Re: [Rails-devel] Roadmap for improving User Experience

[Chris S. <chr...@gm...>]

There are ways to support the color blind, and those of us with less
than perfect vision:

1. Global option to replace all SVG token graphics with simple black &
white text abbreviations.
2. Pop up text when mousing over a token.
3. Pop up larger image when mousing over a token.

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Chris

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On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 2:48 AM, Erik Vos <eri...@xs...> wrote:
> Currently, all tokens have the company abbreviation and colours, so there is a good match.
> However, the abbreviations are drawn on the token circles with start positions and font sizes that are derived from the number of characters in a very simple way, and the result is not very satisfactory.
> So I am all for better ways to draw tokens.  And I would be happy to optimize colours so that the colour-blind can better distinguish these - but I am not, so I would be dependent on advice from such players.
>
> Apart from the colours, I see two ways to improve token visibility by using SVG:
>
> 1. Design simple SVG tokens that are similar to the existing ones, having just the company colours and abbreviations, but better designed so that the abbreviations are well-centered and have the best font and size for readability.
>
> 2. Design SVG tokens that resemble the real logos in terms of colours and shape. I believe that this way the name will not be readable in most cases, so (for the colour-blind) shape becomes the only distinguishing factor.  In this case I would try to include such tokens into the grid windows as well, at least at the left-hand side. But the abbreviation has to stay there.
>
> Like Brett, I think that just the name abbreviation is best (option 1).
>
> Erik.
>
>> From: brett lentz [mailto:bre...@gm...]
>> I'll complicate this a bit further:  Color blindness.
>>
>> Red-Green color blindness is relatively common in men. Other forms of color
>> blindness also exist, and make these sorts of decisions sort of dicey.
>>
>> There are a few people in my old gaming group that were color blind and
>> some games were more difficult for them to play because of this.
>>
>> I think all markers should have the initials of the company along with an
>> associated color. If we can also make each token it's own shape or use
>> distinct combinations of foreground and background colors, so much the
>> better. However, 18xx games have a *ton* of information
>> (comparatively) and so there's a balance to be struck lest we needlessly
>> complicate things.
>>
>> At a minimum, players should be able to match up the B&O token on the
>> stock market with the B&O tokens on the map and the B&O entry in the
>> game status window... very much like in a physical game. The easiest way to
>> do this is just to have the characters "B&O" everywhere the company is
>> referenced. If there's space in the UI to include the full name *and* the
>> abbreviation in some places, that's great. But, at a minimum, we should
>> maintain some amount of consistency by always displaying the abbreviation
>> and not rely on just coloring to convey this information.
>>
>> ---Brett.
>
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