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Type: Suggestion
ID: 481566
Opened: 8/7/2009 8:12:39 AM
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If i have a policy that contains a script i get prompted by SSMS with a screen that is very difficult to read due to the blue hypertext on top of a blue row fill color.
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English

Category

Tools (SSMS, Agent, Profiler, etc.)
Proposed Solution
change the colors so they do not blend, making the screen readable by most humans
Benefits
Improved User Interface
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Posted by Thomas LaRock on 8/10/2009 at 3:17 PM
that's all i get? marked as 'resolved (won't fix)' without any comment?
Posted by Steve Kass on 8/10/2009 at 5:27 PM
When Aaron Bertrand reported this (https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=281293), he got "Closed by design." :( For what it's worth, you aren't the only one bugged by this, and it's *all*, not *most* humans who can't read blue on blue, because our eyes aren't engineered for it. I blogged about blue-on-blue here: http://stevekass.com/2008/08/04/humans-cant-read-blue/. Makes you wonder what species is doing GUI development in Redmond, doesn't it?
Posted by RayHerring on 8/26/2009 at 12:35 PM
Huamns also can't read light gray on gray or light yellow on most any background. Is this a conspiracy to get us old guys out of the business. (I also find 6 and 8 point fonts a bit tough)
Posted by Microsoft on 9/22/2009 at 4:41 PM
Hi Thomas,

Thank you for submitting the feedback. This a known issue. I understand the pain, snce I myself also need to set the color pattern for each install. However, there is not much we can do since we are using the default color schemes for W2K3 (for alignment.

Best Regards,
Hongfei
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