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Contrast of edits diff view is not strong enough

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This edit consists mostly of small corrections on punctuation and typos. Currently, the edit diff view highlights the whole paragraph in which a change was made in green/red background, and uses bold+underline font to highlight the actual changes, which I believe is too faint contrast.

For example, try to find the edited commas in this fragment of the diff:

Find commas

I think the diff view could be significantly improved by increasing the contrast of the changed characters, perhaps by making them yellow or cyan background.

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I concur. (1 comment)
I concur.
Michael‭ wrote 11 months ago

For what it's worth, I think the full-column left/right background should just be white. You already know it's a before/after view, no? Then narrow the subsequent styles one step each:

  • Whole paragraph with changes: pale green/red.
  • Modified characters: medium green/red (plus the underline/strike and bolding that they already have).