Re: However, nobody has ever asked to replace the color bands, but "Make the account's background color available again" (additionally).
Yes I know there were several messages where people enjoyed playing designers - e.g. the idea with using color icons (which would not work).
Overall however the tone was - "ugh, bars just don't work" and so, lacking any alternative designs, we restored how account colors were presented before (which caused no complaints).
Re: (...my personal bête noire, reflow on zoom) there is a huge reluctance to add additional options
In this particular case, "just adding a checkbox" wouldn't be enough.
It would have to "do something" and we have trouble making that "something" work - for reasons already explained a dozen times or more.
Can you accept that as time passes, things can change?
Oh and in 2018, most of your emails should be "mobile optimized".
Re: For the first time I used the colors, with the "new look" now that it has been restored the old I do not like it anymore
We had nothing but complaints about color bars.
If anyone liked color bars better than solid color fill - we did not hear from them (and apparently this includes you).
But I'll say it again - account colors are optional and off by default.
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Oh and let's not forget - this "screen" also received a fairly significant design update.
And it seems to me that overall it's seen as an improvement.
Right?
So let's say 9 our of 10 things (or 11 / 12, or 15/16) on that screen are "good" not "bad"?