OT: Accessibility problem with GNOME 3.2

Posted Mar 29, 2012 17:03 UTC (Thu) by debacle (subscriber, #7114)
Parent article: GNOME 3.4 released

It seems like GNOME 3.4 still uses white text on black background for the top panel and the side panel by default.

My vision is not too bad, but unfortunately — maybe because of my age — it is stressful to me to look at white on black.

On Debian wheezy I could not find an obvious way to change the top panel to black on white.

There are some hints on the web that involve either editing CSS files or downloading extensions outside Debian, but I will not try such things.

Does GNOME 3.4 allow me to easily switch to black on white?

(Btw: GNOME 2 and XFCE 4 both feature black text on white background, which is also in line with most books and newspapers.)

OT: Accessibility problem with GNOME 3.2

Posted Mar 30, 2012 1:55 UTC (Fri) by cortana (subscriber, #24596) [Link] (5 responses)

gnome-tweak-tool should let you change your theme to HighContrastInverse. I don't know if that effects the Shell itself though.

OT: Accessibility problem with GNOME 3.2

Posted Mar 30, 2012 5:58 UTC (Fri) by debacle (subscriber, #7114) [Link] (4 responses)

No, it does not. At least in 3.0 and 3.2. The high contrast would be too much for me, anyway.

(Btw. In the default theme, the look-and-feel of GNOME 3 seems to be less uniform/consistent than GNOME 2. Some windows/dialogs look completely different than most. But maybe these things are fixed in 3.4, which I will try as soon as it is in Debian.)

OT: Accessibility problem with GNOME 3.2

Posted Mar 30, 2012 7:17 UTC (Fri) by ovitters (guest, #27950) [Link] (3 responses)

File an accessibility bug please.

OT: Accessibility problem with GNOME 3.2

Posted Mar 30, 2012 13:41 UTC (Fri) by debacle (subscriber, #7114) [Link] (2 responses)

A bug (#603867) has been opened on 2009-12-05 and closed without code change on 2010-10-16. It is not marked as a11y related, however.

OT: Accessibility problem with GNOME 3.2

Posted Mar 31, 2012 13:32 UTC (Sat) by ovitters (guest, #27950) [Link] (1 responses)

Just file a new one and cc me please (bugzilla-gnome@vitters.nl). Explain that you need it for accessibility reasons.

They don't want to limit the options, but if you explain the reasoning (need it for a11y), then it can be properly addressed.

E.g., option in a11y dialog maybe to do slight contract change (or background). Not the full back/white stuff.

OT: Accessibility problem with GNOME 3.2

Posted Apr 3, 2012 9:54 UTC (Tue) by debacle (subscriber, #7114) [Link]

Bug 673417 has been added to the database.

Thanks in advance!