-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Neil Munro wrote on 02/11/09 19:37: >... > What I propose is a centralised dedicated accessibility tool that > enables the user to slide colour values up and down to change both > background and text colour, with an example block of text that changes > as they edit the values. It should also remain consistent between > themes, if a new theme is loaded it should either apply the > accessibility elements or if it can't, print a warning that informs > the user that the theme they wish to use can't support their needs.
A one-stop-shop for accessibility features would be good for multiple reasons. If you'd like to specify one, I suggest following the feature specification process. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeatureSpecifications> Now, at the start of a new release cycle, is the ideal time to do that. But pay particular attention to step 5, "Gather a community around your specification", because features don't implement themselves. :-) One delicate issue with color tinting in particular is that the science behind it is apparently rather contentious. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotopic_sensitivity_syndrome> I have no reason to doubt that it has helped your friends, and we don't require scientific rigor for introduction of other features in Ubuntu -- but at the same time, it would reflect poorly on us if we were implicitly promoting placebos. > They new software store is one such application that might be > problematic and can't be fixed by editing the colour values in the > theme manager. It has a blue background in the main window that does > not change from theme to theme, those with trouble reading black on > pastel blue might find using software store a nightmare. However > moving it to black on white might make it harder for those who can't > read black on white. >... The reason I specified a color there is that I wanted to emphasize your location in the "Get Free Software" section (blue) as opposed to the "Installed Software" section (white). Maybe there is a more theme-sensitive way we can do that. Cheers - -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkrwJTwACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecqIqQCbBgPhGjbhYz6mKbqrLFwcV2+E S+UAn3jY+O7wCJJTrbKkWTcOaEQiGlkW =0OuU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
