From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 5 22:48:02 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 261DB1065670 for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2011 22:48:01 +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 D71658FC08 for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2011 22:48:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwj8 with SMTP id 8so2677722qwj.13 for ; Sat, 05 Mar 2011 14:48:00 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.75.218 with SMTP id z26mr1753426qcj.126.1299363614172; Sat, 05 Mar 2011 14:20:14 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.88.80 with HTTP; Sat, 5 Mar 2011 14:19:54 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: 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 14:19:54 -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 22:48:02 -0000 Sorry I should have said Warren Block. Sorry Warren. On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 14:17, Steve Craver wrote: > 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 ] >> > >