High Constrast Mode - What do you think?
Here is our next step in user preferences.
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There's nothing there, just what looks like an hour glass.
Without being able to see it, I can't judge accurately, but I'm generally not a fan of high contrast. I find it a source of eye strain. Please let this be an option, not our only choice.
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I switched to it this afternoon and tested on both Chrome and Firefox, both fully updated, Windows 10, fully updated.
I think it looks good, @lyleblunttoronto1
For the record, I'm not a "dark mode" fan, but I do sometimes use the "dark reader" extension on FamilySearch.
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I can see it now. I tested it out. The only difference I see is that the background gray around each box got darker. Is that all this does? Or am I missing something? TIA!
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It's not a major change: the background gray gets darker, and the white boxes get a thin black outline. I like it; I think I may leave it on henceforth.
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I have to say that I personally don't see that it changes the readability of the page at all and if I had either setting on for more than a day I don't think I would ever notice how I had it set. However, the high contrast mode gives a certain weight or grounded-ness or solidity to the page that is nice.
To complete the effect, could we have that thin black line just under the tab bar?
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I like the idea of it but feel like it is still not enough contrast.
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I found the changes were so subtle that I didn't really notice the differences until I read all of your comments and studied them. Part of the reason maybe that I can control the settings of my monitor so my brightness setting may not be allowing much of a contrast. But, that said, I agree with Julia and will keep it on. I always like the visuals Gordon puts up on discussions. My contrast is not nearly as pronounced as his visual shows.
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Individual monitor settings, that anyone should be able to adjust, will indeed make a big difference in how the pages look. Here is a comparison of how I set the screen (my eye doctor told me long ago to expect cataract surgery about age 70 and unfortunately that gets closer every year) and how my 18 year daughter sets the screen (she claims I am trying to blind her with my settings).
Clearly the lower the brightness setting, the less effect the high contrast mode is going to have.
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And I'm already on the other side of 70, with cataracts and macular degeneration. I mostly keep my brightness settings at 100% and don't care for dark mode. But, I use Dark Reader occasionally when my eyes are tired. I have custom settings on Dark Reader just to tone down some of the white expanse.
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I like the contrast. I agree with Gordon that it seems to "ground" the page and separate the areas. I wouldn't even mind if there was a choice to have a subtle background color around the white boxes, such as a light blue. But then, I'm a color person, so it is one of those things that doesn't really matter, but would be nice.
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I don't think it helps. You need to change font size and get rid of all the white to make the page more attractive.
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Totally agree with this!
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Thank you Gordon for the follow-up on the monitor. By the way everyone who is approaching he 70ish thing, there is hope. I am almost 79 and had cataract surgery, both eyes, in 2021. What a difference and it is so nice to be have light in my life again!
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Speaking from the personal viewpoint of yet another septuagenarian, I find no noticeable difference in contrast that would prompt me to use this feature. I do like the boxed sections created by the black border lines, however.
I agree with others who have implied it would have been better to have given priority to addressing white space and font issues. Customising the settings still does not help in making working on the new page as comfortable an experience as I found in working with the previous version.
However, as Gordon has pointed out, our views are likely to be subjective, based on our eyesight and preferences.
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