On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:58:51 +0200, Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:41:46 -0500, Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU> wrote:
> > Quoth Jani Nikula on Jan 26 at  9:21 pm:
> > > +				       ("flagged" :foreground "red"))
> > 
> > Red is pretty universally used to indicate danger or a serious
> > condition, while "flagged" is simply supposed to draw attention.  I
> > would say blue as a neutral and distinct indicator, but it also has
> > poor visibility (I used to use blue, but found that when scanning my
> > mail, I would habitually skip over flagged messages because they were
> > dark, which was the opposite of what I wanted).  Personally I've
> > settled on yellow; it's visually distinct enough to be easily
> > noticeable and bright enough that I don't skip over it, though it
> > obviously wouldn't work on a light background.
> 
> Can be yellow, I don't really care that much. But isn't a light
> background the default for emacs in most distros? If that matters,
> *shrug*.

Ugh, yellow is absolutely horrible on a white background... that would
certainly draw people to figure out how to change the settings. Now
shall I send v2 with bold for unread and yellow for flagged, or can this
go in as it is?

BR,
Jani.