{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/4932","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/4932/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/4932/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/4932/events","html_url":"https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/4932","id":53812606,"number":4932,"title":"New settings toggle switch style is non-obvious, especially for colorblind users and maybe in some cultures","user":{"login":"danfuzz","id":1090235,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1090235?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/danfuzz","html_url":"https://github.com/danfuzz","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/danfuzz/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/danfuzz/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/danfuzz/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/danfuzz/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/danfuzz/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/danfuzz/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/danfuzz/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/danfuzz/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/danfuzz/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":{"login":"simurai","id":378023,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/378023?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/simurai","html_url":"https://github.com/simurai","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simurai/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simurai/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simurai/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simurai/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simurai/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simurai/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simurai/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simurai/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/simurai/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"milestone":null,"comments":7,"created_at":"2015-01-08T22:58:40Z","updated_at":"2015-01-09T05:17:14Z","closed_at":null,"body":"The new toggle switch style of checkbox strikes me as fairly ambiguous:\r\n\r\n* Gray-vs-green excludes many colorblind people. (See image.)\r\n* The icons *also* look like horizontal traffic lights. In Japan, notably, the *rightmost* light in a horizontal traffic light is the one that's red.\r\n\r\nDespite being neither colorblind nor from a country with right-to-left traffic lights, I'd nonetheless appreciate a little more visual distinction between the two states of these switches.\r\n\r\n![grey-checkboxes](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1090235/5672481/8476612c-9745-11e4-9993-55c3d6ba3d9e.png)\r\n\r\n[Reported on v0.169, running on OS X.]"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/comments/69294368","html_url":"https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/4932#issuecomment-69294368","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/4932","id":69294368,"user":{"login":"mark-hahn","id":811455,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/811455?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/mark-hahn","html_url":"https://github.com/mark-hahn","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mark-hahn/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mark-hahn/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mark-hahn/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mark-hahn/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mark-hahn/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mark-hahn/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mark-hahn/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mark-hahn/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/mark-hahn/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-01-09T05:17:14Z","updated_at":"2015-01-09T05:17:14Z","body":">  Creating a separate theme that is optimized for color blind people.\r\n\r\nIt's not just for color-blind.  My vision isn't great.  But I'd never be\r\nhappy being forced to use a single theme.  IMHO everything should be\r\nobvious in all places  These are supposed to be functional tools, not art\r\nmasterpieces.  We aren't Apple.  (grin)\r\n\r\nOn Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 8:30 PM, simurai <notifications@github.com> wrote:\r\n\r\n> Another option: Creating a separate theme that is optimized for color\r\n> blind people. Next to the toggles, it would make sure there is enough\r\n> contrast and maybe adding patterns to backgrounds. Sometimes use labels and\r\n> for the git diff it would use icons instead of colored text, like currently\r\n> the Unity theme does:\r\n>\r\n> [image: screen shot 2015-01-09 at 1 25 52 pm]\r\n> <https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/378023/5675510/2991c4f4-9803-11e4-87e4-f3cac975b0fa.png>\r\n>\r\n> —\r\n> Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub\r\n> <https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/4932#issuecomment-69291835>.\r\n>"}}