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using more neutral colors in the Light Theme
Wherever did I say they should copy Chrome? Every single other browser I've used (including native Edge) has a neutral color scheme. Check Firefox, Vivaldi, Brave. They all have neutral whites and grays. And it makes sense. It should be non-offensive to as many people as possible. Chromium Edge is the first browser I've encountered that has this beige/yellowish scheme, and it doesn't look good at all.
"if i wanted to use Chrome then i would use it, not a Google chrome clone. there is no rule saying that the background must be 100% white."
If you think that a color scheme is the only thing that differentiates browsers then there's probably not much use discussing this with you.
i understand that those 4 browser use white and grey instead of white and a little yellow but i don't see the point here. does it make it a fact and a rule that if Chrome, Firefox, Vivaldi use those colors then Microsoft should follow that rule, otherwise it will be "offensive" for users!?
it's your choice to discuss it with me or not but i didn't say or mean that it's the only thing that differentiates this browser with others.
Quoting your first reply:
"if i wanted to use Chrome then i would use it, not a Google chrome clone. there is no rule saying that the background must be 100% white."
That implies that changing Edge's color scheme to a neutral one will somehow make it a Chrome clone. I wouldn't be posting on these forums if I wanted to use Chrome.
I never said or implied that there was some kinda rule. This is an MS Edge Insider forum. It's for suggestions and improvements. The browser is still in beta.
The yellowish color is not what most people are used to when it comes to browsers. Using a neutral theme would be less offensive on the eye for most people. It will make the browser more welcoming to new users (i.e. make it more popular / have a higher market share - which is what MS are interested in at the end).
Nope, that doesn't seem like that to me.
honestly i've never seen anyone else posting about it.Neutral (NOO-trul) colors don't usually show up on the color wheel. Neutral colors include black, white, gray, and sometimes brown and beige. They are sometimes called “earth tones.”
source: https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/neutral-colors
Beige is variously described as a pale sandy fawn color, a grayish tan, a light-grayish yellowish brown, or a pale to grayish yellow.
source: Google
so you see my friend, Edge insider browser is already using a neutral color 😉
Also the word you keep using "offensive"
so how exactly is the color offensive to you?
HotCakeXmaybe stop playing a semantics game? You obviously understand what I'm talking about. All the popular browsers (read: browsers that people are used to) use white, gray or cold gray. That is anywhere on the line from #00000 to #ffffff or slightly toward #000ff. Yellow is not on that line, and neither are beige, orange or brown.
The color is more offensive (you seem to not realize that it's a relative term) than white and grey because people are not used to it when it comes to browsers. Actually I think I've already answered that question, so I don't know why you keep asking.