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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: K-ARTIST: Icons for ARK.
From:       smitty <smitty () absamail ! co ! za>
Date:       2004-05-29 11:47:45
Message-ID: 20040529134745.2dedf557.smitty () absamail ! co ! za
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On Fri, 28 May 2004 14:54:55 +0200
Thomas Reitelbach <tr@erdfunkstelle.de> wrote:

> On Friday 28 May 2004 06:59, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> > > Hm, i wonder if it would be better to fill the extract-arrow with a
> > > different color (red?).
> > > This could help the user to tell them apart without recognizing the
> > > direction.
> >
> > We have to figure that some users are color blind as well as presuming
> > that some are nearsighted to the point that they do not quite have
> > 20/20 vision with glasses (Myself -- I am not visually handicapped but
> > I don't see the screen too well).  So, it is a trade off.  I can tell
> > the difference on my 15 inch monitor at 1024x768 with my bifocals so I
> > think that they are acceptable -- not good at that size and
> > resolution, but acceptable.
> >
> > Putting the while document behind the arrow will produce higher
> > contrast and that should improve it (see other posting in this
> > thread).  Although I don't know if that gray boarder on the document
> > is a good idea -- I copied it from someone else's icon.
> 
> Well, color-blind people would not gain much from the
> color-differencies, that's true. But on the other hand it will not
> discriminate them, while this little change can improve visibility for
> all other.
> 
> Color-blind or handicapped people can still differentiate by the 
> shape/direction of the arrow, while all others can in addition see the 
> different color.
> 
> But i agree with Liam that the extract-icon's arrow color should not be
> red, but blue instead.
> 
> I'm no artist at all, but just reading the list. So i might not see some
> 
> important point here...

I think this is a KDE usability issue (hence CC). But your comments seem
good to me.

Liam
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