Interesting point and I believe it--it makes me want to change my pages too take this into account...however, isn't blue on light gray the default link and background color for the internet? Is there a preferred set of colors which avoids this problem?
On 8/31/98 8:20 AM, Rusty Tucker wrote:
>I would not choose blue for this. Blue color blindness is the most >common form of colorblindness, and those afflicted will see, barely, a >light grey. > >V5.7 implements the preferred quoting style as found on the Internet, >fixes up any linewrapping problems, and is virtually automatic. > >On 8/30/98 11:06 AM, Roel Wigboldus wrote: > >>On 98.08.18 08:12, Rod Paine wrote: >> >>>>> ASTEC has always used the color blue in responses to client >messages >>and since using the new "Quoted" style, our clients have asked for the >>color blue to be continued, (they like the distinct separation between >>original message content and my response)... >><<< >> >>Rod, >> >>On our SpiderNet BBS I have since 1990 followed your good example. >>In fact I still use it, even if the default "Quoted" feature of TF user > >>is in black. Simply with a QuicKey, which also puts quotation marks >(>>> >>and <<<) only at the beginning and the end of a quote, thus avoiding > >>problems wih wrapping: getting the ">" marks all over the place instead > >>of at the beinning of a sentence. >> >>My system is a work-around and it would be much nicer if Rusty could >>implement it in TF/User, but it works fine. Even if the blue color gets > >>lost in Internet mail, the qoute is clearly distinct from the main >text. >> >>Roel Wigboldus >>rwig@spidernet.nl >> > > >Rusty Tucker >Spider Island
