On 2018-06-25 23:25:27 William Morder 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 Oh, thank you very much. :-) > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
