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Subject: Re: Colors patch
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From: Jens Lautenbacher <jens@metrix.de>
Date: 02 Mar 1997 04:53:55 +0100
In-Reply-To: Michael Harnois's message of 01 Mar 1997 21:29:49 -0600
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Michael Harnois <mharnois@sbt.net> writes:

> Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:
> 
> > As Steve said, there's no way to please everyone.  That's what your
> > ~/.Xdefaults is for, for you to have personal settings.  Some of us
> > like the new default.
> 
> No, of course, there's no way to please everyone. But this is a major
> change from the current default, and I think that in every case where
> a major change is contemplated, the burden of proof is on those
> arguing for the change. And, yes, I can use .Xdefaults, but so can
> you. The first-time user probably can't. I think that dark a
> background is a bad thing and shouldn't be the default.

I second that. But then again --- YMMV. The important thing is really
that before making a major change we should always think twice...

It's too late for this beta anyway. I just submitted a version of the
logo build against grey90, so maybe in the next beta you can choose
between white, grey90 and grey80 without loosing the spiffy (as
someone said... thanks, Steve!) startup screen.

JTL

