Text shadow on tab links

[Trombones13]

I like it!



Glad to see the change, since it's something I had already implemented in my theme.

p.s. we need a "I like this new XF thing!" thread...this doesn't really need a whole thread, haha

 

[krstep]

Here are some reference screenshots on Windows 7.

Firefox 4:

Chrome 9:


It looks very readable for me in both, the shadow makes a great impact.

 

[Vincent]

Doesn't look so good on the iPad


Well, if zoomed in it looks better.

 

[Onimua]

Here are some reference screenshots on Windows 7.

Firefox 4:
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Chrome 9:
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It looks very readable for me in both, the shadow makes a great impact.

I like the way it looks in Firefox better.

 

[krstep]

I like the way it looks in Firefox better.

That would be DirectWrite and Direct2D. It looks that way in IE9 too.

 

[Mikey]

I like it. Screenie cos everyone loves screenies up in here.

 

[Grover]

No gradient helps

Not to endlessly chew it over, but obviously the fact that the background on the links has a gradient also play a part in the readability of those white coloured text links.

See the difference:




... which actually doesn't look bad at all. In fact, I think I might prefer a non-gradient not only because of the benefits of the readability of the links, but it also improves the look&feel of XF a little bit I think (for me). I feel the colour-sheme of the gradient and for example the background colour of the Members Online Now block makes XF (those areas) somehow look a little bit 'cheapish'. But it might be my monitor settings, so I am gonna experiment with that and obviously we have the Style Properties as well.

What I totally loved about for example vBulletin 3.8 was it's default style (apart from the remarkable out-of-place buttons that is). I never had the need to change it, because it looked and felt solid, strong, perfectly balanced. Very suitable for a corporate professional website, out of the box.

 

[Grover]

I like the way it looks in Firefox better.

Absolutely.

 

[dutchbb]

Ok I tried getting used to them, it just isn't happening. I think the effect takes away some of the cleanliness and simplicity of the former no-shadow navigation. I think Grover has a point: for more readability, increase contrast. I'll definitely use the style system to change this.

Instructions to remove: http://xenforo.com/community/threads/mini-mod-remove-text-shadow-on-tablinks.12697/

 

[iardon]

I find the links under a section, for example under Forums (Mark All Forums Read, Search Forums, etc...) a bit hard to read. But when I hover over them, they're fine.

Anybody else feel the same way?

 

[Paul B]

There's a thread about it here: http://xenforo.com/community/threads/text-shadow-on-tab-links.12029/

So I'll merge your thread with that one to keep discussion to it in one place.

For your own forum you can remove it by following the instructions in this thread: http://xenforo.com/community/threads/mini-mod-remove-text-shadow-on-tablinks.12697/