From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Hendy Subject: Re: css link colors for Worg are difficult to spot Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 12:53:02 -0500 Message-ID: References: <9A40604F-1E04-414F-82BD-7699D39428CE@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44076) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UOXId-00039o-PG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2013 13:53:18 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UOXIX-0008EU-01 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2013 13:53:11 -0400 Received: from mail-lb0-f182.google.com ([209.85.217.182]:52692) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UOXIW-0008Dv-Pk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2013 13:53:04 -0400 Received: by mail-lb0-f182.google.com with SMTP id z13so4548560lbh.41 for ; Sat, 06 Apr 2013 10:53:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9A40604F-1E04-414F-82BD-7699D39428CE@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Alexander Poslavsky Cc: emacs-orgmode On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 3:23 AM, Alexander Poslavsky wrote: > > On 1 Apr 2013, at 15:14, John Hendy wrote: > > I find the links difficult to spot in Worg sometimes, especially > depending on monitor angle and current brightness setting. Is this an > issue for anyone else? > > I fiddled around in /style/worg.css a bit and didn't land on anything > too great. I'm wondering if anyone with a design background might have > suggestions for link colors? I guess if no one else is affected by > this... I'll just deal with it and mine sweep wildly with my mouse > when I think a link should be in there somewhere :) > > > In the old days lines used to be underlined, nowadays it is considered a bit > dated, but an underlined item in a sentence is generally understood to be a > link. > > A good example is http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/html/elements/a > > Which uses: > > a { text-decoration: underline } > > and for external links: > > a.external { > padding-right: 15px; > margin-right: 5px; > background-image: url(skins/webplatform/images/link-external.png); > background-repeat: no-repeat; > background-position: right 3px; > } I wouldn't mind this at all. Or perhaps the same color link, but unvisited is underlined and visited is not? Or reddish + underline for unvisited, greenish + underline for visited, and hover simply brightens up each respective color or something? > > Design as this won't do on behance or dribble, but worg is primarily for > documentation. Usability and readability should trump superficial aesthetics > in a case like this. Agreed as well. It drives me crazy to have posted to the list a couple times recently for someone to tell me where, exactly, something is only to find out there was, indeed, a link in the paragraph I was looking at but didn't see it! John