NAS Forum - Brand update and maintenance.

OH MY WORD,,,the colours are awful!...so intense,,,being dyslexic I have trouble with glaring back grounds and non prominent type face,,,,I see the back ground first not the letters,,, now I keep seeing bright blue! My eyes are aching and only been on a minute or too,,,

It has to change surely,,,?

was anyone consulted on here about the colour scheme? No! And yet it was discussed a long time ago when many found the darker purple to intense...

Also the main list! Threads I have not read are lighter in colour,,,once read they become bold,,that’s switched around,,,why? And not easy to see the subtle difference.

Not liking the colours,,,Are NAS going into the sunglasses industry?

And so the dark bright blue banner heading hurts my eyes, the boxes too(reply, related , hints and tips) arghhh!

then vote  up arrow in orange? To much use of purple mauve,,,and I happen to like both colours a great deal,, but on intense white and orange yuk,,,, off to rest my eyes I feel a headache coming in...

I'm finding the new colour scheme rather vile myself, and I find bright backgrounds too intense; I much prefer light text on a dark background (there are sound optical reasons why this would be easier for anyone's eyesight, even if they don't have sensory and perceptual differences - a screen just isn't like a piece of paper, so there's no reason it should have to imitate one!)

I think it would be much better to have a simple style menu in the title bar, so that each of us can choose what suits us best - you can see a good example here on the Disability Rights UK site - three choices of colour scheme, three font sizes, and text-only display presented as simple buttons at the top of every page. Some internet browsers will let you invert the colours or use a "reader" mode, but this isn't always a good substitute, as their effects are often still dependent on the original colours, and zooming to read the text can leave banners, images etc. taking up too much of the page.

Given how many autistic people have light/colour sensitivities or are dyslexic, I think the NAS should prioritise this for any future updates; it matters far more to the usefulness of the site than a flashy new logo (am I the only one, or does anyone else expect James Bond to walk into the middle of it and point his gun at us!? )

Maybe we’re poiting a gun at them? 

Cue music, miss Aspie galore! 

Maybe we’re poiting a gun at them? 

Cue music, miss Aspie galore! 

Ditto... golden Virginia.... but  my cigarette lighter doubles up as a small rocket launcher!, or laser beam... 

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Gold finger...

I'm the cut-rate version; Nicotine Stain Finger!

Slightly scared now by you now! Gold finger... 

You have no idea how close you are to the truth! I used to do a bit of graphic design and technical writing in my old job; they ended up getting someone in to do (who admittedly was far more talented), probably because I take far too long over it, fiddling with all the colour and font options - loads of fun, but I'm hopeless at judging what anyone else would find appealing.

I ran a laser cutting machine too, at the same place. I didn't go as far as strapping anyone into it to slice them in half, but some people's behaviour sorely tempted me!

Sod the baddies.. you’d be too busy playing with the logo! :p

oops... too much? It’s like plumping up the cushions but  ignoring  the corpse on the carpet...stepping down, exiting stage left with soap box.. 

• was it necessary?
• does it increase awareness and understanding? 
• Could the money have been better spent? 

Hmmm. "Aspie" <-> "A spy", or, "Spectrum" <-> "SPECTRE"; could go either way!

I always preferred the idea of being Q myself; I'd love to play with all the gadgets, but I wouldn't fancy doing it while having baddies trying to shoot me!