Hello, On a fluke yesterday, I changed from my normal Windows High Contrast color scheme into a normal option (Rainy Day, in this case) and happened to notice something I found surprising. I wonder if anyone can explain this to me.
When in the Rainy Day color scheme (and, yes, I tried it with a couple other schemes) I found that Window Eyes read a couple things differently. Let me start by saying that the size of fonts and graphics did not appear different between the High Contrast #1 scheme and the Rainy Day scheme, but I cannot say for sure that this was not different. When reading in two different IBM products (Lotus Notes and Lotus Sametime) I found that Window Eyes did not read certain elements when in one color scheme as opposed to the other. In Lotus Notes 6.5, when I normally go up and down my inbox, I do not hear an indication as to whether my message is read or unread. There is a small star graphic in the far left of the view panel that indicates this (and I also hear the font color changes). In my normal High Contrast #1 scheme, the star icon is there, but I never really thought about the fact that WE wasn't reading it. When I happened to be in Rainy Day colors yesterday, I suddenly noted that WE was saying "unread" before each unread message as I arrowed up and down the inbox. Changed the scheme back to High Contrast and it stopped saying "unread". In Lotus Sametime (my instant message client here at work), I labeled the graphics recently that tell me if someone's status is active, busy, and so on. This works find when I'm in High Contrast color scheme, but I noted that the icons do not read aloud when I'm in Rainy Day or another color scheme. I do not believe the color scheme change impacts the color of the icons, as the color of them is partly what indicates the status. Any ideas why changing the color scheme would impact when WE reads or does not read the icons? I might like to figure out how to get WE to start saying read and unread in my inbox in particular. Glare is an issue on my eyes, so I rarely use a color scheme with dark text on a light background, but occasionally it is necessary. _________________________________ Robin Van Lant, Program Manager Key Equipment Finance Tel: 720-304-1060 Email Classification: KeyCorp Public </pre> This communication may contain privileged and/or confidential information. It is intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing or using any of this information. If you received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and destroy the material in its entirety, whether electronic or hard copy. This communication may contain nonpublic personal information about consumers subject to the restrictions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. You may not directly or indirectly reuse or redisclose such information for any purpose other than to provide the services for which you are receiving the information. 127 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 44114 <pre> If you prefer not to receive future e-mail offers for products or services from Key send an e-mail to mailto:[email protected] with 'No Promotional E-mails' in the SUBJECT line. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
