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From: Susanne Ebrecht <[email protected]>
To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: Daniele Varrazzo <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Proposal: syntax highlight in html manual
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:48:52 +0200
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On 13.04.2011 17:02, Tom Lane wrote:
> FWIW, there are very few things in the world that I hate more than
> randomly multicolored text.  Almost always, some of it is unreadable
> in a particular viewing context because of poor contrast.  And as
> often as not, the stuff that does stand out isn't the most important
> parts of the text.
>
> So no, this isn't a direction I want to see the Postgres documentation
> take.
Tom,

as color blind (blue blind (tritanope)) person I just can say thanks for 
that
statement.

Colored text / background is always horrible for color blinds.
The best always is black on white or vise versa.

Susanne
P.S.: btw. my google chrome color filter usually makes the postgresql 
elephant
either green or pink

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Susanne Ebrecht - 2ndQuadrant
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services
www.2ndQuadrant.com

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