On Tue, 2010-11-09 at 07:15 -0500, TJ Frazier wrote:
> >>> I have also simplified the table style to a more modern look, one which
> >>> is also easier to maintain, and made some other minor tweaks.
> >>
> >> I agree that it is easier to maintain, but I think that for
> >> readability purposes we should keep the banded rows.
> >
> > Banded rows? You mean the alternating white and gray backgrounds? They
> > are a major time-consuming nuisance to maintain when rows are added to
> > or removed from a table. With the horizontal lines I've added between
> > the rows, the colour differentiation of the rows themselves should not
> > be needed. (The horiz. lines may not be immediately obvious unless you
> > turn off table boundaries.)
> >
> It should be easy enough for me to write a macro to fix the banding
> (just go through the table a row at a time, removing any existing
> banding, and adding what should be there), although Andrew could
> doubtless do it faster (yes, that's a hint :-) ), since I know nothing
> about tables. We could store the macro in the template. I'm in love with
> the obvious name for it ("Bandit"). More seriously, I find the banding
> pretty, professional, and easy to read. If we can fix the
> maintainability, would you reconsider? --/tj/
Sure. I don't have any big issues with the banding, as long as it's no
extra work to maintain.
I will note, though, that even with a macro available to do the work,
SOMEONE has to notice that it is needed and then remember to run the
macro, and very few people seem to pay enough attention to little chores
like that.
Yes, I'm feeling grumpy at the moment at the lack of enough people with
enough time to do all the work that needs to be done... well, you've
heard that before.
--Jean
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