usplash font suggestion
Andrew Conkling
andrew.conkling at gmail.com
Sat May 6 19:43:08 BST 2006
On 5/6/06, Thilo Six <T.Six at gmx.de> wrote:
> Andrew Conkling wrote the following on 06.05.2006 14:12:
> >> Per default this is disabled for colorblind people, which is good.
> >
> > Perhaps I'm just ignorant, but why disable it in this case? If one is
> > color blind, and confuses red and green, what would be the benefit of
> > having all gray text? This would seem to be less desireable for the
> > majority of users.
>
> coc:
> Be respectful. The Ubuntu community and its members treat one another
> with respect.
For the record, I meant no disrespect. I was asking a factual
question as to the particular use case of a person who is color blind.
Sorry if I phrased my question unclearly.
> In my opinion this also is valid for disabled people.
>
> Disabled people are punished enough with their problems,
I think that seeing one's own disability as a punishment is a
stereotype. Of course, people are surely punished by others for their
disability, so yes, we should avoid that in Ubuntu. But I don't think
that's the case here.
> why would
> someone add an extra punishment and lock them out of the full experience
> of FOSS?
There are many instances where the default configuration of the
desktop is in color (.bashrc, X, Synaptic). Colors are not the
problem; contrasting colors are. Having a bright green OK and a
bright RED failed will be readable by anyone (since they'd be against
a black background), and easily distinguishable by color for those
that can see them. Thus, making the words colored by default seems
like a fine idea.
Honestly, I'd worry more about Synaptic, where red means "remove" and
green means "install".
Cheers,
Andrew
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