-----Original Message----- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] 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