"David Levy" posted a comment on MediaWiki.r106884.
URL: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/106884#c28167
Commit summary for MediaWiki.r106884:
Followup r105280
For bug 33139 "Swapping colors in new diff color scheme"
* Modified diff colorscheme to yellow[orange]/blue[blue]
- These colors attempt to address the following issues with diffs:
- Colorblindness (Protanopia/Deuteranopia)
- Cultural meaning of color (e.g., "green is good, therefore this diff is
better")
* Bumped font size up overall (actually, just removed the smaller)
* Removed dotted line around difftext
David Levy's comment:
You note above that green can mean "successful". That's a connotation that I
believe it carries in this context; it indicates success in editing a page's
content. And yes, it also conveys that participating in the editing process is
"good" (even if a particular change isn't), which likely encourages new editors
to proceed.
This is not to say that the yellow/blue combination isn't worth considering.
But no such discussion has occurred (and it's been suggested that the specific
shades haven't been carefully determined). Additionally, this code
incorporates other undiscussed changes unrelated to the color scheme.
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