From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/10173 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: horrid color choices in 5.4.25 Date: 11 Mar 1997 06:04:50 +0100 Sender: larsi@proletcult.slip.ifi.uio.no Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035150085 22808 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 21:41:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 21:41:25 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from ifi.uio.no (0@ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.2]) by deanna.miranova.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA00642 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 21:15:57 -0800 Original-Received: from proletcult.slip.ifi.uio.no (root@ppp12.larris.ifi.uio.no [129.240.68.112]) by ifi.uio.no with ESMTP (8.6.11/ifi2.4) id for ; Tue, 11 Mar 1997 06:03:44 +0100 Original-Received: (from larsi@localhost) by proletcult.slip.ifi.uio.no (8.8.2/8.8.2) id GAA07441; Tue, 11 Mar 1997 06:04:53 +0100 Mail-Copies-To: never Original-To: ding@ifi.uio.no In-Reply-To: Danny Siu's message of 10 Mar 1997 18:15:23 -0800 Original-Lines: 35 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.4.26/Emacs 19.34 X-Face: &w!^oO~dS|}-P0~ge{$c!h\ writes: > IMHO, the new color scheme is just _horrible_!!! Please restore the default > back to the original setting (<5.4.24) which I think at least everyone is > used to. I think one can draw the conclusion that the new colors are an incomplete success. :-) Perhaps I should explain my reasoning behind the new colors. I generally find that having my eyes presented with an angry fruit salad is tiring -- especially if the things that are emphasized in this manner isn't information of vital importance. I use white-on-black as my default reading mode, and the old coloring scheme used light blue, pink, yellow and cyan on the headers. Most of them bold. None of this information is information that people are expected to *read* -- one is supposed to register that it is available, and then skip to the text. I wanted the eyes to flow over the headers without any obstruction, so I chose a series of different green colors. (For the light background I chose different red colors.) It's all seems quite legigible to me, and I find reading news a more calm experience. My eyes aren't drawn to the eye-searing cyan bold header names, but flows automatically to the text itself. (The exception to the coloring scheme is the Newsgroups header whenever crossposting is used, since that is, indeed, very important information. It's in yellow on dark screens and blue on light screens.) Now, since you all hate it, perhaps it should be changed. I don't think reverting to a fruit salad scheme is the right thing to do. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) larsi@ifi.uio.no * Lars Ingebrigtsen