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All still have formatting problems, with text overflowing onto subsequent paragraphs and/or covering the icon. | All still have formatting problems, with text overflowing onto subsequent paragraphs and/or covering the icon. | ||
My preference is for the last icon. Amber is a good colour for a warning, and an exclamation mark is more direct and less open to differing interpretations than a stroke of lightning. (I have an issue with Apple's and Microsoft's over-reliance on icons. It's not true that a picture is worth a thousand words if the meaning of the picture is unclear or open to different interpretations. If I say "WARNING" in big letters, it's clear that I mean what I say and I say what I mean. A symbol just serves to draw the eye to it. </rant> | My preference is for the last icon. Amber is a good colour for a warning, and an exclamation mark is more direct and less open to differing interpretations than a stroke of lightning. (I have an issue with Apple's and Microsoft's over-reliance on icons. It's not true that a picture is worth a thousand words if the meaning of the picture is unclear or open to different interpretations. If I say "WARNING" in big letters, it's clear that I mean what I say and I say what I mean. A symbol just serves to draw the eye to it. </rant> | ||
For consistency, the size of the symbol shouldn't change otherwise you'll get a tiny one | For consistency, the size of the symbol shouldn't change otherwise you'll get a tiny one on one page and a humungous one on another, relating more to the verbosity of the author than the severity of the warning. | ||
To my eye and having experimented a bit, the ideal symbol height is around 3 lines of text. | |||
- Philip | - Philip | ||
I'm just testing 4 tildes for signature. --[[User:Pleriche|Pleriche]] ([[User talk:Pleriche|talk]]) 15:06, 20 March 2020 (UTC) | |||
But how can I quote <nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki> ? | |||
Latest revision as of 16:16, 20 March 2020
This is the Sandbox Discussion page.
You are encouraged to leave any comments or queries below. Please sign all contributions by appending 2 hyphens and 4 tildes (--~~~~), which will be automatically expanded into your user name and a time stamp.
All still have formatting problems, with text overflowing onto subsequent paragraphs and/or covering the icon.
My preference is for the last icon. Amber is a good colour for a warning, and an exclamation mark is more direct and less open to differing interpretations than a stroke of lightning. (I have an issue with Apple's and Microsoft's over-reliance on icons. It's not true that a picture is worth a thousand words if the meaning of the picture is unclear or open to different interpretations. If I say "WARNING" in big letters, it's clear that I mean what I say and I say what I mean. A symbol just serves to draw the eye to it. </rant>
For consistency, the size of the symbol shouldn't change otherwise you'll get a tiny one on one page and a humungous one on another, relating more to the verbosity of the author than the severity of the warning.
To my eye and having experimented a bit, the ideal symbol height is around 3 lines of text.
- Philip
I'm just testing 4 tildes for signature. --Pleriche (talk) 15:06, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
But how can I quote --~~~~ ?