ARGHHHHHH!!!! ORANGE!!!!! ARGHHHHH!

It looks like the latest color scheme for a fast-food chain featuring processed cheese.

ARGHHHH !!!

(But like the format, otherwise).

wsozrebel: Methinks those earthy colors are better off in the dirt of the earth. But it does kind of remind me of Sedona, where I will be hiking two weeks from today, then having a post-hike massage (independent massage therapist, I'll let you know how it goes).

Ouch. After playing on Fodor's for about half an hour and then leaving the computer I see a bright white spot in my upper left field of vision. It must be a result of that bold black FODORS.

I argued that I loved the cobalt and lime color scheme we had before and I knew we'd be punished for so many people complaining. But I call this blaring one "cruel and inhuman" punishment.

I like the new home page better. The Travel Talk home page is also interesting. It even lists the hot threads at the moment. AND there are now more forums. New ones such as "travel lounge" Guess that's where we'll have to hold Friday night cocktail hour now. :)

Very interesting, Fodors!

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R5 (et al) send me your new e-mail addy and I'll foward the pics and views from SMdA.
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I was thinking that the colors are really late 60's - I remember wanting to repaint my room like this - but my mom nixed it.

But it does seem to work for a web site. About 10 times better than that largely illegible sickly green combo.

I don't get it, my "read" threads are still "red"

cd....well, my unread are blue and now my read ones are grey. I liked the red better. And, when my cursor moves over a thread, it's orange. Strange.

This color scheme just bothers me, it overwhelms the whole screen and I don't think I'll continue to read the forums if it stays like that. Why can't they keep it blue and red.

I have my computer set to royal blue as my main background color, so that's the color of my upper and lower tool bars. I think that bright blue mixed with all this "rotting tangerine" and "bleached red" is what is really making it all ugly.

I don't like it. I would prefer colors of the Caribbean or soemthing!!!

Wow Statia, that is really strange.

cd, people say they are having the same effect as I am over on the European forum. Glad you still have red, though!

Mine is the same as yours Statia.

I really like the new look! The colors are much easier on the eyes.

Statia--I am seeing the same colors as you (grey/red, orange).

One word - ewwwww.

(Is that a word?)

Overall, I like it. I do think that the content pages look better than the forum pages, but the forum is a script running in separate frames. I don't think the blue belongs in the new color scheme.

I think they're trying to mate the website to the new look of the book covers. All of the new books since mid last year look like this.:

http://www.fodors.com/shop/buy/?isbn=1-4000-1411-5

I think they got the dark orange a little off and would have done better to match the lettering in "France". Not so hard on the eyes. And it might not be a bad idea to force the white to a warm off-white, to tone down the contrast, but web designers for commercial sites still hang on to that white to show they mean business.

Well, even though I like the "read" better red, now I feel left out. First I miss the party last night, and now I'm different.

I noticed the Hot Topic area on the main page. Somehow I have a feeling that it will be filled with Portland/OR Coast threads soon, lol!

Ok, you know... a little time has passed and I thought I liked it. It matched the book covers. But after sitting and reading through some threads, It's starting to get to me. I get halfway through a sentence and my eyes go vwooop, right up to the upper left hand corner. The black blob never escapes your view.

Maybe it's to reduce the average sitting time on these boards? Kind of like how fast food joints intentionally install uncomfortable furniture and keep the temps at zero degrees in order to get people to eat and leave as quick as possible?