Re: bad UI defaults

[Miles Bader]

On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 02:41:49PM +0100, Dave Love wrote:
> I think are bad defaults.
> 
>  * The `mode-line-inactive' face is bright compared with `mode-line',
>    and different to the menu bar and scroll bar colours.  That means
>    that with two windows -- my most common configuration -- the eye is
>    drawn to the wrong window.

I disagree completely; what makes something stand out is not
lightness-versus-darkness, but _contrast_ -- the lighter inactive mode-line
face is closer to the default background color of white, and thus stands out
less than the darker active mode-line.

Note that if you use a black background, the brightness of the
active/inactive mode-line faces are (essentially) swapped, again to make sure
the active mode-line stands out by contrasting more with the background.

-Miles
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