Hi Bret,

In theory I would agree with this. Practically speaking, it's a real PITA to code an application that can operate effectively within all potential underlying color schemes and fonts.


>The Interface Hall of Shame (http://www.iarchitect.com/shame.htm) warns about any sort of hard-coded colors for a couple of reasons: 1) in other cultures, peoples' mental color associations are different and 2) some people have different types of color-blindness. That site has a lot to say about many aspects of interface design. Under the section about pointless error messages, you'll find a strange one that vfp3 gave me some time ago.
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>I thought of sending them this thread and inviting comment. That doesn't mean that they are "the interface police".