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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] All normal TCP packets marked "blue" as chat

From: Alexander Koeppe <format_c@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:08:50 +0200
Am 15.10.2012 20:31, schrieb Gerald Combs:
> On 10/13/12 11:10 AM, Christopher Maynard wrote:
>> Alexander Koeppe <format_c@...> writes:
>>
>>> I just built the latest SVN source and was surprised that all "normal"
>>> TCP ACK packets which are used to be white are now tinted in blue.
>>>
>>> I wonder if this happended unintended?
>>
>> I tested this after compiling SVN 45521 on Windows 7 64-bit with stock coloring
>> rules and the TCP ACK's are colorized normally.  When I expand the frame
>> details, the coloring rule name/string listed is TCP/tcp, which corresponds to
>> the foreground/background colors of #000000/#E7E5FF.
>>
>> So, which coloring rule is listed for your frames, and what
>> foreground/background colors correspond to that rule?
> 
> I recently updated the default colorfilters using
> http://emilis.info/other/extended_tango/ as a starting point in an
> effort to make them a little less eye-bleed-inducing. I ended up making
> the default TCP background #97c4f0 because it looked good at the time.
> Would a lighter background be preferred?
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Intentionally I just wanted know if this was intended. I wasn't sure if
something is wrong on my system / dependencies. But after a complete
re-checkout rebuild and deletion of ~/.wireshark/ it remained the same.

Did you change it thorugh a bug?

IMHO a lighter tone would make it easier to look at.

Greetings.