Re: [boost] [website] Link styles.

From: Stefan Seefeld (seefeld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-14 19:48:17

Joel de Guzman wrote:
> Reece Dunn wrote:
> 
>>Joel de Guzman wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Kevin Wheatley wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Too many shades of blue on the large colour regions? the general
>>>>colour of the upper picture I like, the more muted dark blue at the
>>>>bottom should be the same colour. perhaps too much use of 'shadowing'.
>>>
>>>I agree. Now that the links are blue, it should be fine to
>>>lessen the overall blue a bit. Perhaps the headings can
>>>revert back to black now.
>>
>>
>>I personally prefer the blue headings over black ones. And I think the new 
>>link style is a huge improvement.
> 
> 
> You know, me too :) In fact that's something I missed with the
> BoostBook CSS design. There were a couple of objections back then.
> IIRC, some say they look like links, too much blue, etc.
> Oh well.

I believe blue is not a particularly 'ergonomic' color to use for text as the
eye's sensitivity for blue near the focus is lower than, e.g., red. FWIW.

Regards,
                Stefan