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Blue links on red background look awful #63

Closed neongreen closed 7 years ago

neongreen commented 8 years ago

screenshot from 2016-06-19 02-58-42

How to fix it:

danhannigan commented 8 years ago

I agree that the red is & blue is tough to read... but it's also difficult to discern what are you trying to address by highlighting them in red? That they shouldn't be used, or a warning that they're unfinished? Without clarification, a key of sorts maybe, it's hard to know why they're called out in the first place.

neongreen commented 8 years ago

It says “stub” and “mostly done” next to the links, so they are different degrees of “unfinished”. Interestingly, you're the third person (out of three!) who haven't noticed the key, which means that providing a key (at least of this kind) is a bad solution, and a better one should be found.

mrkkrp commented 8 years ago

How about displaying an icon (with title attribute or user can hover over it) next to section titles?

danhannigan commented 8 years ago

I was thinking the same thing @mrkkrp - some kind of icon. A warning symbol or something like that.

Also, if they're "stub" and "mostly done" are you trying to discourage folks from using them entirely or just saying "Hey, use at your own risk?"

neongreen commented 8 years ago

Depends on the intentions of the user. If they want to improve the guide, then “stub” is an invitation to edit. If they want to get information, then “stub” is a warning that the information is incomplete (or even absent).

neongreen commented 8 years ago

an invitation to edit

Specifically, I'm worried that a warning symbol won't convey this adequately, but maybe I'm wrong.

danhannigan commented 8 years ago

I can see the cause for worry with a warning icon - as it stands right now the red on blue makes me read "don't touch this" so maybe I'm drawing conclusions and basing my suggestions on that. A warning icon could have the same effect.

neongreen commented 7 years ago

What do you (well, everyone) think about this redesign? http://codepen.io/lightgreen/pen/KNVKpK

I haven't yet figured out what to do with “mostly done” though, so play with it and try to figure out something.

mrkkrp commented 7 years ago

I like it. :+1:

int-index commented 7 years ago

I like the redesign. It's easier on the eyes.

neongreen commented 7 years ago

Will deploy tomorrow after this is done:

neongreen commented 7 years ago

Deployed.