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_...@gnuinos.org> 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 > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > July 2016 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques > of the Successful Technologist > http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
