erming/shout

Own messages being grey is confusing

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#543 opened on Nov 18, 2015

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Description

The coloring of your own messages in grey makes it seem like they are still pending to be sent. Even when you know it, it’s still confusing, as many other systems use 50% opacity as indication of a message being pending.

Maybe a different actual color would be better suited for this?

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Research direction
Find the CSS class for own messages and change the color property.
Tech stack
javascriptcss
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
1
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Under 1 hour
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
CSS
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90