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Re: [Tools-discuss] Time in States on Datatracker

John C Klensin <john-ietf@jck.com> Thu, 16 June 2022 08:46 UTC

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--On Thursday, June 16, 2022 14:25 +1200 Brian E Carpenter
<brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> wrote:

> If there was a *green* hour glass as soon as a document enters
> a state, it would be less subtle. I certainly didn't notice
> the yellow and red ones, but if there was always an hour
> glass, it would be reasonably intuitive.
> 
> (Does AUTH48 turn red after 48 hours?)

Please be very careful about dependency on color coding to make
distinctions, especially in the absence of other visual queues.
Red-green distinctions are particularly troublesome for a
significant portion of the population.

    john

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