I read a paper awhile back that talked about the minimum distance necessary being 40 something, but I believe that eas in ciexyz colorspace. On Aug 26, 2011 12:39 PM, "Joshua Paine" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/26/2011 3:11 PM, Martin Gagnon wrote: >> It *could* be a feature, not a bug.. I mean.. if 2 branches have so >> similar name.. it might be wanted behavior to have very similar color... > > If two branches have almost the same name, it's much more likely that I > actually meant them to be the same and typo-ed at some point than if > they aren't similar. In that case, obviously distinct colors are more > useful to me. > > If two branches have almost the same name, more mental effort is > required to distinguish them based on name. The colors should help with > that job, not make it harder. > > I consider it likely that I will care about when check-ins occurred on > 3.7.4, or whether a given check-in was actually on 3.7.2 or 3.7.4. I > consider it much less likely that I would be content to know about the > check-ins on both 3.7.2 and 3.7.4 without distinguishing between them. > > I'm not arguing against the auto-coloring. I like it and I think it will > be a real help. I do think that making similar names similar colors is > an anti-goal or at least a non-goal. > > -- > Joshua Paine > LetterBlock: Web Applications Built With Joy > http://letterblock.com/ > 301-576-1920 > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
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