Received: from localhost (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EC3A9FA508 for ; Sat, 6 Jan 2007 23:37:28 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 88594-09 for ; Sat, 6 Jan 2007 23:37:17 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from vms048pub.verizon.net (vms048pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.48]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DAA59FA385 for ; Sat, 6 Jan 2007 23:37:23 -0400 (AST) Received: from new-host-2.home ([71.166.59.121]) by vms048.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0JBH0060ZBDQ4OE7@vms048.mailsrvcs.net> for pgsql-www@postgresql.org; Sat, 06 Jan 2007 21:37:02 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:37:00 -0500 From: Robert Treat Subject: Re: Patch for text.css In-reply-to: <4387.1168105682@sss.pgh.pa.us> To: pgsql-www@postgresql.org Cc: Tom Lane , "Magnus Hagander" , perrym3@gmail.com Message-id: <200701062237.01030.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline References: <20070106173601.E08E5DCC11C@svr2.hagander.net> <4387.1168105682@sss.pgh.pa.us> User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200701/10 X-Sequence-Number: 11277 On Saturday 06 January 2007 12:48, Tom Lane wrote: > "Magnus Hagander" writes: > > in principle i like it, but there was a reason it was there. anyond know > > why? Objections to changing it1? > > Surely it was just a typo --- I can't believe anyone would intentionally > hide the difference between visited and unvisited links. The question > though is what two colors we want to use. > I'd be more surprised if it wasn't done intentionally; web designers use this technique all the time, claiming it adds a more consitent color scheme / look to the website. Usability analysts will tell you that anything you think you gain in asthetics is lost in breaking the standard color conventions people are used to. The above patch sets visited links as a darker/paler blue; if we are going to change it I'd suggest going with the standard purple color (or something very similar). -- Robert Treat Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL