From: Paul Mensonides (pmenso57_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-09 04:16:28
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden]
> [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Rene Rivera
> > I'm convinced the usability issue
> > is big enough to justify the change.
>
> Usability is *very* subjective aspect. Your version is for
> you more usable. But for others, like the visually impaired
> it's likely not more usable, as Daniel pointed out. Thanks
> Daniel for that link, I've looked for a long time for a way
> to test color blindness usability.
BTW, I'm color blind such that nearly all images that I test on the Deuteranope
simulation at Vischeck look identical to the original image. For what its
worth, just about any of the web page attempts so far look fine, and I think
people might be making the color issue more of a usability issue than it
actually is. I don't know if it is even possible to come up with a color scheme
that looks good to both people with normal vision and people with severe
blue-yellow deficiencies at the same time unless the color scheme is grayscale.
>From my point of view, differences in brightness are the most distinguishing
elements, and I tend to prefer grayscale color schemes because there is less
distraction caused by hue. But that's only a preference; it is rarely difficult
(to a significant degree) to navigate web pages or find links. Obviously, there
are people with a much greater degree of color blindness than me, but the
majority (by far) of color blind people don't have significant trouble with
stuff like this.
Regards,
Paul Mensonides