[Kde-accessibility] Plans for KDE 3.4

[Danny Allen]

Hi,
I am the author of the Flat iconset (Luciano told me to sign up to this 
list :)

I have no problem with making a monochrome version of my iconset - because my 
set currently only uses 6 shades of grey, I can easily use a script to change 
the colours to black and white.

I will experiment, and post my initial results here...

Danny

On Wednesday 20 October 2004 15:20, Olaf Jan Schmidt wrote:
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> [Luciano Montanaro, Dienstag, 19. Oktober 2004 16:17]
>
> > > * Try to get as many monochrome icons as possible, and provide an icon
> > > effect to make icons monochrome on-the-fly
> >
> > Kde-look has a couple of themes that are at least close to what is
> > needed:
> > - ReinHardt, which comes in SVG too, and can be scaled up to
> > 256 pixels in size, but is maybe a bit too abstract-looking, and
> > - Flat which has a more conventional look, but has mostly monochromatic
> > icons with solid borders. I think we could convince the author to
> > release the SVG files if they are needed.
>
> You can find an SVG version at
> http://kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=17158
>
> Both icon sets are grayscale rather than monocrome, but if it is possible
> to turn the Flat icons into monochrome ones without too much work, then
> this might inddeed be a starting point.
>
> But this is something the KDE Artists have to decide upon. I have little
> knowledge of creating SVG icons, so I don't know whether it would be
> easier to make new icons or to change an existing set. I can only say
> which kind of icon set is needed for accessibility purposes:
>
> For people with low vision we need a monochrome icons set that only uses
> the colours white and black, and that does not have too much detail in
> the icons. The icon set should be in SVG format so that it is scalable to
> extreme sizes.
>
> If the KDE Artists agree that maybe the Flat icon could easiliy be changed
> into a true monochrome one for accessibility purposes, then it might be a
> good idea to contact the author and ask whether s/he would be willing to
> contribute to KDE by making this icon set monochrome.
>
> [...]
>
> > > * Create a meta theme for high contrast and low contrast
> > > * Fix a lot of bugs that make KDE difficult to use for people with
> > > low vision
> >
> > Sure. Having a list of  the bugs would be handy. Some of them could be
> > really easy to fix, if known.
>
> Thanks. I will post a detailed list of problems next week, because I will
> be away for a couple of days.
>
> Olaf
>
> - --
> Olaf Jan Schmidt, KDE Accessibility Project
> KDEAP co-maintainer, maintainer of http://accessibility.kde.org
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