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Re: [opensuse-factory] 11.0
- From: Anders Johansson <ajh@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:01:02 +0200
- Message-id: <200806291301.03283.ajh@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Sunday 29 June 2008 12:42:01 Carlos E. R. wrote:
The alternative to "use colour coding alone and nothing else" is not "don't
use colour coding at all".
It should simply not be the only visual cue that something is going on.
If the only difference between a stop sign and another road sign were the
colour, we would have far more accidents on the streets. Instead, it is a
completely different shape, and has text in it.
Colour coding *alone* is always a bad idea
Anders
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Just remember: colour coding *alone* is always, always a bad idea.
IMO, the alternative of not using colour coding at all would also be bad,
for the rest of us.
The alternative to "use colour coding alone and nothing else" is not "don't
use colour coding at all".
It should simply not be the only visual cue that something is going on.
If the only difference between a stop sign and another road sign were the
colour, we would have far more accidents on the streets. Instead, it is a
completely different shape, and has text in it.
Colour coding *alone* is always a bad idea
Anders
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