> On Monday 25 June 2018 14:15:18 J Leslie Turriff wrote: > > On 2018-06-25 01:08:32 William Morder wrote: > > > I can't imagine that I am 100 years old, but I can imagine that I am 60, > > > and have already begun to feel the ravages of time on my body. It also is > > > a pain to use computer screens that are designed by and for young people. > > > > One of the reasons I'm not using KDE4/Plasma is that there are no HiColor > > icons available there (AFAIK), just the wishy-washy pastel ones that > > imitate Windoze. Their contrast is so poor it's hard for me to distinguish > > one icon from another in many cases. As you say, today's desktops are > > designed for young people, by young people, and the limitations due to > > aging or other disabilities are not thought of, while they seem to be > > concentrating on eye-candy instead of functionality. > > > > Leslie > > > Old people have less disposable income, so there's no reason to waste time > designing systems for them to use when they can't afford them anyway. Also, > old people tend to die sooner than young people, so it's a shrinking market. > > Bill > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Only fools count the marginalized out. Kate AKA Konfucius --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
