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Ask HN: What is your HN topcolor. (Results to follow)

12 points by esalazar 15y ago

redthrowaway 15y ago
I changed it to #a3a3a1, to match the grey text. I spent far longer on it than I should have, but I'm pleased with the results.
- esalazar 15y ago
  I spent a lot of time on it as well. I ended up using green. It is light and easy on the eyes!
maqr 15y ago
Now I'm wondering what "delay" is.
- mds101 15y ago
  It's the time interval in minutes after which your comment becomes visible after it is posted. Presumably in order to let people edit/delete impulse comments.
  - ars 15y ago
    It's also the delay before it shows up in the RSS feed.
cpeterso 15y ago
#ff6600
meastham 15y ago
For anybody that is wondering, apparently you need 250 karma to change your topcolor: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=438957 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=438957
- steventruong 15y ago
  Oh the irony. I've been at 249 for awhile now lol
  - DanielRibeiro 15y ago
    It seems that I fixed that for you. Now you can respond to the poll accordingly.
    - steventruong 15y ago
      Thanks but looks like that number must have changed. The setting is not available in my profile.
      - steventruong 15y ago
        Looks like you have to have over 250. It finally triggered at 251
Zev 15y ago
#FFCC00. It strikes me as a nice halfway point between YC's orange, and HN's tan background. HN also has http://news.ycombinator.com/topcolors http://news.ycombinator.com/topcolors, which shows all the custom topcolors from users active in the past #{interval_i_cant_remember}.
sanswork 15y ago
#CCCCCC The orange Y goes with the grey which goes with the body and is less "flash" than the default.
ars 15y ago
#66ff00 - reminds me of the old greenscreen monitors.
justin_vanw 15y ago
77ff00
tikhonj 15y ago
#90A9CB What was I thinking when I chose it? I wish I knew :P It is a nice blue though. I even use it on my website now.
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Sam_Odio 15y ago
#abcdef
- anigbrowl 15y ago
  ^5
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garethsprice 15y ago
Interesting response to this, I'd not even known I could change my top color, or that I'd recently "earned" the right to do so. Now I know I'm excited about changing it and making sure I pick a suitably "awesome" color, even though I'm the kind of person who usually leaves everything on default unless there's a good reason to change it.

12 points by esalazar 15y ago

I changed it to #a3a3a1, to match the grey text. I spent far longer on it than I should have, but I'm pleased with the results.

esalazar 15y ago
I spent a lot of time on it as well. I ended up using green. It is light and easy on the eyes!

maqr 15y ago

Now I'm wondering what "delay" is.

mds101 15y ago
It's the time interval in minutes after which your comment becomes visible after it is posted. Presumably in order to let people edit/delete impulse comments.
- ars 15y ago
  It's also the delay before it shows up in the RSS feed.

cpeterso 15y ago

#ff6600

meastham 15y ago

For anybody that is wondering, apparently you need 250 karma to change your topcolor: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=438957 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=438957

steventruong 15y ago
Oh the irony. I've been at 249 for awhile now lol
- DanielRibeiro 15y ago
  It seems that I fixed that for you. Now you can respond to the poll accordingly.
  - steventruong 15y ago
    Thanks but looks like that number must have changed. The setting is not available in my profile.
    - steventruong 15y ago
      Looks like you have to have over 250. It finally triggered at 251

Zev 15y ago

#FFCC00. It strikes me as a nice halfway point between YC's orange, and HN's tan background. HN also has http://news.ycombinator.com/topcolors http://news.ycombinator.com/topcolors, which shows all the custom topcolors from users active in the past #{interval_i_cant_remember}.

sanswork 15y ago

#CCCCCC The orange Y goes with the grey which goes with the body and is less "flash" than the default.

ars 15y ago

#66ff00 - reminds me of the old greenscreen monitors.

justin_vanw 15y ago

77ff00

tikhonj 15y ago

#90A9CB What was I thinking when I chose it? I wish I knew :P It is a nice blue though. I even use it on my website now.

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Sam_Odio 15y ago

#abcdef

anigbrowl 15y ago
^5

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garethsprice 15y ago

Interesting response to this, I'd not even known I could change my top color, or that I'd recently "earned" the right to do so. Now I know I'm excited about changing it and making sure I pick a suitably "awesome" color, even though I'm the kind of person who usually leaves everything on default unless there's a good reason to change it.