Re: Blue = Unread, Normal Green = Read?
- Posted by DanM Nov 07, 2010
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My suggestion doesn't relate to how it LOOKS, but rather how the colors COMMUNICATE: blue and green are BOTH rather "mellow", peaceful, "ok" colors, as in, "it's ok, you've already read this"; whereas red, as in traffic lights, means STOP, as in, STOP, READ THIS.
Dan
However, it is not a problem if I haven't read something so a red light associated with that might be seen as inappropriate. It could be a case of "oh, I haven't read X, oh well whatever". The "STOP, READ THIS" is not the only way people approach forum posts.
What's intrinsically wrong with "mellow", peaceful, "ok" colors?
Just the fact that they're BOTH similarly indicating "mellow", peaceful, "ok" , ie, the SAME THING, thus they're intrinsically somewhat confusing as to which means what. I just thought that two DIFFERENT colors might be easier to distinguish as to which were read vs unread, since the COLORS are clearly opposite, but I see your point about exactly WHAT each color would be taken to "mean".
But I would still think that when most people are looking at the posts, most are generally looking to see what NEW posts are there, that they HAVEN'T yet read, so an ALERTING color like RED would seem to be most effective in that regard.
Dan
