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Cognitive aspects of navigation in gemini space

Luke Emmet luke.emmet at gmail.com

Thu May 14 20:33:51 BST 2020

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Hi James

On 14-May-2020 19:42, James Tomasino wrote:
> On 5/14/20 6:21 PM, solderpunk wrote:
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> it would be nice if a graphical Gemini browser used a different
>
> foreground and background colour (and perhaps even a different font?)
>
> for different domains (subdomains)?
> That sounds like a really nice feature that some people would value in a
> client that offered it. If, while browsing gemini, I could quickly set
> the colors or styling on a domain level it could be neat to visually
> separate places I go routinely. Some users might value that feature
> enough to choose a client that offers it. Others wouldn't care.
>
> Another option on the client level would be to hash the domain into a
> color code of some sort, dynamically creating variation in the
> backgrounds to a reasonable degree (shades of grey? below a certain
> lumen?). That would give the user an obvious indication if a link
> followed changed domains. Again, it might be of value to somebody and
> others won't care.
>I think this is worth exploring if it can be done.

But I can't yet see how a client can determine when it is a cross-site link (or for client sidestyling a site). Since there may be multiple users on the same site. So the authorhas to indicate it in a consistent (i.e. standardised) way.

But I like this line of discussion.

  - Luke