Hi,
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 08:11:54PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 17. November 2009 00:35:30 schrieb
> olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> > It's actually perfectly OK to override text colors for emphasis in
> > specific bits of text -- if you also override the background color
> >
Hi,
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 02:18:10PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Montag, 16. November 2009 11:34:22 schrieb Michal Suchanek:
> I think the reason is simply that it's damn far from how I learned
> webdesign.
>
> Instead of the smooth learning curve you get by defining more and mor
Am Dienstag, 17. November 2009 00:31:30 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> No idea what you mean. If a user sets his default background color, we
> can safely assume that he also sets a matching default text color...
The Konqueror bug I cited is the problem, not the Hurd Website.
Sadly it took m
Am Dienstag, 17. November 2009 00:35:30 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> It's actually perfectly OK
> to override text colors for emphasis in specific bits of text -- if you
> also override the background color *for these same bits of text*. The
> rest of the page can keep default colors for both
Hi,
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 11:17:59PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 15. November 2009 19:44:57 schrieb Michal Suchanek:
> > So you can either have completely colorless pages
>
> ...and lose the wide range of options you have when you use colors for
> different parts of the
Hi,
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 10:58:44AM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 15. November 2009 01:42:19 schrieb
> olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> > (Not everyone likes reading text on a white background! It
> > regularily makes my eyes hurt. I wonder what morons created the myth
> > that i
2009/11/17 Arne Babenhauserheide :
> Am Dienstag, 17. November 2009 14:32:29 schrieb Michal Suchanek:
>> Similarly, if you want to put a single warning sign somewhere in
>> yellow on red then you just add it. If you want your site to have some
>> particular text color you better ensure that you def
Am Dienstag, 17. November 2009 14:32:29 schrieb Michal Suchanek:
> Similarly, if you want to put a single warning sign somewhere in
> yellow on red then you just add it. If you want your site to have some
> particular text color you better ensure that you define a background
> on which the text is
2009/11/17 Arne Babenhauserheide :
> Am Montag, 16. November 2009 23:07:33 schrieb Michal Suchanek:
>> It's not all or none. You can use different text style and size,
>> alignment, spacing, borders, ... and colors.
>>
>> But whenever you touch an aspect of the site, be it colors, text
>> style, or
Am Montag, 16. November 2009 23:07:33 schrieb Michal Suchanek:
> It's not all or none. You can use different text style and size,
> alignment, spacing, borders, ... and colors.
>
> But whenever you touch an aspect of the site, be it colors, text
> style, or anything else you must ensure that it wo
2009/11/16 Arne Babenhauserheide :
> Am Montag, 16. November 2009 11:34:22 schrieb Michal Suchanek:
>> > If you set the background, you also have to set all other colors, else
>> > the custom user color for a visited link could be invisible.
>>
>> Yes, that's how things work. Why is it so hard to a
Am Montag, 16. November 2009 11:34:22 schrieb Michal Suchanek:
> > If you set the background, you also have to set all other colors, else
> > the custom user color for a visited link could be invisible.
>
> Yes, that's how things work. Why is it so hard to accept for you?
I think the reason is si
2009/11/15 Arne Babenhauserheide :
> Am Sonntag, 15. November 2009 19:44:57 schrieb Michal Suchanek:
>> They can offer alternate dark and bright themes.
>
> But that requires setting all colors again.
>
> It makes it impossible for people to get into webdesign bit by bit - either
> you define all c
Am Sonntag, 15. November 2009 23:17:59 schrieb Arne Babenhauserheide:
> Am Sonntag, 15. November 2009 19:44:57 schrieb Michal Suchanek:
> > They can offer alternate dark and bright themes.
>
> But that requires setting all colors again.
And thinking your stance a bit further gets us to "each site
Am Sonntag, 15. November 2009 19:44:57 schrieb Michal Suchanek:
> They can offer alternate dark and bright themes.
But that requires setting all colors again.
It makes it impossible for people to get into webdesign bit by bit - either
you define all colors or you leave your hands off colorchang
2009/11/15 Arne Babenhauserheide :
> Am Sonntag, 15. November 2009 16:27:13 schrieb Michal Suchanek:
>> Yes, you either set all colors or set none, anything else is broken
>> (as is your web site).
>
> That's a quite extreme view - and mine differs.
It's not extreme. It's based on observed behavio
Am Sonntag, 15. November 2009 16:27:13 schrieb Michal Suchanek:
> Yes, you either set all colors or set none, anything else is broken
> (as is your web site).
That's a quite extreme view - and mine differs.
I prefer websites which I visit to set colors so they work in both dark and
bright setti
2009/11/15 Arne Babenhauserheide :
> Am Sonntag, 15. November 2009 14:55:09 schrieb Michal Suchanek:
>> You cannot make a site which has no background, has text color set,
>> and expect it to be readable. The default background color may be any
>> color, including the one you chose for some of your
Am Sonntag, 15. November 2009 14:55:09 schrieb Michal Suchanek:
> You cannot make a site which has no background, has text color set,
> and expect it to be readable. The default background color may be any
> color, including the one you chose for some of your text.
You can try to fit the most comm
2009/11/15 Arne Babenhauserheide :
> Am Sonntag, 15. November 2009 01:42:19 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
>> (Not everyone likes reading text on a white background! It regularily
>> makes my eyes hurt. I wonder what morons created the myth that it would
>> be more ergonomic :-( )
>
> I currently
Am Sonntag, 15. November 2009 01:42:19 schrieb olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> (Not everyone likes reading text on a white background! It regularily
> makes my eyes hurt. I wonder what morons created the myth that it would
> be more ergonomic :-( )
I currently read with a dark grey background, but when
Hi,
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 04:03:10PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> I just fixed that by putting "background-color: white;" into the body
> tag in local.css
I hate sites doing that :-( Once CSS forces the background color, there
is no reasonable way to work around it.
(Not everyone lik
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 08:28:54PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 12. November 2009 19:42:11 schrieb Carl Fredrik Hammar:
> > Why wasn't it readable? If it was because the font color was still black
> > (my first guess), then shouldn't we change that instead, so that the
> >
Am Donnerstag, 12. November 2009 19:42:11 schrieb Carl Fredrik Hammar:
> Why wasn't it readable? If it was because the font color was still black
> (my first guess), then shouldn't we change that instead, so that the
> font color is also the browser's default?
That's the other option :)
It's si
Hi,
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 04:03:10PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
>
> I'm currently browsing in "dark mode" (dark colors for my KDE 4), and
> realized
> that the website wasn't very readable with dark background color.
>
> I just fixed that by putting "background-color: white;" into
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