Re: [RFC/PATCH 2/8] docbook: improve css style

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 24, 2009, 02:08 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <94a0d4530903231721i2a2a6fc1yf54d4303283ec415@mail.gmail.com>

Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:

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>> Also, it seems that everything which is not black is blue, except for
>> terms, which are green and slanted. I don't think that looks nice
>> together. How about slanted blue?
>
> What's wrong with having 2 colors?

I personally also do not like pages that are too colorful. If you can convey the same information with smaller number of colors, please try to do so. And remember that some people are colour-challenged.

By the way, are you using a font that is a bit smaller than the body text to render the examples? I find it harder to read.

I thought that browsers typically have user control to let you set the standard font size and choice independently for proportional, serif, sans and mono, and people who want to see typewriter face in smaller font would already have set their browser to do so (I don't do so myself because I'd rather want to see them in uniform size). I haven't checked your CSS, but if you are doing "monospace smaller than usual", aren't you effectively (1) doing disservice to people like me, and (2) doing disservice to people who do want smaller monospace and configured their browser already (the outcome would be doubly smaller, which may become too small)?