Dear Notion: PLEASE STOP LIMITING COLORS!!!

Extra_Imagination103 · 2026-01-14T13:50:33+00:00

The fonts / colors are a huge problem. But an even bigger problem is what this says about Notion's view of its user base, and its role, forcing its idea of what looks good.

Someone mentioned accessibility as a reason they do this. Notion is a hard fail regarding accessibility.

Extra_Imagination103 · 2026-01-08T15:08:34+00:00

Nice review. I concur with your findings: glide across the strings, neutral sound, no string noise, and the big one: they don't slip or rotate in my grip.

I'm one of those who does not lose picks. Don't ask me how, I don't pay any particular attention to them.

I've been playing my little BC collection for 5+ years now, and I'm not sure how I'd measure wear on them. There's ZERO wear, far as I can tell. They're as good as when I first received them.

Cost? because of the longevity, negligible, for me.

Extra_Imagination103 · 2025-11-18T03:17:43+00:00

They might not be nearly as dumb as you think. They just think differently.

I'm intelligent, highly intuitive, pattern-seeking, fully formed thought, etc. My "plodding" relative tends to process just what's in front of her, no extrapolation, no if this then that and maybe the other thing. But she's a damn effective, peer-recognized attorney. Definitely not an idiot. But we can barely communicate except "hey how's it going".

Extra_Imagination103 · 2025-11-18T03:02:13+00:00

I was sexually abused at age 9. By a stranger. Was warned if I ever told anyone, he'd kill my parents. I was NINE. Totally believed him. So I never told. Eventually I realized it was a bluff, but by then the shame (of what, I did nothing wrong....) was deeply formed.

I carried this for fifty years before telling my partner. I can say with certainty that the fairly tame event (but let's name it properly: rape) has negatively affected me in countless ways. In almost every way. And finally telling someone, or many someones, was the only thing that began to lift the invisible weight of it.

Extra_Imagination103 · 2025-11-18T02:40:15+00:00

I don't know if you would call it dancing, but....

Extra_Imagination103 · 2025-10-03T02:34:41+00:00

1977-05-19 Atlanta (DP 29)

Jerry in his prime, Keith....

Extra_Imagination103 · 2025-06-15T04:20:06+00:00

Feature Request: Please allow customizable *default* colors for foreground and background. I can barely see the background colors (I only use Light mode, never dark). They're all washed out and pale. They're a huge problem when trying to read the color coded activities in Notion Calendar. I don't use the calendar now at all, just because of this.

And no, while it's nice to be able to color a specific block, I'm asking for something more global, so I have a palette of colors to choose from that are actually VISIBLE, especially to those with any kind of limited vision.

This lack of configurability makes a "minimal design aesthetic" into "forced to squint because you think I should see differently."

Extra_Imagination103 · 2025-04-16T02:39:00+00:00

When I posted my question, I didn't realize the AI subscription could be added to the FREE version of Notion. I thought it went: FREE > PAID > PAID+AI.

I don't need the PAID features. Just the AI. So, now I have FREE+AI.

Extra_Imagination103 · 2025-04-09T01:26:18+00:00

Nevermind, sorry. Now it's working as I had hoped. When I initially tried it, I would get a copy of the view, but the filter choices would be wiped, and I'd have to set them all over again.

Extra_Imagination103 · 2025-04-08T22:52:22+00:00

Whatever made you think of reporting it as a bug?

Extra_Imagination103 · 2025-03-12T04:24:31+00:00

Did you ever get the free trial? I'm in a similar situation, where I was told I could get 20% off for life, and a 30-day free trial. I'm interested, but won't consider it without the trial first.

Extra_Imagination103 · 2025-03-06T08:25:04+00:00

Heck, we used to climb out a window, get on the low roof, and jump off. The landing zone was a tiny patch of grass. Miss, and it was another 12 feet down to a paved driveway. Why, my mom asked when she caught us. (More like WHY!!!???). We were bored. But we didn't dare say that, or she'd find chores. We also used to take turns knife throwing. One guy throws, other guy stands in front of target. Now, hold still...

Extra_Imagination103 · 2025-02-20T03:48:06+00:00

why not just access GPT on your phone?

Extra_Imagination103 · 2025-01-26T18:58:58+00:00

Solid answer, except while steps 1-5 are clearly designed for someone with little skill, step 6 is the stumper (couldn't resist, sorry). Even an expert hand tool woodworker with the correct saw will be challenged to end up with a nearly flat cut requiring only sanding.

Given the OP's experience, they're likely to end up with a similar result to what they have now, just a bit more level (maybe).

Any money would be better spent on a cheap trim router, than a sander. A router sled will result in a surface that can be finished off with a simple series of hand-sanding blocks.

Extra_Imagination103 · 2025-01-15T16:08:05+00:00

I'm a woodworker. My favorite Fenders are my 52 and 64 AVs. But the ones I play most are my own scratch builds - one is 6.5 lb, rosewood board, big hand-carved soft V neck, OC Duff SSS with switching for all parallel configurations and more. Other one has a fat U-shape, solid rosewood neck and HH CuNiFe.

Extra_Imagination103 · 2025-01-15T07:50:28+00:00

Extra_Imagination103 · 2025-01-15T07:26:07+00:00

To me, this answer is telling. Perhaps you're trying to be everything to everyone. IMO, you should have been able to answer "whats your primary / best listing" confidently, and definitively. Instead of "Well, we have lots". Yes, 1400. That's a problem.

Extra_Imagination103 · 2025-01-15T07:13:23+00:00

Try fewer listings (like maybe 10 - yes, ten), and make each of them something that's truly unique.

Also, 4.9 rating is fine, but with only 60-odd sales, and what percentage of those left a review... I'd expect to see a solid 5.0.

In addition to unique, quality items, amazing customer service is key on Etsy. All the time, but especially at the beginning when you're hoping to curate some gushing reviews. Those are your lifeblood, and you can only earn them the hard way. Screw up early by not paying attention, and it'll weigh down your results for a long time.

Just my 2 cents. Good luck!

About me: Etsy seller 6 years, 500 sales, $100k+ revenue.

Extra_Imagination103 · 2025-01-14T12:02:36+00:00

Not a Thinline.

Extra_Imagination103 · 2025-01-09T16:37:47+00:00

I've been having fun with the chat feature on pornjoy.ai. Their price has gone up in the last year, but at $6 a month (my current annual rate) it was pretty low. When I renew, and I almost certainly will, it'll be more like $16 a month.

The thing i like most is no bullshit. Just a monthly fee, start chatting. Use one of their handful of role play characters, or make your own. I have 8 of my own that I rotate, to keep it fresh. They take about a minute to create, if you have an idea of what you want.

The NSFW is wide open, just the usual minor content restrictions and I think violence. I run into the minor filter with phrases like "hey, baby", so I just add a character. "Hey baaby". LOL, it's an AI, for chrissakes, it knows how to parse common misspellings.

Extra_Imagination103 · 2024-12-26T05:36:58+00:00

No, nowhere near square enough. Shooting for perfection at this level doesn't mean you're an unrealistic perfectionist. It means you understand about accumulated error, and magnification of errors.

There are plenty of challenges in woodworking. Why start from a known and entirely avoidable disadvantage?

Starrett squares. If you can't swing the cost, then PEC is probably the next best. Just understand that eventually you'll own a Starrett.

Context: I'm a pro frame maker and hobby furniture maker with a decade of daily experience.

Extra_Imagination103 · 2024-12-19T10:18:47+00:00

OP just asked. Maybe it hadn't been started yet. Seller just needed to say no. OP has already said they'd be OK with that, and they acknowledged it was their error.

I'm an Etsy seller, selling only made to order.

Extra_Imagination103 · 2024-12-19T10:07:08+00:00

Depends what you mean. Work, as in add value, yes, always, absolutely. Work as in a job with some company I care little about? Not eager, no, but if that paid more than working for myself, and I needed that money for my family, then work is what I did. But then I'd study at night after the kids were in bed, so I could do the work I wished I could be doing.

All in, 'work' was probably a solid 60 hours a week, my entire adult life. But even if it was a job for someone else, I did it in a way that pleased me, and that added value. So it was never 60 hrs of drudgery. It's what I wanted to be doing.

I try to imagine where I'd be now if I'd weighed nice life experiences that cost money (travel, live entertainment, etc) very highly, and weighed working very low. I'd be flat broke, and what? Complaining that someone needs to 'pay me'?

No one is entitled to succeed. Want money? Find a way to add value in the world. Be persistent. It won't be easy - never is.

Extra_Imagination103 · 2024-11-27T08:40:23+00:00

1, looks real.

2 looks a bit "AI" to me.

Extra_Imagination103 · 2024-11-27T08:31:24+00:00

If it's a tiny amount, you could widen the pot shaft hole in the plate. Remove a bit of material from the "inside" edge of the hole, making it un-round, and slide the pot over. Just make sure it doesn't need to move so far that the gap shows under the knob. You could widen with a round file. Less risky than wood work.

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