Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 14:17:59 -0800 From: Steve Craver <scraver@gsd-usa.com> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Background color for caution blocks in the Handbook Message-ID: <AANLkTimw9rLb8YrTKi6=jrtyd1TmqakAO%2BR20ntungFV@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110305182247.GA56753@guilt.hydra> References: <4D716788.6090009@FreeBSD.org> <4D721468.5090800@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1103050954130.89393@wonkity.com> <4D727CCC.6000203@FreeBSD.org> <20110305182247.GA56753@guilt.hydra>
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I would like to suggest using darker print to contrast with the yellow. I see Glenn Barber beat me to it. But yes commit it. On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 10:22, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 01:11:24PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote: > > On 3/5/11 12:02 PM, Warren Block wrote: > > > On Sat, 5 Mar 2011, Daniel Gerzo wrote: > > > > > >> On 4.3.2011 23:28, Glen Barber wrote: > > >>> Hi all, > > >>> > > >>> While looking through the new HAST documentation in the Handbook, it > > >>> occurred to me that we don't have any special highlighting for > 'caution' > > >>> tags. > > >>> > > >>> I think maybe it would be good to have the caution sections stand out > a > > >>> bit, since those sections might contain the makings of a foot canon > if > > >>> the user is not careful. > > >> > > >> Generally, I think it's a good idea; the only question is what color > > >> to choose. Well, I don't really care that much, but make sure to not > > >> let this go into a bikeshed discussion ;-) > > > > > > > Yes, staying away from a bikeshed would be nice, though there is some > > painting involved here. ;) > > > > > Red is already used for something, notes I think. Yellow for caution > > > seems appropriate. > > > > I was originally hesitant to use yellow to avoid causing visual pain > > when reading. How about the colors I have here: > > > > > http://www.glenbarber.us/FreeBSD/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks-hast.html > > Some kind of thick yellow outline for the box, with think black outlines > for the yellow line, might work. That might require doubling up on divs > around your warnings, though, which is more than just using CSS -- so you > should probably ignore this idea. > > As long as the colors you've selected do not conflict with other uses of > the same colors, I'm happy with it. Your version of the bikeshed looks > awesome to me. > > I'm feeling too lazy to check on whether there are conflicting uses of > the same colors. > > -- > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] >
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