Re: [boost] Re: Live summary of regression tests.

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-13 12:35:54

Rene Rivera <grafik666_at_[hidden]> writes:

> [2003-02-11] Beman Dawes wrote:
>
>>At 09:01 AM 2/10/2003, Toon Knapen wrote:
>>
>> >I think the traffic-light colors should suffice. I find adding black
>> >confusing.
>>
>>I agree. The traffic-light metaphor falls apart when you add black.
>
> Yea, but black is used in the regresion tests themselves. How does it not
> fall appart there?
>
> Do we just get rid of black, and the 48 hour test become green? Or is there
> some better way to show age?

Whatever we do with color, most of the text that needs to be readable
should be black on white.  That's been shown to be most readable for
most people, on average.

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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