making kickoff have full-width selection rects (on hover)

[Marco Martin]

On Wednesday 27 February 2008, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> i really hope not. i'd *like* to see some sexy work on the selections. but
> i'm not going to be cool with something that looks *worse* than what we
> have, and personally i have way more pressing things to do with my time.
> and yes, simply extending the existing selection looks *worse*; as for why,
> i've already noted that.

another idea: two selections, one very light like a light gray, maybe with a 
gradient (the background color slightly darker?) and only the text background 
actually colored, as shown in this quick and dirty mockup

Cheers,
Marco Martin
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