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Alain Plantec-4

about text selection colors in 1.2

Hi all,
A friend of mine told me that it was very difficult for him to see the
difference between the
green and the blue colors. (Color blindness...)
So, I would suggest to change the secondary selection color (green) to
another color.
What do you think ? which color ?
Cheers
Alain

Mariano Martinez Peck

Re: about text selection colors in 1.2

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Alain Plantec <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi all,
A friend of mine told me that it was very difficult for him to see the difference between the
green and the blue colors. (Color blindness...)
So, I would suggest to change the secondary selection color (green) to another color.

yes, the green is very very difficult to see.

What do you think ? which color ?

light yellow? grey ? I don't know :(

Cheers
Alain

Alain Plantec-4

Re: about text selection colors in 1.2

Le 13/01/2011 11:16, Mariano Martinez Peck a écrit :

>
>
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Alain Plantec <[hidden email]
> <mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> A friend of mine told me that it was very difficult for him to see
> the difference between the
> green and the blue colors. (Color blindness...)
> So, I would suggest to change the secondary selection color
> (green) to another color.
>
>
> yes, the green is very very difficult to see.

yes, this had to be changed
>
> What do you think ? which color ?
>
>
> light yellow? grey ? I don't know :(
for testing, you can change it from the setting browser
>
> Cheers
> Alain
>
>
>

Stéphane Ducasse

Re: about text selection colors in 1.2

On my mac I always use orange for selection else I do not see it and I'm not color blind.

Stef

On Jan 13, 2011, at 11:27 AM, Alain Plantec wrote:

> Le 13/01/2011 11:16, Mariano Martinez Peck a écrit :
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Alain Plantec <[hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> A friend of mine told me that it was very difficult for him to see
>> the difference between the
>> green and the blue colors. (Color blindness...)
>> So, I would suggest to change the secondary selection color
>> (green) to another color.
>>
>>
>> yes, the green is very very difficult to see.
> yes, this had to be changed
>>
>> What do you think ? which color ?
>>
>>
>> light yellow? grey ? I don't know :(
> for testing, you can change it from the setting browser
>>
>> Cheers
>> Alain
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Alain Plantec-4

Re: about text selection colors in 1.2

Le 13/01/2011 13:11, Stéphane Ducasse a écrit :
> On my mac I always use orange for selection else I do not see it and I'm not color blind.
ah! colors ... :)
Orange is already used for find & replace color.
maybe light orange for secondary selection and orange (I mean darker
orange) for find & replace color.

> Stef
>
> On Jan 13, 2011, at 11:27 AM, Alain Plantec wrote:
>
>> Le 13/01/2011 11:16, Mariano Martinez Peck a écrit :
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Alain Plantec<[hidden email]<mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> A friend of mine told me that it was very difficult for him to see
>>> the difference between the
>>> green and the blue colors. (Color blindness...)
>>> So, I would suggest to change the secondary selection color
>>> (green) to another color.
>>>
>>>
>>> yes, the green is very very difficult to see.
>> yes, this had to be changed
>>> What do you think ? which color ?
>>>
>>>
>>> light yellow? grey ? I don't know :(
>> for testing, you can change it from the setting browser
>>> Cheers
>>> Alain
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

csrabak

Re: about text selection colors in 1.2

In reply to this post by Mariano Martinez Peck

Em 13/01/2011 08:16, Mariano Martinez Peck < [hidden email] > escreveu:

> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Alain Plantec
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> A friend of mine told me that it was very difficult for him to see
> the difference between the green and the blue colors. (Color
> blindness...) So, I would suggest to change the secondary
> selection color (green) to another color.
>
> yes, the green is very very difficult to see. What do you think ?
> which color ?
>
> light yellow? grey ? I don't know :( Cheers

Mariano, Alain,

This is a *big* theme! It would require a person with appropriate training and expertise to help us to find the "right" set of colors to address this.

http://www.internettg.org/newsletter/mar99/accessibility_color_challenged.html
(see especially the refs of this excellent article)

This site has a "color simulator" which allows designers to "see" how color would appear to color blind people http://www.webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/2.html

This may help us to create means to test our color schemes: http://colororacle.cartography.ch/

HTH

--
Cesar Rabak

Guillermo Polito

Re: about text selection colors in 1.2

In reply to this post by Alain Plantec-4

Shouldn't we choose some pastel colors for UI? :P

A very strong orange or blue or whatever, always look... uncomfortable.

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Alain Plantec <[hidden email]> wrote:

Le 13/01/2011 13:11, Stéphane Ducasse a écrit :

On my mac I always use orange for selection else I do not see it and I'm not color blind.

ah! colors ... :)
Orange is already used for find & replace color.
maybe light orange for secondary selection and orange (I mean darker orange) for find & replace color.

Stef

On Jan 13, 2011, at 11:27 AM, Alain Plantec wrote:

Le 13/01/2011 11:16, Mariano Martinez Peck a écrit :

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Alain Plantec<[hidden email]<mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:

Hi all,
A friend of mine told me that it was very difficult for him to see
the difference between the
green and the blue colors. (Color blindness...)
So, I would suggest to change the secondary selection color
(green) to another color.

yes, the green is very very difficult to see.

yes, this had to be changed

What do you think ? which color ?

light yellow? grey ? I don't know :(

for testing, you can change it from the setting browser

Cheers
Alain

Alain Plantec-4

Re: about text selection colors in 1.2

In reply to this post by csrabak

Le 13/01/2011 14:27, [hidden email] a écrit :
> Mariano, Alain,
>
> This is a *big* theme!
yes! too difficult for me and unfortunately, not enough time to learn.
anyway, thanks for the links.

> It would require a person with appropriate training and expertise to help us to find the "right" set of colors to address this.
>
> http://www.internettg.org/newsletter/mar99/accessibility_color_challenged.html
> (see especially the refs of this excellent article)
>
> This site has a "color simulator" which allows designers to "see" how color would appear to color blind people http://www.webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/2.html
>
> This may help us to create means to test our color schemes: http://colororacle.cartography.ch/
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Cesar Rabak
>
>