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Re: Colors in Log Dialog

From: Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:34:35 +0100

On 17.12.2009 08:51, Grzegorz Adamiak wrote:

> Relying on colors only is somewhat risky so icons would add to accessibility.
> However, 16px icons on small displays with high resolutions are also difficult
> to spot. It may be a good idea to use styling for the text (bold etc.) and make
> it customizable, just like colors? I think styled text would be much more
> distinguishable. What you think?

Not really. Adding more styling will end up with the log dialog looking
like a clown - way too much colors and styles.

I think adding another icon is good enough.

> BTW, I just noticed that different default colors are used for log (General>
> Colors) and revision graph (Revision graph> Colors). Wouldn't that be better to
> make them consistent?

Those colors are for different states, so they're not related.

Stefan

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