{"id":4010,"date":"2023-04-05T12:18:51","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T16:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/?p=4010"},"modified":"2023-04-05T12:18:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T16:18:51","slug":"marsedit-5-0-5-a-better-shade-of-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/4010\/marsedit-5-0-5-a-better-shade-of-blue","title":{"rendered":"MarsEdit 5.0.5: A Better Shade of Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"

MarsEdit 5.0.5 is now available on the MarsEdit site<\/a> and on the Mac App Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This update includes several modest improvements, but the one I most want to talk about is the change to the default shade of blue used for links in HTML content, and in the Plain Text editor. A few weeks ago, I found myself staring at the about box for the app, and this default shade of blue stood out to me:<\/p>\n

\"WorseBlue\"\t<\/p>\n

There’s nothing particularly<\/em> wrong with it. It is, after all, the default color for all links<\/a>. But I’m not sure anybody spent much time weighing the aesthetics of the default HTML colors. To my eye, the saturation reads “1990s” and “Windows”. When I see that default color on a web site, the site comes across as less refined. And suddenly, my app felt less refined as well. Here’s how the same default link looks in MarsEdit 5.0.5:<\/p>\n

\"BetterBlue\"<\/p>\n

It’s just another arbitrary color, but it’s my choice. I think it looks nice. It’s a better shade of blue. I liked it so much I changed the default blue in MarsEdit’s Plain Text syntax highlighting as well.<\/p>\n

If you’re eager to know what else changed in this update, here’s the complete list of changes:<\/p>\n