Hi Brennon,

I believe you will have an easier time if you vary the brightness  
scale.  In my tests, color-based sort order is sensitive to changes of  
1 unit on the HSV sliders brightness scale (Hue 122, Saturation 91,  
Brightness ...)

- Stu


On Jun 7, 2010, at 11:37 AM, Brennon Bortz wrote:

> On 7 Jun 2010, at 15:58, Stuart Andrews wrote:
>
>> Could the sorting be performed using the note's page number as the
>> primary key, and the note's color as a secondary sort key?
>
> I must heartily second this, especially after finagling (yes, it's a  
> word...) around with HSBA value-based sorting for a while.  I went  
> through a document, adding one degree to the hue value of each  
> successive highlight.  This actually didn't create the correct sort  
> order, but I found that if I increased the "step size" of the  
> incrementation to about five degrees, I could come up with the  
> correct order.
>
>> On Jun 7, 2010, at 7:00 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote:
>>
>>> Which is very much what was said about why the color sorting is a
>>> really useful and necessary function. So you apparently agree with
>>> me on principle.
>
> You're an excellent spin doctor--there's certainly a job for you in  
> American politics if developing doesn't work out for you. ;)  I  
> actually don't agree on any level, precisely because of what I  
> described above.  I'm using a feature for something other than it's  
> intended purpose, and it's become the proverbial square block that  
> I'm trying to fit into the round hole.  Custom-ordering, by any "non- 
> hackish" means, would be helpful to quite a few people, I'd venture  
> to guess.
>
> I'm not interested in a long back and forth either, though.  I'm  
> happy to say it again: ultimately, I'm enjoying Skim, and it's your  
> call at the end of the day.  I'm happy to work around anything that  
> I may see as shortcomings.  Thanks again!
>
> Best,
> Brennon
>
>
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