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[Octavian Damiean <odamiean@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 11:41 PM, Mike Sandman <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Perhaps you could do something with font color/style/weight to provide the
> feedback rather than printing "syntax error".  For example (and I too am
> not a UX designer) text could be red (or italic, etc) for the added text
> when the input is invalid.  You might track state using something like a
> memento pattern (think versioning) to track states.
>

UX wise I wouldn't go with colors. Color blindness can be an issue. A
written error state indication is just about right, it is just the way it
is currently triggered that bugs me a bit.

Cheers,
Octavian