I really hate the new look Topic

On my computer. The option to use the old view seems to be gone now. The new one is all in red - VERY hard on my 60 year old eyes. Who the hell thought of using red?

The red against a pink background. Terrible. I really find it hard to look at.

Do we have any options to change it - background, text color, anything?

4/18/2020 7:33 AM
Not that I know of. I asked for something different as my 65 year eyes (with cataracts) have trouble too. Was told it was changed and looked better to him (seble). I couldn't tell much difference.
4/18/2020 8:44 AM
I have written now too. Hopefully we can reach a critical mass of people asking for at least an option to change the text color or the background, one or the other. The combination of all that reddish color is really hard on the eyes.
4/18/2020 9:57 AM
I found it annoying, too, but not for the same reasons as you two. It was just too...I don't know...ESPN-like? Like I'm in an old roto baseball league on the defunct Sporting News site? Too alien after so many years of the other look. And no more Game Of The Week!!!!!

But, I noticed that now you can get more info from prior leagues in progressives, like the season awards winners for all seasons.

If that's the worst of our problems....
4/18/2020 12:31 PM
ive gotten used to it by neccessity but such a vomit color and tough on eyes.
4/18/2020 5:20 PM
I'm fine with it, at first I hated it but after a while I'll forget what the old one even looked like.

4/18/2020 5:25 PM
I hate it. I want an option to use the old format. Honestly, this might push me away from the site.
4/19/2020 12:42 PM
Didn't like it at first, got used to it quickly.
4/19/2020 9:32 PM
I don't mind the design but the contrast on the red is still too clashing. I know they darkened it up a bit which helped but I don't think it was enough. There was a comment on an earlier post by a web designer that put it best.

"I'm a web developer and UX designer.

While there are positives to the new redesign, and any attempt to be more mobile friendly should be applauded, one negative that several users have mentioned is color contrast. This is an accessibility issue, as users with low vision will have trouble reading text against the background if the contrast ratio is insufficient. You can test this yourself using https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/.

For example, when I select a team under Active Teams, it appears the text is pink (#E1574C) against grey (#F2F2F2), which creates only a 3.3:1 contrast ratio. A minimum of 4.5:1 is needed for proper accessibility.

Similarly, the buttons that read Start New Team!, Theme Leagues etc. use beige (#E7CD9C) against that same pink, and here the contrast ratio is even more problematic, at only 2.4:1.

The issue users have brought up about having difficulty reading the text is a legitimate one. Hopefully creating a color palette with greater contrast will be an easy fix, as the old site didn't have this problem."
4/20/2020 12:07 AM
Said this in the message boards in one of my leagues

The redesign is much improved to the old one on desktop

but oddly enough, its worse on mobile, since y'know, it was a mobile redesign...
4/20/2020 12:17 AM
Posted by 06gsp on 4/18/2020 5:25:00 PM (view original):
I'm fine with it, at first I hated it but after a while I'll forget what the old one even looked like.

Ditto, exactly
4/25/2020 10:18 PM
I hate it too, but not due to the color, but rather that it’s VERY iPhone UNfriendly! Can only view parts of some pages now, where I used to be able to see the entire page. Takes more time to navigate.
Pain in the behind.
4/29/2020 7:24 PM
Building teams now on the iPhone is sooooo much more difficult. Which is a pain because it’s all I use..
4/30/2020 9:04 AM
Do you see the "rename" location with the new format? I can't find it.
5/2/2020 8:13 AM
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