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Which is why there are accessibility settings for exactly that.

by cgrealy 4y ago

chizhik-pyzhik 4y ago
sure, but why keep an inaccessible default?
- radicaldreamer 4y ago
  Because it doesn’t affect everyone and aesthetics are not equal to accessibility? I do agree that the green bubbles aren’t great looking but thats what they chose for iOS even prior to iMessage existing.
  - nkozyra 4y ago
    > Because it doesn’t affect everyone This isn't a good answer. We can use sensible attractive UI/UX defaults without being exclusive.
  - bentcorner 4y ago
    > Because it doesn’t affect everyone and aesthetics are not equal to accessibility? The thing with accessibility is that it does affect everyone. If you get woken up by a call and open iMessage in the middle of the night, being able to read the message accurately while blinking away eye gunk matters. Better contrast helps you read your text message if your phone is on a table across from you lying flat. There's going to be times you're trying to read a message and your phone won't be 100% in front of you at arms length and you are able to take the time to bring the phone into focus with proper lighting around you.
    - inferiorhuman 4y ago
      If you get woken up by a call and open iMessage in the middle of the night, being able to read the message accurately while blinking away eye gunk matters. The only green text bubbles are for text you send via SMS. Incoming text is styled the same regardless of protocol.
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    - bee_rider 4y ago
      I turned on the "increase contrast" accessibility feature just because it makes the green background color on those messages look nicer. Just do it. It isn't like they check to to see if you are diagnosed with colorblindness or whatever.
    - raxxorraxor 4y ago
      I would happily use the eye gunk excuse for everyone contacting me at night. I probably find that word more funny because I just learned it and I am not a native speaker. I still believe this is an issue. Colorblind or not, everyone probably has had difficulties reading their phone in direct sunlight. But these are seriously not insurmountable technical problems at all and the excuse is pretty weak.

Which is why there are accessibility settings for exactly that.

chizhik-pyzhik 4y ago

sure, but why keep an inaccessible default?

radicaldreamer 4y ago
Because it doesn’t affect everyone and aesthetics are not equal to accessibility? I do agree that the green bubbles aren’t great looking but thats what they chose for iOS even prior to iMessage existing.
- nkozyra 4y ago
  > Because it doesn’t affect everyone This isn't a good answer. We can use sensible attractive UI/UX defaults without being exclusive.
- bentcorner 4y ago
  > Because it doesn’t affect everyone and aesthetics are not equal to accessibility? The thing with accessibility is that it does affect everyone. If you get woken up by a call and open iMessage in the middle of the night, being able to read the message accurately while blinking away eye gunk matters. Better contrast helps you read your text message if your phone is on a table across from you lying flat. There's going to be times you're trying to read a message and your phone won't be 100% in front of you at arms length and you are able to take the time to bring the phone into focus with proper lighting around you.
  - inferiorhuman 4y ago
    If you get woken up by a call and open iMessage in the middle of the night, being able to read the message accurately while blinking away eye gunk matters. The only green text bubbles are for text you send via SMS. Incoming text is styled the same regardless of protocol.
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  - bee_rider 4y ago
    I turned on the "increase contrast" accessibility feature just because it makes the green background color on those messages look nicer. Just do it. It isn't like they check to to see if you are diagnosed with colorblindness or whatever.
  - raxxorraxor 4y ago
    I would happily use the eye gunk excuse for everyone contacting me at night. I probably find that word more funny because I just learned it and I am not a native speaker. I still believe this is an issue. Colorblind or not, everyone probably has had difficulties reading their phone in direct sunlight. But these are seriously not insurmountable technical problems at all and the excuse is pretty weak.