https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71511
--- Comment #4 from [email protected] --- Actually, the bug occurs when I load the context help module package to work with the software. I uninstalled the HELP stuff by doing a System Restore and got my Windows Aero feature back. I am able to use the software suite with no problem. Elmer On 11/25/2013 11:40 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > *Comment # 3 <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71511#c3> > on bug 71511 <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71511> from > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> * > > Potential duplicate ofbug 64842 <show_bug.cgi?id=64842>. > Yes, this does look like a potential duplicate. But sincebug 64842 > <show_bug.cgi?id=64842> was filed > against Ubuntu and not Windows, I wouldn't be sure that the fix for that one > would fix the similar problem on windows. The offending code for each OS may > be > slightly different. > > I've read the comment for change Ia42ca7882f0d2dd1f2a304db5e4b5aaba23244fc. > This change introduces a serious accessibility flaw for folk with a vision > disability. I can no longer use later versions of LibreOffice because of this. > As a developer myself, I would have said that a better fix for the problem > would have been to correctly detect when Open Office / LibreOffice has been > set > to work in accessibility mode and when so, for the displayed document colours > to inherit from the underlying high-contrast theme accordingly. When > LibreOffice is not in set in accessibility mode, then by all means default to > other more appropriate display colours for the document. > > It appears the developer of the patch may misunderstand why (at least in > Windows) the High-Contrast themes exist and how visually impaired people like > myself benefit from them. > > Various partially sighted or blind people and folk with other visual > impairments benefit from a custom text foreground and page background colours. > Setting the host OS to a high-contrast accessibility theme should trigger all > applications to inherit that theme. There are of course some offending > applications in Windows that don't this, but most do. Open Office / > LibreOffice > has been particularly good at this in the past - and has been especially > useful > to people with a vision disability with it's ability to adapt to document > display colours accordingly when accessibility is set to on (this is now > broken). This has been singly the biggest winning feature for which why I > choose OpenOffice/LibreOffice over Word. > > I suffer from a light sensitivity disorder called Visual Stress for which > white > / light backgrounds on paper and computer screens cause considerable > discomfort > and migraines. This disorder affects 15 - 20 percent of the population at > varied levels of severity from very mild to extreme. Is is also known as > Meares-Irlen Syndrome or just Irlen Syndrome. Colour is of extreme importance > for these people to be able to see and read comfortably. We rely on > high-contrast OS themes to get around the problem to some extent. White > background documents and UIs cause these people a multitude of debilitating > symptoms including migraines, not being able to think straight, loss of some > co-ordination, irritability, nausea and quite a few others - different for > each > individual. > > Please honour high-contrast themes in Windows. They are there for a reason. > > In sort, please restore LibreOffice's ability to adhere a document's displayed > colours to the underlying high-contrast theme, when the applicable > accessibility settings have been set in the application's preferences. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > You are receiving this mail because: > > * You are on the CC list for the bug. > -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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