Re: colors in mailbox-list

[Peter Bloomfield <PeterBloomfield bellsouth net>]

On 07/15/2003, Darko Obtadovic wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> A while ago I've been talking about colored text in general, and that  
> I don't like it very much due to accessibilty. I succeeded to remove  
> the color in mailboxes with new mail, leaving it with onl bold font,  
> as it is already done in the message index (-> consistency), and I  
> like it. :)
> 
> featurewise it would be a regression of course, but considering that  
> there are some themes out there which don't play very well with  
> custom colors, I think this step is worth being considered. If agreed  
> upon, I would try to cleanly remove this feature and send a patch.  
> Some nice practice to get more familiar with the code.
> 
> waiting for comments,
> 
> Darko

OK, here are some questions!

Would the patch remove colors completely? Or add an overriding pref  
item to disable all colors? If so, under what heading? Should Balsa  
have an A11y menu somewhere, or an A11y page on the prefs? How do other  
apps handle issues like this?

Having all color settings handled by one or two methods in an agreed- 
upon place would be one way to organize it.

Peter