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Subject: Re: horrid color choices in 5.4.25
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Robert Bihlmeyer <e9426626@student.tuwien.ac.at> writes:

> Perhaps having SOP with different blues is not appropriate. But I
> think Fading Into Oblivion would be a good choice for citations: Fruit-
> salady hues which get more pale as citation levels rise. This mimics
> normall communications, where statements from the distant past are only
> vaguely(sp?) remembered. Who said what could be distinguished easily
> for recent citations, while the past blurs. 

That might be an idea, but you seldom see more than (say) four levels
of cited text, which doesn't give you that much to play with.  Only
the cascade-type articles have really many different colors, and who
cares what they look like?  (Well, I do, but...)

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@ifi.uio.no * Lars Ingebrigtsen