BUG: Orange Highlighter Is Now Dull Brown 8.9 beta 3
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Are you on the latest beta?Whyndell Grizzard said:Hmmm, I have not seen any change in colors- the only new thing showing is an 'erase' button.
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Myke Harbuck said:Adam Borries (Faithlife) said:
We are going to revert the change for the time being, and take time to consider if we can adjust the palette to meet both needs in a later version.
This is very much appreciated!
Yes it is! Thanks very much!
Thanks to FL for including Carta and a Hebrew audio bible in Logos 9!
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Adam Borries (Faithlife) said:
The underlying reason for choosing this palette is functional. The new highlight palette is less saturated and lighter, so there is more contrast between the highlight and black text. This provides better readability when put behind black text (which is the primary use case for highlighting). An unintended consequence is that the lighter colors have LESS contrast on the sepia/yellowish toned page color Jack is using.
We are going to revert the change for the time being, and take time to consider if we can adjust the palette to meet both needs in a later version.
In your consideration don't forget the number of forum users who did not get involved in this thread - either because they didn't care or they liked the newer version. It is important to listen to those with a complaint but we don't know how much their settings contributed to the problem.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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I remember conversations on the forums from the Logos 4 era about highlighting colors. Some people preferred the really bright garish ones from L3 (Libronix), which were jokingly called the "Christmas tree" effect. They were toned down already once for Logos 4, so this look appears to be further "pastelizing" the palette.
I agree that you shouldn't change the color scheme of user-selectable elements (highlighter pens) out from under people. Sure, make changes in non-user-selectable UI colors to standardize on a new look if you want. But if you want to change the default highlighter colors, at least keep the colors existing users have already selected, and broaden the options of what can be chosen for colors. Color is a very powerful memory aid, and if you change something a person is used to in Bible study, it can throw them off significantly.
Here's an example that was snickered at for the "Christmas tree" look on this thread:
KS4J was able to a make a pretty garish-looking example even with the new more muted colors in L4 here.
There are some lovely examples of bright colors used for Highlighting and Visual Filters here:
https://wiki.logos.com/Extended_Tips_for_Highlighting_and_Visual_Filters
One very practical reason not to change the colors is someone would have to update the wiki pages that show the old color scheme.
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Oh dear! I really liked the new colors, finding the text easier to read.
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As you make changes to the highlighting colors, please keep in mind those who are (semi-)color blind (about 8% of men). We prefer high contrasts and don't worry too much about the color.
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David Taylor Jr said:
Are you on the latest beta?Whyndell Grizzard said:Hmmm, I have not seen any change in colors- the only new thing showing is an 'erase' button.
Yes
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Whyndell Grizzard said:David Taylor Jr said:
Are you on the latest beta?Whyndell Grizzard said:Hmmm, I have not seen any change in colors- the only new thing showing is an 'erase' button.
Yes
Ok I hilited a large portion it does have a tint of brown I hadn't noticed before- brite orange would be preferable.
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Adam Borries (Faithlife) said:
We are going to revert the change for the time being, and take time to consider if we can adjust the palette to meet both needs in a later version.
Will this be in next week's beta drop?
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This change has been reverted in 8.9 RC1.
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