Extended the COLORS array in graph controller so that elections with multiple

candidates won't have graphs with dangerously similar colors. After 10
candidates though, they're on their own. Also added captions to the pref_tables
of the Schulze method to quickly explain how to read them. Feel free to
edit/move them. I tried to make them quick, explanatory and look-alikes to the
rest of the text, but definitely failed on the look-alike requirement. Please
fix...

diff --git a/app/controllers/graph_controller.rb b/app/controllers/graph_controller.rb
index 413ebb0c10617d9e5ac38e2cc1a3ed0e74933008..f956c0bf665890e9962c549739fd1bbe28d99b4c 100644 (file)
--- a/app/controllers/graph_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/graph_controller.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ require 'date'
 class GraphController < ApplicationController  
   class GruffGraff
     
-    COLORS = ['#74CE00', '#005CD9', '#DC0D13', '#131313', '#990033']
+    COLORS = ['#74CE00', '#005CD9', '#DC0D13', '#131313', '#A214A4', 'EFF80E',
+              '90E5E6', 'F58313', '437D3D', '0E026C']
     BACKGROUND_COLORS = ['#74CE00', '#FFFFFF'] #for green and white background
     
     def initialize(options)

diff --git a/app/views/quickvote/_pref_tables.rhtml b/app/views/quickvote/_pref_tables.rhtml
index 3479167d226296cc14a0864c47b1299d2efb452a..588ec22d8aa88e19883fc1cda0a08c06bb6edbcb 100644 (file)
--- a/app/views/quickvote/_pref_tables.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/quickvote/_pref_tables.rhtml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 <!-- This table shows how many times each choice was ranked above the other, 
        with percentages-->
 <table class="preftable">
+<caption>Each number shows how many times the candidate on the left beat the 
+matching candidate on the top. The Schulze/Condorcet winner is on the top of the 
+left column.</caption>
   <tr>
        <td></td>
        <% candidates.each do |candidate| -%>
@@ -34,6 +37,9 @@
 <br />
 <!-- This table generates a margin of victory -->
 <table class="preftable">
+<caption>A simplification of the above data. The winner is on the left; each cell
+names the defeated candidate and the magnitude of the victory in parenthesis.
+</caption>
   <% candidates.each do |victor| %>
   <tr>
     <th><%=h @names[victor] %></th>

diff --git a/public/stylesheets/main.css b/public/stylesheets/main.css
index 16b10bfef028ed463ab08fae6dd91802b60b66cf..632a47f886d0c488c9aa0dd4057a8bb33061efa9 100644 (file)
--- a/public/stylesheets/main.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/main.css
@@ -267,12 +267,17 @@ li.moveable {
 }
 
 .preftable {
+       font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;
        border-spacing: 0px;
-         border-width: 2px;
-         border-color: #999999;
-         border-style: solid;
+       border-width: 2px;
+       border-color: #999999;
+       border-style: solid;
+       caption-side: top;
+}
+.preftable caption { 
+  font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;
+  font-size: 0.9em;
 }
-
 .preftable th {
        font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;
        border-width: 2px;
@@ -290,7 +295,6 @@ li.moveable {
   border-width: 1px;
   border-color: #999999;
   border-style: solid;
-
   text-align: right;
   padding-right: 5px;
   padding-left: 5px;
@@ -335,7 +339,6 @@ li.moveable {
        
 .voterbox#election td { border-color: #990d13;}
 
-
 .rbmoreinfo hr {
   width: 100%;
   height: 10px;