Totally disoriented..

[morrison]

I don't like the WHITE, STERILE appearance.

I want the warmth and welcoming appearance of the tartan. This new "No Color" scheme is scary. I makes me feel as though the "New Age" is now in my room. I don't want that. I want to feel warm and welcomed in the color scheme and general design of the color usages and the softer, easier on the eyes glow of my monitor.

This clarity on the screen is TOO MUCH.

The screen lights up my whole room white in a wash of white. I want the less brilliant display of the mostly tartan coloring.
edit: the color here in the dialogue are has changed since this reply was posted. I wrote post #58 just after this edit amendment

PLEASE put in the tartan background. This new look is not friendly nor does it convey a sense of open welcome of those seeking a place holding no axe to grind. It now looks like a place to generate electricity or to perform surgery.

The new appearance doesn't lend itself to a nostalgia or camaraderie of spirit in persons present sharing news and views, opinions and rants, etc.

Please take out the ice and bring the air of comfort and reason back to the screen?

Bring back more XMTS tartan in the background and borders.

[The Barry]

I don't like the WHITE, STERILE appearance.

That's what is bothering me..

If the tartan is not going to be the background, the color scheme should be a bit 'softer'. I tried to read some forum posts at night, and found it painful to be bombarded with so much bright light.

Maybe color things up a bit, to get rid of some of this 'hospital' look?

Just my $.02

[morrison]

Formatting the site is fine.

Changing the colors, background, borders etc has diminished the site.

As I said in #53 & #58, "It's the tartan." ty thebarry

This non tartan look is unacceptable to me. I am drawn by an undefinable attraction to the tartan. It is what made the XMTS site more appealing for me.

You, my xmarx brothers & sisters will continue having me as a brother in kilt and heart. But, without the attractiveness of the appearance on screen as something to be proud to refer new Kilters and other inquisitors to I think I'll just stand back and watch the thing falter, (I don't want that!) unless the beautiful looks are brought back, which will bring me in again.

Additionally, even though I'm a hanger-on here in the free membership parlor and not an advertiser, what does it say to me as a potential 1st time advertiser in coming to a site about kilts, tartan, and traditions of such and find a plain white board with information indexed to specifics and otherwise showing no appearance of proliferation of the life and wear of tartan?

Where's the inviting atmosphere in appearance of brother/sisterhood in the Kilt and Tartan? I think it is not up to the advertisers and the design and colors in their advert banners to provide the "splash" of ambience and environmental character in the pages displayed.

When I came here, "XMarksTheScot" had appreciation of the Tartan, Scots and the kilt plastered all over it (1st impressions of the initial appearance). That's a part of what I want new arrivals to see when I refer them to XMarksTheScot. This "New" appearance is no different than any other unimaginative place in the mind or whiteboard.

I may as well refer people to "Clear Shows No Colors.com."
Russell Berry