Hello, I am writing to ask for feedback on the GNOME High Contrast (A11y) Icon Theme. I am a Women's Outreach Intern this summer, and I am working to complete the theme for users with low vision. The main question I have is this:
Many of the icons in the standard theme use a large picture (such as a clock for "appointment") in conjunction with a smaller detail to indicate status or action (such as an emblem which indicates "new"). When these are combined in High Contrast, the icon is sometimes unclear. I am wondering if users would prefer to have the main icon change (see Figures 1 through 3, HERE<https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B8Rn9opx982NZGZhOGU0OGQtZTg1MS00OTc0LWI3ODAtMTVjMmQ0MzQxMTBk&hl=en_US>). I have given two drafts of a new icon (Figures 2 and 3) for "emblem-urgent" (figure 1), which was originally a red clock. The other approach might be to use an accessibility color wheel <http://gmazzocato.altervista.org/colorwheel/wheel.php>to identify which colors provide good contrast for viewers, and to use color to increase the clarity of the icon details (see Figures 4 through 7, HERE <https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B8Rn9opx982NZGZhOGU0OGQtZTg1MS00OTc0LWI3ODAtMTVjMmQ0MzQxMTBk&hl=en_US> ). Icons 4 and 5 are examples of icons which follow the current rules which are used in High Contrast, whereas I have added color to icons 6 and 7, with the hope that the color will increase the visibility of the details. Joseph** Scheuhammer has agreed to show these drafts to the Occupational Therapist who works on site with him. I am also hoping that other low vision users and/ or developers in the GNOME community will be willing to give feedback about what type of solution would be best. If anyone has difficulty viewing the PDF that I have given links to, please let me know, and I will send the file. Thank you very much for your time and attention. Sincerely, Meg Ford OPW Intern, Summer 2011
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