As another colorblind developer, I have trouble paying attention to the syntax highlighting. I didn’t even notice that member variables were colored until someone mentioned it on this list.
> On May 23, 2016, at 9:43 AM, Jeff Kelley via swift-evolution > <[email protected]> wrote: > > As a colorblind developer, this isn’t really an issue. The vast majority of > colorblind people can discern colors. As long as the IDE allows you to > customize which colors it displays, you can find a palette that will work > with your eyes (for my type of colorblindness, for instance, I have > difficulty differentiating blue and purple, so I wouldn’t use both in my > syntax highlighting color scheme). As long as color isn’t the only thing > differentiating on-screen elements, adding colors to syntax highlighting is > beneficial even to us colorblind developers. :) > > > Jeff Kelley > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> | @SlaunchaMan > <https://twitter.com/SlaunchaMan> | jeffkelley.org <http://jeffkelley.org/> > > Check out Developing for Apple Watch, Second Edition > <https://pragprog.com/titles/jkwatch2/developing-for-apple-watch-second-edition>, > now in print! > >> On May 23, 2016, at 12:24 PM, Krystof Vasa via swift-evolution >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >>> The problem can also be easily mitigated by having the IDE use a different >>> color to display a variable based on where it was defined (eclipse come to >>> mind as an example). This is something the brain naturally notices without >>> paying any conscious attention. >> >> Tell that to the colorblind :) >> >>> >>>> -- E > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
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