> Apple’s gray on slightly-lighter-gray UI standards
replyIt's a tangential point, but I turned on System Settings -> Accessibility -> Display -> Increase Contrast (the on/off option, not Display Contrast) and now at least the windows are outlined sharply.
The "Differentiate wihout color" is one I like. All of the on/off sliders now have a 1 or 0 to indicate on/off
replyOMG this is wonderful! Thank you.
replyA lot of people who think of themselves as able-bodied never think to poke around in the Accessibility sections of their settings menus. But it turns out that accessibility options are for everyone; people should really think of and evaluate them as first class tools more often
replyOr,are we just getting older and these things suddenly matter?
replyPossibly a factor, but I also think these issues are becoming much more widespread, leaving us less able to tolerate them than when they were less common.
replyA button looking like a button isn't an age (of the reader) thing.
replyOf course it is. What should a button on a screen look like, after all, it has absolutely nothing to do with a large mechanical button from the 80s the old designs tried to emulate. In fact, such buttons are becoming rare even in the physical world, the younger generation is more and more accustomed to touch buttons for operating all kinds of machinery around them. So "like a button" is very much an age thing
replyLooking like a "touch button" is still looking like a button. Some indication that an element is tappable is still useful.
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replyThey really should just have a single checkbox, "Prioritise usability over wank", and leave it at that.
replyGood thing we trained our fortune teller calculators on all that historic shittiness!
replyMaybe, but at least the 10,000,000 options were there instead deemed that they are not to be used by those pesky users. And now its they are not just hidden. They are simply not there.
replyGuns and bombs also didn't create war. But they did made it way more lethal.
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