On Monday 25 June 2018 21:30:31 Kate Draven wrote: > > 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 > "... my super-dainty Kate - For dainties are all Kates -" (or thus quoth another bloke named William) Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
