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Red/green colourblindness and scanning
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Johnny Twelvebore
The Tuskers
The Tuskers Co.
#1 - 2012-06-27 13:03:04 UTC
OK probably a bit of a minority topic here but anyone who is also a bit colourblind will know that scanning (especially combat scanning) is very hard. For me the trouble is when you have a poor return shown as a red sphere or dot which I have to stare very hard at to see it.

If any devs read this, how difficult would it be to make the colours used in scanning changable so I could alter the red to, for instance, bright yellow so I can see it?

Perhaps this is possible already in which case Id love to know how.

Any feedback much appreciated.

J

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Sc00by K
Office of Orifice Expansion
#2 - 2012-06-27 16:14:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Sc00by K
i second this. alternate color selections. i hate the little incomplete squares that show up at the low percents. impossible to see.
Kirith Darkblade
The Adventures of Dangermouse
#3 - 2012-06-28 16:27:19 UTC
Totally support this, recent blog post on the subject here too with comment from some others colourblind afflicted. Whilst no-one is a great fan of ECM I beleive that's a total nightmare for those with colour blindness too.

Colour Blindness blog post
Gustav Knuttsen
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2012-06-28 17:02:59 UTC
same here. full support for that
Kalicor Lightwind
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2012-06-28 22:37:30 UTC
Anything which makes it easier for those with colorblindness is a +1 from me.

Although it would be nice to be able to toggle it.
Erastus Kaan
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2012-06-29 01:14:15 UTC
R/G Color blindness is so common. Id love to be able to select what colors ships/objects etc.. show up via the overview menu. Default to red/green, but make it alterable.
Johnny Twelvebore
The Tuskers
The Tuskers Co.
#7 - 2012-06-29 09:43:00 UTC
Seems this is more common than I thought, how do we get a dev to see this?

Im sure it would be pretty simple to have a couple of options for the scan colours.

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Varg Krugar
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2012-06-29 11:08:14 UTC
i always thought it would make sense to change not only the color, but also the symbol used for scans of increased quality.

is this "only" a problem of red/yellow/green being hard to distinguish, or are some colors hard to pick out from the darker background as well?
Griffin Omanid
Knights of the Zodiac
#9 - 2012-06-29 18:09:18 UTC
Varg Krugar wrote:
i always thought it would make sense to change not only the color, but also the symbol used for scans of increased quality.

is this "only" a problem of red/yellow/green being hard to distinguish, or are some colors hard to pick out from the darker background as well?


I agree with you. It may not be only a problem of/for colour blindness, it also could be a problem that some settings are in conflict with these heraldic laws.
For example, it is much easier for humans to differ coloured chalk on a green blackboard then on a black blackboard.
For this purpose the option to differ some background colours in the settings could be quit usefull.

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loard doktor
tradersbear
#10 - 2012-06-29 18:12:39 UTC
I have to wear colored lens to block blue as much as possible due to narcolepsy being triggered by certain blues. This makes every thing tented yellow. things like red I dont have a problem with, but with the default color of the overview targets being yellow, its harder for me to catch them.

What im saying is I do understand and do think they should have all colors in the game with a default, but have them changeable.