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

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On 05/01/2015 3:18 PM, Matt Mackall wrote:
> (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
>
Hi Matt,

I get the feeling that there isn't much anyone could present to you at 
this point which would make you consider changing the color scheme. Am I 
wrong?

While it is true that in the case of taste there can be no right and 
wrong, it should be relatively trivial to put up a SurveyMonkey poll 
asking people to vote for their favorite colorblind-approved scheme and 
go with the majority vote.

Alternatively, would you consider offering separate colorblind and 
non-colorblind color schemes? This is relatively simple to implement and 
should please more users.

Thanks,
Gili