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Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 30, 2012
Question

Orange colors create confusion & animosity

  • May 30, 2012
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I'm revisiting this topic because I feel very strongly that Adobe Employees and Community Professionals must have separate identifying colors.  As it stands now, you're confusing forum users and this confusion is leading to bad feelings.

Poor Murray CP just got slammed for not doing enough to help a frustrated product user.  I don't think this would have happened if his identifying colors weren't the same as the AE who replied earlier in the discussion.

http://forums.adobe.com/message/4451281#4451281

Please fix this ASAP!

Nancy O.

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    Jacob Bugge
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 3, 2012

    Now post # 21 seems just like a dream of getting out of a nightmare. It is less nice to wake up and being back in it.

    Jacob Bugge
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 3, 2012

    Thank you to John for the return of nice and pale posts, with a slightly darker grey for own posts and pale blue for OP posts.

    As I mentioned in the skin thread, there are a few messy things, but the colouring is nice, with a pale blue for OP posts and slightly darker grey frame for own posts.

    MichaelKazlow
    Legend
    May 30, 2012

    Nancy,

    I disagree. I do not think different colors will help. We could change the title to something less official sounding like volunteer host or unpaid whipping person but I don't think even that would change some people's reactions. Some people feel that people answering questions must work for Adobe or why else would they bother. Some people just haven't learned how to behave and treat people badly. Sometimes it is caused by understandable frustation, sometimes people are just poorly behaved. Perhaps a change in title would help a smidgeon, but color alone just won't do it.

    Mike (just my 2 cents)

    Claudio González
    Legend
    May 30, 2012

    As I have said in several other threads, in my opinion differently colored member categories, and differently colored posts, are absolutely unnecessary and only contribute to make these forums look more confusing. Apart of segregaring participants in casts.

    May 30, 2012

    Get rid of all those stupid colors. Who on earth thinks that the current layout is anything remotely as 'good' as the old setup? My eyes are just plain tired of trying to make out this god-awful electric bold blue subject style, much less what Nancy's talking about. What was wrong with the old way? Oh yeah, everything is new! It just puzzles the cr-p outta me why Adobe eliminates practically all traces of color in it's application UI and the resorts to this kindergarten-color forum design!?!

    Fix it please, and lets get back to being helpful rather than angry and confused...