Imagined----------
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The light theme, formerly known as the white theme, has been a source of contention between users for well over a decade. But no longer; this is a gap we needed to bridge.

In order to properly develop a light theme for BlackHat World, we had to find a way to encapsulate that expected darkness of the community in a way that doesn't make it feel like "White Hat World".

This is where you can see the talent of the developers combined with the feedback of the community really shines through. The rich, white chocolatey colouration has a creamy feel to it that's delicious enough to eat; yet is still easy on the eyes.

Naturally, we took the opportunity to re-review design elements that you, the community, have been pointing out for years.

----------A New Logo----------​
By now, you've surely noticed that the logo has changed.

Look, there's no denying that the old logo was iconic. In fact, it was the only BHW logo I had ever known having been a member here for over a decade. But we are pleased to unveil this new logo for BlackHat World as this redesign features a modern look with bold colours and clean lines; a look that we feel represents a significant update to our brand identity. Essentially, this new logo communicates who we are today and marks a new chapter for BlackHat World.


FAQ
1. Why was the colour palette changed?

2. Is there an option to revert back to the old theme?

3. Why isn't the reaction score displayed now?

4. Is this a Xenforo theme?

5. Is the website URL display coming back?

6. Can we vote on the changes?

7. Why was the favicon changed?

8. Why is there no poll?

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Feels refresshing, good update
 
Old background color hurting my eyes are gone now thanks for your new soft black color
 
Diamond Damien said:
Interesting. How do you feel we prioritize text over images can you provide screenshots (yes I appreciate the irony here :) )
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Nope, it's just from my perspective; there's nothing to point out :) We've been using BHW for more than 7 years, so the sudden changes look different to our eyes. It may take some time to adapt to the new theme.
 
The readability is worse for me now. The design strains my eyes, and all that gold looks tacky as hell.
 
I miss the orange font color and black background from the previous theme; the new colors are too eye-straining.
 
Bad decision.

As a suggestion, I think you guys could get inspired by Stack Overflow's light and dark mode theme:
https://imgur.com/a/KZrdivZ

Currently:
- The top BHW logo looks cheap/bad
- Same for the favicon
- The colour palette looks bad IMO
- The text font looks bad
- The background color is too black in the dark theme; I would use #252627.
- Fix the top navigation bar's hover animation delay.
- Bring back the brilliant old text yellow colour that made BHW special.


My 2cents
 
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I don’t mind the new theme. As with any change some people will like it some will not. Always going to be the way.
I mainly look at this site on my phone.

These things should be added or approved.

New unread threads should be a different colour or bolder type. I am having trouble telling the difference.

You should be able to collapse the section you do not read like you use to be able to do. This saved you having to scroll from the top to the bottom and passing sections you have no interest in.

At the moment these are the only things I think need improving.
 
andyframpton said:
I don’t mind the new theme. As with any change some people will like it some will not. Always going to be the way.
I mainly look at this site on my phone.

These things should be added or approved.

New unread threads should be a different colour or bolder type. I am having trouble telling the difference.

You should be able to collapse the section you do not read like you use to be able to do. This saved you having to scroll from the top to the bottom and passing sections you have no interest in.

At the moment these are the only things I think need improving.
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Apart your mentions I think on mobile they should bring back old style pagination as this new is difficult. I am seeing that desktop version has old one and is easy to navigate
 
Readability is a major issue with the new design, I'm not sure how this new design is good for accessibility, I know you guys have gotten better accessibility scores determined by AI but not sure how accurate they are.

I can't spend more than few minutes reading the forum before getting eye strain.

Please look into it and try to improve the readability part of the things in dark theme.
 
My feedback > the new theme is like puke to me want to spit on everything
 
bluematter said:
Readability is a major issue with the new design, I'm not sure how this new design is good for accessibility, I know you guys have gotten better accessibility scores determined by AI but not sure how accurate they are.

I can't spend more than few minutes reading the forum before getting eye strain.

Please look into it and try to improve the readability part of the things in dark theme.
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Completely agree with you had no issue with previous theme like this
 
bluematter said:
Readability is a major issue with the new design, I'm not sure how this new design is good for accessibility, I know you guys have gotten better accessibility scores determined by AI but not sure how accurate they are.

I can't spend more than few minutes reading the forum before getting eye strain.

Please look into it and try to improve the readability part of the things in dark theme.
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I agree
The text should have better contract with background. At the moment text color and background color are too close, it's hard to read the text this way.
On dark theme, the text should be lighter/whiter
On white theme, the text should be darker/more black
 
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