Call for testing: colorblindness vs side-by-side diff

[Matt Mackall]

On Mon, 2015-01-05 at 02:52 -0700, cowwoc wrote:
> Augie, Matt,
> 
> I'd like to move this discussion forward. Is it possible to get consensus on
> replacing the current color scheme with one of the two candidates I've
> listed below?
> 
> I received 3 thumbs-up for candidate #1 so we've already got something to
> start with, but I think candidate #2 is actually superior. The latter looks
> better for people who do not suffer from color blindness, and based on my
> tests it should be color-blind-friendly as well (Augie should be able to
> confirm this).

(FYI, there are 7 distinct categories of colorblindness of varying
frequency and degree, so a sample size of one is not very useful.)

The thing I tried to convey to you when you brought this up the first
time was that _we've already done this_. And we got significantly more
input than you have and arrived at the current result.

Yes, some people are unhappy with the result. That's unfortunate, but
that is going to be the case with every design decision. If we accept
your scheme, a different set of people are going to be unhappy[1] with
the new result and lobby to switch and so on forever.

At some point, we have to make a choice and stick with it. And as far as
I'm concerned, that point is already in the past. So it's really
doubtful this is going to go anywhere, especially since few people seem
to care this time around.

[1] Starting with me, because ugh are you serious those colors? [2]
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_gustibus_non_est_disputandum

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