I would have the site set someone's default theme to the red theme (or something else close but not the same) when they create a new account from now on.

I never really played with my theme settings untill today, but having now seen the Red Theme in action I can safely say that if the very first thing that had happened when i registered was that everything went red -- it would have seemed very confusing, and i would have spent a lot of time trying to figure out why.

Defaults for newusers should not be different from "visitors" so as to preserve the "element of least surprise"

Personally: I think the lack of an XP Nodlet, the lack of voting radio buttons, and the giant "Login" Nodlet at the top right of every page is a pretty good indicator to regular users that they aren't logged in. For people who need a bigger reminder ... that's why they can customize their own theme.

In reply to Re: Re: (tye)Re: Use a Different Default Theme When Authenticated by hossman
in thread Use a Different Default Theme When Authenticated by ignatz

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