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 >
