9 Jun
2004
9 Jun
'04
7:18 p.m.
On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 03:10, Jens M Andreasen wrote:
On tis, 2004-06-08 at 20:54, eviltwin69(a)cableone.net
wrote:
I think you're only considering red/green colorblindness. I've been
doing GUIs for 26 years and boy do I get bitches about color. It's
their favorite whine.
Colors must always be configurable. The
percentage of color blind people is
much higher than most people think.
I think the percentage of colorblind males are about 10%
If you use the green/red metaphore (as in walk/stop)
they will be in
some trouble. If you use the red/blue metaphore instead (as in hot/cold)
it will work just fine. If green is important, you can use a scale from
turquise thru violet to magenta. Add some variation in light intensity
and it will even make sense on B/W screen.
Last time I checked, rivers flew from the top of the mountains, thru the
valleys below, and out in the ocean. Even in China :)
All rivers don't however go west to east. Chinese is read, I believe,
right to left. My point was that you shouldn't lock in your user
(unless you're Micro$oft ;-)
Jan
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accepting culturally defined standards, such as that
a signal flows from left to right and from top to bottom.
Except in China ;-)