After I get a breather I could probably get at one or two non-bright white styles in there. I like the idea of something that is purposefully subtle. But a happy style might be nice too. For spring.
Something light-gray and blue would be easy on the eyes. Maybe something like this, but with more desaturated blues, perhaps.
I was just wondering about the topic of styles today, as I find the "followed blue" in the dark style quite hard to read. Would it be possible/reasonable to allow users to apply their own custom style? I'm thinking of something along the lines of reddit's custom CSS for subreddits, but at the user level. I'm sure it's a feature that not too many people would use directly, but it could result in a few people creating popular style sheets that get copied by others, and it would allow people to tweak things to their liking. I'm a developer, but I rarely delve into the web world, so forgive me if this is totally unrealistic.
It's definitely not a priority with me as the only set of hands, but I'm not against the idea. It could be fun and interesting. In the short term we will have to live with the in-house styles. But, maybe when we I get more free time or more coders climb aboard.
Well, speaking of more coders, would you be willing to share the technology stack you are using, and what you would like to see before you give someone access to the site's source? I'm mostly a Windows guy, and I saw you mention Linode somewhere, but I'm all for learning new things.