[Bug 159096] Comment indicator in Calc should be red, not magenta

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159096

--- Comment #12 from ady <adylo811517 at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #11)
> My 2 cents:
> 
> * Magenta seems completely arbitrary to me, it's like somebody spilled paint
> over my sheet. Where in my UI is magenta used at all? Nowhere I can
> remember. No, I don't like it.

We are trying to find some color for the comment indicator that does not
distract, but that does not mix/blend with other artifacts either (font, cell
border, background, grid lines, comments themselves, other lines such as
tracing precedents or track changes or lines to other comments...).

> 
> * (Regarding light mode:) Red - it's true that it hints at some kind of
> error or problem. So I'm not dead-set on red. But - at least it's a color
> that has some "UI legitimacy" for me. If you want to replace red, find
> something else that's legit. You could consider, for example, the colors
> used in rendering the comment itself, e.g. some kind of yellow. Another
> possibility is, yes I'll say it, a black triangle, or a gray one. Now those
> are UI colors.

Some kind of red is also very usual for "negative", or "bad" or to
"attention/beware" (in the western world at least), and that's why the old
indicator was reddish (as the first default choice for applying font color,
after "automatic"). I am not completely against it, but I assume Heiko changed
it for some reason. Reminder: we are trying to keep the text/font clearly
readable when the indicator is there.

Yellow has similar considerations as red. Background of comments, "neutral" (or
"middle") typical styles for cell background. Again, the indicator should not
distract but should not blend too much either.

About black for the indicator... How many times users have to complain about
not being able to clearly read the content of the cell (typically with a black
font).

> 
> * Absolutely _no_ border around the triangle! Drop that right now! It's not
> helping, it's only distracting and confusing, as it clashes with the cell
> text (especially when the cell text intersects).

Removing the indicators' border would not be a plus but a regression. It was
added for several reasons, already discussed/explained multiple times.

> 
> * Regarding dark mode... I'm not sure. With the sheet still being
> black-on-white even in dark mode, it's all mixed up.


The election cannot be just "I like it", or "I'm used to it in other parts of
my UI". Those might be relevant factors, but there is an objective target to
achieve. "Show me so the user can (minimally) know that I'm here, but don't
bother the user more than the minimally necessary".

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