[publican-list] RFC: Supporting RevisionFlag attribute

[Ruediger Landmann]

On 05/13/2010 05:37 PM, Darrin Mison wrote:
> The change-bars will probably be better those people who print the drafts out.  Unfortunately those people exist :-(
>    

The change bars are certainly more "presentable", but I think that's a 
downside here -- the more presentable these features appear, the more 
likely it is that someone might be tempted to circulate a document like 
that. I think uglification is actually a virtue here, so long as it 
doesn't interfere with readability.

I think that the coloured backgrounds are still perfectly readable, and 
identify the text in question more strongly than the bars do.

I also like Jeff's suggestion about an icon (or perhaps text) in the 
margin -- this will not only help people with screen readers, but 
possibly also people with other visual impairments such as red/green 
colourblindness.[0]

Cheers
Rudi


[0] Wikipedia says this affects 7%–10% of males to some degree: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_blindness#Prevalence