Re: IE testing / fixing

> Two things I can think of immediately:
>
> I've sent in a patch for another: in templates where the userbox is
> inside favorites, I've separated the username from the status (e.g.,
> "(not logged in)" in the i18n so that the <br /> is in the template,
> not the i18n. That way, template designers can choose if they want
> a line break or not. In the current i18n in English there isn't a
> line break where there should be, so the status ends up overrunning
> the box and gets obscured -- also fixed in my patch.
Plse resend this patch, so I can check out.


> Also, in the zebra tables, if a row is too long and overruns the
> page it is currently transparent. On templates that use a background
> color other than white or have a border this becomes evident. The
> background color of all tables components should be made opaque.
Need to check this. Tx


> Oh, one thing I always change but is admittedly aesthetic: most
> people have been trained to consider oranges and reds as alert
> colors, i.e., warnings, whereas greens suggest things are okay.
> Yellow green is also the most visible to the eye. For those reasons
> I alter that orange background color on hovered actions to a light
> yellow green. I was going to say you can see this on the Ceryle
> wiki but I realized the version that's up there now is the old
> 2.4.x template; all my new templates use yellow-green. Just an
> idea anyway.

Agree. This was bothering me some time as well.
I'll change the orange to something more neutral.
Which 'yellow-green' color are you using? Could be useful for the
search graph bars too.


dirk