Silver Error Cluster Boolean

[crossrulz]

I have a Red-Green colorblind coworker.  When he looks at the Silver Error Cluster, he actually cannot tell if there is an error.  Why?  Because NI decided to make green the false state and red the true state of the boolean.  So he updates his error clusters to use black for the false state.

Simply put, that boolean display needs either icons (like in the Modern Error Cluster) or different colors to help these people.

[dthor]

While I don't want to prevent any changes that make it easier for those with colorblindness, couldn't he just check the error code?

zero: no error

non-zero: error or warning

It's not ideal, of course.

[crossrulz]

But then how does he tell the difference between an Error and a Warning?  That does make a lot of difference especially considering how a lot of code just looks at the boolean status.

[ToeCutter]

+1. This makes it easier for a group, is a minor fix and does not negatively impact anyone else.

[johnsold]

I am one of those color blind people. I have avoided the silver controls, and this is one of the reasons. I simply cannot tell what state a round boolean indicator is in by looking at it.

After seeing this suggestion I did some checking: The colors of the check and X on the modern error cluster status booean are not readily accessible - they are not the colors of the boolean. I have listed the colors below as identified by the color picker: B/G/R

      Modern                                                                Silver

      Push button    round LED     error out status        Push button    round LED    error out status

F    102/255/0       102/255/0       N/A                         255/187/0        119/255/89    118/220/0

T    30/75/0           30/75/0           N/A                         159/107/0        67/180/0        255/159/113        

Note that not only are the silver control colors different from the modern controls they are not consistent with each other.  The OK, Cancel, and Stop buttons all use the same pair of colors but the True color has almost no contrast with the check mark on the OK button, meaning that the check nearly disappears when the button is True.

Please fix this mess.

Lynn

[billko]

I'm colorblind also.  Unafflicted people just can't see what the big deal is - literally.  While I don't knock off points for application designers who fail to see how a pastel red and green (and for that matter, yellow) would look similar enough that you couldn't tell one from another without a cheat sheet, I do fully support any application which has a "colorblind" option.

Given my colorblindness, I have no idea how I wound up with electronic troubleshooting as a skill, LabVIEW as the programming language of choice, and photography as my major hobby.  Go figure.  (Don't talk to me about pink or purple wires in LabVIEW.  I have no idea what you are talking about.)