Re: [Evolution-hackers] note on colorized calendars

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo ximian com>]

On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 17:09, Joe Shaw wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 10:43, Ettore Perazzoli wrote:
> > For color-blind people, I am not sure...  We can make sure the stock
> > colors have a reasonable amount of contrast differences and allow the
> > user to configure different colors.  But I don't think we can use icons
> > or other ways of identification, because they would make the UI ugly
> > and/or more complicated.
> 
> I'm color-blind, and highly contrasting colors would probably make it
> usable, but things like blue-versus-purple or bright-green-versus-yellow
> or cyan-versus-white are schemes that would cause problems for me
> personally.  I'd highly recommend using some other additional indicator,
> like maybe just the name of the calendar in smaller text at the top?
> 
that's perfectly possible, although it might occupy a lot of space,
specially in the work week and month views, where space is scarse.

But yes, we can find a place to put the name of the calendar besides the
appointment's summary.

cheers