From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 5 22:42:37 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AE19106564A for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2011 22:42:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scraver@gsd-usa.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 611568FC13 for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2011 22:42:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwj8 with SMTP id 8so2676305qwj.13 for ; Sat, 05 Mar 2011 14:42:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.77.95 with SMTP id f31mr1763621qck.50.1299363499134; Sat, 05 Mar 2011 14:18:19 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.88.80 with HTTP; Sat, 5 Mar 2011 14:17:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20110305182247.GA56753@guilt.hydra> References: <4D716788.6090009@FreeBSD.org> <4D721468.5090800@FreeBSD.org> <4D727CCC.6000203@FreeBSD.org> <20110305182247.GA56753@guilt.hydra> From: Steve Craver Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 14:17:59 -0800 Message-ID: To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Background color for caution blocks in the Handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2011 22:42:37 -0000 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 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 ] >