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I agree - it seems like much better design to tell you the color of the car picking you up :)

by beggi 12y ago

eru 12y ago
For those people able to see colours.
- zobzu 12y ago
  So because some people are colorblind or just blind lets not do it. Great logic. I think we should also disable voice calls. Some people are deaf.
  - stevekinney 12y ago
    Agreed. I also think we should remove the displays on phones. Some people are blind.
    - wernercd 12y ago
      We should remove this thread because some people can't read. Goodbye internets :(
- prawn 12y ago
  As opposed to currently giving no indication to anyone, colour-blind users included.
- diminoten 12y ago
  I think everyone can see colors, even color "blind" people. Those folks just have a hard time distinguishing between shades of particular colors. I don't think anyone's literally living in greyscale.
  - hnha 12y ago
    there are but it is very rare and comes with drastically limited eye sight anyways. Red/Green confusion is quite common though, there are estimates of up to 8% of ("western") males. Definitely a number to consider if you want your whatever to cater as many people on the market as possible.
    - aetherson 12y ago
      The commoner kinds of red/green colorblindness, though, are by no means absolute. Most red/green colorblind men can tell highly saturated reds and greens apart -- they only have difficulty with low-saturation refs and greens.
    - xmodem 12y ago
      > there are but it is very rare and comes with drastically limited eye sight anyways. As one of those very rare individuals you allude to (see everything in greyscale), you should be aware that my eyesight (and many people with a similar condition to me) is "limited" but not to the point where i can't cross the street or need to use a screen reader. Having said that, even for me knowing the colour would be useful even if I can't exactly distinguish it (e.g. I'm waiting for a white station wagon, its definitely not that black hatchback that slowed down in front of me)

I agree - it seems like much better design to tell you the color of the car picking you up :)

by beggi 12y ago

I agree - it seems like much better design to tell you the color of the car picking you up :)

eru 12y ago

For those people able to see colours.

zobzu 12y ago
So because some people are colorblind or just blind lets not do it. Great logic. I think we should also disable voice calls. Some people are deaf.
- stevekinney 12y ago
  Agreed. I also think we should remove the displays on phones. Some people are blind.
  - wernercd 12y ago
    We should remove this thread because some people can't read. Goodbye internets :(
prawn 12y ago
As opposed to currently giving no indication to anyone, colour-blind users included.
diminoten 12y ago
I think everyone can see colors, even color "blind" people. Those folks just have a hard time distinguishing between shades of particular colors. I don't think anyone's literally living in greyscale.
- hnha 12y ago
  there are but it is very rare and comes with drastically limited eye sight anyways. Red/Green confusion is quite common though, there are estimates of up to 8% of ("western") males. Definitely a number to consider if you want your whatever to cater as many people on the market as possible.
  - aetherson 12y ago
    The commoner kinds of red/green colorblindness, though, are by no means absolute. Most red/green colorblind men can tell highly saturated reds and greens apart -- they only have difficulty with low-saturation refs and greens.
  - xmodem 12y ago
    > there are but it is very rare and comes with drastically limited eye sight anyways. As one of those very rare individuals you allude to (see everything in greyscale), you should be aware that my eyesight (and many people with a similar condition to me) is "limited" but not to the point where i can't cross the street or need to use a screen reader. Having said that, even for me knowing the colour would be useful even if I can't exactly distinguish it (e.g. I'm waiting for a white station wagon, its definitely not that black hatchback that slowed down in front of me)