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Bug 146 - Red "Congratulations!"
Summary: Red "Congratulations!"
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: CSSValidator
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Other (show other bugs)
Version: CSS Validator
Hardware: All Windows 2000
: P3 enhancement
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Olivier Thereaux
QA Contact: qa-dev tracking
URL: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/va...
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Reported: 2003-02-27 15:38 UTC by Philippe Le Hegaret
Modified: 2005-12-18 21:19 UTC (History)
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Description Philippe Le Hegaret 2003-02-27 15:38:26 UTC
Every time I successfully validate a CSS, I notice that the
"Congratulations!" -text is coloured red. This bugs me. Students of
communication and cognition sciences (and indeed almost anyone else too)
can tell you that in many cultures, red is symbolically a negative and/or
warning color. Therefore, the text "Congratulations!" and its color convey
opposite meanings to the reader. The color is interpreted first
(pre-attentively), text afterwards (cognitively). This has the effect of
making the system both slower and less enjoyable to use. I suggest
colouring "Congratulations!" and other similar texts green, for example.
Comment 1 Olivier Thereaux 2004-06-28 20:52:25 UTC
Agreed - the fact that the CSS validator uses a <h2> for validation results with no specific class for 
success/failure is not the best possible UI. looking into it.
Comment 2 Olivier Thereaux 2004-10-06 01:25:27 UTC
The congratulations actually always were in a <div id='congrats'>
It was a matter of setting a proper style for it.
Comment 3 Olivier Thereaux 2005-12-18 21:19:13 UTC
must have been reopened by mistake, closing.