From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from localhost (dcvr.yhbt.net [127.0.0.1]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B97F20248; Sat, 23 Feb 2019 02:47:12 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 02:47:12 +0000 From: Eric Wong To: Dmitry Alexandrov <321942@gmail.com> Cc: Mateusz Loskot , meta@public-inbox.org Subject: Re: Default theme Message-ID: <20190223024712.qcvjsnnwzfzxp3az@dcvr> References: <20190222085014.mwvkf2mwrb6yeyrh@dcvr> <87mumn4kx8.fsf@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <87mumn4kx8.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: Dmitry Alexandrov <321942@gmail.com> wrote: > Eric Wong wrote: > > That's why I make sure it's customizable > > via user CSS and the CSS class names remain stable. > > Via overriding *author* CSS, you mean. A user stylesheet is > supposed to serve as a defaults with a lower preference. Oops, I think "!important" in userContent.css will fix that. The documentation and sample CSS will be updated with "!important" > Indeed, designers of the today’s Web completely reject an idea > that you know better, which typefaces, sizes, colours, line > height and width, etc make it easier for you to read text on > your display, as something ridiculous; so if you to disagree > with them, you have to write and test numerous overrides for > every single website, instead of specifying it once and for > all. I sympathize with that, since bright things hurt my eyes. Unlike the rest of the web, public-inbox is intended to be fully forkable/mirror-able and will always be. > And I was quite disappointed to discover that even owners of > public-inbox.org now joined them. Choosing any theme at all for public-inbox.org was not an easy decision. But I think it was necessary given the new features (another response coming to your other message) and the overall goal of fighting against centralized communications platforms and services. UI preferences/colors is not as important as fighting against centralization. So if my color preference puts people off and encourages light/un-themed mirrors to spawn, then it's a win :)