On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 11:02:19PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Jul 2016 23:36:06 +0200
> aitor_czr <aitor_czr@???> wrote:
>
>
> > Help, Steve Litt !!
> >
> > Aitor.
>
> I think a separate theme is needed for people with fuzzy vision.
>
> PRIORITIES:
>
> * Readability over pretty.
> * Quick Contextual recognition over pretty.
> * Readability over real estate efficiency of the screen.
> * Quick clickability over pretty.
> * Keystroke access over not bothering to program same.
>
> TIPS:
>
> * Noticibly different color titlebar for focused window.
> * Reasonable sized titlebars with big devices like close, max, hide
> and windowshade.
> * Window designs capable of functioning with big fonts.
> * NO FRIGGIN TRANSPARENCY!
> * Instantly noticible borders. I use 2px cyan borders on the focused
> window.
> * Text with big contrast. Black on white, black on f0f0f0, black or
> darkblue on ffffcc, or white, bright yellow or bright green on black
> are ideal.
> * Never assume red and green will contrast with each other: Red/green
> color blindness is the most common form of color blindness.
> * Ideally, the text should still contrast if all color is converted to
> shades of gray.
> * Active buttons should be instantly recognizable (Firefox hang your
> head in shame).
> * Bold mouse pointer. Mouse tracks are nice, but I haven't seen them in
> years.
>
> Normal people can continue using normal themes, but people like me need
> what's described above.
>
> I have such a theme, but the problem is it bears absolutely no
> resemblance to other Devuon themes, and also, it's built from other
> themes so it's kind of a mess.
>
Sounds like specs for a really usable theme. Can I use it?
Even though I'm using xfce or icewm instead of gnome?
-- hendrik
>
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>
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