On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 7:14 PM, Nathaniel Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
[...snip discussion of how option D was the favorite of 80% of people in the survey...] > So the next question is where we go from here. We need to pick a color > for this bikeshed at some point. One theory is that the next step is > to propose a bunch of variations on option D and have another round of > voting etc. Another is that we should just call it a day and decide > now :-). > > For reference, here's option D: > https://bids.github.io/colormap/images/screenshots/option_d.png > > And here are the other greenish colormaps that have been mentioned: > https://bids.github.io/colormap/images/screenshots/fake_parula.png > https://bids.github.io/colormap/images/screenshots/erics-RdBuGnYl_r.png > https://bids.github.io/colormap/images/screenshots/erics-RdBuGnYl_r_v2.png > https://bids.github.io/colormap/images/screenshots/joes-blu_grn_pnk2.png > > My personal feeling is that all these alternatives are basically > reasonable colormaps, but compared to option D I find them kinda ugly, > and, more importantly, substantially worse for colorblind users, which > IMO should outweigh a marginal/debateable improvement for the rest of > us. > > So if it were up to me I'd be inclined to declare we've reached the > point of diminishing returns and go with D, but I don't know how > everyone else is feeling. Shall we just go for it? So it's been 2 weeks with no real followup on this. I don't really care where we end up (though I selfishly would somewhat prefer if there is a decision before our SciPy talk next week, just so we can tell people what it is :-)), but we need to resolve this somehow. What's the plan? Michael, Thomas, I see from the credits page that you're the Official Lead Developers :-), so given the intrinsic bikeshedditude of this topic I suspect it may come down to you taking a deep breath and making a decision (or at least declaring some specific concrete process for making the decision)? -n -- Nathaniel J. Smith -- http://vorpus.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't Limit Your Business. Reach for the Cloud. GigeNET's Cloud Solutions provide you with the tools and support that you need to offload your IT needs and focus on growing your business. Configured For All Businesses. Start Your Cloud Today. https://www.gigenetcloud.com/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
