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I finally realized my green and red error icons were useless after a coworker stared at the screen for 10 seconds
Last week at the office, I watched a colleague with deuteranopia fail to tell which of 3 form fields had the warning state because I used green check marks and red X marks with no extra symbols, so I swapped them all for icons with text labels and now I ask anyone who walks by if they can see the difference before I ship anything.
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ivancoleman9d ago
3 coworkers with perfect vision couldn't tell the difference either.
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the_lee9d ago
Are you sure those coworkers weren't just being polite? I've noticed people sometimes say they can't see a difference to avoid hurting someone's feelings. Like when you spend hours on a logo and your buddy says "looks great" but you know it's just okay. My guess is if you put them in a blind test with side by sides, they'd actually pick the real one. What specifically did you show them - was it a printout or on a screen?
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