[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#13220) Science tab color should indicate urgency

["Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa" <vasc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=13220 >

On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Daniel Speyer wrote:

> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=13220 >
>
> I noticed that the API in gui_stuff seemed to be named backwards, but
> is it actually used that way?  It seemed to me that the messages tab
> (the only other thing I noticed using blue) used blue for minor
> messages and red for major.  Have I been ignoring important messages

No, it is blue for major messages and red for minor.

> when I play?  Most things I've noticed only use red (and black), but I
> figured that was because most things that want attention want it
> urgently.

Black just means that window has not changed.

> A color scheme that makes blue more urgent than red is a severe
> violation of the rule of least surprise.

Whatever :-). Colors mean different things in different cultures
anyway. For a Chinese, red is the color of happiness. For a Westerner
it usually means blood. The current scheme is just like X-Chat. If you
want a different color scheme, I'm ok with it.

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Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa @ Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa