Allow users to set site scheme for their profile page

[7rin]

Title
Allow users to set site scheme for their profile page

Short, concise description of the idea
Allow users choice of site scheme to denote what site scheme is shown on THEIR OWN user info./profile page.

Full description of the idea
On the Viewing Options page, users can set which of the site schemes (with the exception of Lanzelot for those of us

Comments

[foxfirefey]

No thanks--I choose my site scheme because it's the site scheme I want to view. I'd rather not have it change willy nilly as I view different profiles. If I want to know who likes what site scheme, I can ask them.

[rebelsheart]

+1

[charliemc]

+1

[thewhiteowl]

++1

[sleepfighter]

No, thank you. I hate it so much when my layout gets changed on me without notice, even if it's one page.

[lied_ohne_worte]

Hm, I for one think that I should be able to see LJ the way I prefer it, not that others should force their preferred look on me. Of course, this is really a question that can't be decided in a way that makes everyone happy

[worldserpent]

Agreed. I'm all for people seeing LJ the way they want to, but I dislike having others' preferences imposed on me.

[turlough]

IAWTC very much.

[thewhiteowl]

This.

[worldserpent]

I disagree with this suggestion. The whole point of the site scheme is that we choose which one we want to see globally on all site pages. I don't really care what site scheme an individual user prefers, and I don't think most users do either.

It is, in some ways, a good question whether the profile should be a "site scheme" page or a customizable one like the journal itself, but if it is going to be a "site scheme" page, I think LJ should keep things consistent, otherwise it will be confusing.

[azurelunatic]

No. Include a 'best viewed in' notice for the profile, sure. Add a profile element showing what site scheme the user uses, sure. Add a quick, URL-argument-based way to quickly toggle back and forth and view a page in any given site scheme, sure.

However, any page that is viewed in a site scheme and can't be overridden by the viewer's site scheme of choice is unfriendly to viewers, and exceptionally unfriendly to viewers who use a particular site scheme out of necessity rather than preference. I would not want to have to provide support for an annoyed group of users with screen readers who get hung up on profiles that are suddenly cropping up in a different site scheme.

[thelittlevoice]

I agree.

[lady_angelina]

+1,000,000

My mobile browser is only happy with Lynx. It throws a fit when forced to display any of the other site schemes.

I like your "Best viewed in
" idea. =)

[gerg]

Agreed.

Best viewed in [a href="...?usescheme=foo]foo[/a]".

Problem solved!