Re: GPeriodic Annoucement draft

[Doug Loss <dloss@csrlink.net>]

Pete St. Onge wrote:
> 
> *** DRAFT ***
> - Other suggested changes include:
>   - Changing button background colours to reflect normal state of
>     element (solid / liquid / gas) or series (nobles, etc)
>   - Html pages describing elemental characteristics, etc. which
>     would be accessed then the individual elements are right-clicked
>     on. This would be a good project for a high-school chem class.
> 
I have no trouble with any of the text here, but I'd like to suggest a
couple of changes to the suggested changes.  I think having the button
background colors reflect the elemental series is a good idea.  How
about having a middle button click pop up a graphic showing transition
temperatures from solid to liquid to gas, as a stacked bar graph? 
Perhaps blue for solid, yellow for liquid, and red for gas.  Something
like this:

   ____________
   |          |
   |  Gas     |
   |  (Red)   |
   |__________| 200 C
   |          |
   |  Liquid  |
   |  (Yellow)|
   |__________| 50 C
   |          |
   |  Solid   |
   |  (Blue)  |
   |__________|


The HTML pages are a very good idea, but for consistency's sake there
should be some sort of template for the entries listing just what
information each elemental page should have.

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